PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tangaroa Ngata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ngata comes to the cage accompanied by Soundcritters - Haka War Chant. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ngata
vs
Reagan

185 cm
31
187 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

182 cm
32
186 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tangaroa Ngata!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronald Reagan!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan is having none of it.
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reagan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Reagan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Reagan misses the target.
Reagan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ngata has time to react.
Ngata ducks under a wild hook from Reagan.

Ngata gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ngata lands with a left to the head.
Ngata swings wildly with an uppercut but Reagan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reagan.
Ngata misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Reagan.
Ngata misses with a punch on the inside.
Ngata lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ngata throws a punch but it's blocked by Reagan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ngata.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngata lands a nice shot to the body.

Ngata breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ngata moves in looking to clinch but Reagan pushes him off.

Reagan gets tackled into the cage by Ngata. Ngata maintains the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Ngata.
Ngata can't find room to land a body shot as Reagan controls the action.
Ngata tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reagan's elbow.
Reagan prevents a body shot from Ngata.
Ngata softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ngata tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reagan's elbow.

Reagan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ngata is looking to clinch.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch but Reagan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ngata has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ngata.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reagan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reagan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reagan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Ngata escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ngata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab from Reagan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Ngata misses.
Reagan with the counter takedown but Ngata avoids it easily.

Ngata moves into the clinch.
Ngata working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ngata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ngata has a couple of punches blocked by Reagan.
A head punch on the inside from Ngata fails to land.

Reagan breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngata fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan is having none of it.
Reagan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Reagan misses with a hook. Ngata ducked under it nicely.
Reagan lands a head shot.
Ngata tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ngata doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Reagan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ngata is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Reagan.
Tangaroa Ngata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reagan, as that shot connected.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ngata looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Reagan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Reagan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ngatas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ngata looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes from Reagan. Those never looked like landing.
Reagan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reagan scores with a hook to the body. Ngata takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Ngata moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reagan.
A right hook to the body lands for Ngata.
Ngata throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reagan struggles to land a body shot inside as Ngata controls his hands.

Ngata escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheers as Ngata lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reagan doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Ronald Reagan has been cut.
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reagan clobbers Ngata with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reagan misses with a right hand
and Reagan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reagan scores with a hook to the body. Ngata takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reagan lands a nice looking body shot.
Reagan throws out a loose jab but Ngata uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ngata scores with a crisp jab that stopped Reagan in his tracks.
Ngata moves to clinch but Reagan breaks away

and Reagan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ngata managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ronald Reagan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ronald Reagan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ngata doesn't manage to clinch there - Reagan circles away.

Ngata gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reagan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice left hand lands by Ngata.
Reagan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ngata misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Ngata.
Ngata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ngata throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reagan.
Ngata goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ngata tries to work over Reagan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reagan prevents a body shot from Ngata.
Ngata has a couple of punches blocked by Reagan.
Ngata misses with a punch on the inside.
Ngata working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngata lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reagan backwards.
Ngata misses with a punch on the inside.
Reagan blocks a body shot from Ngata.
Ngata lands with a light punch inside.
Ngata scores with a hook to the body.
Ngata misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reagan tries to throw a body punch but Ngata avoids it by throwing Reagan back against the cage.
Ngata misses with a punch to the body.
Ngata tries to throw a body punch but Reagan avoids it by throwing Ngata back against the cage.

Reagan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ngata tries to clinch up but Reagan circles away and keeps his distance.
A countering left hand to the body from Reagan misses.
Ngata tries to clinch up.
Reagan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ngata fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reagan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ngata misses the shot to the body.
Reagan is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Ronald Reagan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ngata manages to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Ngata tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reagan looks to land a left hand but Ngata moved out of range nicely.

Ngata fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reagan, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ngata breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ngata moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan is having none of it.
Ngata lands with a cross.
Ngata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ngata displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reagan throws out the jab.
Ngata moves in looking to clinch but Reagan pushes him off.
Ngata fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reagan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ngata under the eye.
Reagan swats away the attempt to clinch by Ngata.
Reagan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Reagan misses with a hook.
Ngata defending well as Reagan loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan connects with a body shot.
Nice cross by Reagan.
Ngata fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ngata closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Reagan counter with a right hand.
Reagan connects with a nice looking jab.
Ngata takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Ngata bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Reagan! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Reagan is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reagan keeping full guard, as Ngata tries to pass.
Reagan is still in real trouble! Can Ngata finish him?
Ngata is working hard here to advance position.
Ngata is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Reagan seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngata works over Reagan with some ground and pound from guard.

Ngata got a little sloppy there for a moment and Reagan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ngata has managed to get both his arms back between Reagan's legs - danger averted.
Reagan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Reagan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ngata defends it easily.
Ngata has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ngata controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tangaroa Ngata dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ronald Reagan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reagan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ngata tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reagan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reagan clobbers Ngata with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Reagan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ngata tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reagan counters with a left and a right that stings Ngata.
Ngata is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reagan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reagan keeps the fight on the outside.
Reagan keeps the fight on the outside.
Ngata misses with a hook to the body
and Ngata takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reagan misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngata tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reagan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Reagan misses with a double jab.
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Reagan does it's job there.
Ngata looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reagan throws a shot to the body.
Ngata staying out of range there.
Reagan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reagan throws a hook but Ngata avoids it easily.
Ngata tries to clinch up.
Ngata moves forwards but Reagan connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Reagan tries to keep at a distance but Ngata has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ngata.

