PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ive Nackershort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Luger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nackershort comes into the arena with The Rocky Theme blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Nackershort
vs
Luger

181 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

191 cm
22
194 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Lightning Fight Gear

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 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Ive Nackershort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Luger!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nackershort takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luger thuds his shin into the meat of Nackershort's side.
Luger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nackershort is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nackershort shoots in but Luger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Luger lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Luger moves into the clinch.
Luger misses with an elbow over the top.
Luger tries to land a knee to the head but Nackershort blocks with his arms.
Nackershort wants a takedown but no success here.
Luger landing knees to the head.
Nackershort takes an elbow to the forehead.
Luger lands a damaging elbow.
Luger can't get the takedown.
Nackershort tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ive Nackershort. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luger lands an elbow inside.
Luger pushes off an throws an elbow but Nackershort leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nackershort wants to get back to striking at distance but Luger won't allow it.
Luger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nackershort has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luger trying to land knees to the body.
Luger lands an elbow inside.
Luger throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luger.
Nackershort is trying to break free.
Nackershort has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Luger avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nackershort is trying to break the clinch but Luger has him pressed against the ropes.
Nackershort is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Luger pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Luger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nackershort.
Nackershort blocks an elbow strike.
Nackershort tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luger just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Luger scores a nice knee to the body.
Luger lands an elbow that stopped Nackershort in his tracks for a moment.
Luger lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luger pushes off an throws an elbow but Nackershort leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nackershort is working for takedown but Luger is calmly controlling the position for now.
Luger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luger lands an elbow inside that Nackershort shrugs off.
Nackershort fails to pull guard.
Luger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Luger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nackershort goes for a takedown attempt but Luger pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Luger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horrible takedown by Nackershort or perhaps it was just good defense by Luger which made him look bad.
Luger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anthony Luger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nackershort closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Nackershort working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nackershort trying to control the action but Luger is working from the bottom.
Nackershort throws an elbow but Luger slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luger prevents Nackershort from moving into mount.
Luger misses with a strike from the bottom.

Nackershort is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Luger knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Luger is looking to reverse the position.
Luger is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nackershort off and has taken his back!
Nackershort covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Nackershort tries to break free.
Nackershort trying to control the hands but Luger breaks the grip.
Nackershort is in bad spot here.
Luger has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Nackershort.
Nackershort rolls, trying to escape but Luger keeps control of the position.
Nackershort trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Luger throwing damaging strikes from the back! Nackershort could be in trouble here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort covers up after that shot from Luger.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Luger has the hooks in. Nackershort is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Luger is landing with strikes from the back.
Luger scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Nackershort is looking for a way out.
Nackershort is taking damage to the body and head.
Luger cracks Nackershort with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Nackershort from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Luger has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Nackershort.
Luger landing with strikes.
Luger tries to get the hooks in deep but Nackershort pushed the leg off.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Luger controlling the positon.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Luger scores with punches and elbows.
Luger is trying to stick to Nackershort's back but Nackershort is turning into Luger. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Luger's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Nackershort.
Luger manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nackershort is in a horrible position here. Luger smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Luger cracks Nackershort with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Luger landing strikes from the mount and Nackershort is in trouble!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luger putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nackershort tries to hold on but Luger postures up.
Luger controlling from the full mount.
Nackershort takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luger controlling from mount.
Luger prevents Nackershort from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Luger dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nackershort looks for a takedown but Luger sprawls well.
Luger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nackershort tries for a takedown but Luger sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Luger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nackershort.
Luger throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luger scores with a leg kick.
Luger tries to clinch up.
Luger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nackershort. That did some damage!
Nice takedown defense from Luger. No joy for Nackershort on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ive Nackershort. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nackershort blocks a low kick nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Luger!
Nackershort fails to land the takedown.
Nackershort fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Luger. No joy for Nackershort on that attempt.
Luger connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luger lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nackershort takes a step back to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nackershort fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nackershort takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nackershort takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Luger throws a head kick that misses.
Nackershort checks a leg kick nicely.
Nackershort fails to land the takedown.
Luger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nackershort looks to land a combination but Luger avoids it well.
Nackershort shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luger as he jumps to the side.
Nackershort lands a two punch combo.
Nackershort shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luger as he jumps to the side.
Luger loads up on a big right hand but Nackershort slips the punch.
Luger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nackershort looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luger is fending him off so far but Nackershort persists. Nope, Luger circles away and we're back to standing.
Luger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nackershort changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Luger tries to avoid it but Nackershort manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Luger to the ground. Luger escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Luger throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Luger gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nackershort is trying to break the clinch but Luger has him pressed against the ropes.
Luger lands an elbow just above Nackershort 's eye.

