PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scotty Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nguyen's choice of entrance music: Tunak Tunak Tun. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brigante
vs
Nguyen

182 cm
31
186 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

178 cm
33
180 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Brigante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scotty Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nguyen throws a low kick but Brigante avoids it.
Brigante misses with a wild body shot.
Nguyen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brigante pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brigante has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brigante there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nguyen misses with a combination
and Brigante counters with a left to the body.
Nguyen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brigante has time to react.
Nguyen scoring well with a low kick there.

Nguyen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nguyen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nguyen blocks a body shot from Brigante.
Brigante misses with the head strike.
Brigante is looking to break free of the clinch but Nguyen has double underhooks.
Brigante leaning against his opponent.
Nguyen prevents a body shot from Brigante.
Brigante taking a breather.
Brigante tries to land knees in the clinch but Nguyen avoids the damage to the body.

Brigante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brigante.
A good leg kick by Nguyen.
Brigante throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nguyen counters with a series of strikes. Brigante will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brigante swats away the attempt to clinch by Nguyen.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nguyen.
Brigante throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nguyen.
Brigante is looking to wear down Nguyen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nguyen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brigante's sensitive parts.
Brigante lands a high kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nguyen staying out of range there.
Scotty Nguyen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nguyen throws a shot to the body.
Brigante thows a body shot but no joy.
Nguyen is looking to slow Brigante down with leg kicks.
Nguyen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brigante is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brigante.
Brigante fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nguyen manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nguyen.
Nguyen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brigante throws a low kick but Nguyen moves out of range easily.
Brigante throws a big shot that misses.
Brigante lands a nice shot to the body.
Nguyen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nguyen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Brigante misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brigante.
Nguyen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nguyen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brigante misses with a lunging right hand
and Nguyen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Brigante 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante feints a jab promting Nguyen to slip. Brigante then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nguyen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nguyen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brigante takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brigante is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nguyen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nguyen misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brigante. Nguyen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Nguyen tenderised Brigante's leg. Brigante is trying to keep his angry face on.
A good leg kick by Nguyen.
Brigante moves out of range of the body kick.
Brigante looks to score with a jab to the body but Nguyen is just out of range.
Nguyen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brigante swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brigante misses with a body kick.
Nguyen misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen throws a right and a left that Brigante avoids nicely.
Nguyen scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nguyen misses with an uppercut.
Nguyen throws a leg kick but Brigante checks it.
Brigante thows a body shot but no joy.
Nguyen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nguyen.
Brigante misses with a two punch combination.
Nguyen misses with a left hand
and Brigante counters with a nice uppercut.
Brigante takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nguyen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice shot lands for Brigante.
Nguyen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nguyen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nguyen misses with a straight left.
Brigante throws a low kick but Nguyen avoids it.
Nguyen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brigante.
Brigante swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brigante pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brigante misses with a straight right.
Nguyen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brigante.
Nguyen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brigante has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nguyen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nguyen lunges at Brigante with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brigante's hand.
Brigante on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nguyen. Nguyen obviously looking to wear him down.
Nguyen throws a front kick aimed at Brigante's knee but Brigante avoids it well.
Brigante keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nguyen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brigante lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nguyen at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante blocks a leg kick.
Brigante checks a low kick from Nguyen.
Nguyen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nguyen moves out of range of the body kick from Brigante.
Nguyen misses with a double jab
letting Brigante counter with a right hand.
Nguyen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Brigante counters with a stiff right hand.
Nguyen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brigante scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brigante goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brigante misses the body punch
and Nguyen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nguyen works the jab nicely.
Brigante dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nguyen. That did some damage!
Brigante is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nguyen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen staying out of range there.
Nguyen checks a low kick from Brigante.
Nice uppercut there from Brigante.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nguyen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brigante checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nguyen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Donk. Nguyen catches Brigante right on the button with a cross.
Nguyen motions for Brigante to come forward. Nguyen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brigante throws the left hand but Nguyen avoids the punch easily.
Nguyen lands with a cross.
Nguyen misses with a looping right.
Nguyen jabs at Brigante's body.
Brigante misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brigante. Nguyen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nguyen misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen checks a low kick from Brigante.
Brigante gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brigante throws a low kick but Nguyen moves out of range easily.
Nguyen tries to clinch up.
Brigante misses with an uppercut. Nguyen saw that one coming.
Nguyen thumps Brigante with a low kick.
Nguyen lands the left hand.
Nguyen cracks Brigante with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brigante throws a solid leg kick but Nguyen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brigante.
The crowd cheers as Brigante lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nguyen doesn't seem phased though.
Nguyen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nguyen.
Scotty Nguyen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brigante moves out of range as Nguyen strikes.
Nguyen throws a nice looking combination but Brigante bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen lands a high kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nguyen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nguyen misses with a leg kick
and Brigante counters with a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brigante keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nguyen misses with a looping left.
Brigante blocks a low kick nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Nguyen.

Nguyen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brigante misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brigante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch on the inside from Nguyen fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nguyen.
Brigante can't break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Nguyen.
Brigante blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scotty Nguyen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Brigante misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - Nguyen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Brigante has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nguyen finds it's way round the side to connect with Brigante's head.
Nguyen is looking to score with low kicks.
Brigante throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nguyen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nguyen throws a series of strikes that have Brigante backpedaling.
Brigante lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brigante looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brigante throws a body kick the misses
and Nguyen counters with a two punch combo.

Brigante is rocked!
Nguyen connects with an inside leg kick.
Oh Brigante is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nguyen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brigante chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nguyen can pounce on him.
Brigante throws a head kick but Nguyen moves out of range.
Brigante misses with a combination
and Nguyen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nguyen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nguyen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nguyen lands a nice hook to Brigante's body. Brigante takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brigante on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brigante tries to keep at a distance but Nguyen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Nguyen scores with a nice short uppercut.

Nguyen manages to break the clinch.
Nguyen jabs Brigante to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nguyen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Nguyen has managed to clinch.
Nguyen leaning against his opponent.
Nguyen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nguyen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nguyen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nguyen creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Brigante's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Brigante drops to his knees and Nguyen pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scotty Nguyen!
Scotty Nguyen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.