PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between En Sabah Nur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lime Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lime Lister is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sabah Nur
vs
Lister

174 cm
22
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
30
225 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Hellbent
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, En Sabah Nur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lime Lister!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabah Nur moves out of range as Lister throws a body kick.
Sabah Nur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sabah Nur scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sabah Nur misses with a left hand
and Lister counters with a body kick.
Sabah Nur takes a swing at Lister's ribcage but misses.
Sabah Nur misses with a hook

and Lister counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lister.
Lister wants to break free but Sabah Nur has control.
Sabah Nur works on Lister's body with a couple of short punches.
Lister wants to break free but Sabah Nur has control.
A frustrated look appears on Lister's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sabah Nur struggles to land a body shot inside as Lister controls his hands.
Lister blocks an uppercut.
Sabah Nur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Lister's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sabah Nur throws a series of punches but Lister avoids them all with ease.
Nice defenses there by Lister.
Lister ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sabah Nur moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabah Nur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sabah Nur gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lister to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lister trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Sabah Nur manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Sabah Nur trying to control but Lister is working from the bottom.
Sabah Nur stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lister swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lister keeping moving, preventing Sabah Nur from controlling successfully.
Sabah Nur looking to sit in guard and control but Lister gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lister trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lister trying to control the position from guard on top but Sabah Nur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lister slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lister trying to control but Sabah Nur is working from the bottom.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Lime Lister wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sabah Nur scores with a nice head shot.
Lister changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sabah Nur tries to sprawl but Lister drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sabah Nur won't allow Lister to pass to mount.
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.

Lister seems to be looking for submissions.
Lister wants to free his trapped foot but Sabah Nur is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lister passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sabah Nur!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Lister is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Sabah Nur to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Sabah Nur shrugs it off.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Lister has hold of Sabah Nur's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sabah Nur manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Sabah Nur tries to hold on but Lister pushes him away.
Sabah Nur is squirming around, avoiding Lister's attempts to control the action.
Sabah Nur can't escape the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Lister is working for a guillotine from mount but Sabah Nur frees his head quite easily.
Sabah Nur working to try and regain half guard.
Lister avoids the attempt from Sabah Nur to control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Lister goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Sabah Nur is on top in guard.
Sabah Nur controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lister looking to control.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lister keeping moving, preventing Sabah Nur from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of En Sabah Nur.
Sabah Nur avoids a kick to the body.
Sabah Nur misses the shot to the body.
Sabah Nur throws a body punch but Lister moves out of range.
Lister gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lister tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sabah Nur sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lister somewhat.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lister tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sabah Nur manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lister feints a jab promting Sabah Nur to slip. Lister then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sabah Nur slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
En Sabah Nur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lister pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lister throws a push kick but Sabah Nur slaps the foot to one side.
Lister avoids the body shot from Sabah Nur.
Lister works the jab nicely.
Sabah Nur throws a poor cross that misses
and Lister counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sabah Nur throws a looping overhand right but Lister ducks down to avoid it.
Lister punishes Sabah Nur's body with a nice straight punch.
Sabah Nur uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lister has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sabah Nur connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lister. Lister circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lime Lister dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sabah Nur loads up on a big right hand but Lister slips the punch.
Lister attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sabah Nur takes a swing at Lister's ribcage but misses.

Lister fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sabah Nur sprawls well initially but Lister persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Sabah Nur looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lister is looking to take a break and control but Sabah Nur is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Lister wants to work for an arm triangle but Sabah Nur is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Lister seems to be working for a kimura but Sabah Nur defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lister is pressing down on Sabah Nur's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sabah Nur is holding on for now.
Lister works his way into full mount!
Lister looking to control but Sabah Nur is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lister goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Sabah Nur is on top in guard.

Sabah Nur drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Lister dives on top into guard.
Lister slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lister pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sabah Nur is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lister sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sabah Nur's guard.
Lister tries to pass to full mount but Sabah Nur defends it.
Lister moves nicely into side control.
Lister wants to control but Sabah Nur is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lister is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sabah Nur has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sabah Nur is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lister off and has taken his back!
Sabah Nur trying to control.

Lister is having to fend off submission attempts from Sabah Nur, who is looking to sink in the choke. Sabah Nur doesn't have the hooks in though and Lister manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Lister advances position into side control!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lister controlling the position from side mount.
Sabah Nur is trying to improve his position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sabah Nur is working hard here to advance position.

Lister tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Lister goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sabah Nur rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Lister's guard! Nice work there by Sabah Nur!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lister can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sabah Nur controls the pace.
Sabah Nur trying to control the position from guard on top but Lister is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lime Lister has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sabah Nur tries to free his leg and advance position but Lister is retaining full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sabah Nur trying to control but Lister is working from the bottom.

