|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre The Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 213 cm
24
329 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
|
225 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
|
Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Nash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre The Giant!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nash loads up on a big right hand but The Giant slips the punch.
Nash circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Giant shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The Giant landing strikes from the mount.
Nash knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Giant on the ground.
The Giant controlling from mount.
Nash avoids a series of strikes thrown by The Giant.
The Giant tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The Giant won't let Nash get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The Giant goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Nash is on top in guard.
The Giant throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nash got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Giant has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nash has managed to get both his arms back between The Giant's legs - danger averted.
The Giant wants to sweep but no luck.
Nash is working The Giant over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The Giant wants to sweep but no luck.
Nash might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nash chips away with some ground and pound.
Nash throws a big right hand that misses.
Nash is working The Giant over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
It looks like Andre The Giant has been cut.
The Giant had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Nash is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. The Giant Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Nash's back instead.
Nash has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Giant lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Nash hold on?!
The Giant scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
The Giant lands strikes to the head.
The Giant struggling to land strikes to the head as Nash covers up.
The Giant scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Giant lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
The referee is taking a good look at Nash as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from The Giant!
The Giant throwing wild punches that miss their target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Giant wants to control but Nash is keeping busy.
The Giant wants to control the position but Nash frees himself and scrambles - The Giant manages to regain control in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Giant looks up at the clock and then as Nash takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, The Giant smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The Giant scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nash takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The Giant working the body and head with strikes.
Nash taking punishment in the form of punches.
The Giant throws a strike aimed at the side of Nash's head but Nash avoids it well.
The Giant misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Giant working the ground and pound.
The Giant staying calm.
Nash is breathing heavily.
The Giant in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The Giant working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Giant is looking to take a break and control but Nash is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nash is looking to work his way out of this bad position but The Giant is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre The Giant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andre The Giant's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nash misses with a looping right.
The Giant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nash.
Nash throws a jab when The Giant was well out of range.
The Giant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nash loads up on a big right hand but The Giant slips the punch.
Nash looks to land a right hand but The Giant moved out of range.
The Giant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nash.
The Giant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nash throws out the jab.
Andre The Giant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nash misses with a hook. The Giant ducked under it nicely.
The Giant drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nash on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nash tries to get out of the position.
The Giant is working Nash over with some ground and pound from side control.
An elbow from The Giant crashes against the mat.
Nash dodges the ground and pound from The Giant.
The Giant sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nash is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Giant throwing shots but missing, from side control.
An elbow from The Giant crashes against the mat.
The Giant working the ground and pound.
Nash is pushing The Giant's head away, looking to escape. The Giant manages to hold on to the position though.
Nash managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by The Giant.
The Giant fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The Giant working the body and head with strikes.
A lull in the action here as The Giant stalls from top position.
The Giant throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Andre The Giant has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Giant is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nash knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The Giant landing strikes.
The Giant lands some shots froms side control.
The Giant is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nash has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nash defending against the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Giant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nash keeps working.
The Giant has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The Giant controlling the position.
The Giant landing strikes.
The Giant lands some shots froms side control.
The Giant throwing strikes but Nash manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The Giant regains half guard.
Nash missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. The Giant manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nash with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The Giant trying to control the position.
Nash is fighting to break The Giant's control of his arms but The Giant is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The Giant is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The Giant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Giant is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The Giant wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre The Giant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andre The Giant's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nash lands a head shot.
The Giant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nash avoids the body shot from The Giant.
The Giant defending well as Nash loads up on a big left hand.
The Giant dodges the punch combination from Nash.
Nash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nash is really struggling to find his range with his punches. The Giant's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The Giant shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than The Giant was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The Giant tries to control but Nash wriggling away.
The Giant looking to finish with strikes here!
The Giant can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nash is looking to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Giant raining down shots from the mount!
The Giant looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nash tries to buck The Giant off but he can't manage it.
The Giant lands a heavy elbow.
The Giant scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nash?
The Giant lands a big shot there that rocks Nash but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Andre The Giant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Giant sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Giant landing strikes from the mount and Nash is in trouble!
The Giant sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Giant lands a heavy elbow.
The Giant sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Giant lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kevin Nash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Giant tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Despite being in the dominant position, Andre The Giant just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nash loads up on a big right hand but The Giant slips the punch.
A big left from Nash misses.
The Giant gets a takedown into half guard.
The Giant is taking a breather. Nash says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andre The Giant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Giant winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre The Giant!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
47% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
