PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luc La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Nieddds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think La Fleur might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Raining Blood. Bobby Nieddds is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

La Fleur
vs
Nieddds

171 cm
27
148 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

168 cm
32
150 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luc La Fleur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Nieddds!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Fleur bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nieddds showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Fleur.
Luc La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Fleur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Fleur misses with a lunging right hand
and Nieddds counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La Fleur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Fleur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nieddds manages to avoid it.
Nieddds throws a right and a left that La Fleur avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from La Fleur.
Nieddds throws a right and a left that both miss.
La Fleur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nieddds connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La Fleur momentarily.
Nieddds lands a jab to the nose.
La Fleur throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nieddds counters with a three punch combo that has La Fleur backing up. La Fleur nods at Nieddds to acknowledge the strikes.
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!
La Fleur drops his hands momentarily and Nieddds takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
La Fleur thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nieddds lunges at La Fleur with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La Fleur's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieddds lands a jab to the head.
Nieddds swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Fleur throws out a loose jab but Nieddds uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Fleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Fleur throws a lazy uppercut
and Nieddds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La Fleur tries to clinch but Nieddds is having none of it.
Nieddds rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La Fleur moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

La Fleur looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nieddds wants to improve his position but La Fleur is controlling well.

La Fleur escapes and gets back to his feet.
La Fleur fails to land with a series of punches.
La Fleur fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Fleur takes a swing at Nieddds's ribcage but misses.
La Fleur shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nieddds defends it nicely.
Bobby Nieddds is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nieddds comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nieddds connects with a jab.
Nieddds lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Nieddds lands an impressive looking overhand right. La Fleur doesn't seem phased though.
La Fleur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nieddds swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La Fleur misses with a body shot.
Nieddds defends well against a solid takedown attempt from La Fleur.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luc La Fleur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nieddds scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nieddds counters with a left to the body.
La Fleur works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
La Fleur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nieddds counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nieddds thows a body shot but no joy.
Nieddds tests La Fleur's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Fleur looks for the body kick but Nieddds saw that one coming.
Nieddds misses with a double jab.
Nieddds scores with a shot to the body.
Nieddds slips a straight right by La Fleur.
A combination from Nieddds does no damage.
La Fleur misses with a straight right.
Nieddds looks to land a combination but La Fleur avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from La Fleur misses.
La Fleur takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nieddds works La Fleur's body with a nice hook.
La Fleur misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Fleur closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
No joy there for La Fleur, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nieddds scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
La Fleur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nieddds scores with a body shot.
La Fleur throws an off balance right hand
enabling Nieddds to counter with a crisp jab.
Nieddds lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La Fleur is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Horrible takedown by La Fleur or perhaps it was just good defense by Nieddds which made him look bad.
La Fleur throws a jab but it's blocked by Nieddds.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Nieddds dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nieddds fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La Fleur misses the shot to the body.
La Fleur on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nieddds connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La Fleur's hands.
Nieddds slips a straight right by La Fleur.
Nieddds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Fleur.
Nieddds defending well as La Fleur loads up on a big left hand.
La Fleur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nieddds.
La Fleur looks to clinch
and Nieddds counters with a straight right hand.
La Fleur throws a right hand that misses
letting Nieddds counter with a right hand.
La Fleur thows a body shot but no joy.
La Fleur moves in looking to clinch but Nieddds pushes him off.
La Fleur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nieddds.
La Fleur moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nieddds throws a series of punches but La Fleur avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieddds misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Fleur.
La Fleur misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
La Fleur shoots for a double leg takedown but Nieddds sprawls well. He's pushed La Fleur's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nieddds scores with the left hand. La Fleur knows he should have avoided that one.
Nieddds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Fleur.
Nieddds avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nieddds tries to bum rush La Fleur with a series of wild strikes but La Fleur uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La Fleur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nieddds.
Nieddds wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La Fleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Fleur is looking to clinch.
Bobby Nieddds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nieddds avoids the body shot from La Fleur.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds lands with a right hand.
La Fleur avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Nieddds. Those never looked like landing.
Nieddds moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nieddds scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nieddds connects with the punch.
La Fleur looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
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!
La Fleur misses with a left hand
and Nieddds counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nieddds lands a really nice looking cross but La Fleur seems unphased.
La Fleur throws a lazy uppercut
and Nieddds makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nieddds lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
La Fleur tries to land a front kick but Nieddds steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La Fleur fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luc La Fleur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Fleur scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nieddds looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
La Fleur misses with the combination.
La Fleur misses with a lunging right hand
and Nieddds counters with a left to the body.
Nieddds stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La Fleur shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nieddds defends it nicely.
La Fleur tries a head kick but it misses.
La Fleur throws a right hand that misses
and Nieddds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nieddds lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as La Fleur backs up against the cage.
Nieddds scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nieddds lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as La Fleur backs up against the cage.
La Fleur misses with a double jab
and Nieddds counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps La Fleur thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nieddds scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nieddds darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La Fleur gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice cross by Nieddds.
La Fleur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bobby Nieddds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La Fleur throws a shot from downtown. Nieddds moves away and avoids it.
Nieddds feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits La Fleurs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
La Fleur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La Fleur lands an overhand right.
La Fleur shoots in for a takedown but Nieddds shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nieddds bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La Fleur's head backwards.
Nieddds swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La Fleur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Nieddds showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nieddds lands a glancing blow to the side of La Fleur's head.
Nieddds keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
La Fleur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nieddds connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nieddds's corner calls for a 1-2. Nieddds obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
La Fleur tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nieddds swivels and escapes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nieddds!
La Fleur throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nieddds counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Fleur. Nieddds does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nieddds connects with a nice looking jab.
La Fleur wants to clinch but Nieddds slips to the side
letting Nieddds counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Fleur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nieddds sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nieddds avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nieddds stalks La Fleur and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into La Fleur's face. La Fleur staggers backwards, shaken.
La Fleur tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur misses with an uppercut
and Nieddds counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Nieddds lands an impressive looking overhand right. La Fleur doesn't seem phased though.

