PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nathaniel Deolore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Deolore
vs
Wright

175 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
22
160 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathaniel Deolore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Wright!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deolore tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Wright throws a head kick but Deolore moves out of range.
Deolore misses with a series of wild punches.
Deolore moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Wright misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Wright.
A slapping body kick lands there for Deolore.
Deolore tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.
Deolore doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
Deolore goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wright pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Deolore tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Deolore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wright throws out the jab.
A head kick from Deolore lands but Wright takes it in his stride.
Deolore moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Deolore.
Wright shoots in but no luck this time.
Wright throws a head kick but Deolore moves out of range.
Deolore lands with a slapping head kick.
Deolore tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Deolore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slow jab from Wright misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deolore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wright swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deolore tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Nathaniel Deolore has been cut.
Wright throws a sloppy head kick
and Deolore counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wright's knee momentarily.
Deolore tries to clinch up.
Deolore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nathaniel Deolore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Deolore.
A slapping leg kick lands for Deolore.
Wright avoids the head kick by Deolore.
Deolore moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Deolore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wright tries for a takedown but Deolore sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Deolore rushes Wright and presses him up against the cage.
Wright has Deolore pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Deolore manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nathaniel Deolore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Wright.
Deolore avoids the elbow strike from Wright, against the cage.

Wright decides to pull guard.
Wright trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Wright looking for subs off his back but Deolore has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Wright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wright looks gassed!
Deolore blocks the strikes from Wright.
Wright wants to improve his position but Deolore is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright moves into full guard.

Wright had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Deolore is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Wright Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Deolore's back instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright scores with punches and elbows.
Deolore looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Wright is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Deolore knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wright on the ground.
Deolore wants to get back to his feet.
Wright tries to get the hooks in deep but Deolore pushed the leg off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Wright. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

Deolore showing good submission defense here.
Wright scores with punches to the body.
Wright lands punches and elbows.
The referee is taking a good look at Deolore as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Wright!
Deolore is trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathaniel Deolore's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Deolore is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Deolore tries a head kick but it misses.
Deolore lands with a kick to the temple. Wright shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Deolore doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
Wright throws a lazy head kick

and Deolore counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Deolore.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Deolore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Deolore as Wright tries to tie him up.
Deolore managing to block the knees to the body from Wright.
Wright avoiding damage as Deolore throws knees to the body.
Wright trying to stall but Deolore improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wright throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wright misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deolore.
Deolore taking a breather.
Deolore avoids a wild elbow strike from Wright.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Deolore is keeping busy.
Deolore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deolore trying to land knees to the body.
Wright tries for a takedown. No joy.
Deolore tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wright as Deolore tries to tie him up.
Deolore landing knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Deolore.
Deolore is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Wright throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Deolore blocks it with crossed arms.
Deolore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deolore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deolore lands a knee to the body.
Deolore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deolore stalling in the clinch but Wright improves position.
Wright landing knees to the head.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Deolore.
Deolore lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wright.
Deolore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wright just misses with a elbow thrown towards Deolore's brow.
Deolore has a couple of punches blocked by Wright.
Deolore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wright tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deolore connects with a knee to the head.
Wright goes for a takedown in the clinch but Deolore prevents it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wright tries for a takedown but Deolore manages to get underhooks.
Nathaniel Deolore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Wright.
Deolore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright has Deolore pressed against the cage.
Deolore will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wright up against the cage.
Wright tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wright looking to throw knees to the head but Deolore is blocking nicely.
Deolore lands a nice knee to the body.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deolore trying to land knees to the body.
Deolore connects with a knee to the head.
Wright looking to throw knees to the head but Deolore is blocking nicely.
Deolore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Deolore blocks with his arms.
Wright is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Deolore crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Wright can't get the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deolore dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wright drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Deolore gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Deolore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wright is pushing Deolore up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Deolore wants to stall.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Deolore blocks with his arms.
Wright throws an elbow that misses.
Deolore scores a nice knee to the body.
Wright missing with knees to the body.
Deolore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deolore takes a knee right on the jaw!
Deolore lands an elbow that stopped Wright in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Deolore - that landed with a thud.
Wright using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Deolore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deolore dodges an elbow strike from Wright.
Wright using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Deolore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deolore landing knees to the body.
Deolore is trying to maintain a safe position but Wright gets an underhook and turns Deolore into the cage.

