PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Blevins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zahir Nolam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nolam has chosen Mo Money mo Problems as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blevins
vs
Nolam

182 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Dakota Blevins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zahir Nolam!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blevins gets caught napping as Nolam dives in and scores a takedown. Blevins manages to retain guard.
Nolam postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nolam chips away with some ground and pound.
Nolam keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blevins's head.
Nolam makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nolam works over Blevins with some ground and pound from guard.
Nolam has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nolam trying to control the position from guard on top but Blevins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nolam postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blevins keeping moving, preventing Nolam from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nolam lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nolam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blevins's head.
Nolam sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blevins's guard.
Blevins is trying to stand up here but Nolam is controlling him well.
Nolam is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nolam is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blevins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nolam scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nolam is nestled in close to Blevins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nolam lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Nolam there.

Blevins is defending against the submission attempts here by Nolam.

Nolam is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nolam looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolam scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nolam working over Blevins with some ground and pound. Blevins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nolam lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nolam passes to side control.
Nolam taking a breather here.
Nolam in side control lands a decent elbow.
Blevins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nolam on the ground.
Blevins pushes Nolam away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nolam gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Blevins is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolam working the head and body with strikes.

Nolam looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Nolam wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Blevins, who protects the arm well.
Nolam landing a few strikes.
Blevins takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nolam is staying tight to Blevins's torso, preventing him from escaping.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Nolam is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Blevins is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blevins taking punishment in the form of punches.
Nolam is working Blevins over with some ground and pound from side control.
Blevins taking a bit of punishment here - Nolam scoring with strikes.
Nolam works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nolam cracks Blevins with a big elbow.
Nolam working the ground and pound.

Nolam wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Blevins, who protects the arm well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nolam is putting a hurting on Blevins here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zahir Nolam dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nolam shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Nolam was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Nolam working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Blevins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nolam scoring with strikes but Blevins is staying in there.
Nolam putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nolam punishing his opponent with strikes.

Blevins is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nolam controlling the position easily from mount.
Oh Blevins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nolam landing shots from mount.

Nolam is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Blevins has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Blevins seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blevins is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nolam working Blevins over with strikes here.
Nolam with shots to the head and body - Blevins looks very uncomfortable down there.
Blevins taking shots to the head.
Nolam has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nolam lands a big shot to the head and Blevins winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Zahir Nolam!
Zahir Nolam took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I want to thank the guys at Kobra clothing for thier help Whip and Wills clothing out of vegas and Let'er Buck fight club.Most of all Charlie Wangs Nutrition you guys are the best, This, is what I do for a klondike bar, O and Wade Wilson your next!!!'.