PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Narcarini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vhay See Phuther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vhay See Phuther has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Narcarini
vs
See Phuther

200 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
264 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Claudio Narcarini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vhay See Phuther!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phuther throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Phuther misses with a series of wild punches.
Phuther wants to clinch up but Narcarini keeps it at a distance.
Phuther tries to close the distance and clinch but Narcarini swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phuther looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Phuther throws a sloppy head kick and Narcarini moves out of range easily.
Phuther tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phuther misses with a two punch combination.
Narcarini keeps the fight on the outside.
Phuther throws a head kick that misses.
Phuther tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phuther lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Phuther fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phuther fails with an attempt to clinch.

Narcarini bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Narcarini stands up and beckons Phuther to his feet.
Narcarini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phuther fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Narcarini scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phuther is trying to escape back to his feet but Narcarini uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Narcarini staying calm.
Narcarini tries to advance to mount but Phuther denies him.
Narcarini happy to just control the position for now.
Phuther pushes Narcarini away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Narcarini gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narcarini scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Phuther to see if he's OK.
Narcarini content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Narcarini is putting a hurting on Phuther here, landing some big shots from side control.
Phuther really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Narcarini. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Phuther gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Narcarini takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Narcarini working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Phuther looks gassed!
Narcarini landing strikes from the mount.
Narcarini content just to control the position here.
Narcarini connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narcarini cracks Phuther with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Narcarini connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Narcarini is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Narcarini 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Narcarini looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Narcarini landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Claudio Narcarini dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Crunch! Narcarini slams his shin into Phuther's torso.

Narcarini has taken the fight to the clinch.

Narcarini pulls guard effortlessly.
Phuther must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Narcarini is on top in guard.
Narcarini controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Narcarini lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Narcarini advances position into side control!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Narcarini in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Phuther is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phuther tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Narcarini is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Phuther taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Narcarini.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Claudio Narcarini!