PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruan Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nogueira
vs
Pott

188 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
208 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wanderlei Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ruan Pott!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira checks a low kick from Pott.
Nogueira shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nogueira moves out of range of the leg kick from Pott.
Pott tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pott counters with a shoot takedown. Nogueira fights it but they end up in guard.
Pott preventing the sweep.
Pott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nogueira is keeping the position for now.
Pott throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nogueira definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pott really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nogueira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pott stands up over Nogueira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pott cracks Nogueira with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Pott distracts Nogueira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nogueira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nogueira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nogueira is working hard here to advance position.
Pott wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Pott chips away with some ground and pound.
Pott throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nogueira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nogueira lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Nogueira stands and throws Pott's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira scoring with punches and elbows.
Pott is trying to get back to half guard.
Pott keeps trying to improve his position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pott takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nogueira in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nogueira connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pott some visible discomfort.
Pott tries to buck Nogueira off but Nogueira is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nogueira working the head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pott gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nogueira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott is looking to improve his position.
Nogueira looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pott with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nogueira looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pott is trying to get back to full guard.
Nogueira is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Pott!
Pott can't escape the position.
Nogueira looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pott really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nogueira in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nogueira landing shots from mount.
Pott is looking to improve his position but Nogueira isn't that keen on the idea.
Nogueira punishing his opponent with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nogueira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nogueira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Pott that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nogueira prevents Pott from getting the reversal.
Nogueira with shots to the head and body - Pott looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nogueira working Pott over with strikes here.
Pott is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nogueira scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pott is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Nogueira dominated that round.
That's time! Nogueira's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pott tries to score with a low kick but Nogueira moves his leg out of the way.
Pott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pott throws a shot from downtown. Nogueira moves away and avoids it.
Pott is looking to land body kicks.
Nogueira staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pott pinned against the cage. Pott gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A leg kick checked by Nogueira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott throws a body kick that misses.
Pott looks to land a right hand but Nogueira moved out of range.
Nogueira shoots in for a double leg but Pott sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pott throws a leg kick but Nogueira sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nogueira blocks a jab.
Pott shoots in for a takedown but Nogueira shows good takedown defense.
Nogueira slaps away a takedown attempt from Pott, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Nogueira closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pott did well to prevent Nogueira getting side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira passes to side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pott can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nogueira lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Pott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nogueira lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nogueira working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nogueira scoring with punches and elbows.
Pott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nogueira working the ground and pound from side control.
Nogueira works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pott taking a bit of punishment here - Nogueira scoring with strikes.
Nogueira working the head with strikes.
Nogueira landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nogueira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pott can do to turn this around?
Pott takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pott taking a bit of punishment here - Nogueira scoring with strikes.
Pott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pott down.
Nogueira scoring with punches from side control.
Pott takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pott is looking for a sweep.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pott is trying to control Nogueira's posture but Nogueira avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pott takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Pott is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Nogueira dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nogueira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pott is out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nogueira or perhaps it was just good defense by Pott, which made it look bad.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.
Pott throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pott is looking to chop away at Nogueira's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pott has a takedown stuffed.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Nogueira here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Nogueira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pott.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Nogueira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nogueira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pott.
Pott throws a jab but it's blocked by Nogueira.
Pott looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nogueira throws a leg kick but Pott sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pott throws a solid leg kick but Nogueira takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pott.
Pott shoots in and drives through. Nogueira sprawls well.
Pott walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nogueira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nogueira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pott.

Nogueira closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pott did well to prevent Nogueira getting side control.
Pott tries to roll over but Nogueira keeps him under control.
Pott is in trouble now - Nogueira has advanced to mount!
Pott can't escape the position.
Nogueira with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nogueira in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nogueira lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pott hang on?
Pott is trying to escape the mount.
Nogueira working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! Nogueira connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nogueira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nogueira lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nogueira landing punches.
Pott is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pott is bucking up trying to escape but Nogueira cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nogueira landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pott is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogueira working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pott is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nogueira raining down shots from the mount!
Nogueira is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pott can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pott is bucking up trying to escape but Nogueira cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nogueira is landing with some decent strikes but Pott is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pott tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nogueira lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nogueira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pott manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ruan Pott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nogueira frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Nogueira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nogueira, 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Nogueira!
Post fight, an emotional Wanderlei Nogueira said 'No one can defeat me! '.
Ruan Pott was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm sorry my dear country, I'm sorry my dear fans, I promise you I'll do more in my next fight.'.