PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Nao (ranked 189 p4p, 441 weight class) and Scott John (ranked 28 p4p, 67 weight class). Nao's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The End. 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.

Nao
vs
John

190 cm
36
258
33 - 12 - 0

203 cm
38
256
29 - 24 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Solomon Nao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott John!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John throws a wild body kick that Nao sees coming a mile off.
Good leg kick by John.
John throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nao moves away from the strike by John.
Nao is looking to counter punch.
Nao slips under a jab from John.
John throws a sloppy head kick and Nao moves out of range easily.
John has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nao lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
John slips a straight right by Nao.
John tries to clinch but Nao moves away
enabling Nao to counter with a crisp jab.
Nao misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for John.
A nice leg kick from John, right into the meat of the thigh.
John cracks Nao with a good jab.
Scott John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nao walks into a straight right hand from John.
John ducks under a wild hook from Nao.
Nao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract John.
Nao throws a leg kick
letting John counter with a right hand.
A shot to the body from John misses
letting Nao counter with a right hand.
Nao misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for John.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John ducks under a wild hook from Nao.
John bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nao's head backwards.
John has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

John has taken the fight to the clinch.
John lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nao backwards.
Nao swings wildly with an uppercut but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Nao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nao throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
A cross from John lands.
John misses with a right hand
and John takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
John lands a nice hook to Nao's body. Nao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
John 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.
A slow jab from John misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Nao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

John clinches up with Nao and pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Nao.
John tries to throw a body punch but Nao avoids it by throwing John back against the cage.
Nao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
John pushes off an throws an elbow but Nao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Nao.
John looks winded!
John makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
John landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nao swings wildly with an uppercut but John uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nao lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Nao.
Nao blocks an elbow strike from John.

Nao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nao looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nao throws the left hand but John avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nao. John does a little dance to reset his feet.
John throws out a counter right but Nao avoids it with no problem.
John throws a head kick but Nao moves out of range.
John jabs Nao right on the nose. Nao blinks but takes it well.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nao moves away.
Nao misses with a leg kick
and John connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
John tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

John misses with a body shot
enabling Nao to counter with a crisp jab.
John misses with a hook. Nao ducked under it nicely.
Nao was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
John throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nao misses with a looping left.
John throws a head kick but Nao moves out of range.
Nao stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from John.
Nao has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from John finds it's way round the side to connect with Nao's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
John rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Nao counters with a crisp right hand that drops John! Nao lets John back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice jab there from John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
Nao slips a straight right by John.
Nao takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
John throws a push kick but Nao slaps the foot to one side.
and Nao counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts John! He's just covering up as Nao starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Solomon Nao!
A very excited looking Solomon Nao made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.