PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Harris
vs
Nunes

179 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, David Schapiro and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris shoots in and drives through. Nunes sprawls well.
Harris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nunes swivels and escapes.
Harris blocks a head kick by Nunes.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nunes lands with a kick to the temple. Harris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Harris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harris.
Nunes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Nunes is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Nunes is trying to pull guard but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Nunes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harris has him pressed against the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Nunes pushes Harris away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nunes throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris fails with the takedown.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt - Nunes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Diego Nunes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris is breathing heavily.
Nunes lands a high kick!
Nunes connects with a high kick.
Nunes goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from Nunes.
Harris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nunes goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nunes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harris shoots in looking for a takedown. Nunes tries to sprawl out of it but Harris keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nunes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt - Nunes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nunes throws a head kick that misses.
Nunes misses with a head kick.
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!
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nunes as he avoids it easily.
Nunes lands a head kick. Harris smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nunes lands a nice looking body kick.
Some wild striking there from Nunes.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nunes as he jumps to the side.
Nunes throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt.
Nunes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nunes throws a head kick that half lands.
Harris takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Harris avoids the head kick by Nunes.
Nunes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Harris drives through with a takedown into Nunes's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Nunes kicks Harris off and gets to his feet.

Harris scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nunes gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Nunes has one foot on Harris's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes scores with a head kick.

Harris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nunes was covering up waiting for the punch and Harris finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Harris preventing the sweep.
Nunes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Harris postures up.
Harris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harris with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Harris landing some decent shots from guard.
Nunes looking for a sweep. Not yet Nunes, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Nunes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harris shoots in and drives through. Nunes sprawls well.
Matt Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nunes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nunes throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Nunes throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Harris.
Nunes throws a lazy head kick

and Harris counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Nunes!
Nunes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harris throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Harris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Harris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nunes holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Harris tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris landing strikes from the mount and Nunes is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Harris.
Harris working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Harris tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Harris is landing with some decent strikes but Nunes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Harris misses with a head shot.
Nunes sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Nunes manages to get to full guard.
Nunes keeping full guard, as Harris tries to pass.
Nunes trying to control the position here.
Nunes wants to sweep but no luck.
Nunes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws an elbow that misses. Nunes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Harris's guard. Nice move by Nunes!

Nunes decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nunes misses with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nunes slaps away a takedown attempt from Harris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nunes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Harris shoots in looking for a takedown. Nunes tries to sprawl out of it but Harris keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nunes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt
and Nunes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nunes throws a head kick that Harris semi-blocks.
Diego Nunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nunes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Harris darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris thows a huge punch but Nunes dodges it nicely.
Harris sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nunes defending well though.
Nunes keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Nunes wants to control but Harris is keeping busy.
Harris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Harris prevents Nunes from improving his position.
Nunes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harris is working away from the top position though.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Diego Nunes was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Harris tries to land a front kick but Nunes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Nunes gets caught napping as Harris dives in and scores a takedown. Nunes manages to retain guard.
Nunes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harris throws a big elbow that misses.
Matt Harris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nunes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harris throws an elbow that misses. Nunes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Harris's guard. Nice move by Nunes!

Nunes decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harris, up you get!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nunes throws a head kick that misses

and Harris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harris is looking for a takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nunes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harris just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nunes wants to break free but Harris has control.
Nunes tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harris just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Harris dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Harris tries for a takedown but Nunes circles away easily
and Nunes counters with a good low kick that Harris was not able to check.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nunes.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Nunes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nunes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nunes throws a nice head kick!
Harris shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nunes but Nunes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nunes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nunes as he avoids it easily.
Nunes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nunes misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Nunes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Nunes blocks Harris's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Harris flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Nunes controlling his opponent.
Let's hope that Nunes has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes controlling from the full mount.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Diego Nunes.
Nunes throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Nunes only half commits.
Nunes leaves Harris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Harris closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Nunes quickly recovers to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nunes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Nunes pushes Harris off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Nunes throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris shoots for a double leg takedown but Nunes sprawls well. He's pushed Harris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nunes throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Nunes leaves Harris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nunes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Harris feints and as Nunes raises his hands in defense, Harris changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Harris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nunes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Harris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nunes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nunes wants to get back to his feet but Harris is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Harris lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to stand but Nunes has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nunes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Nunes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Harris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harris throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris is looking to work some ground and pound but Nunes has wrist control.
Harris wanted to stand there but Nunes had control of the position.
Nunes trying to control the position here.
Harris has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harris postures up and lands a big shot to Nunes's brow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Diego Nunes.
I think Nunes 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Nunes!
Diego Nunes took some time post fight to say the following; 'i hate fighting and training it sucks, i hate everybody, come at me bro you f.....g retards.'.