PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Superior Nucleus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Gable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nucleus comes to the ring accompanied by Tupac - Hit 'Em Up. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Nucleus
vs
Gable

180 cm
19
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

174 cm
24
155 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Superior Nucleus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Gable!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gable swings for the body but Nucleus moves out of range.
Nucleus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nucleus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gable has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Gable tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nucleus was well out of range. Poor timing from Gable.
Gable darts in trying to clinch
and Nucleus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gable is looking to clinch.
Gable misses with a hook to the body
and Nucleus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nucleus works over Gable's head and body with a nice combination.
Nucleus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gable.
Gable keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable wants to clinch but Nucleus slips to the side
and Nucleus counters with a right hand to the body.
Nucleus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nucleus throws a big shot that misses.
Gable throws a shot from downtown. Nucleus moves away and avoids it.
Nucleus seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nucleus moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nucleus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gable.
Gable misses the jab.
Gable moves away from the strike by Nucleus.
Gable misses with a wild body shot.
Gable lands a nice looking body shot.
Gable misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nucleus.
Dan Gable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable moves out of range of the body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Nucleus.
Nucleus lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nucleus. Gable does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gable swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nucleus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid body kick from Nucleus.
Gable uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nucleus has time to react.
Gable just misses with a punch to the body.
Gable looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch lands to the side of Gable 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nucleus throws a nice looking combination but Gable bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gable takes one to the chin there.
Gable tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nucleus moves out of range as Gable strikes.
Nucleus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A telegraphed right hand from Gable misses the target.
Nucleus thuds his shin into the meat of Gable's side.
Nucleus moves out of range as Gable strikes.
Gable blocks a head kick by Nucleus.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gable. Nucleus does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gable wants to clinch but Nucleus slips to the side
and Nucleus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nucleus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nucleus just misses with a punch to the body.
Nucleus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gable's calf.
Gable uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nucleus.
Nucleus lands a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nucleus connects with a crisp jab.
Gable takes a swing at Nucleus's ribcage but misses.
Gable throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nucleus throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Superior Nucleus dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gable just misses with a punch to the body.
Nucleus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gable can do to turn this around?
Nucleus connects with a body shot that sends Gable's belly button to the back.
Gable throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nucleus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Superior Nucleus is winning the standup battle so far.
Nucleus throws a low kick but Gable avoids it.
Gable swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gable moves out of range as Nucleus throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nucleus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gable. Nucleus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gable throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gable misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nucleus moves out of range as Gable strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gable. Nucleus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nucleus tries to land a front kick but Gable steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gable misses with a straight right.
Nucleus throws a series of strikes that have Gable backpedaling.
Gable throws a nice looking combination but Nucleus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gable swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gable fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nucleus throws a body punch but Gable moves out of range.
Nucleus looks to land a body kick but Gable moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable throws a body punch but Nucleus moves out of range.
Gable fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Gable.
Nucleus misses the shot to the body.
Gable tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nucleus fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gable is out of range.
Nucleus takes a swing at Gable's ribcage but misses.
Nucleus looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gable scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A head kick misses from Nucleus.
Nucleus throws a chopping leg kick but Gable manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gable ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nucleus moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gable. Nucleus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nucleus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nucleus throws a poor cross that misses
and Gable counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nucleus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gable works Nucleus's body with a nice hook.
Gable throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gable throws a hook to the side of Nucleus's head but Nucleus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nucleus misses the shot to the body.
Gable swings for the body but Nucleus moves out of range.
Nucleus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gable's calf.
Nucleus throws a body shot but no joy.
Nucleus wants to slow Gable down by chopping away at his legs.
Nucleus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gable misses with a shot to the body
and Nucleus counters with a thumping low kick.
Gable jabs at Nucleus's body.
Gable takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Superior Nucleus will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Nucleus listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Gable might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nucleus has got the better of the exchanges.
Gable tries to clinch up but Nucleus circles away and keeps his distance.
Gable misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gable. Nucleus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nucleus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Crunch! Nucleus slams his shin into Gable's torso.
Gable moves out of range of the leg kick from Nucleus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nucleus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gable is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nucleus rather than just go for the knockout.
Nucleus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nucleus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gable misses with a body shot.
Gable moves forwards but Nucleus connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gable misses with a double jab.
Gable throws a series of punches but Nucleus avoids them all with ease.
Nucleus throws a head kick but Gable moves out of range.
Nucleus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gable takes a swing at Nucleus's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Gable, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nucleus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gable swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nucleus counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nucleus is looking to land body kicks.
Gable ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nucleus moves away.
Gable misses with a straight left.
Gable ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nucleus moves away.
Gable swings for the body but Nucleus moves out of range.
Gable misses with a two punch combination.
Nucleus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gable checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nucleus connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gable fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gable wants to clinch up but Nucleus keeps it at a distance.
Nucleus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nucleus scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gable in his tracks.
Nucleus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gable.
A solid body kick from Nucleus.
Nucleus misses with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Nucleus.
Gable misses with a looping left.
Nucleus plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nucleus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nucleus throws out a loose jab but Gable uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nucleus swats away the attempt to clinch by Gable.
Gable has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nucleus.
Nucleus misses with an attempted mid kick.
A slow jab from Nucleus misses its intended target.
Nucleus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nucleus.
Nucleus throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gable's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Superior Nucleus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nucleus 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Superior Nucleus!
After winning the bout, Superior Nucleus thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.