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.
Wright misses with a knee strike.
Wright pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Deolore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deolore connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wright's face.
Wright is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Deolore trying to land knees to the body.
Deolore lands a damaging elbow.
Wright using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Deolore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Deolore blocks with his arms.
Deolore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deolore is pressed up against the cage. Wright has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Deolore down to the mat. Deolore avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wright throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Deolore's waist but Deolore gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wright off to one side.
Wright throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Deolore lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wright throws a lazy head kick
and Deolore counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Nathaniel Deolore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt - Deolore sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Deolore is looking to clinch.
Deolore tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathaniel Deolore dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathaniel Deolore's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Wright.
Deolore tries to clinch up.
Wright misses with a head kick.
Wright throws a sloppy head kick and Deolore moves out of range easily.
Wright goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wright shoots in but Deolore avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wright moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Wright misses.
Wright throws a push kick but Deolore slaps the foot to one side.
Wright takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deolore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Deolore lands a high kick!
Deolore moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wright misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Deolore tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Deolore moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Deolore tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wright throws a push kick but Deolore slaps the foot to one side.
Deolore throws a sloppy head kick and Wright moves out of range easily.
Wright doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Deolore counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nathaniel Deolore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Wright.
Deolore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deolore tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.
Deolore tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Wright shoots in and drives through. Deolore sprawls well.

Deolore moves into the clinch.
Deolore scores with a knee to the head.
Wright lands a knee to the body.
Deolore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Deolore.
Wright misses with a knee strike.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Deolore.

That's two 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.
Deolore misses with a knee strike.
Deolore lands a nice knee to the body.
Wright tries to pull guard but Deolore won't allow it.
Deolore tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Wright misses with a knee strike.
Deolore lands a body shot.
Deolore stops a takedown attempt from Wright.
Deolore with a knee to the head.
Wright avoiding damage as Deolore throws knees to the body.
Wright connects with a nasty looking knee right to Deolore's face.
Wright lands a nice knee to the body.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Deolore is keeping busy.
Deolore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deolore landing knees to the body.
Deolore avoids the elbow strike from Wright, against the cage.
Wright blocks an elbow strike.
Deolore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Deolore on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wright tries to land knees in the clinch but Deolore avoids the damage to the body.
Deolore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deolore takes an elbow to the temple.
Wright lands an elbow inside.
Wright throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Deolore avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Deolore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wright misses with a knee strike.
Deolore landing knees to the body.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Deolore blocks with his arms.
Wright looking to throw knees to the head but Deolore is blocking nicely.
Deolore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wright tries to land knees in the clinch but Deolore avoids the damage to the body.
Wright throws a knee to the head but misses.
Deolore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Deolore - that landed with a thud.
Wright pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wright with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Deolore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deolore blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Deolore blocks with his arms.
Wright throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wright trying to land knees to the body.
Deolore comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Deolore lands a nice elbow.
Wright landing knees to the body.
Wright tries to land knees in the clinch but Deolore avoids the damage to the body.
Wright throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Deolore blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Deolore prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Deolore blocks with his arms.
Deolore tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Deolore blocks an elbow strike.
Wright pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wright looking to throw knees to the head but Deolore is blocking nicely.
Wright misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Deolore.
Wright tries to land a knee to the head but Deolore blocks with his arms.
Deolore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Deolore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wright creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Deolore cracks Wright with a nice body shot.
Wright with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Deolore landing knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wright lands an elbow inside that Deolore shrugs off.
Wright throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wright throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Deolore blocks it with crossed arms.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Deolore is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from Deolore.
The is referee keeping an eye on Deolore - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathaniel Deolore showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Deolore has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathaniel Deolore!