PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sameer Nair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sameer Nair could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David King's chin.

Nair
vs
King

178 cm
22
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
182 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sameer Nair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David King!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by King.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.
Nair with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling King to score with a decent uppercut.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nair is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
King swinging wilding here.
King takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good standup being displayed there by King as he connects with a hook.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair slips a jab and a cross from King.
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nair tries to clinch there but King circles away.
King misses with a looping right.
Nair moves out of range of the strikes.
King misses with a two punch combination.
Nair moves out of range as King strikes.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nair.
Nair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a series of strikes that have Nair backpedaling.
Nair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nair is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
King throws a looping overhand right but Nair ducks down to avoid it.
King looks gassed!
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
King lands a really nice looking cross but Nair seems unphased.
King missing with a left hand there. Nair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from King.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King works Nair's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nair moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Nair moves out of range as King strikes.
King throws a hook but Nair avoids it easily.
King throws a hook but Nair blocks it.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King looks to land a left hand but Nair moved out of range nicely.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King misses with a looping left.
King connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nair's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nair with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling King to score with a decent uppercut.
King might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
King missing with a left hand there. Nair was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nair slips under a jab.
King tries to bum rush Nair with a series of wild strikes but Nair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Nair tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Nair fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nair wants to clinch.
King throws a head kick that misses.
Nair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nair moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Nair had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nair wants to clinch.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.
Nair tries to clinch up.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and King duly obliges.
Nice shot lands for King.
Nair takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nair tries to clinch there but King circles away.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.
King throws a looping overhand right but Nair ducks down to avoid it.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
David King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.
King lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice shot lands for King.
Donk. King catches Nair right on the button with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nair moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nair is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Nair is on the wrong end of a nice combination from King.
King misses with a jab, cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Nair ducks right into an uppercut from King.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David King 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.

A telegraphed right hand from King misses the target.
King throws a hook to the side of Nair's head but Nair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nair is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Jab, jab by King - just one landing.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Nair might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King tries to bum rush Nair with a series of wild strikes but Nair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.
King lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King swings for the body but Nair moves out of range.
King scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nair is looking to clinch.
Nair moves out of range as King strikes.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
King is breathing heavily.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nair wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sameer Nair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A right-left combo lands from King.
King misses with a double jab.
Nair uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Nair is looking to clinch.
King throws a lazy right hand but Nair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King tries to bum rush Nair with a series of wild strikes but Nair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
David King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King looks to throw the jab but Nair is out of range.
Nair showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
Nair wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a hook to the side of Nair's head but Nair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Nair tries to clinch up.
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Nair is looking to clinch.
Nair moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
A big right from King misses.
Nair with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling King to score with a decent uppercut.
Nair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Nair looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nair takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nair avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King throws a series of strikes that have Nair backpedaling.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
King throws a leg kick but Nair checks it.
King throws a jab when Nair was well out of range.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King lands a jab to Nair's midsection.
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nair.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nair wants to clinch.
King darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nair is looking to clinch.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nair slips a jab and a cross from King.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King throws a looping overhand right but Nair ducks down to avoid it.
Nair wants to clinch.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King misses with an uppercut. Nair saw that one coming.
Nair is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Nair wants to clinch.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

King misses with a jab, cross combination.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nair moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King connects with a nice looking jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King works the jab nicely.
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Nair wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Nair is looking to clinch.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nair slips a jab from King.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nair tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Nair tries to clinch up.
King lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nair backs up against the cage.
King throws a series of punches but Nair moves out of range.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nair wants to clinch.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nair tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nair moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nair tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nair tries to clinch up.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
King lands a really nice looking cross but Nair seems unphased.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nair tries to clinch there but King circles away.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Nair.
Nair takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
Nair is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
King goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King feints and then cracks Nair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nair down.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nair is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nair is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Nair wants to clinch.
King looks to land a right hand but Nair moved out of range.
Nair is looking to clinch.
King scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nair looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sameer Nair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nair fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Nair throws an overhand right that lands on King's shoulder, as King tries to avoid the shot.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nair pivots, looking for a leg kick but King is out of range and Nair settles back down.
Good exchange - King coming out on top.
Nair tries to clinch there but King circles away.
A solid body kick from Nair.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Nair tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nair is looking to clinch.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nair tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Nair will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
King misses with a wild combination.
Nair doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
David King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and King duly obliges.

And that's the end of the fight!
David King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well King has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David King!