PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Nobody (ranked 1296 p4p, 79 weight class) and Nuri Jafar (ranked 922 p4p, 113 weight class). Nigel Nobody could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nuri Jafar's chin.

Nobody
vs
Jafar

162 cm
28
138 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

175 cm
26
145 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Nigel Nobody!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nuri Jafar!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jafar slips under a jab from Nobody.
Jafar lands a jab to Nobody's midsection.
Jafar swings for the body but Nobody moves out of range.
Nobody misses with a straight left.
Nobody on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jafar scores with a nice strike.
Nobody throws an overhand right that lands on Jafar's shoulder, as Jafar tries to avoid the shot.
Jafar throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Jafar misses.
Nobody keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nobody looks to land a combination but Jafar avoids it well.
Jafar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nobody keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jafar.
Nobody misses with a straight right.

Jafar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nobody is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jafar is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nobody's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nobody.
Jafar misses with a wild body shot.
Nuri Jafar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nobody looks to land a right hand but Jafar moved out of range.
Nobody takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nobody misses with a straight left.
Good shot there by Jafar.
Jafar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nobody takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Jafar has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nobody.
A left hand lands to the body for Nobody.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jafar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nobody backwards.
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jafar misses with some punches.
Jafar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Nobody.

Nobody manages to break the clinch.
Jafar throws a body punch but Nobody moves out of range.
Jafar lands with a shot to the body.
Jafar lands with a hook. Nobody tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice uppercut there from Jafar.
Jafar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jafar has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Jafar digs a good hook to Nobody's body.
Jafar dips to his left and cracks Nobody with an uppercut!
Nobody takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jafar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jafar cracks Nobody with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jafar lands an overhand right.
Nobody misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar looks to score with a jab to the body but Nobody is just out of range.
Jab, jab by Jafar - just one landing.
Jafar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nobody was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jafar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nobody fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jafar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nobody fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Jafar rushes Nobody and presses him up against the cage.

Nobody breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jafar tries to clinch up but Nobody circles away and keeps his distance.
Nobody tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nobody is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Jafar's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Jafar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jafar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nobody went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nobody's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jafar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nobody scrambles back to his feet.
Jafar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nobody ducks under a wild hook from Jafar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jafar darts in and clinches Nobody up against the cage.

Nobody breaks the clinch.
Nobody misses with a double jab.
Jafar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jafar tries to clinch but Nobody is having none of it.
Jafar misses with a hook to the body

and Nobody counters by moving into the clinch.

Nobody has picked Jafar up - he's going for a ride! Nobody dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jafar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nobody scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nobody thows a huge punch but Jafar dodges it nicely.
Nobody looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nobody throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jafar wants to get back to his feet.
Jafar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nobody.
Nobody is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nobody 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuri Jafar dominated that round.
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.

Jafar throws a big shot that misses.
Jafar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nuri Jafar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nobody throws a big shot that misses.
Nobody misses the body punch
and Jafar counters with a stiff right hand.
Jab, jab by Jafar - just one landing.
Jafar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jafar lands a jab to the nose.
Jafar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nobody walks into a jab.
Jafar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jafar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jafar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nobody sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jafar misses with a straight right.
Nobody is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Jafar misses its intended target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nobody cracks Jafar with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar misses with an uppercut
and Nobody counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jafar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nobody.
A shot to the liver by Jafar. Beautiful body shot.
Jafar misses with a wild body shot.
Jafar throws a shot from downtown. Nobody moves away and avoids it.
Jafar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jafar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jafar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nobody moves away.
Jafar misses the jab.
It looked like Nobody wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nobody misses with a two punch combination.
Nobody avoids the body shot from Jafar.
A shot to the body from Jafar misses
and Nobody counters with a nice uppercut.
Nobody takes a swing at Jafar's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobody swings widly with a right hand
and Jafar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nobody falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jafar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nobody throws the left hand but Jafar avoids the punch easily.
Nobody misses with a looping left.
Nobody throws a hook but Jafar avoids it easily.
Nobody shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jafar misses with a hook.
Nobody went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jafar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jafar scores with a jab.
Jafar tries to clinch up.
Jafar misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot lands for Jafar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar digs a good body shot into Nobody's ribs.
Nobody throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jafar misses with a hook.
Jafar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nobody needs to keep his hands up - Jafar had a free shot at his head there.
Nobody looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nobody has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jafar finds it's way round the side to connect with Nobody's head.
Nuri Jafar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jafar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nobody, pushing him back against the cage.
Jafar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jafar throws a head punch that misses.
Jafar tries a body shot but Nobody blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jafar works on Nobody's body with a couple of short punches.

