PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AB Sly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kesse Nesse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sly
vs
Nesse

187 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, AB Sly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kesse Nesse!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nesse has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nesse looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Sly closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nesse to the mat! Nesse manages to get full guard.

Nesse is rocked!
Sly sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Sly gets to his feet. Nesse looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sly throws a head kick that misses.

Sly gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Sly breaks the clinch.

Sly forces Nesse back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Sly breaks the clinch.
Sly tries a head kick but it misses.
Sly scores with a one two! Nesse had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sly scores with a three punch combo!
Nesse is still on wobbly legs! Can Sly finish him?
Sly lands a nice hook to Nesse's body. Nesse takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nesse seems to have recovered his senses.
Sly jabs at Nesse's body.
Sly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sly misses with a head kick.
Sly tries a head kick but it misses.
Nesse darts in trying to clinch
and Sly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nesse rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nesse on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nesse cracks Sly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nesse misses with a body shot.
Sly drops Nesse with a nice combination! Sly dives into Nesse's guard, looking to finish!
Sly slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sly chips away with some ground and pound.
Sly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sly controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sly is looking to work some ground and pound but Nesse has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sly controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nesse works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sly stands up over Nesse, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sly content to stall in guard here.
Sly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sly looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sly seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nesse for as long as he can get away with.
Sly wants to pass the guard but Nesse is keeping the position.
Sly is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. AB Sly just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Sly moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sly lands a head kick!
Sly fails with the takedown.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sly.
Nesse fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nesse misses with a double jab

and Sly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sly.
Nesse striking off his back but it's not causing Sly any problems.

Sly gets to his feet - Nesse follows without any prompting.
Nice combo by Sly! Oh, that's hurt him - Nesse falls to the canvas and Sly follows him into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sly stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Nesse chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sly can pounce on him.
Sly is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sly, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

AB Sly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nesse throws a body punch but Sly moves out of range.
Sly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Sly darts in and clinches Nesse up against the cage.
Nesse tries to pull guard but Sly holds him up against the cage and eventually Nesse drops back down to his feet.

Sly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sly. That's going to slow Nesse down.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Sly! Nesse is out on his feet! Sly rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Nesse is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Nesse is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AB Sly!