PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Vincent Bigby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nahna Notorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nahna Notorious has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vincent Bigby
vs
Notorious

180 cm
25
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

[IFC] Hilton Supplements *NYC*

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Vincent Bigby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nahna Notorious!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bigby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Notorious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Notorious fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bigby, pushing him back against the cage.
Bigby tries to stall but Notorious uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Notorious throws a head punch that misses.
Bigby is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Notorious is keeping busy.
Notorious has a couple of punches blocked by Bigby.
Notorious comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Notorious can't get the takedown.
Notorious missing with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Bigby to work.
Notorious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bigby's elbow.
Notorious throws a punch but it's blocked by Bigby.
Notorious working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hook to the body lands for Notorious.
Notorious is pushing Bigby up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Notorious is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bigby is defending well for now.

Notorious has Bigby pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Notorious pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bigby tumbling to the mat - Notorious dives into Bigby's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigby will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Bigby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Notorious working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Notorious trying to control but Bigby is working from the bottom.
Bigby throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Notorious throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Notorious trying to control the position from guard on top but Bigby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Notorious wants to pass the guard but Bigby is keeping the position.
Notorious wants to control from the top but Bigby keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bigby tries to strike from the bottom.
Bigby manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bigby thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Notorious is looking to get to half guard.
Bigby throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Notorious holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Bigby tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Notorious really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bigby. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bigby throwing strikes here but Notorious is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bigby misses with a head shot.
Notorious is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigby punching from mount but Notorious doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bigby punching from mount but Notorious doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bigby thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bigby throwing strikes here but Notorious is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bigby throwing strikes here but Notorious is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bigby looking to ground and pound but Notorious is blocking nicely.
Bigby looking to finish with strikes here!
Notorious avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bigby.
Bigby thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bigby thowing shots but they're missing.
Notorious is wriggling around trying to escape.
Notorious is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Bigby unloads with some shots from mount but Notorious bucks and avoids them well.
Notorious blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bigby misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Bigby throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bigby throws some wild stikes that Notorious manages to avoid easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Poor strikes thrown by Bigby there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bigby looking to finish with strikes here!
Bigby misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nahna Notorious will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Notorious circles away from the clinch attempt
and Notorious counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Notorious fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bigby sprawls well initially but Notorious persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bigby slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bigby bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Notorious's guard.
Bigby trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bigby wants to control from the top but Notorious keeps moving.
Bigby trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bigby loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bigby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigby tries to free his leg and advance position but Notorious is retaining full guard.
Bigby trying to control the position from guard on top but Notorious is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bigby throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Notorious works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bigby postures up in Notorious's guard and throws a big left but Notorious blocks it.
Notorious keeping moving, preventing Bigby from controlling successfully.
Bigby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Notorious keeping moving, preventing Bigby from controlling successfully.
Bigby thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bigby stopping the sweep attempt from Notorious.
Bigby trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Notorious avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bigby trying to control the position from guard on top but Notorious is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Notorious avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bigby loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bigby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bigby trying to control the position from guard on top but Notorious is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigby won't allow Notorious to sweep him here.
Notorious working a defensive guard but Bigby passes into half guard.
Bigby throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Notorious is breathing heavily.
Notorious is trying to maintain the position but Bigby is very close to passing his half guard.
Notorious blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bigby.
Bigby missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bigby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Notorious defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Notorious avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bigby.
Bigby trying to control the action but Notorious is working from the bottom.
Bigby missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bigby thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Notorious's head.
Notorious blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bigby.
Notorious is refusing to be controlled, as Bigby sits in half guard.
Bigby not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Notorious avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bigby.
Bigby wants to lay and pray for a moment but Notorious keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Vincent Bigby will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bigby wants to clinch

and Notorious counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bigby!
Bigby is looking to improve his position but Notorious isn't that keen on the idea.
Bigby manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Notorious looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Notorious throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bigby misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Notorious is thwarting Bigby's attempts to control the position.
Notorious trying to advance position but Bigby counters by regaining guard.
Bigby 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.
Notorious stopping the sweep attempt from Bigby.
Notorious thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Notorious trying to control but Bigby is working from the bottom.
Bigby looking to hit a scissor sweep but Notorious is one step ahead there.
Bigby doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bigby throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Bigby working a defensive guard here.
Notorious is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Notorious trying to control the position from guard on top but Bigby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bigby throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Notorious scoring with some ground and pound.
Notorious trying to control the position from guard on top but Bigby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bigby trying to strike off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Notorious pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bigby is keeping the position for now.
Bigby looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bigby is on top in guard.
Notorious takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Notorious avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Notorious looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bigby puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bigby throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bigby thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Notorious keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Notorious wants to control but Bigby is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Notorious won't allow Bigby to pass to mount.
Bigby throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Notorious has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bigby is working away from the top position though.
Bigby is trying to control. Notorious wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bigby thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bigby throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bigby is keen to just control but Notorious is a slippery customer.
Bigby thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bigby tries to pass the half guard into mount. Notorious knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bigby missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Notorious wants to get back to full guard.
Notorious blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bigby.
Bigby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Notorious defending well though.
Bigby trying to pass the guard but Notorious defending well.
Bigby wants to lay and pray for a moment but Notorious keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bigby not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nahna Notorious comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Notorious has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nahna Notorious!