PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Candelaria (ranked 6566 p4p, 567 weight class) and Earle Nelson (ranked 23124 p4p, 611 weight class). Earle Nelson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Candelaria
vs
Nelson

188 cm
23
198 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joshua Candelaria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Earle Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Candelaria blocks a head kick by Nelson.
We've been informed that Nelson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Candelaria shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Candelaria showed some decent athleticism there.
Nelson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nelson is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Candelaria there.
Candelaria has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Candelaria seems to be looking for submissions.

Candelaria is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nelson defends it well.
Candelaria missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Candelaria moves nicely into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson is trying to get back to half guard.

Candelaria decides to stand back up. Candelaria steps back and let's Nelson get back to his feet.
Nelson throws a right hand that Candelaria ducks under and follows up with a left that Candelaria also avoids with ease.
Nelson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Joshua Candelaria has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Nelson misses.

Candelaria instigates a clinch.
Candelaria putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nelson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nelson looks winded!
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Candelaria is controlling him.
A short left from Candelaria.
Candelaria unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Candelaria scores a nice knee to the body.
Candelaria crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Candelaria lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Candelaria scores a nice knee to the body.
Candelaria creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.

It looks like Earle Nelson has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Candelaria unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Candelaria creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nelson's defenses.
Candelaria working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Candelaria makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Candelaria scores with a nice short uppercut.

Nelson is rocked!
Candelaria lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Candelaria finish him?
A right handed body shot lands from Candelaria.
Candelaria lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Candelaria has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Candelaria pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Nelson! Candelaria unloads with more strikes and Nelson sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joshua Candelaria!
After the big win, Joshua Candelaria made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.