PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Jiminez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jiminez has chosen Big pun - Beware as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nogueira
vs
Jiminez

189 cm
29
209 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

191 cm
25
203 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Hector Jiminez!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiminez slips under a jab from Nogueira.
Nogueira punishes Jiminez's body with a nice straight punch.
Nogueira feints and then cracks Jiminez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jiminez down.
Nogueira throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nogueira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jiminez manages to avoid it.
Nogueira on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Ricardo Nogueira has been cut.
Nogueira pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jiminez is out of range and Nogueira settles back down.
Jiminez misses with a double jab.
Jiminez misses with an uppercut. Nogueira saw that one coming.
Nogueira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nogueira avoids the body shot from Jiminez.
Nogueira has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jiminez.
Nogueira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jiminez moves out of range of the body kick from Nogueira.
Hector Jiminez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira misses with a body shot.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Jiminez.
Jiminez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.
Jiminez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jiminez throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Jiminez throws a right and a left that Nogueira avoids nicely.
Nogueira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jiminez manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nogueira. Jiminez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nogueira on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nogueira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez misses with a few strikes there.
Nogueira takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jiminez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nogueira.
Jiminez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nogueira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice uppercut there from Jiminez.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Jiminez circles away.
Nogueira is looking to wear down Jiminez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jiminez misses with the combination.
Jiminez fails to land with a series of punches.
Nogueira's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jiminez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nogueira scrambles back to his feet.
Nogueira throws a lazy right hand but Jiminez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
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!
Nogueira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Jiminez blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Jiminez misses.
Nogueira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jiminez.
Nogueira misses with a kick to the body.
Jiminez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nogueira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nogueira throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jiminez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nogueira throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jiminez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jiminez connects with a solid leg kick.
Jiminez scores with a jab.
Nogueira dodges the punch combination from Jiminez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiminez connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jiminez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Nogueira scores with a takedown into Jiminez's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jiminez keeping full guard, as Nogueira tries to pass.
Nogueira postures up in Jiminez's guard and throws a big left but Jiminez blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jiminez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nogueira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nogueira stands and throws Jiminez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Jiminez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Nogueira's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jiminez moves out of range as Nogueira strikes.
Jiminez with a poor takedown
and Nogueira counters with a good, hard body kick but Jiminez shrugs it off.
A nice combination there by Jiminez.
Jiminez throws a series of punches but Nogueira avoids them all with ease.
Nogueira fails with the takedown.
Nogueira takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nogueira tries for a takedown but Jiminez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nogueira has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jiminez finds it's way round the side to connect with Nogueira's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Jiminez blocks the leg kick.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Jiminez feints a jab promting Nogueira to slip. Jiminez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nogueira slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Nogueira is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiminez jabs at Nogueira's body.
Oh Nogueira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jiminez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Jiminez lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Nogueira can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Jiminez and Nogueira drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Jiminez.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Jiminez!
After winning the bout, Hector Jiminez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.