PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Nobriga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ogmundur Girsurrson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nobriga comes to the cage accompanied by Queen's We Will Rock You. Girsurrson has chosen Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Nobriga
vs
Girsurrson

183 cm
31
180 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

183 cm
25
180 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)
RMC - $ 11 Shorts!

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 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Nobriga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ogmundur Girsurrson!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Girsurrson moves forwards but Nobriga connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nobriga keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Girsurrson.
Girsurrson fakes the leg kick and cracks Nobriga in the body.
A cross from Nobriga lands.
Girsurrson misses with a straight left.
Nobriga throws a body punch but Girsurrson moves out of range.
Max Nobriga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nobriga misses with a kick to the body.
Girsurrson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Girsurrson throws a lazy uppercut
and Nobriga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Girsurrson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nobriga rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Girsurrson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body kick from Girsurrson.
The fighters circling - Girsurrson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Girsurrson digs a good body shot into Nobriga's ribs.
Nobriga goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nobriga wants to slow Girsurrson down by chopping away at his legs.
Nobriga misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobriga avoids the body shot from Girsurrson.
Girsurrson throws a series of punches but Nobriga avoids them all with ease.
Girsurrson misses with a head kick.
Nobriga misses the shot to the body.
Girsurrson thows a body shot but no joy.
Girsurrson slips a jab and a cross from Nobriga.
Girsurrson lands a slapping body shot.
Girsurrson misses with a leg kick
and Nobriga counters with a nice uppercut.
Girsurrson moves out of range as Nobriga strikes.
Girsurrson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Girsurrson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nobriga.
Girsurrson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Girsurrson.
Nobriga throws a shot from downtown. Girsurrson moves away and avoids it.
Nobriga throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga thows a leg kick but Girsurrson checks it
and Girsurrson counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut there from Girsurrson.
Nobriga lands a nice looking body shot.
Nobriga blocks a head kick by Girsurrson.
Nobriga moves out of range of the body kick from Girsurrson.
Nobriga takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Girsurrson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nobriga misses with a series of wild punches.
Girsurrson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nobriga takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Girsurrson checks a low kick from Nobriga.
Girsurrson digs a good hook to Nobriga's body.

Nice combo by Girsurrson! Oh, that's hurt him - Nobriga falls to the canvas and Girsurrson follows him into side control.

Nobriga is rocked!
Nobriga is breathing heavily.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Girsurrson throws a strike aimed at the side of Nobriga's head but Nobriga avoids it well.
Oh Nobriga is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Girsurrson trying to control the action but Nobriga is working from the bottom.
The strikes coming from Girsurrson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Nobriga seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Girsurrson misses with the ground and pound.
Girsurrson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Girsurrson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Girsurrson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nobriga is trying to work for a sweep but Girsurrson has mounted him!
Nobriga holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Girsurrson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nobriga tries to lock up and control but Girsurrson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Girsurrson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Nobriga is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga blocking the ground and pound.
Girsurrson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Nobriga tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nobriga is squirming around, avoiding Girsurrson's attempts to control the action.
Girsurrson raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Girsurrson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Nobriga slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Girsurrson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Girsurrson trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ogmundur Girsurrson 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.

Nobriga bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Girsurrson's head.
Nobriga slips under a jab from Girsurrson.
Nobriga misses the shot to the body.
Nobriga slips under a jab.
Girsurrson misses the jab.
Nobriga slips under a jab.
Nobriga lets loose with a powerful body kick. Girsurrson will feel that in the morning.
Nobriga takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Girsurrson throws a lazy right hand but Nobriga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nobriga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Girsurrson was well out of range. Poor timing from Nobriga.
Nobriga tries a head kick but it misses.
Nobriga throws a lazy uppercut
and Girsurrson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nobriga misses with a hook
and Girsurrson counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobriga blocks a head kick by Girsurrson.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Girsurrson, as that shot connected.
Girsurrson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nobriga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Girsurrson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Girsurrson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nobriga throws a nice inside leg kick.
Girsurrson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Girsurrson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Girsurrson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Girsurrson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Girsurrson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Girsurrson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nobriga. That did some damage!
A nice leg kick lands there from Girsurrson.
Girsurrson cracks the inside of Nobriga's front leg.
Girsurrson lands a leg kick that knocks Nobriga off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobriga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Girsurrson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Girsurrson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Girsurrson lands with a slapping head kick.
Nobriga just misses with a punch to the body.
Girsurrson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Girsurrson with a nice cross.
Girsurrson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Girsurrson grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Nobriga takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Girsurrson cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ogmundur Girsurrson!
A determined Ogmundur Girsurrson didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!