PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Amir Dada (ranked 2711 p4p, 327 weight class) and Sagoya Nobonaga (ranked 15609 p4p, 659 weight class). Nobonaga has chosen Kickboxer as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dada
vs
Nobonaga

190 cm
27
195 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

188 cm
36
182 lbs
26 - 24 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Trashy Bar (158+q / 30$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amir Dada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sagoya Nobonaga!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nobonaga misses with a kick to the body.
Dada seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Dada gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nobonaga landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nobonaga crunches a lovely knee into Dada's ribcage.
Dada is breathing heavily.
Nobonaga lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dada backwards.
Nobonaga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nobonaga landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nobonaga landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nobonaga controlling the action here for a moment.
Dada letting Nobonaga take a breather here.
Nobonaga continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Nobonaga slows down the pace here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting on Nobonaga's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Nobonaga.
Nobonaga manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sagoya Nobonaga.
Nobonaga dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dada. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobonaga fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dada takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Some wild striking there from Dada.
Nobonaga changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dada takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nobonaga scoring well with a low kick there.

Dada has closed the distance and engaged Nobonaga in a clinch.
Nobonaga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nobonaga is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch on the inside from Dada fails to land.
Nobonaga scores with a shot to the side of Dada's head.
Dada looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Dada working aggressively here.
Dada misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nobonaga scores with a shoulder strike.
Nobonaga lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobonaga lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dada.
Nobonaga lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nobonaga lands a nice knee to the body.
Nobonaga stalling.
Dada misses with some punches.
Dada working aggressively here.
Nobonaga lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dada or not.
Nobonaga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dada backwards.
Nobonaga lands a nice elbow.
Nobonaga cracks Dada with a nice body shot.
Nobonaga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nobonaga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nobonaga displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dada up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dada throws a head punch that misses.
Nobonaga lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nobonaga is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nobonaga blocking some punches.
Nobonaga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nobonaga works on Dada's body with a couple of short punches.
Nobonaga lands a nice elbow.
Nobonaga is working Dada over against the cage.

Nobonaga lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Dada goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Nobonaga in side control.

Dada is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nobonaga advances nicely into full mount.
Oh Dada is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nobonaga unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Dada wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Nobonaga celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sagoya Nobonaga!
An out of breath and clearly excited Sagoya Nobonaga thanked Sully's Bar & Grill for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).