PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Mean A Thing. Pereira has chosen K5 - Lovin' Feelin' as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Nelson
vs
Pereira

176 cm
23
183 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

182 cm
30
186 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint Pereira!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson lands with a nice combination. Pereira backs away looking to recover.
Nelson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pereira's head backwards.

Pereira darts in and clinches Nelson up against the cage.
Pereira lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Nelson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nelson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pereira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nelsons head.
Pereira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nelson swings for the body but Pereira moves out of range.
Pereira slips under a jab from Nelson.
Pereira cracks a nice hook into Nelson's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pereira scores with a hook.
Nelson swings for the body but Pereira moves out of range.
Pereira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nelson throws a series of punches but Pereira moves out of range.
Nelson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pereira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pereira thuds a left hand into Nelson's body.
Pereira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nelson misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pereira gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pereira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pereira blocking some punches.
Pereira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.

It looks like Roy Nelson has been cut.
Pereira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.
Pereira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Pereira on the inside.
Pereira working aggressively here.
Pereira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nelson lands with a left to the head.
Nelson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pereira lands with a light punch inside.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Pereira - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to circle away but Pereira has him pinned against the cage.
Pereira throws a head punch that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pereira - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereira throws an elbow but it misses.

Nelson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.
Nelson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nelson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pereira. Pereira obviously looking to wear him down.
Pereira smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Roy Nelson's cut is getting worse.
Pereira moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pereira lands with a kick to the temple. Nelson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pereira fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a sloppy head kick and Nelson moves out of range easily.
Roy Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Pereira. Those never looked like landing.
Pereira misses with a wild body shot.
Nelson punishes Pereira's body with a nice straight punch.
Pereira throws a body punch but Nelson moves out of range.
Pereira misses with a double jab.
Pereira dodges the punch combination from Nelson.
Pereira scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pereira throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Pereira there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pereira dodges the punch combination from Nelson.
Nelson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Pereira counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pereira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Pereira.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira lands with a light punch inside.

Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pereira uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nelson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pereira.
Nelson is looking to wear down Pereira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pereira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Pereira does no damage.
Pereira fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pereira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nelson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pereira staying out of range there.
Pereira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pereira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nelson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pereira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pereira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nelson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pereira's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Pereira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Nelson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nelson is looking to clinch.
Pereira scores with a punch to the head.
Nelson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nelson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nelson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nelson throws a lazy right hand but Pereira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pereira moves out of range as Nelson strikes.
Pereira fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nelson misses with a lunging right hand

and Pereira counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Pereira has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the cage.
Pereira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pereira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pereira scores with a shot to the side of Nelson's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pereira crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Pereira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Roy Nelson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira scores with a shot to the side of Nelson's head.
Pereira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pereira lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Pereira controls the action.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson blocks the elbow strike.
Pereira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nelson taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nelson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pereira trying to land knees to the body.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson looking to stall.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.

Jeez, Roy Nelson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nelsons head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson is trying to force a seperation but Pereira has the dominant position.
Pereira lands an elbow inside that Nelson shrugs off.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Roy Nelson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Clint Pereira!
A victorious Clint Pereira thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.