PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between José Nabijos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hype Stealer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nabijos comes to the cage accompanied by TRAFFIC JAM. Stealer has chosen Fast And Strong as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Nabijos
vs
Stealer

187 cm
26
213 lbs
17 - 2 - 1

176 cm
31
208 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TITAN

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 17 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, José Nabijos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hype Stealer!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabijos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nabijos throws a right hand that Stealer ducks under and follows up with a left that Stealer also avoids with ease.
Nabijos throws a series of punches but Stealer avoids them all with ease.
Stealer throws a hook but Nabijos avoids it easily.
Nabijos just misses with a punch to the body.
Nabijos loads up on a big right hand but Stealer slips the punch.
Stealer works Nabijos's body with a nice hook.
Nabijos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nabijos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stealer as he avoids it easily.
Nabijos moves out of range of the body kick from Stealer.
Stealer lands a body shot.
A shot to the body from Stealer misses
and Nabijos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nabijos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stealer throws a head kick but Nabijos moves out of range.
Nabijos lands a nice hook to Stealer's body. Stealer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nabijos.
Nabijos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nabijos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stealer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nabijos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nabijos thows a body shot but no joy.
Stealer throws a head kick but Nabijos moves out of range.
Stealer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nabijos connects with a leg kick. Stealer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nabijos throws a looping overhand right but Stealer ducks down to avoid it.
Nabijos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nabijos throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos thows a left - swing and a miss!
José Nabijos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nabijos misses with a double jab.
Stealer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nabijos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
No joy there for Stealer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nabijos avoids a kick to the body.
Nabijos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nabijos throws the kick towards the body but Stealer avoids it.
Nabijos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nabijos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nabijos lands a nice shot to the body.
Nabijos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stealer lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos motions for Stealer to come forward. Nabijos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nabijos tries to clinch there but Stealer circles away.
Stealer misses with a body kick.
Stealer blocks a low kick nicely.
Nabijos is looking to clinch but Stealer is avoiding it.
Nabijos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nabijos just misses with a punch to the body.
Stealer tried to score with a low kick but Nabijos checks it.
Nabijos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stealer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nabijos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Stealer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nabijos lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stealer tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Nabijos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nabijos thows a leg kick but Stealer checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nabijos digs a good hook to Stealer's body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stealer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nabijos lands a leg kick that knocks Stealer off balance momentarily.
Nabijos lands a nice hook to Stealer's body. Stealer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stealer looks gassed!
Nabijos pushes Stealer away with a front kick.
Stealer walks into a stiff left hand from Nabijos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nabijos connects with a body shot.
Nabijos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stealer.
Nabijos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

José Nabijos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nabijos lands with a cross.
Stealer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stealer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stealer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nabijos has time to react.
Nabijos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stealer.
Stealer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A lazy body kick from Nabijos
and Stealer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nabijos tries to close the distance and clinch but Stealer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nabijos misses with a straight right.
Nabijos lands a jab to Stealer's midsection.
Nabijos's corner calls for a 1-2. Nabijos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A low kick from Stealer misses
and Nabijos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stealer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nabijos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nabijos throws a body punch but Stealer moves out of range.
Stealer blocks the body kick.
Stealer tries a head kick but it misses.
Nabijos thows a body shot but no joy.
Nabijos scores with a hook to the body. Stealer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nabijos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Stealer.
Nabijos checks the leg kick.
Stealer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nabijos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stealer.
Nice body kick there by Nabijos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stealer throws the kick towards the body but Nabijos avoids it.
Nabijos shoots in looking for a takedown. Stealer tries to sprawl out of it but Nabijos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stealer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nabijos sizes up Stealer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nabijos is looking to score with low kicks.
Nabijos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stealer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stealer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stealer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nabijos avoids the head kick by Stealer.
Stealer is breathing heavily.
Nabijos lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stealer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nabijos checks it well.
Nabijos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stealer throws a lazy right hand but Nabijos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stealer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nabijos to score with a decent uppercut.
Nabijos blocks a leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stealer swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Nabijos gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Stealer is defending against the submission attempts here by Nabijos.
Nabijos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nabijos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Nabijos.
Stealer just holding on.
Stealer is looking to get to half guard.

Nabijos quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Nabijos but it's paid off an Stealer is forced to tap! Nice work by Nabijos.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). José Nabijos!
José Nabijos looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Who is stealing whos hype now? No matter how many multi accounts you have you can not win, my slider fu is that much stronger than yours.'.