PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Seamon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland Nolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Seamon
vs
Nolan

180 cm
27
170 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

176 cm
19
179 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christopher Seamon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roland Nolan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seamon has his takedown stuffed

and Nolan counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Seamon tries to buck Nolan off but Nolan is having none of it.
Seamon takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nolan tries to score with some ground and pound. Seamon controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nolan scoring with punches from side control.
Seamon struggling a bit here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes there by Nolan.
Nolan taking a break here but Seamon is having none of it and regains half guard.
Seamon on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Seamon avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nolan.
Nolan thows a huge punch but Seamon dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Nolan there.
Nolan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nolan lands a nice short elbow.
Nolan looks to land a strike but Seamon avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Nolan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nolan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Seamon's guard.
Seamon misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Seamon is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nolan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nolan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nolan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Seamon is pressing down on Nolan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nolan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Seamon's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nolan is pushing down on Seamon's leg trying to pass to half guard. Seamon is fighting to maintain full guard but Nolan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Seamon taking some punishment here, with Nolan in his half guard.
Nolan prevents Seamon from standing back up.
Nolan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nolan lands strikes from half guard.

Seamon is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolan working Seamon over with strikes.
Oh Seamon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nolan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Seamon wants to control but Nolan is keeping busy.
Nolan lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Seamon! More strikes land and this one is all over! Nolan jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roland Nolan!