PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Tavarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tavarius has chosen Eminem - Almost Famous as his entrance music. Richard Tavarius acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Nogueira
vs
Tavarius

189 cm
30
209 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

185 cm
23
220 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Tavarius!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira looks to land a left hand but Tavarius moved out of range nicely.
Nogueira on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Richard Tavarius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tavarius throws a hook but Nogueira avoids it easily.

Tavarius rushes Nogueira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Nogueira pulls guard effortlessly.
Tavarius's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Tavarius from controlling successfully.
Nogueira being controlled here, momentarily.

Nogueira has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Tavarius doesn't defend quickly enough and Nogueira has managed to lock this one up! Can Tavarius escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Nogueira on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ricardo Nogueira!