La Fleur is rocked!
Good shot there by La Fleur.
Nieddds blocks a jab.
Nieddds lands with a good body shot.
La Fleur throws a combination that misses
and Nieddds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nieddds lands with a shot to the body.
A cross from Nieddds lands.
La Fleur is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nieddds.
Oh La Fleur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
La Fleur has his takedown stuffed
and La Fleur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luc La Fleur. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nieddds lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La Fleur seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Fleur dodges the punch combination from Nieddds.
La Fleur throws a lazy right hand but Nieddds sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nieddds sizes up La Fleur with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
La Fleur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Fleur throws the left hand but Nieddds avoids the punch easily.
Nieddds takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

La Fleur shoots in and bounces Nieddds off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
La Fleur won't allow Nieddds to get back to his feet.
Nieddds is trying to control the position from the bottom.
La Fleur trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nieddds's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds wants to sweep but no luck.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nieddds can do anything to dispel that myth.
La Fleur has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nieddds is proving hard to escape from.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nieddds wants to sweep but no luck.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
La Fleur misses with a left hand
and Nieddds counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nieddds scores with a jab to the body.
Luc La Fleur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieddds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from La Fleur lands.
Nieddds fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La Fleur checks it well.
La Fleur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
La Fleur connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bobby Nieddds is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nieddds scores with a punch to the head.
La Fleur shoots in but Nieddds avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nieddds ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La Fleur takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La Fleur misses with a wild body shot.
La Fleur misses with a wild body shot.
La Fleur cracks Nieddds with an open hand slap.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Nieddds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nieddds winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Nieddds!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bobby Nieddds thanked Black Market Pharmacy and Laundromat for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).