PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyotto Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clubber Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Breath Into Me. Clubber Lang will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nogueira
vs
Lang

185 cm
25
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lyotto Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Clubber Lang!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lang swivels and escapes.

Nogueira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lang napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nogueira scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lang to see if he's OK.
Nogueira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lang is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nogueira working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Nogueira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lang down.
Lang is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nogueira grinds an elbow into Lang's temple.
Lang avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nogueira.
Sloppy strikes there by Nogueira.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nogueira looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lang is avoiding damage well.
Nogueira lands a few punches from side control.
Nogueira 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.
Lang takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nogueira cracks Lang with a big right hand but Lang just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lang pushes Nogueira away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nogueira gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Nogueira could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira lands an elbow.
Lang takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lang really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nogueira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nogueira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Lang down.
Nogueira cracks Lang with a big right hand but Lang just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nogueira lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nogueira working the ground and pound from side control.
Nogueira landing strikes.
Lang takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nogueira working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nogueira landing a few strikes.
Nogueira working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lang is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nogueira looks up at the clock and then as Lang takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nogueira smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lang takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nogueira working the ground and pound.
Nogueira in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nogueira looks up at the clock and then as Lang takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nogueira smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lang on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lang looks winded!
Nogueira working the ground and pound from side control.
Nogueira lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nogueira working the ground and pound from side control.
Lang takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Nogueira grinds an elbow into Lang's temple.
Nogueira working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nogueira working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nogueira grinds an elbow into Lang's temple.
Nogueira lands an elbow.
Nogueira cracks Lang with a big right hand but Lang just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nogueira landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lang is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nogueira scoring with punches from side control.
Nogueira working the ground and pound.
Nogueira is putting a hurting on Lang here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nogueira working the ground and pound.
Nogueira works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nogueira in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nogueira working the head and body with strikes.
Lang takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang taking a bit of punishment here - Nogueira scoring with strikes.
Nogueira cracks Lang with a big right hand but Lang just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nogueira passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Lang!
Nogueira lands with some strikes.
Nogueira working Lang over with strikes here.

Lang is rocked!
Nogueira with shots to the head and body - Lang looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lang is still in real trouble! Can Nogueira finish him?
A nice elbow there by Nogueira.
Nogueira cracks Lang with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyotto Nogueira!
Our winner, Lyotto Nogueira, 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.