PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammad Al Nasser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohammad Al Nasser will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Coleman
vs
Al Nasser

183 cm
25
192 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
29
190 lbs
10 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Good takedowns
Basic striking
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 18 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mohammad Al Nasser!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Nasser fails with a takedown attempt.
Al Nasser tries to clinch but Coleman is having none of it.
Al Nasser misses with a takedown

and Coleman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Coleman lands a couple of elbows.
Coleman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Al Nasser on the ground.
Coleman trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Nasser is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Nasser wants to sweep but no luck.
Coleman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Al Nasser keeping moving, preventing Coleman from controlling successfully.
Coleman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Coleman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Al Nasser is keeping the position for now.
Coleman is in close to Al Nasser's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman cracks Al Nasser with a solid left hand.
Coleman sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coleman looking to pass the guard.
Al Nasser wants to sweep here but Coleman controlling him for the moment.
Coleman postures up.
Coleman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Al Nasser is keeping the position for now.
Coleman showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman preventing the sweep.
Coleman connects with a couple of short punches.
Coleman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Coleman throws a big right hand that misses.
Coleman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Coleman works over Al Nasser with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coleman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Al Nasser will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Coleman connects with a couple of short punches.
Coleman looking to sit in guard and control but Al Nasser gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Coleman is trying to keep Al Nasser in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Nasser tries to stand but Coleman is controlling from the bottom.
Coleman looking to control.
Coleman is pulling down on Al Nasser's head. It's preventing any offense from Al Nasser, at least for the moment.
Al Nasser is looking to stand up but Coleman won't let him.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jake Coleman wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Al Nasser misses with a takedown

and Coleman counters with a single leg into guard. Al Nasser didn't expect that.
Jake Coleman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohammad Al Nasser.
Coleman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Al Nasser trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Al Nasser's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coleman looking to sit in guard and control but Al Nasser gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Al Nasser tries to stand but Coleman is controlling from the bottom.
Coleman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Coleman controlling Al Nasser's posture.
Al Nasser preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Coleman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Al Nasser defends well.
Al Nasser wants to control from the top but Coleman keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Coleman 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.

Al Nasser gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Coleman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Coleman working some strikes from top position.
Coleman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Coleman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Al Nasser's head.
Coleman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Nasser is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Coleman trying to control but Al Nasser is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jake Coleman just wasn't active enough.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Al Nasser.

Al Nasser fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Coleman sprawls well initially but Al Nasser persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Al Nasser is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Coleman controlling the position for now.
Coleman tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Al Nasser tries to stand and escape but Coleman is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coleman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Coleman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Al Nasser manages to get himself to full guard.
Coleman trying to control but Al Nasser is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman forces his way into half guard.
Ground and pound from Coleman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coleman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jake Coleman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Al Nasser is staying active underneath Coleman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Coleman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Al Nasser is looking for a sweep. Coleman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Al Nasser punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Coleman is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Al Nasser has managed to free his arm - good work.

Coleman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Al Nasser sees it coming and defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Coleman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Al Nasser keeps working.
Coleman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Coleman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Al Nasser doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Coleman.
Coleman throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Al Nasser to regain full guard.
Coleman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Nasser working a defensive guard here.
Al Nasser keeping moving, preventing Coleman from controlling successfully.
Coleman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Coleman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Al Nasser keeping moving, preventing Coleman from controlling successfully.
Al Nasser throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Al Nasser throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman postures up.
Coleman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Coleman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Coleman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Al Nasser shoots and misses

and Coleman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Al Nasser won't be happy with that.
Al Nasser is trying to improve his position.
Coleman landing a few strikes.
Al Nasser takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Al Nasser gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Coleman is looking to stall here but Al Nasser recovers full guard.
Coleman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coleman trying to control but Al Nasser is working from the bottom.
Coleman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman chips away with some ground and pound.
Al Nasser tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Al Nasser manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Coleman wants to hold on but Al Nasser pushes him away.
Coleman is desperately trying to improve his position but Al Nasser has a good base and remains in mount.
Al Nasser trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Coleman controls the position.
Coleman tries to reverse the position but Al Nasser maintains control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman wants to try and get back to his feet.
Coleman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Coleman is squirming around, avoiding Al Nasser's attempts to control the action.
Coleman wants to hold on but Al Nasser pushes him away.
Coleman sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Nasser tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Coleman.
Al Nasser not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Coleman regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Nasser preventing the sweep.
Al Nasser has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Coleman is proving hard to escape from.

Coleman working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Al Nasser doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Al Nasser manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Al Nasser throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Coleman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Coleman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Al Nasser wants to control from the top but Coleman keeps moving.
Coleman throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Coleman wants to stand and escape but Al Nasser is having none of it.
Al Nasser trying to control the position from guard on top but Coleman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Nasser wanted to stand there but Coleman had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Al Nasser can do to turn this around?

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mohammad Al Nasser wasn't active enough on the ground.
Al Nasser fails in his attempt to clinch.

Al Nasser feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Al Nasser trying to control but Coleman is working from the bottom.
Al Nasser wants to stand but Coleman has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Mohammad Al Nasser has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Al Nasser prevents Coleman from getting back to his feet.
Jake Coleman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coleman is trying to keep Al Nasser in close.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Coleman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Coleman, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Coleman!