PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel NBomga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Herbstreit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herbstreit has chosen Herb Alpert - Street Life as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

NBomga
vs
Herbstreit

190 cm
26
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

190 cm
34
217 lbs
20 - 14 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel NBomga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chad Herbstreit!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
NBomga attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Herbstreit is looking to clinch.

Herbstreit closes the distance and pushes NBomga back into the cage.
Herbstreit lands a nice uppercut.
Herbstreit lands a hook to the side of the head.
NBomga throws a head punch that misses.
NBomga tries to work over Herbstreit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
NBomga is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
NBomga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Herbstreit has him pressed against the cage.
NBomga blocking some punches.
Herbstreit working aggressively here.

NBomga escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

NBomga gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Herbstreit lands a hook that snaps the head of NBomga backwards.
Herbstreit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Herbstreit has a couple of punches blocked by NBomga.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Herbstreit.
NBomga is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
NBomga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Herbstreit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Herbstreit fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herbstreit throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Herbstreit fails to land.
Herbstreit lands with a short shot to the head.
Herbstreit gets through NBomga's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Herbstreit scores with a nice hook to the head.
NBomga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Herbstreit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by NBomga.
Herbstreit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Herbstreit.

NBomga is rocked!
NBomga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oh NBomga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Herbstreit lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops NBomga to his knees! Herbstreit keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Herbstreit!