PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Skyler Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dark Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by One. Dark Horse is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nelson
vs
Horse

180 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
150 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Skyler Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Dark Horse!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horse looks to score with a jab to the body but Nelson is just out of range.
Horse looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Horse tries to score with a low kick but Nelson moves his leg out of the way.
Horse looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Horse keeps the fight on the outside.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Horse lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nelson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nelson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Horrible takedown by Nelson or perhaps it was just good defense by Horse which made him look bad.
Horse throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horse fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Horse connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nelson. Nelson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Horse misses with a takedown attempt

so Nelson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Nelson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nelson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Horse is keeping the position for now.
Nelson trying to control the position from guard on top but Horse is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson advances to half guard.
Horse wants to get back to his feet.
Horse trying to control here.
Horse is looking to escape.
Horse looks gassed!
Nelson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Horse with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Nelson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Horse sees it coming and defends easily.
Horse punching from the bottom.
Horse tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's two 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.
Nelson trying to control from half guard but Horse is working away.
Horse wants to get back to full guard.
Nelson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Horse trying to control but Nelson postures up.
Horse flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Horse misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Nelson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Horse is in trouble now - Nelson has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson unloading with bombs!
Horse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Horse swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nelson controlling from mount.
Nelson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nelson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nelson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Nelson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Horse is surviving well by controlling Nelson's body position as best he can.
Horse is squirming around, avoiding Nelson's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horse tries to buck Nelson off but he can't manage it.
Nelson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nelson lands a nice shot to the head.
Horse wants to control but Nelson is having none of it.
Nelson scoring with strikes but Horse is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skyler Nelson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nelson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Horse!
Nelson breaks from Horse's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Horse tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nelson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Horse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nelson wants to control the pace but Horse is squirming around nicely.
Horse is working to get back to half guard.
Nelson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Horse is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nelson cracks Horse with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nelson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson is landing with some decent strikes but Horse is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Horse tries to buck Nelson off but he can't manage it.
Nelson lands with some strikes.
Nelson lands a big shot there that rocks Horse but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Horse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nelson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nelson dominating with strikes here.
Nelson can't control as he wanted to and Horse manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Horse trying to hold on to Nelson's head to control him but Nelson postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Horse trying to control here.
Horse is trying to stand.
Nelson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Horse!
Nelson landing strikes from the mount.
Nelson controlling his opponent.
Horse wants to hold on but Nelson pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nelson unloading with bombs!
Nelson controlling the pace for now.
Horse wants to control but Nelson is having none of it.
Nelson cracks Horse with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Horse is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nelson lands a big elbow.
Horse in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nelson lands a heavy elbow.
Nelson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Horse's face.
Horse tries to hold on but Nelson postures up.
Nelson lands a nice shot to the head.
Nelson controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Horse tries to hold on but Nelson postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skyler Nelson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nelson clinches.

Nelson jumps guard and drags Horse to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Horse wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.
Horse is looking to stand up but Nelson won't let him.
Nelson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Horse is posturing up here but Nelson has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Horse tries to roll out but it's too tight and Horse has to tap! Slick submission there by Nelson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Skyler Nelson!