PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gravid Doughie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaatu Nicto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Doughie
vs
Nicto

192 cm
23
192 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

185 cm
23
200 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gravid Doughie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Klaatu Nicto!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doughie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nicto defends it nicely.
Doughie shoots in and drives through. Nicto sprawls well.
Horrible takedown by Doughie or perhaps it was just good defense by Nicto which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gravid Doughie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Doughie shoots in but no luck this time.
Nicto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Nicto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Doughie is trying to keep Nicto in close.
Nicto throwing strikes from guard but Doughie blocks nicely.
Doughie trying to control the position.
Nicto stays in close to Doughie's body and controls the position.
Doughie controls Nicto momentarily but Nicto frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicto wants to control from the top but Doughie keeps moving.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Klaatu Nicto wasn't active enough on the ground.
Doughie has his takedown stuffed

and Nicto counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Doughie's guard now.
Doughie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nicto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Doughie can't keep his opponent in guard - Nicto advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nicto trying to control the action but Doughie is working from the bottom.
Nicto tries to stand and escape but Doughie is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doughie tries to get to full guard but Nicto has control of the leg.
Doughie trying to control from the bottom.
Doughie taking some punishment here, with Nicto in his half guard.
Doughie wants to get back to full guard.
Nicto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Doughie tries to roll over but Nicto keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nicto lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doughie moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicto wants to pass the guard but Doughie is keeping the position.
Nicto is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Doughie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nicto is one step ahead there.
Nicto advances position into side control!
Doughie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Doughie tries to get to full guard but Nicto has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
It looks like Nicto is going to stand back up.
Doughie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nicto's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nicto's back!
Doughie looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Doughie is punishing Nicto with strikes - can he finish him?!

Nicto is having to fend off submission attempts from Doughie, who is looking to sink in the choke. Doughie doesn't have the hooks in though and Nicto manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Nicto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nicto trying to control the position from guard on top but Doughie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klaatu Nicto 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.

Nicto throws a series of punches but Doughie avoids them all with ease.
Doughie with a poor takedown

and Nicto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Doughie keeping moving, preventing Nicto from controlling successfully.
Doughie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nicto manages to get himself to full guard.
Doughie connects with a couple of short punches.
Doughie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Klaatu Nicto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nicto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Doughie slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Doughie trying to keep a closed guard but Nicto is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicto throwing strikes from guard but Doughie blocks nicely.
Nicto thows a big elbow that misses.
Doughie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Doughie putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Doughie landing shots from mount.
Doughie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nicto's face.
Doughie landing strikes from the mount.
Doughie landing strikes from the mount and Nicto is in trouble!
Nicto is breathing heavily.
Doughie looking to finish Nicto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nicto!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doughie scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Doughie is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doughie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nicto looks a forlorn figure.
Doughie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nicto?

Doughie moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Nicto has worked his arm free - good work by Nicto!
Doughie working the ground and pound.
Doughie tries to score with some ground and pound. Nicto controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Doughie throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Doughie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nicto has escaped the position, nice work there.
Doughie misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doughie advances nicely into full mount.
Nicto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Nicto that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Doughie with good strikes from the mount here!
Doughie with shots to the head and body - Nicto looks very uncomfortable down there.
Doughie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nicto hang on?
Nicto is looking to improve his position but Doughie isn't that keen on the idea.
Nicto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Doughie looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doughie working the ground and pound effectively.
Doughie lands with some strikes.
Doughie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nicto is looking to escape.
Doughie with the ground and pound from mount.
Doughie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nicto tries to hold on but Doughie pushes him away.
Doughie is in the full mount, landing strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nicto keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Doughie scoring with strikes but Nicto is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gravid Doughie dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Doughie with a poor takedown

and Nicto counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Doughie!
Nicto lands a nice shot to the head.
Doughie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nicto unloads with some shots from mount but Doughie bucks and avoids them well.
Doughie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nicto lands a nice shot to the head.

Nicto has control of Doughie's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Doughie regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Nicto thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Nicto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doughie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doughie regains half guard.
Doughie gets back to full guard.
Doughie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nicto.
Nicto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Doughie managing to control the position.
Nicto works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doughie is trying to get back to full guard.
Nicto 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.
Doughie manages to get to full guard.
Nicto trying to control but Doughie is working from the bottom.
Doughie controls Nicto momentarily but Nicto frees himself.
Nicto looking to sit in guard and control but Doughie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicto wants to stand and escape but Doughie is having none of it.
Doughie throws a big right hand that misses.
Doughie postures up in Nicto's guard and throws a big left but Nicto blocks it.
Doughie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Doughie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Nicto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Doughie wants to control from the top but Nicto keeps moving.
Doughie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Doughie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Doughie keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nicto's head.
Doughie with a nice head shot there.
Nicto looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Doughie stands up over Nicto, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Doughie is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Doughie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Doughie landing with the ground and pound.
Doughie preventing the sweep.
Doughie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Doughie lands a couple of digs.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Klaatu Nicto.
I think Nicto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Gravid Doughie!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Gravid Doughie!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Gravid Doughie!

Gravid Doughie wins by unanimous decision!