PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bu Laia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smelly Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laia comes to the cage accompanied by ""E Ala E" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Nelson has chosen Animal Crackers In My Soup by Sherly Temple as his entrance music. Smelly Nelson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Laia
vs
Nelson

172 cm
21
167 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

225 cm
19
168 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bu Laia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Smelly Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Laia shows good takedown defense.
Nelson misses with the combination.

Laia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nelson wants to break free but Laia has control.
Nelson stops a takedown attempt from Laia.
Nelson takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Smelly Nelson has been cut.
Nelson dodges an elbow strike from Laia.
Laia lands an elbow that stopped Nelson in his tracks for a moment.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia lands a nice knee to the body.
Nelson avoiding damage as Laia throws knees to the body.
Nelson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Laia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Nelson looks gassed!
Laia tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson trying to stall but Laia improves his position.
Laia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laia lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Smelly Nelson's cut even more.
Nelson tries to break the clinch but Laia is controlling the position.
Nelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Laia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Laia trying to land knees to the body.
Laia lands an elbow that stopped Nelson in his tracks for a moment.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Laia lands an elbow that stopped Nelson in his tracks for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Laia crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Laia tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!

Nelson is rocked!

The cut above Smelly Nelson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Laia finish him?
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson seems to have recovered his senses.
Laia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Laia.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laia misses with a knee to the head.
Laia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laia lands a nice knee to the body.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Laia.
Laia misses with a knee to the head.
Laia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Laia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Laia won't allow it.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Laia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laia gets underhooks to prevent Nelson's takedown attempt.
Bu Laia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Smelly Nelson.
Laia lands an elbow inside.
Laia landing knees to the body.
Laia missing with knees to the body.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Laia.
Nelson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Laia.
Laia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson wants to break free but Laia has control.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Laia has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nelson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laia tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson tries to break the clinch but Laia is controlling the position.
Laia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laia prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.
Laia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Nelson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Laia prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laia misses with a knee strike.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia with a knee to the head.
Nelson cracks Laia with a nice body shot.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nelson.

Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Laia misses.
Laia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Laia drops his hands momentarily and Nelson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Laia moves into range and clinches up with Nelson.
Nelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Laia won't allow it.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Laia keeps him there for the moment.
Laia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laia landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Laia content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laia trying to land knees to the body.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Laia stalls.
Nelson blocks an elbow strike.
Laia keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Laia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Laia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Laia controls his hands.
Laia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laia landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Nelson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Laia pulls his leg out and moves away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Laia scores with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laia throws a wild body kick that Nelson sees coming a mile off.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Laia.
Laia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bu Laia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Smelly Nelson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nelson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nelson tries to bum rush Laia with a series of wild strikes but Laia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Laia misses with a wild body shot.
Laia moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.
Smelly Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laia throws a leg kick which misses Nelson's front leg but catches the back leg as Nelson tries to avoid it.
Nelson scores with a nice head shot.
Nelson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laia. Laia obviously looking to wear him down.
Laia cracks the inside of Nelson's front leg.
Laia looks to throw the jab but Nelson is out of range.
Nelson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Laia feints and then cracks Nelson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nelson down.

Laia closes the distance and clinches.
Laia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson misses with a punch to the body.
Laia crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Laia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Laia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laia lands an elbow just above Nelson 's eye.
Laia lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laia.
Laia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laia prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Laia landing knees to the body.
Laia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Laia missing with knees to the body.
Laia lands a nice elbow.
A hook to the body from Laia.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laia lands an elbow inside that Nelson shrugs off.
Laia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nelson misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Laia won't allow it.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laia lands an elbow that stopped Nelson in his tracks for a moment.
Laia lands a knee to the head.
Laia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nelson tries for a takedown but Laia manages to get underhooks.
Bu Laia has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Laia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson tries a body shot but Laia blocks it.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Laia lands a nice knee to the body.
Laia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson lands a body shot.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laia tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Laia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nelson.
Nelson is looking to break free of the clinch but Laia has double underhooks.
Laia crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Laia looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Laia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Laia won't allow it.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Laia.
A right hand to the body from Nelson.
A right hand to the body from Nelson.
Laia landing knees to the body.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Laia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laia lands an elbow inside that Nelson shrugs off.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Laia throws a knee to the head but misses.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
Laia lands a jab to Nelson's midsection.
Laia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laia.
Laia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laia looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Nelson lands with a right hand.
Nelson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot by Nelson.
Nelson scores with a one two! Laia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Laia throws a body punch but Nelson moves out of range.
Laia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nelson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nelson cracks Laia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nelson with a hook.
Nelson throws a series of strikes that have Laia backpedaling.
Nelson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nelson misses with a wild combination.
Nelson moves out of range as Laia throws a body kick.
Laia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Laia throws a head kick that misses.
Laia throws a shot from downtown. Nelson moves away and avoids it.
Laia drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A combination from Nelson does no damage.
Laia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nelson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laia drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bu Laia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Smelly Nelson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nelson lands a body shot.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Laia keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laia tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Laia lands a nice knee to the body.
Nelson jumps guard but Laia stands there with Nelson around his waist. Nelson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Laia lands an elbow inside.
Laia blocks a body shot from Nelson.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Laia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laia lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Laia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nelson can do to turn this around?
Laia lands a damaging elbow.

Smelly Nelson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Laia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Laia misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson tries a body shot but Laia blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Laia manages to pull guard.
Laia pulls Nelson in close to prevent any damage.
Nelson postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Laia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nelson's guard.
Nelson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Laia has passed into side control.
Nelson strikes from the bottom but Laia takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Laia controlling from mount.
Laia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nelson is looking to escape.
Smelly Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bu Laia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laia controlling the pace for now.
Nelson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Nelson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nelson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Laia. What's that going to do exactly?
Laia looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nelson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Laia controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Laia controlling his opponent.
Nelson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Nelson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nelson wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Laia controlling the position easily from mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bu Laia just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
A head kick misses from Laia.
Laia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Laia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Laia has closed the distance and engaged Nelson in a clinch.
Nelson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Laia up against the cage.
Nelson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Laia lands a damaging elbow.
Nelson tries to break the clinch but Laia is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bu Laia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bu Laia!
Bu Laia is the new lightweight champion!