PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luka Nedved (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Vieira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luka Nedved looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Nedved
vs
Vieira

178 cm
26
154 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
157 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luka Nedved!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leo Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vieira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nedved blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nedved on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nedved lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vieira backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Nedved.
Vieira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nedved working aggressively here.
Vieira working Nedved over with knees to the body.
Vieira works on Nedved's body with a couple of short punches.
Nedved is breathing heavily.
Vieira crunches a lovely knee into Nedved's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nedved blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vieira missing with knees to the body.
Vieira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nedved avoids it.
Vieira trying to land knees to the body.
Vieira missing with knees to the body.
Vieira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nedved avoids it.
Vieira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vieira trying to land knees to the body.
Vieira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nedved is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vieira obliges.
Nedved on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nedved wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vieira has him pressed against the cage.
Vieira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vieira lands a knee to the body.
Vieira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vieira lands a knee to the body.
Vieira tries to land knees in the clinch but Nedved avoids the damage to the body.
Nedved on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Vieira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vieira fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nedved tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vieira was well out of range. Poor timing from Nedved.
Vieira shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nedved defends it nicely.
Vieira shoots in looking for a takedown but Nedved manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vieira's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Luka Nedved has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Vieira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nedved swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vieira tries to clinch there but Nedved circles away.
Vieira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nedved.
Nedved misses with a series of wild punches.
Nedved throws a jab but it's blocked by Vieira.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vieira moves into the clinch.
Vieira landing knees to the body.
Vieira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Vieira manages to break the clinch.
Nedved throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Nedved gets tackled into the cage by Vieira. Vieira maintains the clinch.
Vieira pushes off an throws an elbow but Nedved leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vieira taking a breather.
Nedved taking a breather.
Vieira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vieira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nedved is defending well for now.
Vieira landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Vieira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nedved avoids it.
Vieira missing with knees to the body.
Nedved misses with a hook to the ribs.

Vieira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Vieira clinches up with Nedved and pushes him back against the cage.
Nedved misses with some punches.
Vieira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vieira trying to land knees to the body.
Nedved can't break the clinch.
Vieira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vieira swings wildly with an uppercut but Nedved uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nedved on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nedved avoiding damage as Vieira throws knees to the body.

Vieira pulls guard effortlessly.
Vieira controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Vieira dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nedved swats away the attempt to clinch by Vieira.
Vieira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nedved getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vieira looks for a takedown but Nedved sprawls well.
Nedved looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nedved misses with a hook. Vieira ducked under it nicely.
Leo Vieira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vieira looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vieira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nedved throws an off balance right hand

and Vieira counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Vieira stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Nedved keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luka Nedved has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Vieira.
Nedved misses with a hook. Vieira ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vieira 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.
Nedved trying to control the position.
Vieira throws a big elbow that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Vieira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Vieira stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Vieira wants to clinch up but Nedved keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nedved swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vieira wants to clinch.
Nedved swats away the attempt to clinch by Vieira.
Vieira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nedved throws out the jab.

Vieira moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira tries to stall but Nedved uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees to the body from Vieira.
Vieira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nedved in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vieira tries to land knees in the clinch but Nedved avoids the damage to the body.
Nedved avoiding damage as Vieira throws knees to the body.
Vieira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nedved is defending well for now.
Vieira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nedved's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vieira.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nedved on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nedved managing to block the knees to the body from Vieira.
Vieira missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vieira.
Knees to the body from Vieira.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vieira just leaning against Nedved, taking a breather.
Vieira lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nedved backwards.
Vieira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Vieira.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Vieira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Vieira gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vieira missing with knees to the body.
Vieira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vieira lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nedved misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nedved tries to break free but Vieira pushes him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vieira working Nedved over with knees to the body.
Nedved working hard to break the clinch.
Vieira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nedved.
Nedved controlling the action here for a moment.
Vieira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nedved.
Nedved misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nedved managing to block the knees to the body from Vieira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nedved managing to block the knees to the body from Vieira.
Vieira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nedved managing to block the knees to the body from Vieira.
Vieira can't find room to land a body shot as Nedved controls the action.
Nedved misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vieira obliges.

Vieira manages to break the clinch.
Vieira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nedved.
Vieira fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nedved keeps the fight on the outside.
Vieira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vieira fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Nedved gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nedved avoids the elbow strike from Vieira, against the cage.
Nedved makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vieira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vieira missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Nedved as the two fighters clinch.
Nedved struggles to land a body shot inside as Vieira controls his hands.
Vieira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nedved on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nedved is looking to control Vieira's arms but Vieira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nedved has his back to the cage.
Vieira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leo Vieira is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nedved goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nedved is defending well for now.
Vieira has Nedved pressed against the cage, preventing Nedved from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nedved on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vieira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nedved avoids it.
Nedved misses with the head strike.
Vieira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vieira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nedved.
Vieira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nedved is defending well for now.
Vieira fails to pull guard.
Luka Nedved has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Vieira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nedved avoiding damage as Vieira throws knees to the body.
Vieira lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nedved.
Vieira blocking some punches.
Nedved working hard to break the clinch.
Nedved swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vieira lands a nice knee to the body.
Nedved lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nedved pushes Vieira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nedved lands with a right to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nedved scores with a shoulder strike.
Nedved blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luka Nedved has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nedved struggles to land a body shot inside as Vieira controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leo Vieira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vieira 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leo Vieira!