PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Age Sixteen (ranked 1640 p4p, 1192 weight class) and Theodore Nouveau (ranked 224 p4p, 170 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sixteen
vs
Nouveau

170 cm
21
159
8 - 5 - 1

168 cm
41
158
23 - 37 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Age Sixteen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 37 - 0, fighting out of London, Theodore Nouveau!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sixteen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nouveau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sixteen misses with a head kick.
Nouveau throws a fast counter high kick but Sixteen manages to duck under it in time.

Sixteen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sixteen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nouveau backwards.

Nouveau pulls guard.
Sixteen wants to control from the top but Nouveau keeps moving.
Sixteen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sixteen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nouveau trying to control the position.
Nouveau has his hands on Sixteen's head, controlling the position.
Nouveau controls Sixteen momentarily but Sixteen frees himself.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Sixteen misses with a double jab.

Sixteen moves into the clinch.

Nouveau breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Nouveau closes the distance and clinches.
Nouveau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sixteen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nouveau.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sixteen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sixteen misses with a knee strike.
Sixteen trying to land knees to the body.
Nouveau is trying to push Sixteen away but Sixteen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Nouveau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sixteen drives through and clinches with Nouveau against the cage.
Nouveau is trying to pull guard but Sixteen has him pressed against the cage.
Sixteen has Nouveau pressed against the cage, preventing Nouveau from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sixteen avoiding damage.
Nouveau tries to break the clinch but Sixteen is controlling the position.
Sixteen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sixteen trying to land knees to the body.
Sixteen lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nouveau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sixteen scores a nice knee to the body.
Sixteen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Sixteen pulls guard.

Sixteen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nouveau gets to his feet - Sixteen follows without any prompting.

Nouveau clinches up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nouveau.
Nouveau goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sixteen prevents it.

Sixteen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sixteen rushes Nouveau and presses him up against the cage.
Sixteen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nouveau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sixteen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nouveau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sixteen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sixteen avoids the elbow strike from Nouveau, against the cage.
Sixteen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nouveau tries a body shot but Sixteen blocks it.
Sixteen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sixteen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Sixteen as the two fighters clinch.
Sixteen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nouveau is defending well for now.
Sixteen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nouveau is trying to push Sixteen away but Sixteen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nouveau tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sixteen smiles and moves away.
Age Sixteen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodore Nouveau.
Sixteen slaps away a takedown attempt from Nouveau, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nouveau tries to clinch but Sixteen is having none of it.

Sixteen has Nouveau up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sixteen misses with a punch to the body.
Sixteen is working Nouveau over against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sixteen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sixteen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nouveau blocks it with crossed arms.
Sixteen looking to slow down the pace here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Age Sixteen dominated that round.
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.

Sixteen darts in and clinches Nouveau up against the cage.

Nouveau pulls guard successfully.
Nouveau working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sixteen.
Sixteen wants to control from the top but Nouveau keeps moving.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Nouveau manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Sixteen with a knee to the head.
Nouveau looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sixteen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sixteen misses with a body punch.
Nouveau tries to land a knee to the head but Sixteen blocks with his arms.
Sixteen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nouveau scores with a shoulder strike.
Sixteen misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nouveau tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nouveau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sixteens head.
Sixteen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nouveau wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sixteen stalling in the clinch.
Sixteen trying to control the position but instead, Nouveau has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sixteen into the cage.
Nouveau tries to break free but Sixteen pushes him back against the cage.
Sixteen is pressed up against the cage. Nouveau has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sixteen down to the mat. Sixteen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sixteen keeps the fight on the outside.
Nouveau is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sixteen misses with the combination.
Sixteen wants to clinch up but Nouveau keeps it at a distance.

Sixteen pushes Nouveau up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sixteen tries a knee to the head but Nouveau blocks it.
Sixteen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sixteen lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Sixteen.
Nouveau looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sixteen trying to stall but Nouveau improves his position.
Sixteen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Nouveau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sixteen moves in looking to clinch but Nouveau pushes him off.
Nouveau lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sixteen backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sixteen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nouveau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sixteen.
Nouveau moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sixteen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nouveau wants to break free but Sixteen has control.

Nouveau escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Age Sixteen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nouveau misses with a head kick.
Nouveau swats away the attempt to clinch by Sixteen.
Sixteen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nouveau swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sixteen is looking to clinch.
Sixteen tries to clinch
and Nouveau counters with a straight right hand.
Sixteen tries to close the distance and clinch but Nouveau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sixteen tries to clinch there but Nouveau circles away.

Nouveau moves into range and clinches up with Sixteen.

Nouveau breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sixteen has managed to clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sixteen connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sixteen as Nouveau tries to tie him up.
Age Sixteen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nouveau prevents a body shot from Sixteen.
Sixteen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nouveau can do to turn this around?
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sixteen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nouveau's brow.
Sixteen wants to stall.
Sixteen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sixteen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sixteen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sixteen landing knees to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sixteen fails to land.
Sixteen can't find room to land a body shot as Nouveau controls the action.
Nouveau tries to pull guard but Sixteen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Age Sixteen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodore Nouveau.
Sixteen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nouveau with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Age Sixteen dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sixteen closes the distance and clinches.
Sixteen stalling in the clinch.
Sixteen lands a good knee to the midsection. Nouveau won't want to take too many of those.
Nouveau lands an elbow just above Sixteen 's eye.
Nouveau is trying to force a seperation but Sixteen has the dominant position.
Sixteen stalls.
Nouveau working hard to break the clinch.
Sixteen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sixteen scores with a knee to the head.
Sixteen with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Sixteen jumps into guard, dragging Nouveau to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nouveau avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nouveau looking to sit in guard and control but Sixteen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sixteen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Nouveau is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Nouveau has escaped and now he's on top!

Nouveau passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Nouveau stands up.
Sixteen wants to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Nouveau checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Sixteen lands a left and a right that send Nouveau crashing to the mat, dazed. Sixteen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Nouveau is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sixteen is looking to clinch.
Nouveau is still on wobbly legs! Can Sixteen finish him?
Sixteen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nouveau paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nouveau shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sixteen but Sixteen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nouveau seems to have recovered his senses.
Sixteen tries to close the distance and clinch but Nouveau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sixteen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sixteen moves in looking to clinch but Nouveau pushes him off.
Sixteen tries to clinch but Nouveau moves away
and Nouveau counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Nouveau shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sixteen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nouveau manages to get himself to full guard.

Sixteen wants to control from the top but Nouveau keeps moving.
Sixteen throws a big elbow that misses.
Theodore Nouveau has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sixteen stopping the sweep attempt from Nouveau.
Sixteen trying to control but Nouveau is working from the bottom.

Sixteen has gone for a leg lock! Nouveau slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sixteen's guard.

Nouveau postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Sixteen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nouveau is aware though and is defending well.
Sixteen working a defensive guard here.
Sixteen throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sixteen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sixteen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sixteen keeping moving, preventing Nouveau from controlling successfully.
Sixteen trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Theodore Nouveau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sixteen can't keep his opponent in guard - Nouveau advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Nouveau seems to be looking for submissions.
Age Sixteen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Nouveau decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Age Sixteen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sixteen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Age Sixteen!
Our winner, Age Sixteen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Theodore Nouveau spoke after the fight, saying 'what a mess...'.