PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Newman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ayrton Pena Milani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Newman
vs
Pena Milani

196 cm
22
275 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

193 cm
26
285 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nate Newman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ayrton Pena Milani!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pena Milani has managed to clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Newman.
Pena Milani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Newman.
Pena Milani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pena Milani is trying to stall.
Newman swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena Milani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pena Milani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Newman avoids it.
Newman managing to block the knees to the body from Pena Milani.
A shot in the inside from Pena Milani.
Pena Milani blocking some punches.
Pena Milani has Newman pressed against the cage.
Pena Milani lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Nate Newman has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pena Milani struggles to land a body shot inside as Newman controls his hands.
Newman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Newman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Newman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newman managing to block the knees to the body from Pena Milani.
Newman blocks the elbow strike.
Newman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Newman letting Pena Milani take a breather here.
Pena Milani misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pena Milani.
Newman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pena Milani looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pena Milani trying to control the position but instead, Newman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pena Milani into the cage.
Pena Milani tries a body shot but Newman blocks it.
Newman has a couple of punches blocked by Pena Milani.
Pena Milani blocks an uppercut.
Pena Milani takes a shot to the head.
Newman swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena Milani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newman scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pena Milani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Newman avoids it.
Newman struggles to land a body shot inside as Pena Milani controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pena Milani throws an elbow but misses.
Newman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Newman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pena Milanis head.
Pena Milani throws a punch but it's blocked by Newman.
Pena Milani throws an elbow that misses.
Newman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Newman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pena Milani.
Pena Milani misses with a body punch.
Pena Milani lands a shot to the body.
Newman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pena Milani lands an elbow inside.
Newman blocks a body shot from Pena Milani.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena Milani leaning against his opponent.
Newman avoiding damage as Pena Milani throws knees to the body.
Pena Milani throws a punch but it's blocked by Newman.
Pena Milani creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newman's defenses.
Pena Milani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Newman.
Newman managing to block the knees to the body from Pena Milani.
Pena Milani pushes Newman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Newman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pena Milani is trying to maintain a safe position but Newman gets an underhook and turns Pena Milani into the cage.
Newman tries to work over Pena Milani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pena Milani is defending well for now.
Newman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Newman is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pena Milani tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pena Milani missing with knees to the body.
Pena Milani is working Newman over against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Pena Milani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pena Milani avoiding damage.
Newman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pena Milani missing with knees to the body.
Pena Milani tries a body shot but Newman blocks it.

Newman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Newman misses with a head kick.
Pena Milani lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pena Milani tries to clinch but Newman is having none of it.
Pena Milani lands a nice shot that snaps Newman's head back.
Pena Milani moves out of range as Newman strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pena Milani rushes Newman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pena Milani misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pena Milani blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ayrton Pena Milani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Newman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Pena Milani misses with a low kick.
Pena Milani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Newman was well out of range. Poor timing from Pena Milani.
Pena Milani is looking to clinch.
Newman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ayrton Pena Milani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pena Milani tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pena Milani looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Newman walks into a straight right hand from Pena Milani.
Newman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Pena Milani.
Pena Milani lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Newman at a distance.
Newman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pena Milani tries to clinch up but Newman circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pena Milani scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pena Milani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Pena Milani clinches with his opponent.
Pena Milani missing with knees to the body.
Newman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Newman avoiding damage as Pena Milani throws knees to the body.
Newman managing to block the knees to the body from Pena Milani.
Newman managing to block the knees to the body from Pena Milani.
Pena Milani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pena Milani creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newman's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newman.
Newman misses with a punch to the body.
Pena Milani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Newman is keeping busy.
Newman blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pena Milani content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pena Milani misses with some punches.
Pena Milani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Newman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pena Milani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Newman avoids it.
Pena Milani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Newman managing to block the knees to the body from Pena Milani.
Pena Milani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Newman is keeping busy.
A left hand lands to the body for Pena Milani.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newman.
Newman pushes Pena Milani back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Newman misses with a punch on the inside.
Pena Milani scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pena Milani misses with a punch to the body.
Pena Milani trying to control the position but instead, Newman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pena Milani into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena Milani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Newman avoids it.
Newman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pena Milanis head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pena Milani lands an elbow inside that Newman shrugs off.
A short left from Pena Milani.

