PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dem Nutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Nutz
vs
Power

180 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

174 cm
23
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Lion Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dem Nutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Power!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nutz drops his hands momentarily and Power takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've been told by Nutz's head coaches at FIERCE that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Power does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Power moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Power tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Power throws a body shot but no joy.
Power fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nutz on the side of the head.
Power connects with the punch.
Power scores with a jab to the head.
Nutz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Power swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nutz fires out a quick counter leg kick but Power just manages to avoid it.
Nutz tries to clinch
and Power makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Power gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nutz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nutz lands a knee to the head.
Power working aggressively here.
Nutz scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Nutz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutz lands a knee to the head.
Nutz landing knees to the head.
Power throws a punch but it's blocked by Nutz.
Nutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nutz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Power misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nutz scores a nice knee to the body.
Nutz landing knees to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nutz.
Nutz landing knees to the head.
Nutz is breathing heavily.
Nutz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Powers head.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nutz avoids the elbow strike from Power, against the cage.
Nutz misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nutz presses Power against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nutz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Power trying to stall but Nutz improves his position.
A short left from Nutz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nutz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nutz lands with a short shot to the head.
Power swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Power breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nutz is defended easily by Power.
Power lands with an uppercut that bounces Nutz off the cage and back into range.
Nutz walks into a jab.
Power throws a head kick that misses.
Nutz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Power has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

Power fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nutz, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Power.
Nutz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nutz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Nutz.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nutz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Power can't find room to land a body shot as Nutz controls the action.
Nutz working Power over with knees to the body.
A short right from Power on the inside.
Power misses with a punch on the inside.
Nutz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nutz prevents Power from breaking the clinch.
Power misses with the head strike.
Nutz tries a knee to the head but Power blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Power creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Power misses with a punch on the inside.
Power working aggressively here.
Power misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nutz blocks an elbow strike from Power.
Power takes a knee right on the jaw!
Power is trying to break free.
Power is trying to break the clinch but Nutz has him pressed against the cage.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nutz struggles to land a body shot inside as Power controls his hands.
Power blocks an elbow strike from Nutz.
Power lands a left hand.
Power tries to break the clinch but Nutz is controlling the position.
Nutz landing knees to the head.
Power softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nutz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Power will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nutz up against the cage.
Nutz blocks an uppercut.
Nutz misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but James Power will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Power scores with a jab. Nutz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nutz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Power connects with a single shot there.
Power scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nutz in his tracks.
Power fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Power just misses with a punch to the body.
Power feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nutzs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Power misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Power keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nutz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Power is breathing heavily.
Power misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Power throws a hook but Nutz blocks it.
No luck for Nutz with that takedown attempt.
Nutz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nutz tries to clinch there but Power circles away.
Nutz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Power connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nutz scrambles back to his feet.
Power slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
James Power seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Power works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nutz gets tackled into the cage by Power. Power maintains the clinch.
Nutz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Power's defenses.
Power has a couple of punches blocked by Nutz.
Dem Nutz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nutz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nutz throws a head punch that misses.
Nutz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Power.
Nutz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nutz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Power blocking some punches.
Nutz scores with a knee to the head.
Nutz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Power lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nutz presses Power against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Power can't find room to land a body shot as Nutz controls the action.
Nutz blocks an elbow strike.
Power misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nutz landing knees to the body.
Power tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nutz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Power's face.
Nutz with a knee to the head.
Power throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice elbow from Nutz.
Nutz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nutz blocking some punches.
Power takes a knee right on the jaw!
Power misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Nutz.
Nutz lands a nice elbow.
Nutz lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Power scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutz lands an elbow that stopped Power in his tracks for a moment.
Nutz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nutz prevents a body shot from Power.
Power wants to stall.
Nutz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Powers head.
Power throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Power throws an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nutz.
Nutz tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
Nutz throws a head punch that misses.
Power tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nutz blocking some punches.
A short right from Nutz on the inside.
Power takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nutz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good body shot from Power.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but James Power will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Power scores with a hook.
Nutz avoids the head kick by Power.
Nutz is looking to counter with head kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Power. Those never looked like landing.
Nutz doesn't manage to clinch there - Power circles away.
Power swats away the attempt to clinch by Nutz.
Nutz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Power avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nutz dodges the punch combination from Power.
As Power backs away, Nutz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nice jab there from Power.
James Power is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Power takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power swings widly with a right hand
and Nutz counters with a head kick.
Nutz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nutz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nutz tries to close the distance and clinch but Power swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nutz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Power moves into range and connects with a jab.
Power scores with a shot to the body.
Power tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nutz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nutz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nutz.
Power throws a series of punches but Nutz moves out of range.
Nutz appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
James Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nutz moves into range and clinches up with Power.
Nutz lands an elbow just above Power 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nutz lands a nice shot to the body.
Power wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nutz crunches a lovely knee into Power's ribcage.
A short uppercut from Nutz.
A right handed body shot lands from Nutz.
Nutz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nutz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nutz misses with a punch to the body.
Nutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Power tries a knee to the head but Nutz blocks it.
Nutz tries to throw a body punch but Power avoids it by throwing Nutz back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power throws a head punch that misses.
Nutz scores with a knee to the head.
Nutz lands with a right to the head.
Nutz lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Power.
Nutz lands an elbow inside that Power shrugs off.
Power makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nutz lands with a short shot to the head.
James Power is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Power wants to break free but Nutz has control.
Nutz has a couple of punches blocked by Power.
Nutz lands a right hand.
Power can't break the clinch.
Nutz landing knees to the head.
Nutz lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nutz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nutz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dem Nutz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nutz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Power throws a punch but it's blocked by Nutz.
Nutz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Power has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Power takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nutz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Power scores with a shoulder strike.
Power throws an elbow but it misses.
Power has a couple of punches blocked by Nutz.
Nutz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nutz scores with a knee to the head.
Nutz throws a head punch that misses.
Nutz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Power tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Power throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nutzs head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dem Nutz.
I think Power has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Power!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, James Power made sure he mentioned Lion Fightwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.