PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alan Nova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morris Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Nova
vs
Torres

187 cm
25
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 The Island, Alan Nova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Morris Torres!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nova scores with a push kick.
Nova misses with a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nova.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nova swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torres takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nova swats away the attempt to clinch by Torres.
Nova throws a jab when Torres was well out of range.
Torres wants to counter the offense by Nova and move into the clinch position.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Nova drives through and clinches with Torres against the cage.
Torres blocks an elbow strike.
Torres taking a breather.
Nova takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nova lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nova lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Torres lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nova working Torres over with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nova pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nova lands an elbow just above Torres 's eye.
Nova tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Torres's elbow.
Nova utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nova lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Torres misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nova stalling against the cage.

Nova breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Torres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nova.
Jab by Nova.
Torres tries to clinch up but Nova circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres ducks right into an uppercut from Nova.
Torres moves out of range as Nova strikes.
Torres steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nova.

Nova closes the distance and pushes Torres back into the cage.
Torres lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nova backwards.
Nova stalling in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nova throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nova creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Torres's defenses.
Torres misses with the head strike.
Torres wants to stall.
Torres takes an elbow to the temple.
Torres is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nova is keeping busy.
Torres throws a punch but it's blocked by Nova.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Torres.
Torres tries to work over Nova's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nova tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nova stalling in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Nova.
Torres scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nova lands a shot to the body.
Nova lands an elbow just above Torres 's eye.

Nova breaks the clinch.
Torres blocks a head kick by Nova.
Torres displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nova throws out the jab.
Nova throws the kick towards the body but Torres avoids it.
Torres tries to clinch up but Nova circles away and keeps his distance.
Nova throws a looping overhand right but Torres ducks down to avoid it.
Nova will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nova was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nova looks to land a left hand but Torres moved out of range nicely.
Torres tries to clinch but Nova is having none of it.
Alan Nova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nova closes the distance and clinches.
Nova creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Torres is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres scores with a shot to the side of Nova's head.
Torres takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Nova breaks from the clinch.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nova throws a hook but Torres blocks it.
Torres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Torres tries to clinch there but Nova circles away.
Nova is looking to counter punch.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nova swats away the attempt to clinch by Torres.
Torres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nova manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torres tries to clinch up.
Torres throws a big shot that misses.
Nova lands a front kick.
Torres doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nova moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Torres gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Nova dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Nova misses the target.
Nova throws a hook but Torres avoids it easily.
Nova is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Torres's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nova throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nova paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nova is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Torres can do to turn this around?
Torres is looking to clinch.
Nova swinging wildly here.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nova fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Torres has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nova plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nova keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nova connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Torres scrambles back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Nova. Those never looked like landing.
Nova swings for the body but Torres moves out of range.

Nova clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torres.
Torres wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nova has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nova lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Nova's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Torres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nova tries a head kick but it misses.
Nova lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Torres tries to clinch but Nova is having none of it.
Nova misses with a double jab
and Torres counters with a nice uppercut.
Torres tries to clinch but Nova moves out of range.
Torres wants to clinch.
Torres slips under a jab from Nova.
Torres tries to clinch but Nova moves out of range.
Nova throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Torres misses.
A big left from Nova misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres tries to clinch but Nova is having none of it.
Nova swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torres tries to clinch up.
Nova ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torres moves away.
A little jabbing left from Torres on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nova is looking to counter punch.
Torres tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Torres is looking to clinch but Nova is avoiding it.
Torres takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres tries to clinch up but Nova circles away and keeps his distance.
Nova throwing a counter right hand but Torres manages to avoid it.
Nova throws a quick inside leg kick.
Torres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nova just misses with a punch to the body.
Torres wants to clinch.
Torres blocks a head kick by Nova.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres slips a straight right by Nova.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torres looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nova feints and then cracks Torres's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torres down.
Alan Nova is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nova swats away the attempt to clinch by Torres.
Torres moves in looking to clinch but Nova pushes him off.
Nova pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nova.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nova swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nova appears to be looking for a big counter.
Torres tries to clinch there but Nova circles away.
Nova swats away the attempt to clinch by Torres.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torres looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A counter left hand to the body from Nova misses its target.
Nova keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch but Nova swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nova tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torres was well out of range. Poor timing from Nova.
Nova throws a hook but Torres avoids it easily.
Torres tries to clinch up.
Alan Nova is winning the standup battle so far.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nova pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Torres wants to counter with a clinch but Nova pushes him away.
Torres tries to clinch there but Nova circles away.
Nova scores with a kick to the body.
That kick from Nova tenderised Torres's leg. Torres is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nova tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nova keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Nova wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torres blocks a head kick by Nova.
Torres tries to clinch there but Nova circles away.
Nova throws a half hearted mid kick.
Torres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nova manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nova forces Torres back against the cage and clinches.
Torres avoids a wild elbow strike from Nova.

Nova breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nova rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torres moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Torres tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nova manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Torres tries to keep at a distance but Nova has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nova creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Torres tries a body shot but Nova blocks it.
Torres lands a body punch.
Torres blocks a body shot from Nova.

Nova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nova misses with a left hand
and Torres counters with a straight right hand.
Torres moves in looking to clinch but Nova pushes him off.
Nova connects with a solid leg kick.
Nova swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nova.
Nova circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres moves in looking to clinch but Nova pushes him off.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nova blocks a jab.
Torres moves in looking to clinch but Nova pushes him off.
Torres is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torres wants to clinch.
Nova misses with an uppercut.
Torres let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nova keeps the fight on the outside.
Torres tries to clinch but Nova moves out of range.
Torres tries to clinch there but Nova circles away.
Nova went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Torres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nova.
Torres is looking to clinch but Nova is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres tries to clinch there but Nova circles away.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nova paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nova throws a hook but Torres blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Torres.
Torres tries to clinch but Nova is having none of it.
Nova was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nova tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Torres looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torres looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nova misses with a hook.
Torres tries to clinch up but Nova circles away and keeps his distance.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torres is looking to clinch but Nova is avoiding it.
Torres tries to clinch up but Nova circles away and keeps his distance.

Nova clinches up with Torres and pushes him back against the cage.
Nova prevents Torres from breaking the clinch.
Torres avoids the elbow strike from Nova, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nova lands an elbow inside.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nova swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nova throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nova throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nova tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nova's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torres.

Nova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Torres instigates a clinch.
Nova blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Nova breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nova pushes off an throws an elbow but Torres leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nova dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nova's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alan Nova is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nova avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nova swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nova looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Nova throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nova keeps the fight on the outside.
That kick from Nova tenderised Torres's leg. Torres is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nova swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torres fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nova paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torres uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nova.
Torres with the counter takedown but Nova avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torres looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Torres tries to clinch there but Nova circles away.
Torres fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morris Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Torres looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Nova showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nova has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan Nova!