PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cristiano Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Saint's choice of entrance music: Bad Company - Holy Water. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jensen Saint enters the cage!

Nascimento
vs
Saint

189 cm
31
214 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

182 cm
36
205 lbs
31 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristiano Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Nascimento drives through and clinches with Saint against the cage.
Nascimento prevents the takedown attempt.
Nascimento gets through Saint's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saint stalling against the cage.
Saint tries to break free but Nascimento pushes him back against the cage.
Saint struggles to land a body shot inside as Nascimento controls his hands.
Saint wants a takedown.
Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saint is trying to pull guard but Nascimento turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cristiano Nascimento has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jensen Saint.
Saint misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saint looking to slow down the pace here.
Saint fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nascimento makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Saint misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nascimento fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Saint takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saint throws a big shot that misses.
Saint loads up on a big right hand but Nascimento slips the punch.
We've been told by Nascimento's head coaches at Red Battle that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nascimento.
Nascimento connects with a body shot.
Nascimento tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nascimento wants to clinch.
Nascimento misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nascimento feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Saints jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nascimento throws a hook but Saint avoids it easily.
Nascimento moves forwards but Saint connects with a nice, crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Saint.
Saint scores with a nice right hand.
Saint misses with a body kick.
Saint lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nascimento pushes Saint up against the cage in a clinch.
Saint scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Saint.
Saint tries to circle away but Nascimento has him pinned against the cage.
Saint tries to pull guard but Nascimento forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Saint misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento scores with a shoulder strike.
Saint scores with a shot to the side of Nascimento's head.
Saint tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nascimento's elbow.
Saint has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Saint tries to pull guard but Nascimento won't allow it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nascimento gets through Saint's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saint avoiding damage.
Saint blocks a body shot from Nascimento.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Nascimento on the inside.
A short left from Saint.
Nascimento working aggressively here.
A short left from Nascimento.
Saint is trying to pull guard but Nascimento turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Saint pulls guard.
Saint trying to control the position.
Nascimento wants to control from the top but Saint keeps moving.
Nascimento controlling from the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up because Cristiano Nascimento just wasn't active enough.
Saint scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jensen Saint will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nascimento connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Nascimento.
Nice defenses there by Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nascimento stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saint.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nascimento throws a low kick but Saint avoids it.
A head kick by Saint misses
and Nascimento makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Saint swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nascimento counters with a nice body kick.
Nascimento misses the shot to the body.

Nascimento has managed to clinch.
Nascimento misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento misses with the head strike.
Saint tries for a takedown. No joy.
Saint throws a punch but it's blocked by Nascimento.
Saint gets through Nascimento's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saint misses with a body punch.

Saint jumps guard.
Nascimento sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nascimento has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Saint is proving hard to escape from.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cristiano Nascimento wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nascimento throws an overhand right that lands on Saint's shoulder, as Saint tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Saint takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A punch lands to the side of Nascimento 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Saint.
Nascimento ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nascimento checks a leg kick.
Nascimento throws a body punch but Saint moves out of range.
Nascimento attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice shot lands for Saint.
Good leg kick by Nascimento there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento looks to land a right hand but Saint moved out of range.
Nascimento goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nascimento misses with a head kick.
Saint jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nascimento thows a body shot but no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nascimento, as that shot connected.
Saint misses with a shot to the body
and Nascimento counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Saint lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nascimento throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saint sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nascimento throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Saint counters with a nice double leg into guard.

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!
Saint cracks Nascimento with a solid left hand.

Nascimento is rocked!
Saint arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Nascimento's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jensen Saint!
Jensen Saint tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.