PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Mogweister (ranked 1220 p4p, 2015 weight class) and Abed Nadir (ranked 167 p4p, 281 weight class). Mogweister comes into the arena with Show me how to live, Audioslave. blaring out of the sound system. Nadir has chosen Paul Hertzog - Fight to survive as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Mogweister
vs
Nadir

185 cm
27
210
11 - 8 - 0

183 cm
24
203
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Mogweister !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abed Nadir!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mogweister just misses with a punch to the body.
Nadir avoids a kick to the body.
Nadir avoids a kick to the body.
Mogweister misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nadir.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nadir! But no joy.
Mogweister throws a head kick that misses.
Nadir blocks a head kick by Mogweister .
Nadir throws a nice head kick!

Nadir has closed the distance and engaged Mogweister in a clinch.
Mogweister lands a body shot.
Mogweister avoiding damage as Nadir throws knees to the body.
Mogweister tries to work over Nadir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mogweister lands a nice uppercut.
Mogweister blocks the elbow strike.
Nadir prevents a body shot from Mogweister .
Mogweister tries a body shot but Nadir blocks it.
Nadir lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Nadir.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mogweister swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mogweister lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nadir backwards.
Nadir lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Nadir.

Nadir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nadir thuds his shin into the meat of Mogweister 's side.
Nadir with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nadir trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nadir.
I was talking to Mogweister 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nadir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nadir blocking some punches.
Nadir lands with a right to the head.
Nadir lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nadir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mogweister throws a sloppy head kick and Nadir moves out of range easily.

Mogweister gets tackled into the cage by Nadir. Nadir maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mogweister misses with some punches.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Mogweister .
Mogweister misses with a body punch.
Nadir lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nadir will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mogweister up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Mogweister fails to land.
Nadir landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mogweister misses with a body punch.
Nadir gets through Mogweister 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nadir landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nadir obliges.
Mogweister is breathing heavily.
Nadir lands a good knee to the midsection. Mogweister won't want to take too many of those.

Nadir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nadir has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mogweister is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nadir works the jab nicely.

Nadir gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nadir takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir lands with a light punch inside.

Nadir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nadir connects with a single shot there.
Mogweister throws a head kick that misses
and Nadir counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mogweister 's knee momentarily.
Nadir buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nadir wants to clinch.
Nadir throws a good cross that connects.
Nadir connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Mogweister .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir scores with a nice right hand.
Mogweister throws a leg kick but Nadir moved away.
Nadir dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mogweister . That did some damage!
Nadir lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mogweister throws a body shot but no joy.
Mogweister throws a sloppy head kick and Nadir moves out of range easily.
Nadir wants to counter with a clinch but Mogweister pushes him away.
Mogweister throws a head kick that misses.
Nadir moves in looking to clinch but Mogweister pushes him off.
Mogweister missing with a left hand there. Nadir was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nadir lands with an overhand left.
Nadir lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nadir's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mogweister under the eye.
Mogweister misses with a straight left.
Nadir appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Nadir. That snapped Mogweister 's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abed Nadir dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Both fighters circling a little - Nadir finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
No joy there for Nadir, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mogweister went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nadir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mogweister on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nadir.
Mogweister wants to slow Nadir down by chopping away at his legs.
Nadir tries to clinch up.

Nadir closes the distance and pushes Mogweister back into the cage.
Nadir scores with a shot to the side of Mogweister 's head.

Nadir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Nadir scores with a four punch combination!
Mogweister throws a sloppy head kick and Nadir moves out of range easily.
A lazy left from Nadir finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadir scoring well with a low kick there.

Nadir has managed to clinch.
Nadir blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mogweister creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mogweister tries to work over Nadir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nadir lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nadir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nadir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mogweister can't find room to land a body shot as Nadir controls the action.
Nadir dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mogweister landing knees to the head.

