PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cristiano Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Loholt Pendragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento comes to the ring accompanied by Symptom of The Universe (1975) . Pendragon has chosen Counting Stars as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the ring it seems that Cristiano Nascimento has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Cristiano Nascimento seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Nascimento
vs
Pendragon

189 cm
36
222 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

190 cm
30
200 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristiano Nascimento!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Loholt Pendragon!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento thumps Pendragon with a low kick.
Nascimento moves out of range of the leg kick from Pendragon.
Pendragon misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nascimento counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Loholt Pendragon has been cut.
Jab, jab by Nascimento - just one landing.
Pendragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nascimento throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon ducks under a wild hook from Nascimento.
Pendragon misses with a takedown attempt
and Nascimento counters with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nascimento, right into the meat.
Nascimento throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Nascimento.
Pendragon misses with a shot to the body
letting Nascimento counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Nascimento.
Nascimento tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pendragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Nascimento.
Pendragon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice uppercut there from Pendragon.
Nascimento defending well as Pendragon loads up on a big left hand.
Nascimento jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good work by Pendragon as he checks the leg kick.
Pendragon misses with a takedown attempt
and Nascimento counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nascimento manages to avoid it.
Nascimento throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pendragon scores with a hook to the body. Nascimento takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nascimento is looking to slow Pendragon down with leg kicks.
Pendragon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nascimento throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Nascimento rushes Pendragon and presses him up against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Nascimento fails to land.
Pendragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pendragon has a couple of punches blocked by Nascimento.

Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento throws a jab but it's blocked by Pendragon.
No joy there for Nascimento, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Loholt Pendragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pendragon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nascimento throws a big shot that misses.
Nascimento misses with a body kick.
Pendragon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nascimento momentarily.
Cristiano Nascimento is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nascimento misses the shot to the body.
Pendragon fails with a takedown attempt.
Cristiano Nascimento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Loholt Pendragon.
Nascimento clobbers Pendragon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nascimento lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pendragon circles away quickly and effectively.
Nascimento looks to land a left hand but Pendragon moved out of range nicely.
Nascimento keeps Pendragon at a distance using the push kick.
Jab from Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a hook to the side of Pendragon's head but Pendragon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pendragon tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Pendragon tries to move into range but Nascimento moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pendragon throws a looping overhand right but Nascimento ducks down to avoid it.
Nascimento scores with a jab to the head.

Pendragon is rocked!
Nascimento finds Pendragon's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Pendragon flops back against the ropes, eyes gazing into the distance. Nascimento lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Pendragon will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cristiano Nascimento!
Cristiano Nascimento retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Cristiano Nascimento rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.