PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Guillerdo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guillerdo comes into the arena with AZ -- The Format blaring out of the sound system. Francisco Guillerdo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Guillerdo
vs
Nogueira

154 cm
23
141 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

173 cm
27
143 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Guillerdo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guillerdo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Francisco Guillerdo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nogueira takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Guillerdo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nogueira momentarily.
Guillerdo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Guillerdo swats away the attempt to clinch by Nogueira.
Nogueira fails with a takedown attempt.
Guillerdo thuds his shin into the meat of Nogueira's side.
Nogueira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guillerdo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guillerdo connects with a body shot that sends Nogueira's belly button to the back.
Guillerdo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Guillerdo.
Nogueira misses with a takedown attempt - Guillerdo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Francisco Guillerdo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Nogueira.
Nogueira looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guillerdo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Guillerdo scores with a jab to the body.
Nogueira shoots in looking for a takedown. Guillerdo tries to sprawl out of it but Nogueira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Guillerdo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Guillerdo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Guillerdo punishes Nogueira's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guillerdo lands a slapping body shot.
Guillerdo lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Nogueira can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Guillerdo and Nogueira drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Guillerdo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francisco Guillerdo!