Sabah Nur has gone for a leg lock! Lister slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sabah Nur's guard.
Lister slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lister is staying tight to Sabah Nur's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lister trying to control the action but Sabah Nur is working from the bottom.
Lister looking to control but instead Sabah Nur has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

Lister is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lime Lister showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Lister misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Sabah Nur coming out on top.
Lister throws a low kick, looking for Sabah Nur's leg but Sabah Nur calmly moves out of range.
Lister uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sabah Nur.
Sabah Nur blocks the body kick.
Lister misses with a wild combination.
Sabah Nur swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lister counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lime Lister seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lister steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sabah Nur.
Lister takes one to the side of the head.
Sabah Nur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lister attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sabah Nur's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lister under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Lister finds it's target.
Lister uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sabah Nur.
Sabah Nur blocks a head kick by Lister.
Lister throws a low kick, looking for Sabah Nur's leg but Sabah Nur calmly moves out of range.
Sabah Nur wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sabah Nur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sabah Nur lands with an overhand left.
Sabah Nur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sabah Nur moves out of range of the body kick.
Sabah Nur moves away from the strike by Lister.
Sabah Nur misses with an uppercut. Lister saw that one coming.
Sabah Nur staying out of range there.
Lister is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sabah Nur misses with a body shot

and Lister counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Lister breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabah Nur lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
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!
Sabah Nur checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sabah Nur misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Sabah Nur misses.
Lister misses with a body kick.
Lister scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sabah Nur throws a body punch but Lister moves out of range.
Sabah Nur throws a lazy right hand but Lister sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sabah Nur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lister.
Lister tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sabah Nur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lister was well out of range. Poor timing from Sabah Nur.
Lister misses with a kick to the body.
Lister fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sabah Nur manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabah Nur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lister.
Lister comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lister throws a low kick, looking for Sabah Nur's leg but Sabah Nur calmly moves out of range.
A slow jab from Sabah Nur misses its intended target.
A leg kick checked by Sabah Nur.
Lister fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lister throws an overhand right that lands on Sabah Nur's shoulder, as Sabah Nur tries to avoid the shot.
Sabah Nur misses with the combination.
Lister lands a nice shot that snaps Sabah Nur's head back.
Lister ducks under a wild hook from Sabah Nur.
Lister connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
No luck for Lister with that takedown attempt.
Sabah Nur throws a series of punches but Lister avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabah Nur misses with a looping left.
Sabah Nur tries to move into range but Lister moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sabah Nur looks to land a right hand but Lister moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lister misses with a leg kick.
Lister ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sabah Nur moves away.
Lister tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sabah Nur swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lister tries to clinch but Sabah Nur is having none of it.
Jab by Sabah Nur.
Lister fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lister ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sabah Nur moves away.
Lister throws an overhand right that lands on Sabah Nur's shoulder, as Sabah Nur tries to avoid the shot.
Sabah Nur tries to land a front kick but Lister steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sabah Nur misses with a head kick.
Sabah Nur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lister.
Lister staying out of range there.
Sabah Nur throws a lazy right hand but Lister sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lister has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sabah Nur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sabah Nur moves out of range of the body kick.
Sabah Nur thuds a left hand into Lister's body.
Sabah Nur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lister manages to avoid it.
Sabah Nur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lister.
Sabah Nur keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sabah Nur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lister.
Sabah Nur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lister moves away.
Sabah Nur looks to throw the jab but Lister is out of range.
Lister uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sabah Nur.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lister moves in looking to clinch but Sabah Nur pushes him off.
Lister swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sabah Nur throws a series of punches but Lister avoids them all with ease.
Sabah Nur's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sabah Nur duly obliges.
Lister swings for the body but Sabah Nur moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sabah Nur. Lister shrugs it off though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lister uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sabah Nur.
Sabah Nur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sabah Nur thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sabah Nur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lister was well out of range. Poor timing from Sabah Nur.
Lister tries to score with a low kick but Sabah Nur moves his leg out of the way.
Lister misses with a kick to the body.
Lister is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sabah Nur rather than just go for the knockout.
Sabah Nur thuds a left hand into Lister's body.
Sabah Nur jabs Lister right on the nose. Lister blinks but takes it well.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lister is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sabah Nur.
Sabah Nur connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lister. Lister circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Lister is rocked!
Sabah Nur finds Lister's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Lister flops back against the ropes, eyes gazing into the distance. Sabah Nur lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Lister will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). En Sabah Nur!