PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Peltier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Nogueira has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nogueira
vs
Peltier

176 cm
25
179 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

171 cm
19
172 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexander 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, Roman Peltier!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira throws a series of punches but Peltier moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Nogueira.
Nogueira stuffs the takedown attempt from Peltier. Peltier gets slowly back to his feet.
Peltier tries to clinch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Peltier misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peltier misses the jab.
Nogueira scores with a leg kick.
Nogueira misses with the combination.
A jab from Nogueira finds it's way through Peltier's defenses.
Peltier tries a head kick but it misses.
Nogueira lands with a right hand.
Peltier changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nogueira tries to avoid it but Peltier manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nogueira to the ground. Nogueira escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nogueira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Peltier shoots in and drives through. Nogueira sprawls well.
Alexander Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roman Peltier.
Nogueira scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice combination there by Nogueira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Peltier.
Peltier tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nogueira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nogueira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Peltier.
A head kick misses from Peltier.
Nogueira lands with a hook. Peltier tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Peltier has closed the distance and engaged Nogueira in a clinch.

Nogueira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nogueira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Peltier is looking to clinch but Nogueira is avoiding it.
Nogueira lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nogueira, right into the meat.
Nogueira scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peltier takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Peltier takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nogueira scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Peltier closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nogueira circles away.
Alexander Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peltier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira scores with a nice strike.
Nogueira lands with a hook. Peltier tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nogueira pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Peltier back to the cage. Nogueira follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A good leg kick by Nogueira.
Nogueira slaps away a takedown attempt from Peltier, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nogueira lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nogueira.
Nogueira is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nogueira throws a right hand that Peltier ducks under and follows up with a left that Peltier also avoids with ease.
Nogueira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peltier sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Nogueira.
Peltier walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Peltier takes a jab right on the kisser.
Peltier darts in looking for a takedown but Nogueira gets double underhooks and turns Peltier into the cage.

Peltier has picked Nogueira up - he's going for a ride! Peltier dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Peltier looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltier controlling the pace.

Nogueira actively working from the bottom here.

Peltier moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Nogueira.
Peltier in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nogueira gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Peltier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira misses with an uppercut.
Peltier uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nogueira.
Nogueira works the jab nicely.
Peltier is looking to clinch but Nogueira is avoiding it.
Peltier attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Peltier tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Nogueira defends well and Peltier ends up having to push Nogueira into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Peltier keeps control of Nogueira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nogueira tries to break free but Peltier pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nogueira working hard to break the clinch.
Peltier is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nogueira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Alexander Nogueira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roman Peltier.
Nogueira tries to break the clinch but Peltier is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira is trying to push Peltier away but Peltier has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Peltier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nogueira's efforts to push away.
Nogueira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peltier tries to score a body lock takedown but Nogueira shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nogueira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Peltier has him pressed against the cage.
We've been informed that Peltier has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nogueira tries to circle away but Peltier has him pinned against the cage.
Peltier is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nogueira pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Peltier breaks the clinch.
Peltier moves out of range as Nogueira strikes.
Nogueira throws a series of punches but Peltier avoids them all with ease.
Peltier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nogueira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peltier takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Peltier shoots in for a takedown but Nogueira shows good takedown defense.
Alexander Nogueira is winning the standup battle so far.
Nogueira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Peltier shoots in looking for a takedown but Nogueira manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Peltier's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Peltier is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Peltier shoots for a double leg takedown but Nogueira sprawls well. He's pushed Peltier's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Peltier avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peltier is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nogueira.
Peltier takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peltier takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Peltier shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nogueira lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Peltier tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nogueira fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peltier has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nogueira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peltier has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Peltier takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nogueira tests Peltier's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltier takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Peltier tries to clinch but Nogueira is having none of it.
Peltier fails to land with a series of punches.
Nogueira with a hook.
Nogueira stuffs the takedown.
Peltier shoots in but no luck this time.
Peltier walks into a straight right hand from Nogueira.
A left and a right from Nogueira both land. Nice combination.
Nogueira looks to land a combination. Peltier sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Alexander Nogueira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nogueira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nogueira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good shot there by Nogueira.
Peltier has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nogueira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peltier misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nogueira clobbers Peltier with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Peltier.
Nogueira lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nogueira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peltier's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nogueira connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Peltier scrambles back to his feet.
Nogueira throws a series of punches but Peltier moves out of range.
Nogueira uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nogueira lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Peltier is rocked!
Nogueira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peltier showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nogueira.
Nogueira looks to land a combination. Peltier sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Nogueira dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nogueira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Peltier circles away quickly and effectively.
Peltier fails with the takedown.
Nogueira lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nogueira works over Peltier's head and body with a nice combination.
Peltier throws a series of punches but Nogueira moves out of range.
Peltier moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Peltier.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nogueira.
Peltier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Peltier.
Nogueira throws out a powerful jab.
Peltier takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Peltier has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nogueira finds it's way round the side to connect with Peltier's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peltier doesn't manage to clinch there - Nogueira circles away.

Peltier looking to score a takedown here. Nogueira is defending well but Peltier drives through and ends up in Nogueira's guard.
Peltier is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltier trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Peltier pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nogueira is keeping the position for now.
Peltier trying to control the position from guard on top but Nogueira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peltier working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Peltier wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Peltier advances to half guard.
Peltier passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Nogueira!
Nogueira wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nogueira is bucking up trying to escape but Peltier cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltier tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Peltier punishing his opponent with strikes.

Peltier looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Nogueira wants to control but Peltier is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peltier controlling from mount.
Nogueira is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Roman Peltier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Peltier with good strikes from the mount here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Peltier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nogueira has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 29:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Nogueira!