PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Randle Floyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Nadeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randle Floyd has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Floyd
vs
Nadeau

175 cm
24
140 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

150 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randle Floyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Nadeau!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Floyd looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Nadeau darts in and clinches Floyd up against the cage.

Nadeau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nadeau keeps the fight on the outside.
Nadeau looks to clinch
and Floyd counters with a leg kick.
Nadeau misses with a low kick.
Nadeau wants to clinch

and Floyd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Floyd.
Floyd keeps control of Nadeau as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nadeau working aggressively here.
Nadeau drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nadeau is trying to break the clinch but Floyd has him pressed against the cage.

Floyd jumps guard.

Floyd has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Nadeau off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Nadeau loads up on a big right hand but Floyd slips the punch.
Nadeau looks for the body kick but Floyd saw that one coming.
Floyd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nadeau.
Floyd looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nadeau is fending him off so far but Floyd persists. Nope, Nadeau circles away and we're back to standing.

Floyd closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Floyd will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Floyd thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nadeau's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Floyd is trying to control the action in half guard but Nadeau is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Floyd throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Floyd prevents Nadeau from standing back up.

Floyd stands up from half guard.
Nadeau swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Floyd counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Floyd trying to control but Nadeau is working from the bottom.
Floyd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Floyd scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nadeau is proving hard to escape from.
Floyd is breathing heavily.
Floyd trying to control the position from guard on top but Nadeau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nadeau is looking to stand up but Floyd isn't so interested in that idea.
Nadeau wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Floyd manages to pass to side control.

Nadeau pushes Floyd off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Floyd throws a shot from downtown. Nadeau moves away and avoids it.
Floyd avoids a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Floyd looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nadeau throws a half hearted mid kick.

Nadeau closes the distance and clinches.
Nadeau lands an elbow inside.

Nadeau breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nadeau throws a front kick aimed at Floyd's knee but Floyd avoids it well.
Floyd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Floyd keeps the fight on the outside.
Nadeau throws a lazy head kick

and Floyd counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Floyd stops Nadeau from getting back to his feet.
Floyd throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Floyd wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nadeau keeps working.
Nadeau is trying to stand back up but Floyd is controlling him
Floyd wants to get back to his feet.
Floyd stops Nadeau from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nadeau.
Nadeau tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Floyd counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randle Floyd dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A good leg kick by Nadeau.
Nadeau wants to clinch but Floyd slips to the side

and Floyd counters by moving into the clinch.
Nadeau tries to land knees in the clinch but Floyd avoids the damage to the body.

Nadeau breaks from the clinch.
Nadeau misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nadeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brian Nadeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nadeau gets caught flat footed, as Floyd shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Floyd thows a big elbow that misses.
Floyd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nadeau works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Floyd won't allow Nadeau to get back to his feet.
Nadeau preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Floyd wants to stand but Nadeau has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Nadeau has his feet on Floyd's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nadeau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Floyd, pushing him back against the cage.
Nadeau scores with a shot to the side of Floyd's head.
Floyd blocks an elbow strike.

Nadeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Nadeau rushes Floyd and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nadeau tries to land a knee to the head but Floyd blocks with his arms.

Floyd gets control of Nadeau's arms and successfully pulls guard. Floyd will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Floyd has his foot on Nadeau's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nadeau works his way back into a safe position though.
Nadeau would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Floyd is working an open guard so Nadeau takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Floyd shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nadeau as he avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadeau closes the distance looking to clinch

and Floyd counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nadeau won't be happy with that.
Nadeau wants to get back to his feet.
Floyd 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.

Floyd stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Nadeau misses with a wild combination.
Nadeau misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadeau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nadeau circles away from the clinch attempt.
Floyd shoots in but no luck this time.
Nadeau tries to clinch but Floyd is having none of it.
Floyd throws a head kick but Nadeau moves out of range.
Nadeau wants to clinch

and Floyd counters with a shoot takedown. Nadeau fights it but they end up in guard.
Floyd trying to control but Nadeau is working from the bottom.
Floyd has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nadeau is proving hard to escape from.

Nadeau scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadeau doesn't manage to clinch there - Floyd circles away.
Nadeau misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Floyd shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randle Floyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nadeau shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nadeau misses with a wild body shot.
Nadeau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nadeau tries to close the distance and clinch but Floyd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Floyd looks for a takedown but Nadeau sprawls well.
Nice shot lands for Nadeau.
Floyd blocks a head kick by Nadeau.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Floyd fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Floyd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nadeau.
Nadeau throws a series of punches but Floyd moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randle Floyd dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Horrible takedown by Floyd or perhaps it was just good defense by Nadeau which made him look bad.
Nadeau tries to clinch up but Floyd circles away and keeps his distance.
Nadeau misses with a wild combination.
Nadeau fails with the takedown

and Floyd counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Floyd.
Randle Floyd overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Floyd stops Nadeau from standing up.
Nadeau keeping full guard, as Floyd tries to pass.
Floyd wants to control from the top but Nadeau keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd thows a big elbow that misses.
Floyd tries to free his leg and advance position but Nadeau is retaining full guard.
Nadeau preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Floyd throws and elbow that misses. Nadeau uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Floyd's guard. Nice move by Nadeau!
Floyd is trying to hold Nadeau in close to prevent damage but Nadeau has managed to pass into half guard.

Nadeau stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Floyd to get to his feet.
Nadeau throws a head kick but Floyd moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nadeau wants to clinch
and Floyd counters with a three punch combo that has Nadeau backing up. Nadeau nods at Floyd to acknowledge the strikes.
Floyd ducks right into an uppercut from Nadeau.
Nadeau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nadeau throws a combination that misses

and Floyd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Floyd.
Floyd fails to pull guard.
Nadeau lands a nice elbow.
Nadeau looking to throw knees to the head but Floyd is blocking nicely.
Floyd blocks an elbow strike.

Nadeau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Nadeau has closed the distance and engaged Floyd in a clinch.

Nadeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nadeau misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Nadeau as Floyd shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randle Floyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nadeau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Nadeau there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Brian Nadeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadeau fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nadeau throws a body kick that misses.

Floyd forces Nadeau back against the cage and clinches.

Nadeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Floyd looks to land a left hand but Nadeau moved out of range nicely.
Nadeau wants to clinch but Floyd slips to the side

and Floyd decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Nadeau's guard.
Floyd working some strikes from top position.

Floyd thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Nadeau pushes Floyd off and gets back to his feet.
Nadeau motions for Floyd to come forward. Nadeau throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Floyd shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nadeau is looking to stand up but Floyd isn't so interested in that idea.
Floyd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Floyd is looking to work some ground and pound but Nadeau has wrist control.
Floyd throws and elbow that misses. Nadeau uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Floyd's guard. Nice move by Nadeau!
Floyd wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Floyd looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Nadeau passes into side control.
Randle Floyd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Check out the look on Nadeau's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

And that's the end of the fight!
Randle Floyd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Floyd, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randle Floyd!