PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sho Nuff (ranked 1915 p4p, 250 weight class) and Robert Myres (ranked 3392 p4p, 374 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Nuff
vs
Myres

195 cm
27
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
29
205 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sho Nuff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Myres!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Myres walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nuff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Myres.
Myres blocks a jab.
Nuff throws a sloppy head kick and Myres moves out of range easily.

Myres darts in and clinches Nuff up against the cage.
Myres looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nuff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nuff presses Myres against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Nuff - that landed with a thud.
Nuff pushes off an throws an elbow but Myres leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Myres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nuff has Myres pushed against the cage.
Nuff lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Robert Myres has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nuff scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Myres - that landed with a thud.
Nuff throws an elbow that misses.
Nuff stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nuff misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuff prevents a body shot from Myres.
Nice elbow from Nuff.
Nuff pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nuff blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Myres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nuff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nuff is struggling to control the position.
Our sources have told us that Nuff has been working on his elbows in the gym.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Myres.
Myres avoids the elbow strike from Nuff, against the cage.
Nuff scores with a shot to the side of Myres's head.
Nuff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myres's brow.
Nuff misses with a body punch.
Myres avoids the elbow strike from Nuff, against the cage.
Nuff throws an elbow that misses.
Nuff misses with an elbow strike.
Myres misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nuff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Myres tries to throw a body punch but Nuff avoids it by throwing Myres back against the cage.
Myres lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Myres's elbow.
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Myres working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nuff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nuff works on Myres's body with a couple of short punches.
Myres lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Myres.
Myres misses with a punch on the inside.
Nuff prevents a body shot from Myres.
Nuff takes an elbow to the temple.
Nuff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Myres lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nuff blocks the elbow strike.
Myres lands an elbow just above Nuff 's eye.
Myres lands an uppercut.
Myres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nuff lands an elbow just above Myres 's eye.
Myres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Myres misses with a punch on the inside.
Myres creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nuff's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuff works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nuff.
Nuff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Myres swings wildly with an uppercut but Nuff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Myres tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nuff dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Myres.
Nuff lands an elbow that stopped Myres in his tracks for a moment.
Myres creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nuff's defenses.
Nuff dodges an elbow strike from Myres.
Myres can't find room to land a body shot as Nuff controls the action.
Nice elbow from Nuff.
Myres looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nuff lands a nice elbow.
Nuff lands a body punch in the clinch.
Myres avoids the elbow strike from Nuff, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myres's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuff misses with an elbow strike.
Myres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myres misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myres's brow.
Myres swings wildly with an uppercut but Nuff uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Myres on the inside.
Nuff lands an elbow just above Myres 's eye.
Myres blocks the elbow strike.
Nuff dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nuff.
A right handed body shot lands from Myres.
Nuff working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Myres pushes off an throws an elbow but Nuff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Myres pushes off an throws an elbow but Nuff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Myres lands with a right to the head.
Myres takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Myres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nuff prevents a body shot from Myres.
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nuff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nuff throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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 Sho Nuff will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Robert Myres's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Myres bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Myres looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nuff has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Myres tries to keep at a distance but Nuff has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nuff is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Myres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nuff's elbow.
Nuff leaning his opponent against the cage.
Myres has a couple of punches blocked by Nuff.
Myres takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nuff misses with a body punch.
Nuff blocking some punches.
Nuff lands a body punch in the clinch.
Myres throws a head punch that misses.
Myres throws a punch but it's blocked by Nuff.
Myres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nuff stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuff creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Myres's defenses.
Myres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nuff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nuff lands a nice elbow.
Myres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Myres dodges an elbow strike from Nuff.
Nuff lands an elbow that stopped Myres in his tracks for a moment.
Nuff misses with an elbow strike.
Nuff digs a right hand into Myres's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Myres's gas tank.
Nuff lands a nice elbow.
Myres is breathing heavily.
Nuff manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nuff works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Myres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Myres avoids a wild elbow strike from Nuff.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myres's brow.
Nuff lands a damaging elbow.
Nuff avoids a wild elbow strike from Myres.
Nuff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuff lands an elbow just above Myres 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nuff lands a shot to the body.
Nuff makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nuff misses with an elbow strike.
Nuff gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nuff lands an elbow that stopped Myres in his tracks for a moment.
Nuff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Nuff.
Nuff throws an elbow but it misses.
Myres misses with the head strike.
Nuff lands an elbow inside that Myres shrugs off.

That has opened up Robert Myres's cut even more.
Myres takes an elbow to the temple.
Myres avoids the elbow strike from Nuff, against the cage.
Nuff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nuff's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Still in the clinch, Myres scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nuff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Myres can do to turn this around?
Myres blocks the elbow strike.
Nuff stalling the fight.
Myres blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Nuff.
Myres lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nuff effectively controlling the action here.
Myres misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nuff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myres's brow.
Nuff blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myres's brow.
Nuff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nuff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Myres creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Myres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nuff lands an elbow that stopped Myres in his tracks for a moment.
Nuff stalling against the cage.
Sho Nuff has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nuff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Myres's brow.
Nuff has Myres pressed against the cage.
Myres misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuff lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Myres or not.
Nuff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nuff throws an elbow but misses.
Nuff misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nuff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Myres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Myres misses with an elbow strike.
Nuff scores with a hook to the body.
Nuff lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Nuff.
Myres doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Nuff as the two fighters clinch.
Nuff lands a damaging elbow.
Nuff creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Myres's defenses.
Nuff throws an elbow that misses.
Myres throws a punch but it's blocked by Nuff.
Nuff stalls.
Nuff lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Myres backwards.
Nuff softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sho Nuff dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robert Myres's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - Nuff scores with a four punch combination!
Nuff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Myres throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nuff scores with a three punch combo!
Nice straight punches there by Nuff. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nuff.

Myres gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myres lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Nuff - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Myres - that landed with a thud.
Nuff lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuff scores with a nice hook to the head.
Myres takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nuff lands with a right to the head.
Nuff lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuff cracks Myres with a nice body shot.
Come on Nuff - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nuff lands an elbow inside that Myres shrugs off.
A body shot lands from Nuff.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nuff throws an elbow but misses.
Nuff lands a damaging elbow.
Nuff lands an elbow inside that Myres shrugs off.
Nuff misses with an elbow over the top.
Nuff slowing the pace effectively.
A left hand lands to the body for Nuff.
Nuff digs a right hand underneath Myres's ribcage. Myres let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nuff pushes off an throws an elbow but Myres leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nuff lands an elbow inside that Myres shrugs off.

Myres is rocked!
Nuff lands a nice elbow.
Myres is still on wobbly legs! Can Nuff finish him?
Nuff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Robert Myres's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nuff lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Myres takes an elbow to the temple.
Nuff dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nuff lands an elbow just above Myres 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clinched against the cage, Nuff lands a big elbow that drops Myres! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Myres is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sho Nuff!