It looks like Abed Nadir has been cut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nadir misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mogweister .
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nadir misses with an elbow strike.
Nadir lands a nice uppercut.
Mogweister lands a nice knee to the body.
Nadir is breathing heavily.
Mogweister struggles to land a body shot inside as Nadir controls his hands.
Mogweister lands an elbow inside that Nadir shrugs off.
Abed Nadir seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mogweister is trying to maintain a safe position but Nadir gets an underhook and turns Mogweister into the cage.
Mogweister misses with an elbow strike.
Mogweister tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nadir's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mogweister .
Nadir avoiding damage as Mogweister throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mogweister tries to work over Nadir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Mogweister .
Nadir blocks the elbow strike.
Mogweister lands a shot to the body.
Mogweister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nadir blocks an uppercut.
Mogweister swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mogweister dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nadir takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Mogweister fails to land.
Mogweister misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nadir.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mogweister misses with a punch to the body.
Mogweister throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nadirs head.
Nadir throws an elbow but it misses.
Mogweister misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mogweister tries to work over Nadir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nadir lands an uppercut.
Nadir lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nadir lands a right hand.
Mogweister tries a body shot but Nadir blocks it.
Nadir lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mogweister tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nadir's elbow.
Mogweister avoiding damage.
Nadir gets through Mogweister 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nadir lands a nice elbow.
Mogweister looking to slow down the pace here.
Nadir taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mogweister throws a punch but it's blocked by Nadir.
Nadir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mogweister tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mogweister can't find room to land a body shot as Nadir controls the action.
Nadir avoiding damage.
Nadir lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mogweister backwards.
Nadir is pushing Mogweister up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nadir blocks the elbow strike.

Nadir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mogweister misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters circling a little - Nadir finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Donk. Nadir catches Mogweister right on the button with a cross.
Nadir swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abed Nadir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Abed Nadir's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nadir with a hook.
A good leg kick by Nadir.
Mogweister swats away the attempt to clinch by Nadir.
Mogweister gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Nadir counters by clinching up.

Nadir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nadir throws a series of strikes that have Mogweister backpedaling.
Nadir scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mogweister doesn't seem bothered though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nadir lands a hook that snaps the head of Mogweister backwards.
Nadir throws an elbow but it misses.
Nadir trying to land knees to the body.
Mogweister struggles to land a body shot inside as Nadir controls his hands.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nadir.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nadir breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mogweister throws a sloppy head kick and Nadir moves out of range easily.
Mogweister takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nadir moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Abed Nadir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nadir scoring well with a low kick there.
Nadir buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Mogweister gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mogweister fails to land.
Mogweister trying to land knees to the body.
Nadir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nadir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mogweister doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mogweister tries a body shot but Nadir blocks it.
Mogweister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nadir controlling the action here for a moment.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Mogweister .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mogweister lands a good knee to the midsection. Nadir won't want to take too many of those.
Nadir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nadir displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mogweister up against the cage.
Mogweister swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Mogweister .
Mogweister presses Nadir against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mogweister misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadir trying to control the position but instead, Mogweister has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nadir into the cage.
Mogweister tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nadir avoids it.
Nadir prevents a body shot from Mogweister .
Mogweister goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mogweister is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mogweister is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mogweister using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nadir prevents a body shot from Mogweister .
Mogweister goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mogweister can't find room to land a body shot as Nadir controls the action.
A body shot lands from Mogweister .
Mogweister throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nadir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mogweister tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nadir misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mogweister tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
Nadir takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nadir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nadir lands a hook that snaps the head of Mogweister backwards.
Mogweister throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nadirs head.
Nadir blocks an elbow strike from Mogweister .
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nadir.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nadir takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nadir taking a breather.
Mogweister swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mogweister tries a body shot but Nadir blocks it.
Rob Mogweister has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mogweister lands a damaging elbow.
Mogweister looking to throw knees to the head but Nadir is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mogweister is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mogweister misses with the head strike.

Nadir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nadir lands with an overhand left.
An inside leg kick from Mogweister misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nadir! But no joy.
Mogweister misses with a kick to the body.
Mogweister on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abed Nadir.
Well Nadir has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abed Nadir!
Abed Nadir bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.