PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between José Nabijos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Rampage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nabijos comes to the cage accompanied by IF I DIE TONIGHT. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nabijos
vs
Rampage

187 cm
31
213 lbs
33 - 7 - 1

191 cm
29
221 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Hit Squad Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, José Nabijos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Rampage!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabijos scores with a body shot.
José Nabijos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rampage misses with a low kick as Nabijos jumps back.
Nabijos lands a slapping body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nabijos.
Rampage avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Nabijos misses.
Nabijos throws a lazy body kick
and Rampage counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nabijos's knee momentarily.
Nabijos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rampage pushes Nabijos away with a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Rampage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rampage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nabijos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rampage is out of range.
Nabijos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Rampage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nabijos misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rampage.
Rampage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rampage struggles to land a body shot inside as Nabijos controls his hands.
Nabijos tries to work over Rampage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rampage lands a nice elbow.
Nabijos misses with a knee strike.
Nabijos scores with a shoulder strike.
Rampage takes a shot to the head.
Rampage lands a nice elbow.
Rampage lands with a light punch inside.
Nabijos avoiding damage as Rampage throws knees to the body.
Rampage stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rampage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rampage can't find room to land a body shot as Nabijos controls the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rampage working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nabijos prevents a body shot from Rampage.
Rampage missing with knees to the body.
Nabijos blocks the elbow strike.
Nabijos fails to pull guard.
Nabijos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rampage lands an uppercut.
Nabijos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rampage scores with a shot to the side of Nabijos's head.
Nabijos blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rampage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nabijos's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rampage.
Rampage lands an uppercut.
Rampage throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rampage misses with an elbow strike.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Nabijos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rampage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rampage doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nabijos lands with a light punch inside.
Rampage lands an elbow that stopped Nabijos in his tracks for a moment.
Rampage misses with a punch on the inside.
Rampage lands a body punch.
Nabijos misses with a punch on the inside.
Nabijos avoiding damage as Rampage throws knees to the body.
Nabijos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rampage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rampage struggles to land a body shot inside as Nabijos controls his hands.
Nabijos takes an elbow to the temple.
Nabijos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rampage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Rampage scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nabijos prevents a body shot from Rampage.
Rampage misses with a punch on the inside.
Nabijos takes an elbow to the temple.
Rampage lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nabijos managing to block the knees to the body from Rampage.
Rampage swings wildly with an uppercut but Nabijos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rampage misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Rampage dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rampage checks a leg kick.
Nabijos moves out of range of the body kick from Rampage.
Rampage takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Nabijos tests Rampage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rampage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nabijos to score with a decent uppercut.
Nabijos tries to bum rush Rampage with a series of wild strikes but Rampage uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nabijos looks to land a right hand but Rampage moved out of range.
Rampage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nabijos.
Nabijos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nabijos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rampage at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nabijos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nabijos misses with a head kick.
Rampage lands a lovely overhand right.
Nabijos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nabijos chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rampage misses with a low kick.
Nabijos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rampage's hands.
Rampage checks a leg kick nicely.
Nabijos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rampage scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nabijos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice uppercut lands for Nabijos. That snapped Rampage's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nabijos lands with a hook. Rampage tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Nabijos misses with a head kick.
Rampage checks the leg kick.
José Nabijos is winning the standup battle so far.
Rampage fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nabijos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A head kick by Nabijos misses

and Rampage counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rampage scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nabijos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nabijos misses with a punch to the body.
Nabijos dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage gets through Nabijos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rampage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rampage digs a right hand underneath Nabijos's ribcage. Nabijos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nabijos swings wildly with an uppercut but Rampage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rampage trying to land knees to the body.
Rampage lands a nice elbow.
Nabijos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rampage's elbow.
Kyle Rampage seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rampage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rampage lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nabijos backwards.
Rampage tries to land knees in the clinch but Nabijos avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Rampage fails to land.
Nabijos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nabijos misses with some punches.
Nabijos takes an elbow to the temple.
Nabijos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nabijos misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nabijos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rampage's brow.
Rampage lands with a right to the head.
Nabijos blocks an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage lands with a left to the head.
Nabijos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rampage backwards.
Nabijos blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Nabijos - that landed with a thud.
Rampage tries to land knees in the clinch but Nabijos avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rampage swings wildly with an uppercut but Nabijos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rampage misses with a punch on the inside.
Rampage pushes off an throws an elbow but Nabijos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nabijos dodges an elbow strike from Rampage.
Rampage throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rampage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rampage lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nabijos fails to pull guard.
Nabijos misses with a knee to the head.
Nabijos blocks a body shot from Rampage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that José Nabijos will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rampage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rampage.
Nabijos connects with a solid leg kick.
Nabijos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Nabijos there.
Nabijos throws a lazy head kick
and Rampage counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nabijos.
Nice body kick from Nabijos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nabijos throws a shot from downtown. Rampage moves away and avoids it.
Nice body kick from Nabijos.
Nabijos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rampage misses with a head kick.
Rampage throws a head kick but Nabijos moves out of range.
Rampage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nabijos.
Nabijos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rampage's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nabijos can pounce on him.
Nabijos cracks a nice hook into Rampage's ribs.
Nabijos moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nabijos lands with a straight right. Rampage didn't see that one coming.
Nabijos fakes the leg kick and cracks Rampage in the body.
Nabijos scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nabijos throws a push kick but Rampage slaps the foot to one side.
Nabijos cracks a nice hook into Rampage's ribs.
Nabijos lands a nice hook to Rampage's body. Rampage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rampage's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nabijos lands a jab to the head.
Nabijos is looking to land body kicks.
Nabijos thuds his shin into the meat of Rampage's side.
Rampage has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nabijos.
Nabijos lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos scores with a decent looking hook.
Rampage has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nabijos.
Nabijos scores with a leg kick.
Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Nabijos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nabijos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rampage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nabijos scores with a sloppy right hand. Rampage should have avoided that one.
Nabijos swings for the body but Rampage moves out of range.
Nabijos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rampage lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nabijos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nabijos misses with a kick to the body.
Rampage misses with a head kick.

Nabijos lands a big head kick that sends Rampage tumbling to the mat! Nabijos takes a step backwards and waves Rampage back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rampage is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rampage walks straight into a right hand from Nabijos - that's dropped him! Nabijos jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Rampage from any more punishment! Rampage complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). José Nabijos!
José Nabijos retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, José Nabijos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.