PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vyn Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Sadollah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sadollah has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Nguyen
vs
Sadollah

170 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
158 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vyn Nguyen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amir Sadollah!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nguyen lands a leg kick that knocks Sadollah off balance momentarily.
Sadollah wants to clinch but Nguyen slips to the side
and Nguyen counters with a big head kick but Sadollah shrugs it off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sadollah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice body kick from Nguyen.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadollah.
Sadollah blocks a head kick by Nguyen.

Sadollah rushes Nguyen and presses him up against the cage.
Nguyen throws a knee to the head but misses.

Nguyen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nguyen misses with a head kick.
Nguyen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nguyen misses with an uppercut.
Nguyen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch but Nguyen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sadollah.
Nguyen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nguyen throws a head kick that misses.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch but Nguyen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sadollah closes the distance but Nguyen moves to the side
and Nguyen counters with a head kick.
Nguyen misses with a body kick.
Sadollah throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nguyen is breathing heavily.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nguyen paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sadollah clinches up against the cage.
Nguyen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sadollah is defending well for now.
Sadollah wants to break free but Nguyen has control.
Sadollah keeps control of Nguyen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nguyen breaks the clinch.
Sadollah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sadollah is looking to clinch but Nguyen is avoiding it.

Sadollah moves into the clinch successfully.
Nguyen wants to get back to striking at distance but Sadollah won't allow it.
Nguyen trying to land knees to the body.
Nguyen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nguyen tries to circle away but Sadollah has him pinned against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sadollah stops a takedown attempt from Nguyen.
A frustrated look appears on Nguyen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sadollah tries to break free but Nguyen pushes him back against the cage.
Sadollah missing with knees to the body.
Nguyen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sadollah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadollah.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadollah.
Nguyen checks a leg kick nicely.
Sadollah wants to clinch up but Nguyen keeps it at a distance.
Sadollah tries to clinch up but Nguyen circles away and keeps his distance.
Sadollah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nguyen. That did some damage!
Sadollah lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sadollah is looking to clinch.
Sadollah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nguyen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nguyen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nguyen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nguyen keeps the fight on the outside.
Nguyen throws a head kick that misses.
Sadollah tries to clinch up.
Sadollah is looking to clinch but Nguyen is avoiding it.
Sadollah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sadollah is looking to clinch.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadollah.
Nguyen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sadollah has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nguyen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Amir Sadollah will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Sadollah tries to clinch there but Nguyen circles away.
Amir Sadollah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Sadollah wants to clinch.
Sadollah feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nguyen's calf.
Sadollah throws a hook but Nguyen avoids it easily.
Nguyen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sadollah throws out the jab.
Nguyen misses with a head kick.
Sadollah tries to clinch up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nguyen.
Nguyen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nguyen connects with a high kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nguyen throws a body kick that misses.
Sadollah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nguyen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sadollah misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Nguyen.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Sadollah wants to clinch.
Nguyen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sadollah is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nguyen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sadollah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sadollah throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nguyen fails to land with a series of punches.
Sadollah is looking to clinch.
Sadollah wants to land a leg kick but Nguyen is out of range.
Amir Sadollah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sadollah tries to clinch but Nguyen moves out of range.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Nguyen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sadollah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sadollah feints and then cracks Nguyen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nguyen down.
Nguyen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sadollah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sadollah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sadollah doesn't manage to clinch there - Nguyen circles away.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadollah.
Nguyen keeps the fight on the outside.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Nguyen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sadollah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nguyen avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah tries to break free but Nguyen pushes him back against the cage.
Nguyen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nguyen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nguyen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nguyen working hard to break the clinch.
Sadollah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nguyen can't break the clinch.
Sadollah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sadollah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sadollah utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sadollah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amir Sadollah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sadollah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sadollah is looking to clinch.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nguyen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nguyen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nguyen just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Nguyen.
A head kick misses from Nguyen.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nguyen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sadollah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nguyen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nguyen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sadollah blocks a head kick by Nguyen.
Nguyen misses with a wild combination.
Sadollah wants to clinch up but Nguyen keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Nguyen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nguyen misses with a looping right.
Nguyen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadollah.
Vyn Nguyen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nguyen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sadollah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sadollah doesn't manage to clinch there - Nguyen circles away.
Sadollah cracks the inside of Nguyen's front leg.
Sadollah tried to score with a low kick but Nguyen checks it.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah looks to land a combination but Nguyen avoids it well.
Sadollah misses with a body kick.
Sadollah with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nguyen lands a head kick!
Sadollah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nguyen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sadollah tries to clinch but Nguyen is having none of it.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadollah.
Nguyen moves in looking to clinch but Sadollah pushes him off.
Sadollah doesn't manage to clinch there - Nguyen circles away.
Nguyen is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah wants to clinch.
Sadollah is looking to clinch but Nguyen is avoiding it.
Good leg kick by Sadollah there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sadollah wants to clinch.
Sadollah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sadollah darts in and clinches Nguyen up against the cage.
Nguyen keeps control of Sadollah as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Nguyen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah is looking to clinch.
Nguyen looks to land a combination but Sadollah avoids it well.
Nguyen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sadollah is looking to clinch but Nguyen is avoiding it.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch but Nguyen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nguyen throws a sloppy head kick
and Sadollah counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vyn Nguyen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sadollah tries to clinch but Nguyen moves out of range.
Nguyen tries a head kick but it misses.
Sadollah wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sadollah is looking to clinch but Nguyen is avoiding it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amir Sadollah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sadollah has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amir Sadollah!