Nate Newman's cut is getting worse.
Pena Milani is trying to break the clinch but Newman is controlling him.
Pena Milani pushes Newman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Newman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Newman digs a good hook to Pena Milani's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pena Milani is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Newman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pena Milani at a distance.
Pena Milani is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pena Milani was well out of range. Poor timing from Newman.
Ayrton Pena Milani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pena Milani misses with an uppercut
and Newman counters with a nice uppercut.
Pena Milani slips a jab from Newman.
A shot to the liver by Pena Milani. Beautiful body shot.
Newman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pena Milani looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pena Milani moves out of range of the body kick from Newman.
Newman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pena Milani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pena Milani digs a good hook to Newman's body.
Newman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pena Milani throws a leg kick which misses Newman's front leg but catches the back leg as Newman tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pena Milani fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pena Milani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ayrton Pena Milani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nate Newman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pena Milani avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Newman scores with a nice body kick.
Pena Milani fails with an attempt to clinch.
Newman throws a right hand that Pena Milani ducks under and follows up with a left that Pena Milani also avoids with ease.
Newman takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pena Milani tries to clinch but Newman moves out of range.
Pena Milani scores with a jab. Newman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pena Milani moves to clinch but Newman breaks away
and Newman counters with a left to the body.
Newman is looking to wear down Pena Milani with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newman swings for the body but Pena Milani moves out of range.
Newman throws a shot from downtown. Pena Milani moves away and avoids it.
Newman lands with a straight right. Pena Milani didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Ayrton Pena Milani has been cut.
Pena Milani moves in looking to clinch but Newman pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pena Milani throws a sloppy head kick and Newman moves out of range easily.
Pena Milani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newman.
Pena Milani slips under a jab.
Pena Milani is looking to clinch but Newman is avoiding it.
Pena Milani fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pena Milani tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Newman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Newman avoids the body shot from Pena Milani.
Newman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A swing and a miss from Newman.
Pena Milani tries to clinch there but Newman circles away.
Newman misses the jab.
Nate Newman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Newman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Newman misses with a body kick.

Pena Milani clinches up against the cage.
Pena Milani using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newman misses with a punch to the body.
Ayrton Pena Milani seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pena Milani tries to land a knee to the head but Newman blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Newman.
Pena Milani lands an elbow that stopped Newman in his tracks for a moment.
Newman blocks a body shot from Pena Milani.
Pena Milani lands an elbow that stopped Newman in his tracks for a moment.
Pena Milani is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Newman lands with a light punch inside.
Come on Pena Milani - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pena Milani comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pena Milani missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pena Milani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pena Milani tries to work over Newman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newman avoids a wild elbow strike from Pena Milani.
Newman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Newman breaks the clinch.
Pena Milani buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Newman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Newman.
Newman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pena Milani.

Pena Milani fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Newman, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pena Milani misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ayrton Pena Milani is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pena Milani takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Newman has a couple of punches blocked by Pena Milani.
Pena Milani can't find room to land a body shot as Newman controls the action.
Newman can't find room to land a body shot as Pena Milani controls the action.
Pena Milani trying to land knees to the body.
Newman avoids a wild elbow strike from Pena Milani.
Newman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pena Milani's elbow.
Newman blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pena Milani misses with an elbow over the top.
Newman swings wildly with an uppercut but Pena Milani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pena Milani.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ayrton Pena Milani.
Well Pena Milani 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ayrton Pena Milani!
Ayrton Pena Milani managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loan, into his post fight interview.