PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Summer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuffy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Summer
vs
Nelson

155 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Summer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tuffy Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Summer.
An inside leg kick from Summer misses.
Andrew Summer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Summer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Summer could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Summer tries to clinch up
and Nelson counters with a right hand to the body.

Nelson darts in and clinches Summer up against the cage.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but Summer blocks with his arms.
Nelson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nelson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nelson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Summer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summer blocks an uppercut.
Summer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summer is trying to pull guard but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Summer dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Nelson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Nelson.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summer avoids it.
Summer throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson digs a right hand into Summer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Summer's gas tank.
Nelson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Summer's defenses.
Nelson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summer avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Summer.
Nelson lands an elbow inside.
Nelson pushes off an throws an elbow but Summer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Summer managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Summer is blocking nicely.
Nelson landing knees to the head.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Summer is defending well for now.
Nelson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson slows down the pace here.
Nelson throws a punch but it's blocked by Summer.
Summer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nelson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Summer's brow.
Nelson leaning against his opponent.
Summer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summer is trying to pull guard but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Summer is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but Summer blocks with his arms.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Summer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson lands a nice knee to the body.
Nelson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Nelson.
Nelson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Summer working aggressively here.
Nelson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Summer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nelson smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Summer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson is looking to chop away at Summer's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson throws a push kick but Summer slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuffy Nelson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Summer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nelson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Summer tries to clinch but Nelson moves out of range.
Summer lands a nice looking body shot.
Summer tries to clinch up but Nelson circles away and keeps his distance.
Summer thuds a left hand into Nelson's body.
Nelson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nelson slips a jab from Summer.
Summer tries to clinch but Nelson moves away
and Nelson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nelson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nelson throws a combination. Summer tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Summer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Summer connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Nelson is rocked!
Summer shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Nelson takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Summer sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Nelson bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andrew Summer!