PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Refn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little comes to the cage accompanied by Snoop Dogg - Murder was the Case. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Little
vs
Refn

185 cm
27
178 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

178 cm
31
174 lbs
20 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

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Crippler\'s Corner

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nicolas Refn!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Refn throws a big shot that misses.
Little avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Little looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Little looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Little looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Refn!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Refn wants to control but Little postures up.
Refn throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
You can see the frustration on Refn's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Refn tries to buck Little off but Little is having none of it.
Refn is still trying to improve position.

Little is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Refn is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Little is trying to ground and pound but Refn uses the momentary lack of control by Little to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little is looking to take a break and control but Refn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Refn missing with punches from the bottom.
Refn trying to control here.
Refn has hold of Little's hands but Little slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Refn gets back to full guard.
Refn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little throwing strikes from guard but Refn blocks nicely.
Refn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Little has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Refn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Little.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Little 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.
Refn is trying to keep Little in close.
Little being controlled here momentarily.
Refn wants to sweep here but Little controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little won't allow Refn to get back to his feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nicolas Refn.
Refn connects with a crisp jab.
Little throws a head kick that misses.
Little scores with a leg kick.
Refn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Little.
Refn throws out a loose jab but Little uses good head movement to avoid it.
Little lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Little connects with an inside leg kick.
Refn lands a jab to Little's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little slips under a jab.

Refn gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Little to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Refn trying to keep a closed guard but Little is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Little drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Little jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Little wants to control from the top but Refn keeps moving.
Little throws a big right hand that misses.
Refn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Little working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Refn's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Little postures up.
Little throws a big elbow that misses.
Refn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Little dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Refn tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
Refn doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Little counters with a head kick that drops Refn - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!

Refn is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Little scores with a big shot! Refn's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Refn! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omar Little!
During a confident post fight interview, Omar Little thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.