PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alphonse Gangitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nadir has chosen M.A.S.H Theme as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gangitano
vs
Nadir

187 cm
25
210 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

188 cm
27
217 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphonse Gangitano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abed Nadir!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gangitano moves out of range as Nadir strikes.
Gangitano has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Stu's Gym in the buildup to the fight.

Nadir gets a double leg takedown into Gangitano's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Nadir with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nadir passes Gangitano's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nadir looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gangitano with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nadir thows a huge punch but Gangitano dodges it nicely.
Nadir throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gangitano regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nadir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gangitano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gangitano is trying to control the position but Nadir postures up.
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!
Gangitano tries to strike from the bottom.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gangitano wants to get back to his feet but Nadir is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nadir postures up in Gangitano's guard and throws a big left but Gangitano blocks it.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.
Nadir throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir wants to pass the guard but Gangitano is keeping the position.
Gangitano looking to control.
Gangitano is pulling down on Nadir's head to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nadir accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nadir is in close to Gangitano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nadir preventing the sweep.
Gangitano is working hard here to advance position.
Gangitano keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gangitano wants to sweep here but Nadir controlling him for the moment.
Nadir pushing down on Gangitano's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nadir takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nadir working Gangitano over with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadir throwing shots but Gangitano is blocking nicely.
Gangitano flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Nadir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nadir scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
It looks like Nadir might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Gangitano is pressing down on Nadir's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nadir works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gangitano gets full guard.
Gangitano tries to strike from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nadir's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir postures up in Gangitano's guard and throws a big left but Gangitano blocks it.
Nadir postures up in Gangitano's guard and throws a big left but Gangitano blocks it.
Gangitano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gangitano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nadir with a nice head shot there.
Nadir throwing strikes from guard but Gangitano blocks nicely.
Gangitano keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
Nadir lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nadir postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gangitano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nadir.
Nadir postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gangitano trying to control the position.
Nadir missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir trying to control but Gangitano is working from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nadir passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Gangitano on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gangitano moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gangitano has his hands on Nadir's head, controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gangitano scores with a short punch from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abed Nadir dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A swing and a miss from Nadir.
Gangitano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nadir as he jumps to the side.
Gangitano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sloppy strikes from Nadir. Those never looked like landing.
Nadir gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gangitano.
Gangitano thumps Nadir with a low kick.
Nadir blocks a head kick by Gangitano.
Nadir scores with a nice head shot.
Gangitano throws a series of punches but Nadir avoids them all with ease.
Nadir jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gangitano throws an overhand right that lands on Nadir's shoulder, as Nadir tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the body from Nadir misses

and Gangitano counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gangitano landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gangitano is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nadir has one foot on Gangitano's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nadir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nadir takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gangitano swings widly with a right hand
and Nadir counters with a two punch combo.
Gangitano keeps the fight on the outside.
Gangitano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gangitano tries to move into range but Nadir moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Gangitano is rocked!
Nadir avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oh Gangitano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big left from Gangitano misses.
Gangitano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nadir.
Nice sprawl there from Gangitano as Nadir shoots in.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nadir thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nadir scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gangitano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Nadir counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nadir walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Gangitano drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Nadir swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Gangitano's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abed Nadir!
A relieved looking Abed Nadir thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.