PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Droop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Nieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nieto is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bullet the Blue Sky. George Droop is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Droop
vs
Nieto

190 cm
27
163 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

170 cm
28
162 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, George Droop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Nieto!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Droop fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Droop throws a right and a left that Nieto avoids nicely.

Droop gets caught flat footed, as Nieto shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nieto with a nice head shot there.
Droop working a defensive guard here.
Droop preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nieto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Droop works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nieto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Droop's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nieto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nieto distracts Droop with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Droop throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nieto looking to pass the guard.
Nieto forces his way into half guard.
Droop tries to roll over but Nieto keeps him under control.
Droop really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nieto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Droop is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto tries to pass to full mount but Droop defends it.
Droop tries to get to full guard but Nieto has control of the leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Droop manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Droop will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nieto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Droop is keeping the position for now.
Droop looking to control.
Droop looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nieto is one step ahead there.
Droop working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nieto.
Nieto with a nice head shot there.
Nieto works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Droop is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nieto scores with a couple of nice shots.
Droop is trying to maintain the position but Nieto is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Droop desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Droop is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nieto scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nieto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Droop is trying to maintain the position but Nieto is very close to passing his half guard.
Nieto lands with a punch from half guard.
Droop tries to roll over but Nieto keeps him under control.
Nieto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nieto passes to full mount!
Nieto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A nice elbow there by Nieto.
Droop tries to hold on but Nieto postures up.
Nieto has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Droop's face.

Droop is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Droop wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Nieto celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandre Nieto!
Alexandre Nieto took some time post fight to say the following; 'I have lost, but I am not lost. '.