PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Obasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Alberto De Nobrega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Obasi
vs
Alberto De Nobrega

183 cm
29
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
28
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Obasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Alberto De Nobrega!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obasi fails with an attempt to clinch.

Obasi clinches up with De Nobrega and pushes him back against the cage.
De Nobrega is trying to break the clinch but Obasi is controlling him.
Obasi stalling against the cage.
Obasi has De Nobrega pressed against the cage, preventing De Nobrega from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Nobrega has had enough of the clinch but Obasi keeps him there for the moment.
De Nobrega is looking to break free of the clinch but Obasi has double underhooks.
De Nobrega tries to circle away but Obasi has him pinned against the cage.
De Nobrega wants to break free but Obasi has control.
Obasi pressing his opponent against the cage.
De Nobrega blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Obasi is struggling to control the position.
Obasi lands an uppercut.
Obasi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Nobrega is trying to break the clinch but Obasi is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Nobrega working hard to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Obasi.
Obasi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Obasi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Obasi tries a knee to the head but De Nobrega blocks it.
De Nobrega is trying to break the clinch but Obasi has him pressed against the cage.
De Nobrega is looking to break free of the clinch but Obasi has double underhooks.
De Nobrega tries to break free but Obasi pushes him back against the cage.
Obasi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Nobrega wants to break the clinch but can't.
Obasi landing knees to the head.

It looks like Carlos Alberto De Nobrega has been cut.
De Nobrega wants to get back to striking at distance but Obasi won't allow it.
De Nobrega wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short left from De Nobrega.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega lands a hook that snaps the head of Obasi backwards.
De Nobrega is looking to break free of the clinch but Obasi has double underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Nobrega wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Obasi tries to land knees in the clinch but De Nobrega avoids the damage to the body.
Obasi has De Nobrega pressed against the cage, preventing De Nobrega from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Obasi misses with an elbow over the top.
Obasi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
De Nobrega looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Obasi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Nobrega's efforts to push away.
De Nobrega is trying to force a seperation but Obasi has the dominant position.
Obasi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Nobrega takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Nobrega looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Nobrega lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Obasi keeps control of De Nobrega as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Obasi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De Nobrega's efforts to push away.
De Nobrega wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Obasi lands a knee to the body.
De Nobrega looks winded!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Obasi connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Nobrega's face.
Obasi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Obasi landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obasi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Nobrega is trying to force a seperation but Obasi has the dominant position.
Obasi has De Nobrega pushed against the cage.
Obasi lands a nice knee to the body.
Obasi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Obasi scores with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Obasi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Obasi connects with a knee to the head.
Obasi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Nobrega misses with a short punch on the inside.
Obasi is pushing De Nobrega up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Obasi gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Obasi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Alberto De Nobrega's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

De Nobrega is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Obasi moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Obasi!