PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gugo Ograni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ograni has chosen Ameno - Era as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Gugo Ograni enters the cage!

Fury
vs
Ograni

180 cm
24
190 lbs
10 - 2 - 1

183 cm
32
195 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nick Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gugo Ograni!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury throws a leg kick but Ograni moved away.
Fury works Ograni's body with a nice hook.
Fury moves in looking to clinch but Ograni pushes him off.
Fury throws a leg kick that misses.
Fury pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fury on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Ograni shoots in and gets a takedown into Fury's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Fury keeping moving, preventing Ograni from controlling successfully.
Fury knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ograni on the ground.
Fury is trying to control the position but Ograni postures up.
Ograni looking to pass the guard.
Ograni wants to control from the top but Fury keeps moving.
Ograni trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ograni tries to free his leg and advance position but Fury is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ograni is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Ograni is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Ograni drops back, looking for a kneebar! Fury looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Fury looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Fury!
Ograni is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ograni can't do much from the bottom here.
Ograni tries to bench press Fury off him but Fury keeps the position.
Fury gets to mount! Ograni was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Fury controlling the position easily from mount.
Fury prevents Ograni from getting the reversal.
Ograni tries to hold on but Fury pushes him away.
Ograni is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ograni wants to control but Fury is having none of it.
Ograni really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fury controlling his opponent.
Fury trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury avoids the attempt from Ograni to control.
Fury prevents Ograni from getting the reversal.
Ograni is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ograni sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ograni actively working from the bottom here.

Ograni looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gugo Ograni dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A head kick misses from Fury.
Fury pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ograni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fury.
Ograni looks to land a combination. Fury sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ograni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fury.
Fury avoids the body shot from Ograni.
Fury scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ograni doesn't seem bothered though.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ograni.
Ograni misses with the ground and pound.

Ograni thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Fury's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ograni is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Ograni is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fury has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fury keeping his opponent close.
Fury wants to control but Ograni postures up.
Ograni trying to control the position but Fury is working away.
An elbow from Ograni crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ograni is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Ograni has an Americana. Fury didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Ograni is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Ograni hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gugo Ograni!
Gugo Ograni took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'What a fight... I guess this clear out some stuff about the last fight. '.