PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rabihia Nahas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niel Seraphim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Niel Seraphim has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rabihia Nahas's chin.

Nahas
vs
Seraphim

170 cm
20
134 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

176 cm
25
141 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rabihia Nahas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Niel Seraphim!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seraphim fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nahas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Seraphim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nahas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seraphim tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nahas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seraphim throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nahas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nahas or perhaps it was just good defense by Seraphim, which made it look bad.
Nahas throws a head kick that misses
and Seraphim connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nahas keeps the fight on the outside.
Nahas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seraphim circles away quickly and effectively.

Nahas drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Seraphim controls Nahas momentarily but Nahas frees himself.
Nahas preventing the sweep.
Seraphim looking to control.
Nahas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Seraphim on the ground.

Seraphim working for a triangle but Nahas defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seraphim had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nahas defends it easily.
Seraphim looking to control.
Seraphim has control of Nahas's left arm, preventing Nahas from doing any damage.
Seraphim controls Nahas momentarily but Nahas frees himself.
Nahas preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Seraphim is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nahas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nahas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Seraphim is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nahas trying to control the position from guard on top but Seraphim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Seraphim misses with a head kick.
Seraphim looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Seraphim tries to close the distance and clinch but Nahas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Nahas shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nahas showed some decent athleticism there.
Seraphim regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahas preventing the sweep.
Seraphim trying to control the position.
Nahas throws a big right hand that misses.
Nahas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Nahas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Seraphim trying to control the position.
Seraphim thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Seraphim trying to keep a closed guard but Nahas is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nahas throwing strikes but missing.
Nahas sitting in guard here, content to control.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Seraphim stuffs the takedown attempt from Nahas. Nahas gets slowly back to his feet.
Seraphim lands a nice looking body kick.
Seraphim is looking to clinch but Nahas is avoiding it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nahas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Seraphim circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rabihia Nahas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nahas misses with a head kick.
Seraphim avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rabihia Nahas will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Seraphim moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nahas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seraphim keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nahas goes for a double leg but Seraphim avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Seraphim continues to drive forward.
Seraphim lands a knee to the body.
Seraphim lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seraphim gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nahas.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rabihia Nahas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seraphim landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Seraphim taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seraphim lands a knee to the body.
Seraphim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Seraphim lands an elbow just above Nahas 's eye.
Nahas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nahas tries to work over Seraphim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Seraphim lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Rabihia Nahas has been cut.
Seraphim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Nahas jumps guard and drags Seraphim to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Seraphim stands up from Nahas's guard - Seraphim perhaps looking for a knockout.
Seraphim scores with a leg kick.
Nahas misses with a takedown attempt - Seraphim sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Seraphim finds it's target.

Nahas is rocked!
Seraphim throws out a powerful jab.
Oh Nahas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seraphim throws a quick head kick that knocks Nahas silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Seraphim is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Niel Seraphim!
Post fight, Niel Seraphim stared into the camera and said 'That belt is mine'.
In defeat, Rabihia Nahas stepped up to the mic, saying 'well I guess I lost then?'.