PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thug Behram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Nieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Behram kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 25 Minutes to go. Nieto is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bullet the Blue Sky. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Behram
vs
Nieto

178 cm
31
162 lbs
28 - 10 - 0

170 cm
28
162 lbs
17 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thug Behram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Nieto!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Behram lands an overhand right.
Nieto avoids a kick to the body.

Behram darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Behram is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Nieto is looking to get to half guard.
Behram with a couple of short strikes.
Nieto gets back to half guard.
Nieto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nieto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Behram controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nieto working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Behram stopping the sweep attempt from Nieto.
Behram trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Behram stands up over Nieto, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nieto wants to sweep but no luck.
Behram trying to control the position from guard on top but Nieto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Behram is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nieto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Behram is aware though and is defending well.

Nieto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Behram can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nieto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Behram manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto postures up.
Nieto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Behram seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Nieto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Behram is on top in guard.
Nieto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Behram on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nieto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Behram knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nieto is trying to control the action in half guard but Behram is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto lands with a punch from half guard.
Nieto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Behram is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nieto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Behram's head.
Behram wants to improve his position but Nieto is controlling well.
Behram keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Behram gets full guard.
Behram controls Nieto momentarily but Nieto frees himself.
Nieto connects with a couple of short punches.
Nieto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nieto won't allow Behram to sweep him here.
Behram wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Behram is trying to keep Nieto in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto throwing strikes from guard but Behram blocks nicely.
Nieto makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nieto chips away with some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Behram holds on and takes a little breather.
Nieto throws a big elbow that misses.
Behram working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nieto.
Behram working a defensive guard here.
Nieto landing some decent shots from guard.
Nieto distracts Behram with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nieto trying to control but Behram is working from the bottom.
Nieto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexandre Nieto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nieto throws a body punch but Behram moves out of range.
Nieto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Behram misses the target.
Horrible takedown by Nieto or perhaps it was just good defense by Behram which made him look bad.

Behram looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nieto moves into full guard.
Behram throwing strikes from guard but Nieto blocks nicely.
Behram postures up in Nieto's guard and throws a big left but Nieto blocks it.
Behram wants to control from the top but Nieto keeps moving.

Nieto working for a triangle but Behram defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nieto working for a triangle but Behram defends it easily.
Behram lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Behram's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Behram trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Behram looking to sit in guard and control but Nieto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Behram keeping full guard, as Nieto tries to pass.
Nieto pushing down on Behram's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto thows a huge punch but Behram dodges it nicely.
Behram is refusing to be controlled, as Nieto sits in half guard.
Nieto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nieto trying to control from Behram's half guard. Behram has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Nieto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Behram looking for a sweep. Not yet Behram, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Behram keeping moving, preventing Nieto from controlling successfully.
Nieto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nieto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Behram swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nieto postures up in Behram's guard and throws a big left but Behram blocks it.
Behram is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nieto trying to control but Behram is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behram controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nieto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nieto scores with a jab to the body.
Behram goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nieto thuds a left hand into Behram's body.
A lazy left from Nieto finds it's target.

Behram shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nieto napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nieto gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Behram missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nieto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nieto.
Behram trying to control but Nieto is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Behram's guard.
Nieto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Behram works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Behram looking to control.
Nieto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Behram works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nieto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Behram works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nieto trying to control but Behram is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nieto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nieto wants to pass the guard but Behram is keeping the position.
Nieto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Behram wants to sweep here but Nieto controlling him for the moment.
Behram is controlling Nieto's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alexandre Nieto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Behram's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Behram blocks a jab.
Nieto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nieto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nieto. That's going to slow Behram down.
Behram is looking to slow Nieto down with leg kicks.
Nieto lands with a shot to the body.
Nieto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Behram rather than just go for the knockout.
Nieto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nieto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Behram's calf.
Behram pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Nieto gets a takedown into half guard.
Behram blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nieto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nieto stalling away here and it's allowed Behram to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nieto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nieto sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Behram's guard.
Nieto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Behram trying to control but Nieto postures up.
Alexandre Nieto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nieto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nieto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Behram defending well though.
Behram trying to control but Nieto postures up.
Behram desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Thug Behram has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Behram on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Behram is looking for a sweep. Nieto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nieto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Behram trying to control but Nieto postures up.
Behram is refusing to be controlled, as Nieto sits in half guard.
Nieto passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poor strikes thrown by Nieto there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Nieto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Behram is looking to get to half guard.
Nieto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nieto is landing with some decent strikes but Behram is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nieto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Behram sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Nieto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nieto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nieto lands strikes from half guard.
Nieto wants to control but Behram is keeping him busy.
Nieto working over Behram with some ground and pound. Behram looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nieto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Behram keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Behram trying to hold on to Nieto's head to control him but Nieto postures up.
Nieto wants to take a breather but Behram is having none of it.
Alexandre Nieto 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.
Behram is trying to maintain the position but Nieto is very close to passing his half guard.
Nieto controlling the action here.
Nieto is keen to just control but Behram is a slippery customer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Behram drives through with a takedown into guard.
Behram wants to control from the top but Nieto keeps moving.
Nieto is pulling down on Behram's head. It's preventing any offense from Behram, at least for the moment.
Behram wants to control from the top but Nieto keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nieto is trying to control the position but Behram postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandre Nieto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nieto 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandre Nieto!
Post fight, Alexandre Nieto stared into the camera and said 'I have lost, but I am not lost. '.