PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Medofe Canana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland Nolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Canana might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to festa memes. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Roland Nolan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Canana
vs
Nolan

185 cm
25
169 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Medofe Canana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roland Nolan!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canana shoots and misses

and Nolan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Canana won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on Canana's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nolan is working Canana over with some ground and pound from side control.
Canana is trying to control Nolan's posture but Nolan avoids it.
Nolan blocks the strikes from Canana.
Canana is pushing Nolan's head away, looking to escape. Nolan manages to hold on to the position though.
Canana wants to control but Nolan postures up.
Canana has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Canana is looking for a sweep.
Canana prevents Nolan from improving position.
Canana manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Canana has hold of Nolan's hands but Nolan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nolan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nolan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nolan is thwarting Canana's attempts to control the position.
Nolan not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Canana looking for submissions off his back.
Nolan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Canana. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nolan wants to free his trapped foot but Canana is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Canana is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nolan in particular looking to stall.

Canana looking for submissions off his back.
Canana is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nolan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Roland Nolan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Canana misses with a takedown

and Nolan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Let's hope that Nolan has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
It looks like Nolan might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Canana looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Canana looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Canana is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Nolan is tapping! Great win for Canana!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Medofe Canana!
Our winner, Medofe Canana, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.