PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wesclei Cabral Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Dangle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cabral Nogueira
vs
Dangle

175 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
165 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wesclei Cabral Nogueira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jim Dangle!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira tries for a takedown but Dangle sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Dangle gets a clinch.
Dangle crunches a lovely knee into Nogueira's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Dangle.
Dangle prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dangle lands a nice knee to the body.
Dangle lands a knee to the head.
Dangle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogueira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogueira has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dangle avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wesclei Cabral Nogueira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dangle lands an elbow just above Nogueira 's eye.
Dangle slowing the pace effectively.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dangle.
Nogueira is breathing heavily.
Dangle lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dangle.
Nice elbow from Dangle.
Dangle stalls.
Dangle lands an elbow inside.

Nogueira is rocked!

It looks like Wesclei Cabral Nogueira has been cut.
Dangle scores a nice knee to the body.
Oh Nogueira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nogueira is pressed against the cage. Dangle pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Nogueira! Two more big strikes from Dangle and Nogueira crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jim Dangle!
Jim Dangle is the new lightweight champion!
After the big win, Jim Dangle made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Balco Boys - Hilo and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.