PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Radzimanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Radzimanowski's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ennio Morricone - Ecstasy of Gold . Nunes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pitbull- Hey Baby kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Radzimanowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Radzimanowski
vs
Nunes

190 cm
28
166 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

176 cm
29
162 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Radzimanowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Radzimanowski shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Nunes's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nunes wants to stand up but Radzimanowski is controlling him.
Radzimanowski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Radzimanowski tries to free his leg and advance position but Nunes is retaining full guard.
Nunes is trying to hold Radzimanowski in close to prevent damage but Radzimanowski has managed to pass into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Radzimanowski in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radzimanowski's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Radzimanowski wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Radzimanowski cracks Nunes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Radzimanowski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Nunes takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radzimanowski tries for a takedown. No joy.
Radzimanowski is working for takedown but Nunes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nunes scores with a shot to the side of Radzimanowski's head.
Radzimanowski dodges an elbow strike from Nunes.

Nunes jumps guard and drags Radzimanowski to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Radzimanowski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Radzimanowski controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because John Radzimanowski just wasn't active enough.
Nunes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Radzimanowski dives in and grabs Nunes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nunes pushes down on Radzimanowski's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Radzimanowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nunes fails with a takedown attempt.
Nunes throws a series of punches but Radzimanowski avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Radzimanowski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Radzimanowski is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Nunes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Nunes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Radzimanowski working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Radzimanowski dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Radzimanowski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Radzimanowski slips a jab and a cross from Nunes.
Nunes swinging wildly here.

Radzimanowski feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Radzimanowski looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Radzimanowski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nunes swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Nunes pulls Radzimanowski in to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because John Radzimanowski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Nunes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Radzimanowski works over Nunes with some ground and pound from guard.
Radzimanowski controlling from the top position.
Radzimanowski has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. John Radzimanowski wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nunes misses with the combination.
Nunes fails with a takedown attempt.
Radzimanowski shoots in for a takedown but Nunes shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes looks for a takedown but Radzimanowski sprawls well.
Nunes fails with the takedown.
John Radzimanowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Nunes.
Nunes is breathing heavily.

Radzimanowski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nunes did well to prevent Radzimanowski getting side control.
Radzimanowski works his foot free and advances to mount.
Radzimanowski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radzimanowski avoids the attempt from Nunes to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Radzimanowski dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Radzimanowski drives through with a takedown into guard.
Radzimanowski sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nunes's guard.
Radzimanowski controlling the pace.
Nunes wants to control the action here but instead Radzimanowski manages to pass to full mount!
Radzimanowski looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes tries to hold on but Radzimanowski postures up.
Radzimanowski raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radzimanowski content just to control the position here.
Radzimanowski throws some wild stikes that Nunes manages to avoid easily.
Radzimanowski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Radzimanowski lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radzimanowski controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radzimanowski lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Radzimanowski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Antonio Nunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
John Radzimanowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Radzimanowski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for John Radzimanowski!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for John Radzimanowski!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for John Radzimanowski!

John Radzimanowski wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking John Radzimanowski made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.