Nobody breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jafar defending well as Nobody loads up on a big left hand.
Jafar throws out a counter right but Nobody avoids it with no problem.
Jafar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nobody at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Jafar misses.
Nobody takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jafar clobbers Nobody with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jafar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Jafar looks to move away, Nobody throws a big counter combo but Jafar just gets out of the way.
Nobody throws a sloppy head kick and Jafar moves out of range easily.
Jafar lands a jab to the nose.
Jafar misses the shot to the body.
Nobody throws a looping overhand right but Jafar ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jafar! But no joy.
Jafar catches Nobody with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jafar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jafar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nobody connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuri Jafar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jafar walks into a stiff left hand from Nobody.
Jafar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nobody swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nobody takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jafar throws an overhand right that lands on Nobody's shoulder, as Nobody tries to avoid the shot.
Jafar blocks a jab.
Jafar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nobody misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jafar.
Jafar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nobody scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jafar in his tracks.
Jafar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nobody takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jafar scores with a nice strike.
Jafar misses with a body shot.
Jafar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nobody on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nobody uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jafar.
Nobody closes the distance and clinches up with Jafar, looking for a takedown. Nobody pushes Jafar against the cage but Jafar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
It seemed like Jafar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Jafar fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nobody, pushing him back against the cage.

Nobody breaks the clinch.
Nobody throws a wild body kick that Jafar sees coming a mile off.

Nobody darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jafar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nobody.
Nice strikes from Nobody there.

Jafar kicks Nobody off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nobody lands a nice looking body shot.
Jafar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nobody moves away.
Nigel Nobody has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nobody doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Nobody gets tackled into the cage by Jafar. Jafar maintains the clinch.
Jafar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jafar misses with the head strike.

Nobody breaks from the clinch.
Jafar throws a shot from downtown. Nobody moves away and avoids it.
Jafar misses with a body shot
and Nobody counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Jafar.
Nobody was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jafar lands a head shot.
Jafar throws a jab when Nobody was well out of range.
Jafar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nobody at a distance.
Jafar catches Nobody with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nobody throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jafar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Jafar. That snapped Nobody's head back.
Nobody throws a head kick that misses.
Nobody throws a body punch but Jafar moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Nobody 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jafar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nobody connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jafar scrambles back to his feet.
Jafar moves into range and connects with a jab.

Jafar closes the distance and clinches.

Nobody breaks from the clinch.
Nuri Jafar is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jafar lands with a straight right. Nobody didn't see that one coming.
Jafar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jafar tries to clinch there but Nobody circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jafar slips under a jab from Nobody.
Nobody tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jafar defends well and Nobody ends up having to push Jafar into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nobody shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jafar lands with a straight right. Nobody didn't see that one coming.
Jafar lands a nice shot that snaps Nobody's head back.
Jafar tries to clinch there but Nobody circles away.
Nobody just misses with a punch to the body.
Jafar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nobody misses with a body kick.
Jafar misses the jab.
Nobody misses with a straight left.
Nobody connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jafar's hands.
Nobody fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jafar manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nuri Jafar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jafar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuri Jafar!
Nuri Jafar looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'where's my money'.
Nigel Nobody was interviewed post fight and said 'I am Nobody!'.