PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Naidoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier Naidoo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Naidoo
vs
Nguyen

189 cm
24
192 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

175 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xavier Naidoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nguyen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nguyen keeps the fight on the outside.
Nguyen keeps the fight on the outside.
Nguyen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Naidoo rushes Nguyen and presses him up against the cage.

Naidoo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Nguyen trying to strike off his back.
Naidoo wants to control from the top but Nguyen keeps moving.
Naidoo works over Nguyen with some ground and pound from guard.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Naidoo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nguyen with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Naidoo can't handle though.
Nguyen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Naidoo trying to control the position from guard on top but Nguyen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nguyen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Naidoo wants to control from the top but Nguyen keeps moving.
Nguyen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Naidoo is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Naidoo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice takedown defense from Naidoo. No joy for Nguyen on that attempt.
Naidoo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Nguyen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Naidoo!
Nguyen with shots to the head and body - Naidoo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Naidoo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Naidoo is bucking up trying to escape but Nguyen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nguyen lands a big elbow.

It looks like Xavier Naidoo has been cut.
Naidoo is looking to get to half guard.
Naidoo throwing hammer fists to the chest of Nguyen. What's that going to do exactly?
Nguyen unloading with bombs!
Nguyen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Naidoo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Naidoo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nguyen landing strikes, looking to finish!

Naidoo is rocked!
Nguyen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Naidoo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Naidoo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Naidoo is breathing heavily.
Nguyen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Naidoo seems to have got his legs back now.
Naidoo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nguyen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Naidoo moves into full guard.
Nguyen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Naidoo trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Naidoo trying to control the position here.
Nguyen postures up and lands a big shot to Naidoo's brow.
Naidoo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nguyen is one step ahead there.
Nguyen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nguyen is looking to work some ground and pound but Naidoo has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naidoo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Naidoo trying to control the position.
Naidoo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Naidoo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Naidoo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nguyen's guard.
Naidoo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Naidoo is looking to work some ground and pound but Nguyen has wrist control.
Nguyen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Naidoo is one step ahead there.
Nguyen scores with a nice shot.
Naidoo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Naidoo looking to pass the guard.
Nguyen tries to strike from the bottom.
Nguyen striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Nguyen tries to strike from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Naidoo moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Xavier Naidoo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nguyen keeps the fight on the outside.
Nguyen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nguyen keeps the fight on the outside.
Naidoo tries to clinch up but Nguyen circles away and keeps his distance.
Naidoo has his takedown stuffed

and Nguyen counters with a single leg into guard. Naidoo didn't expect that.
Nguyen is in close to Naidoo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Naidoo lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nguyen!
Feeble punches landing from Nguyen - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nguyen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naidoo cracks Nguyen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nguyen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Naidoo. What's that going to do exactly?
Naidoo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nguyen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Nguyen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Naidoo's cut.
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.

Naidoo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Naidoo closes the distance and pushes Nguyen back into the cage.

Naidoo tightens his grip and picks Nguyen up, before dumping him to the ground. Nguyen manages to land in guard.
Nguyen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nguyen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Naidoo cracks Nguyen with a solid left hand.
Nguyen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Naidoo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Naidoo throwing strikes from guard but Nguyen blocks nicely.
Nguyen can't keep his opponent in guard - Naidoo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nguyen landing rabbit punches to the side of Naidoo's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Naidoo wants to take a breather but Nguyen is having none of it.
Naidoo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nguyen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nguyen misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Naidoo throwing shots but Nguyen is blocking nicely.
Naidoo uses his free foot to push down on Nguyen's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Nguyen.
Naidoo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Naidoo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naidoo wants to control the pace but Nguyen is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nguyen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Naidoo landing punches.
Naidoo working Nguyen over with strikes here.
Naidoo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nguyen is looking to get to half guard.
Nguyen is in a horrible position here. Naidoo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Naidoo breaks from Nguyen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Naidoo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nguyen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Naidoo. What's that going to do exactly?
Naidoo landing shots from mount.
Nguyen regains half guard.
Nguyen missing with punches from the bottom.
Naidoo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nguyen's head.
Nguyen is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naidoo is trying to control. Nguyen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nguyen misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Nguyen throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Naidoo moves into full mount! Nguyen won't be happy about that!

Naidoo is working for a guillotine from mount but Nguyen frees his head quite easily.
Nguyen is working to get back to half guard.

Naidoo wants to finish this one by submission but Nguyen is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Naidoo.
Nguyen trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Naidoo.
Nguyen is working to get back to half guard.
Nguyen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nguyen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naidoo with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Naidoo.
Nguyen is trying to escape the mount.
Naidoo raining down shots from the mount!
Naidoo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nguyen throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Nguyen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Naidoo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Naidoo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kevin Nguyen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nguyen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Naidoo. What's that going to do exactly?
A nice elbow there by Naidoo.
Naidoo misses with a head shot.
Naidoo unloads with some shots from mount but Nguyen bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Naidoo. What's that going to do exactly?
Naidoo with shots to the head and body - Nguyen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nguyen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Naidoo trying to control but Nguyen is having none of it.
Naidoo with shots to the head and body - Nguyen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nguyen is trying desperately to improve position.
Nguyen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nguyen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Nguyen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nguyen is squirming around, avoiding Naidoo's attempts to control the action.
Naidoo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nguyen looks a forlorn figure.
Nguyen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Naidoo blocks Nguyen's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Naidoo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Naidoo'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!

Naidoo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Naidoo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nguyen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Naidoo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Naidoo has managed to clinch.
Nguyen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Naidoo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Naidoo pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Naidoo for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nguyen as Naidoo tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nguyen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Naidoo stalling in the clinch but Nguyen improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Xavier Naidoo.
Naidoo fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nguyen scores a takedown into full mount!
Naidoo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nguyen is landing with some decent strikes but Naidoo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Naidoo working to try and regain half guard.
Nguyen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Naidoo hang on?
The referee warns Naidoo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nguyen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Naidoo's face.
Nguyen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nguyen with good strikes from the mount here!
Naidoo tries to reverse the position but Nguyen maintains control.
Nguyen with a couple of short strikes.
Naidoo is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nguyen landing strikes, looking to finish!

Xavier Naidoo's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nguyen cracks Naidoo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nguyen breaks from Naidoo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Naidoo is trying desperately to improve position.
Nguyen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Xavier Naidoo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nguyen with a couple of short strikes.
Nguyen with good strikes from the mount here!
Nguyen blocks Naidoo's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
A nice elbow there by Nguyen.
Nguyen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nguyen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nguyen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Naidoo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nguyen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Naidoo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Naidoo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen winds up and cracks Naidoo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Naidoo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nguyen won't allow Naidoo to sweep him here.
Naidoo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nguyen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nguyen working some strikes from top position.
Naidoo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nguyen is one step ahead there.
Naidoo controls Nguyen momentarily but Nguyen frees himself.
Nguyen lands a couple of elbows.
Nguyen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Naidoo.
Naidoo misses with a takedown attempt

and Nguyen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naidoo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nguyen is working away from the top position though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nguyen connects with a nice short shot to Naidoo's temple.
Naidoo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nguyen working over Naidoo with some ground and pound. Naidoo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nguyen connects with a nice short shot to Naidoo's temple.
Nguyen lands with a punch from half guard.
Naidoo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nguyen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Naidoo lands with a few short shots to the body.
Nguyen working Naidoo over with strikes.
Naidoo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nguyen lands a couple of digs.
Nguyen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Naidoo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Naidoo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nguyen is one step ahead there.
Nguyen with a nice head shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Nguyen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nguyen 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Nguyen!