PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Hoppus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antony Rodrigues Nogueiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hoppus might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dammit. Rodrigues Nogueiro has chosen Stemm - Face the Pain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Hoppus has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Antony Rodrigues Nogueiro is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hoppus
vs
Rodrigues Nogueiro

192 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Hoppus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antony Rodrigues Nogueiro!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues Nogueiro tries to bum rush Hoppus with a series of wild strikes but Hoppus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hoppus slips under a jab from Rodrigues Nogueiro.
Rodrigues Nogueiro tries for a takedown but Hoppus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rodrigues Nogueiro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Rodrigues Nogueiro feints and as Hoppus raises his hands in defense, Rodrigues Nogueiro changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rodrigues Nogueiro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rodrigues Nogueiro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hoppus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hoppus will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hoppus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rodrigues Nogueiro.
Rodrigues Nogueiro distracts Hoppus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hoppus is breathing heavily.
Rodrigues Nogueiro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rodrigues Nogueiro sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hoppus's guard.
Rodrigues Nogueiro drops an elbow to the side of Hoppus's head.
Rodrigues Nogueiro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hoppus wants to get back to his feet.
Rodrigues Nogueiro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hoppus on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Rodrigues Nogueiro has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Hoppus defend it? Rodrigues Nogueiro steps over the head and cranks it - Hoppus is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Rodrigues Nogueiro!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Antony Rodrigues Nogueiro!