Ngata manages to break the clinch.
Ngata wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reagan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ngata wants to clinch up but Reagan keeps it at a distance.
Reagan scores with a sloppy right hand. Ngata should have avoided that one.
Reagan throws out a loose jab but Ngata uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reagan throws a series of punches but Ngata moves out of range.
Ngata is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Ngata has Reagan up against the cage in a clinch.
Ngata has a couple of punches blocked by Reagan.
Ngata misses with a punch to the body.

Ngata's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ngata tries to clinch up but Reagan circles away and keeps his distance.
Reagan throws a hook but Ngata blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Reagan.
Ngata swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan is having none of it.
Ngata staying out of range there.
Reagan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Ngata gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ngata softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Ngata on the inside.
Reagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ngata can't find room to land a body shot as Reagan controls the action.
Ngata scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ngata throws a head punch that misses.

Ngata breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reagan swats away the attempt to clinch by Ngata.
Ngata tries to clinch
and Reagan counters with a left to the body.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reagan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ngata doesn't manage to clinch there - Reagan circles away.
Reagan lands with a straight right. Ngata didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reagan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch but Reagan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reagan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ngata manages to avoid it.

Ngata gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ngata breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reagan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ngata connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ngata darts in trying to clinch

so Reagan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Reagan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ngata is keeping the position for now.
Ngata looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Reagan really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ronald Reagan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reagan cracks a nice hook into Ngata's ribs.

Ngata has closed the distance and engaged Reagan in a clinch.
Ngata goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ngata gets through Reagan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ngata scores with a shoulder strike.

Ngata's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reagan throws the left hand but Ngata avoids the punch easily.
Reagan digs a good hook to Ngata's body.
Reagan throws a right hand that Ngata ducks under and follows up with a left that Ngata also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reagan misses with a double jab
and Ngata counters with a nice uppercut.
Reagan loads up on a big right hand but Ngata slips the punch.
Ngata is looking to counter punch.
Ngata fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ngata takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngata is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ngata looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ngata wants to clinch.
Reagan swats away the attempt to clinch by Ngata.
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reagan misses with a left hand
and Ngata counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Reagan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ngata takes a swing at Reagan's ribcage but misses.
Ngata takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Reagan misses the jab.
Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reagan avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan keeps the fight on the outside.
Reagan connects with a body shot that sends Ngata's belly button to the back.
Ngata closes the distance but Reagan moves to the side
letting Reagan counter with a right hand.
Ngata slips under a jab.
Ngata wants to clinch
and Reagan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Reagan scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reagan scores with a jab. Ngata acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ngata throws a nice looking combination but Reagan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reagan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ngata tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reagan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngata fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ngata closes the distance looking to clinch

and Reagan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Reagan.
Ngata is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ngata continues to stall.
Ngata looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reagan trying to control but Ngata is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngata trying to control the position.
Reagan wants to control from the top but Ngata keeps moving.
Ngata controlling Reagan's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ngata wants to clinch but Reagan slips to the side
and Reagan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Reagan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reagan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Reagan dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ronald Reagan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Reagan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reagan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ngata was well out of range. Poor timing from Reagan.
Reagan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reagan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Ngata darts in and clinches Reagan up against the cage.
Ngata tries to throw a body punch but Reagan avoids it by throwing Ngata back against the cage.
Ngata tries to work over Reagan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reagan prevents a body shot from Ngata.
Ngata misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reagan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reagan struggles to land a body shot inside as Ngata controls his hands.
Ngata tries to work over Reagan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Ngata.
A head punch on the inside from Reagan fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngata has a couple of punches blocked by Reagan.
Ngata misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ngata tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ngata misses with a punch to the body.
Ngata doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Ngata fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Ngata fails to land.

Reagan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reagan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ngata at a distance.
Reagan throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Ngata was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Ngata wants to clinch up but Reagan keeps it at a distance.
Reagan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ngata counters with a stiff right hand.
Ngata on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan moves out of range.
A combination from Reagan does no damage.
Tangaroa Ngata has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a body shot but no joy.
Reagan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan moves away
and Reagan counters with a right hand to the body.
Ngata moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ngata fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Reagan misses its intended target.

Ngata closes the distance and clinches.
Ngata working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ngata.
Ngata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reagan prevents a body shot from Ngata.
Ngata misses with a punch to the body.
Ngata misses with a body punch.
Reagan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reagan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ngata breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reagan keeps the fight on the outside.
Reagan circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Ngata backs off Reagan throws a huge counter combo but Ngata manages to avoid it all.
Ngata tries to clinch up but Reagan circles away and keeps his distance.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reagan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reagan looks to land a combination. Ngata sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Reagan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ngata wants to clinch.
Ngata is looking to clinch.
Reagan looks to throw the jab but Ngata is out of range.
Reagan throws a combination. Ngata tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch but Reagan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngata misses with a body shot.
Ngata moves to clinch but Reagan breaks away
and Reagan counters with a nice body shot.
Ngata tries to close the distance and clinch but Reagan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reagan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ngata backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reagan with a nice cross.
Reagan misses with a body shot.
Reagan throws out a powerful jab.
Ronald Reagan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ngata tries to clinch up.
Ngata digs a good hook to Reagan's body.
Ngata ducks under a wild hook from Reagan.
Ngata tries to clinch but Reagan moves out of range.

Ngata moves into the clinch.

Reagan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ngata lands with a good body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Reagan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reagan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 46:49
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 46:49
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronald Reagan!
Ronald Reagan is the new welterweight champion!