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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adracio Zalasat (ranked 25338 p4p, 5758 weight class) and Paulus Nainggolan (ranked 763 p4p, 664 weight class). Adracio Zalasat has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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250
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adracio Zalasat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulus Nainggolan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nainggolan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zalasat moves into the clinch successfully.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Zalasat works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Zalasat looking to sit in guard and control but Nainggolan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zalasat keeping moving, preventing Nainggolan from controlling successfully.
Zalasat has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Nainggolan postures up.
Nainggolan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zalasat is trying to control the position but Nainggolan postures up.
Zalasat avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nainggolan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zalasat's head.
Nainggolan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zalasat keeping full guard, as Nainggolan tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nainggolan works over Zalasat with some ground and pound from guard.
Zalasat trying to control the position.
Nainggolan trying to control the position from guard on top but Zalasat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zalasat knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nainggolan on the ground.
Nainggolan pushes down on Zalasat's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ground and pound from Nainggolan.
Zalasat on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zalasat tries to get out of the position.
Zalasat is trying to stand.
Zalasat is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zalasat keeping hold of Nainggolan's head, controlling as best he can.
Nainggolan 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.
Nainggolan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Zalasat trying to hold on to Nainggolan's head to control him but Nainggolan postures up.
Nainggolan trying to pass the guard but Zalasat defending well.
Zalasat is trying to stand back up but Nainggolan is controlling him
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan lands with a punch from half guard.
Nainggolan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zalasat!
Zalasat is bucking up trying to escape but Nainggolan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Zalasat tries to reverse the position but Nainggolan maintains control.
Nainggolan with the ground and pound from mount.
Nainggolan lands a big elbow.
Nainggolan raining down shots from the mount!
Nainggolan prevents Zalasat from getting the reversal.
Nainggolan is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Zalasat can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Zalasat manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Zalasat is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nainggolan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zalasat wants to control but Nainggolan postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nainggolan trying to control the position but Zalasat is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Check out the look on Nainggolan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nainggolan is working Zalasat over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulus Nainggolan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Zalasat shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nainggolan keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Nainggolan is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Zalasat jumps into side control!
Nainggolan wants to control but Zalasat postures up.
Zalasat tries to score with some ground and pound. Nainggolan controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zalasat advances to mount.
Zalasat avoids the attempt from Nainggolan to control.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Nainggolan. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Nainggolan tries to reverse the position but Zalasat maintains control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nainggolan swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nainggolan is desperately trying to improve his position but Zalasat has a good base and remains in mount.
Zalasat is working for a guillotine from mount but Nainggolan frees his head quite easily.
Nainggolan regains half guard.
Zalasat wants to stand up but Nainggolan manages to regain full guard.
Paulus Nainggolan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nainggolan is trying to keep Zalasat in close.
Nainggolan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zalasat defends it easily.
Zalasat stopping the sweep attempt from Nainggolan.
Zalasat trying to control the position from guard on top but Nainggolan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nainggolan trying to strike off his back.
Zalasat trying to control the position from guard on top but Nainggolan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nainggolan wants to sweep here but Zalasat controlling him for the moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zalasat sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nainggolan somewhat.
Nainggolan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nainggolan fails to land the takedown.
Adracio Zalasat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulus Nainggolan.
Zalasat gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zalasat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zalasat keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Paulus Nainggolan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nainggolan or perhaps it was just good defense by Zalasat, which made it look bad.
Zalasat fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zalasat misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zalasat closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nainggolan to the mat! Nainggolan manages to get full guard.
Zalasat has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nainggolan is proving hard to escape from.
Nainggolan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zalasat manages to get himself to full guard.
Zalasat will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Zalasat tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zalasat utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nainggolan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nainggolan works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nainggolan lands with a punch from half guard.
Zalasat is trying to control but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adracio Zalasat dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Zalasat gets a takedown into half guard.
Zalasat seems to be looking for submissions.
Nainggolan has a hand on Zalasat's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Zalasat takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Nainggolan tries to lock up and control but Zalasat gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nainggolan is squirming around, avoiding Zalasat's attempts to control the action.
Nainggolan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nainggolan manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nainggolan is looking to improve his position.
Zalasat trying to control from half guard but Nainggolan is working away.
Nainggolan gets back to full guard.
Zalasat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nainggolan looking for a triangle here. Zalasat is fighting it but it looks tight! Nainggolan pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Zalasat is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Paulus Nainggolan!
Paulus Nainggolan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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pop
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RATING
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