Nackershort has picked Luger up - he's going for a ride! Nackershort dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luger punching from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nackershort is working away from the top position though.
Nackershort is nestled in close to Luger, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Luger tries to get to full guard but Nackershort has control of the leg.
Luger is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nackershort's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nackershort's back!
Nackershort is trying to break free.
Anthony Luger has got the better of the ground game so far.
Luger trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Nackershort doesn't escape.
Luger tries to get the hooks in deep but Nackershort pushed the leg off.
Nackershort can't escape the position.
Luger landing with strikes.
Luger has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Nackershort's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luger trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Nackershort covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Luger lands punches and elbows.
Nackershort covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Luger cracks Nackershort with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Nackershort from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Luger scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Luger lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Nackershort hold on?!
Nackershort is really stuck here.
Luger lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Nackershort.
Luger landing with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luger throwing damaging strikes from the back! Nackershort could be in trouble here!
Nackershort tries to break free.
Luger punishes Nackershort with strikes from the back mount.
Luger is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Nackershort up.
Luger has the hooks in. Nackershort is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Can Nackershort hold on?! Luger is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Nackershort covers up after that shot from Luger.
Nackershort is taking damage to the body and head.
Luger gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Nackershort is keeping busy.
Nackershort manages to reverse the position and now he's in Luger's guard. Nice work there by Nackershort.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Luger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Luger can do anything to dispel that myth.
Luger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nackershort's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Luger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nackershort gets a takedown into half guard.
Luger gets full guard.
Luger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Luger is pulling down on Nackershort's head to control his posture.
Luger keeping moving, preventing Nackershort from controlling successfully.
Luger strikes from his own guard.
Nackershort tries to free his leg and advance position but Luger is retaining full guard.
Nackershort is working hard here to advance position.
Nackershort won't allow Luger to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nackershort blocks the body kick.
Nackershort tries for a takedown but Luger sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luger throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nackershort keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Luger, right into the meat.

Luger has Nackershort up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nackershort has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Luger avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Luger.
Nackershort is trying to break the clinch but Luger has him pressed against the ropes.
Luger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Luger throws an elbow but misses.
Nackershort has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Luger avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ive Nackershort. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Nackershort works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Luger keeping moving, preventing Nackershort from controlling successfully.
Luger managing to control the position.
Luger keeping full guard, as Nackershort tries to pass.
Luger is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Luger is trying to keep Nackershort in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort slips nicely into half guard.
Still in half guard, Nackershort seems content to control.
Nackershort thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Luger's head.
Luger punching from the bottom.
Luger is holding on to half guard well.
Luger is trying to control but can't.
Nackershort is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Luger striking off his back but it's not causing Nackershort any problems.
Luger wants to sweep but no luck.
Nackershort with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luger pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort fails to land the takedown.
Nackershort tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luger swivels and escapes.
Luger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luger wants to land a leg kick but Nackershort is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Luger.
Nackershort on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luger. Luger obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luger. That's going to slow Nackershort down.

Nackershort looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Nackershort trying to control but Luger is working from the bottom.
Nackershort looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Nackershort postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Luger keeping moving, preventing Nackershort from controlling successfully.
Ive Nackershort has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luger is pulling down on Nackershort's head to control his posture.
Nackershort wants to control from the top but Luger keeps moving.

Nackershort has gone for a leg lock! Luger slips out almost immediately though and dives into Nackershort's guard.
Luger content to stall in guard here.
Luger lands a couple of elbows.

Nackershort had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Luger is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Nackershort Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Luger's back instead.
Luger trying to control the action but Nackershort just sinks the hooks in.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anthony Luger.
Well Luger has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Luger!