PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lou Nahtic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrion Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nahtic comes to the cage accompanied by Sleeping My Day Away. Lannister is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Justin by Korn. Tyrion Lannister has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lou Nahtic's chin.

Nahtic
vs
Lannister

180 cm
35
140 lbs
15 - 21 - 0

166 cm
38
135 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lou Nahtic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrion Lannister!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nahtic blocks a jab.
Lannister looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nahtic takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
We've been told by Nahtic's head coaches at Death Valley Training Facility that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Nahtic gets tackled into the cage by Lannister. Lannister maintains the clinch.
Nahtic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lannister is keeping busy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nahtic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

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

Lannister rushes Nahtic and presses him up against the cage.
Lannister tries to work over Nahtic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Lannister escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lannister throws a front kick aimed at Nahtic's knee but Nahtic avoids it well.
It looked like Nahtic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A punch combination from Lannister misses.
Lannister checks a leg kick.
Lannister tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nahtic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Lannister fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Nahtic sprawls well initially but Lannister persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Nahtic trying to control but Lannister postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lannister is trying to control. Nahtic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nahtic moves into full guard.
Lannister postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lannister throws a strike but Nahtic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Lannister lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Lannister throws a big elbow that misses.
Nahtic will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nahtic controls Lannister momentarily but Lannister frees himself.
Lannister sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lannister postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nahtic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lannister throws a big right hand that misses.
Lannister throwing strikes but missing.
Lannister working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lannister pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nahtic is keeping the position for now.
Lannister trying to control the position from guard on top but Nahtic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nahtic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nahtic keeping full guard, as Lannister tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic pulls Lannister in close to prevent any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lannister's corner calls for a 1-2. Lannister obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nahtic misses with a head kick.
Nahtic checks the leg kick.
Nahtic throws a low kick but Lannister avoids it.
Nahtic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lannister moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nahtic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lannister's hands.
Lannister tries to clinch up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nahtic.
Lou Nahtic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lannister tries to clinch up.
Lannister moves out of range of the strikes.
Lannister shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nahtic as he avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lannister avoids the head kick by Nahtic.
Lannister misses with an uppercut. Nahtic saw that one coming.
Good shot there by Nahtic.
Nahtic lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nahtic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lannister takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nahtic is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lannister throws a body kick that misses.
Lannister scores with a sloppy right hand. Nahtic should have avoided that one.
Lannister throws a body punch but Nahtic moves out of range.

Lannister instigates a clinch.

Nahtic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lannister throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nahtic.
Lannister checks a leg kick nicely.
Nahtic lands with a nice combination. Lannister backs away looking to recover.
Nahtic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lannister's sensitive parts.
Nahtic misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lou Nahtic will probably get the nod.
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 head kick misses from Nahtic.
Lannister cracks Nahtic with an open hand slap.
Nahtic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lannister.
Tyrion Lannister is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lannister lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nahtic blocks a head kick by Lannister.
Nahtic tried to counter with a leg kick but Lannister avoided it.
Lannister connects with a looping right hand.
Nahtic throws a sloppy head kick and Lannister moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Lannister on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lannister throws a right and a left that Nahtic avoids nicely.
Lannister scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nahtic doesn't seem bothered though.
Lou Nahtic is winning the standup battle so far.
Lannister tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nahtic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nahtic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nahtic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lannister.
Lannister lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nahtic circles away quickly and effectively.
Nahtic cracks Lannister with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nahtic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nahtic wants it to stay on the feet.
Nahtic thinks about countering with a head kick.

Nahtic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Lannister's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nahtic throws a sloppy head kick

and Lannister counters by clinching up.

Lannister breaks from the clinch.

Nahtic clinches up with Lannister and pushes him back against the cage.
Nahtic stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Lannister's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Lannister gets a clinch.
Nahtic pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lannister gets through Nahtic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nahtic is pushing Lannister up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nahtic lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic prevents a body shot from Lannister.
Lannister is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nahtic pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Lannister escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nahtic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nahtic.
Lannister throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lou Nahtic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lannister fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lou Nahtic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyrion Lannister.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nahtic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lannister on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lannister checks the leg kick.
Lannister misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nahtic.
Lannister misses with a double jab.
Nahtic tries to counter by clinching up but Lannister breaks away and moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nahtic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic connects with a single shot there.
Nahtic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lannister is breathing heavily.
Nahtic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lannister's calf.
Nahtic tries to close the distance and clinch but Lannister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nahtic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nahtic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nahtic connects with a single shot there.
Lannister takes one to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Lannister.
Nahtic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nahtic swats away the attempt to clinch by Lannister.
Nahtic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lannister.
Lannister is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nahtic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nahtic cracks the inside of Lannister's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lannister misses with a left hand
and Nahtic counters with a stiff right hand.

Nahtic tries to keep at a distance but Lannister has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nahtic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lannister goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nahtic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lannister is keeping busy.
Nahtic can't get the takedown.

Nahtic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lannister fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nahtic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lannister throws a series of punches but Nahtic avoids them all with ease.
Nahtic defending well as Lannister loads up on a big left hand.
Nahtic feints and then cracks Lannister's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lannister down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Nahtic dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nahtic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A telegraphed right hand from Lannister misses the target.
Nahtic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lannister doesn't manage to clinch there - Nahtic circles away.
Lannister shoots for a takedown but Nahtic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
It looked like Nahtic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Nahtic lands a big head kick that sends Lannister tumbling to the mat! Nahtic takes a step backwards and waves Lannister back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Lannister is rocked!
Lannister misses with a hook to the body
and Nahtic counters with a big left hand that crumples Lannister! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lou Nahtic!
Lou Nahtic thanked the fans post fight for their support.