PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samson Nazirite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavio Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Psirico - Lepo Lepo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nazirite
vs
Nascimento

195 cm
29
283 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

192 cm
26
274 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samson Nazirite!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Flavio Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nazirite moves into the clinch.
Nazirite looking to throw knees to the head but Nascimento is blocking nicely.
Nazirite tries to land knees in the clinch but Nascimento avoids the damage to the body.
Nazirite blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nazirite lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nazirite tries a body shot but Nascimento blocks it.
Nazirite trying to land knees to the body.
Nazirite utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nascimento looks winded!
Nascimento takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nascimento misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Nazirite.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head.
Nazirite scores a nice knee to the body.
Nazirite lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazirite using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nazirite with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nazirite goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nazirite misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nascimento.
Nazirite with a knee to the head.

It looks like Flavio Nascimento has been cut.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazirite utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nazirite scores with a knee to the head.
Nazirite putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nascimento in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nazirite lands a good knee to the midsection. Nascimento won't want to take too many of those.
Nazirite lands a good knee to the midsection. Nascimento won't want to take too many of those.
Nascimento has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nazirite seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Nascimento can turn it around.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nazirite lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nascimento backwards.
Nazirite lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nascimento backwards.
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Nazirite landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nazirite tries to land knees in the clinch but Nascimento avoids the damage to the body.
Nazirite landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nazirite scores with a knee to the head.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nascimento managing to block the knees to the body from Nazirite.
Nascimento fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nascimento's face.
Nazirite scores with a knee to the head.
Nascimento takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nascimento takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice left hand lands by Nazirite.
Nazirite lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Nazirite.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head.
Nazirite working Nascimento over with knees to the body.
Nazirite scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nazirite obliges.
Nazirite scores with a knee to the head.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nazirite misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Nazirite.
Nazirite unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nascimento lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but Nascimento blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nascimento is defending well for now.
Nazirite with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nazirite working Nascimento over with knees to the body.
Nazirite tries to land knees in the clinch but Nascimento avoids the damage to the body.
Nazirite lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nazirite cracks Nascimento with a nice body shot.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nascimento takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nazirite throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nascimento works on Nazirite's body with a couple of short punches.
Nascimento fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nazirite connects with a knee to the head.
Nascimento stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nazirite blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Nascimento.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazirite is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nascimento is defending well for now.
Nazirite lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite scores with a knee to the head.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but Nascimento blocks with his arms.
Nascimento scores with a shot to the side of Nazirite's head.
Nazirite misses with a knee to the head.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nascimento avoids it.
Nazirite tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nazirite lands a nice uppercut.
Nascimento misses with a punch on the inside.
Nascimento lands with a left to the head.
Nazirite landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nazirite doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nazirite digs a right hand into Nascimento's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nascimento's gas tank.
Nascimento avoiding damage as Nazirite throws knees to the body.
Nazirite scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samson Nazirite dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Flavio Nascimento's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nascimento throws a body kick that misses
and Nazirite counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nazirite throws a one two combo.
Nascimento checks the leg kick nicely there.
A bone on bone clash there as Nazirite blocks the leg kick.
Nascimento misses with a left hand
and Nazirite counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nascimento keeps the fight on the outside.
Nascimento is looking for the big counter here.
A slow jab from Nascimento misses its intended target.
Nazirite throws a jab but it's blocked by Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a high kick!

It looks like Samson Nazirite has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazirite just misses with a punch to the body.
Nazirite tried to score with a low kick but Nascimento checks it.
Nascimento throws a counter combo.
Nascimento keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nazirite.
Nascimento comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Nazirite.
An attempted straight right counter from Nazirite misses the target.
Flavio Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nazirite clinches up against the cage.
Nazirite missing with knees to the body.
Nascimento struggles to land a body shot inside as Nazirite controls his hands.
A knee to the head by Nazirite.
Nascimento is breathing heavily.

Nazirite has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Nascimento goes down! Nazirite dives on top of him - Nascimento manages to get guard.

Nascimento is rocked!
Nazirite is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nascimento can do to turn this around?
Nazirite is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nascimento is still in real trouble! Can Nazirite finish him?
Nazirite missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nazirite content to stall in guard here.
Nazirite has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nazirite throws a strike but Nascimento rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Nazirite on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nazirite tries to get out of the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazirite seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Nazirite is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Nascimento is fighting to break Nazirite's control of his arms but Nazirite is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nazirite wants to stand but Nascimento is controlling the position.
Nascimento seems to have recovered his senses.
Nascimento wants to control from the top but Nazirite keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nascimento controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nazirite pulls Nascimento in close to prevent any damage.
Nascimento engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Nascimento trying to control the position from guard on top but Nazirite is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nascimento wants to control from the top but Nazirite keeps moving.
Nazirite seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Nazirite controlling Nascimento's posture.
Nascimento looking to sit in guard and control but Nazirite gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Nazirite throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nascimento works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nascimento has his hands on Nazirite's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Nazirite stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Nascimento throws up his legs and catches Nazirite in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Nazirite tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Nascimento! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Flavio Nascimento!
Flavio Nascimento is the new heavyweight champion!