PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lui Passaglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Passaglia
vs
Nunes

198 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lui Passaglia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Nunes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunes blocks a head kick by Passaglia.

Passaglia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Passaglia wants to sweep but no luck.
Nunes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Passaglia wants to sweep but no luck.
Nunes throwing strikes from guard but Passaglia blocks nicely.

Nunes stands up and waves to Passaglia to follow him.

Passaglia lands a big head kick that sends Nunes tumbling to the mat! Passaglia takes a step backwards and waves Nunes back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Nunes is rocked!

It looks like Antonio Nunes has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Passaglia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nunes's calf.

Nunes closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Passaglia gets back to half guard.
Passaglia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nunes on the ground.
Passaglia is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passaglia is pressing down on Nunes's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nunes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nunes looks gassed!
Passaglia can't keep his opponent in guard - Nunes advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nunes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Passaglia gets back to full guard.
Passaglia doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Passaglia is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Passaglia wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia is working hard here to advance position.
Passaglia keeping moving, preventing Nunes from controlling successfully.
Passaglia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nunes's guard.
Passaglia with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Passaglia trying to control the position from guard on top but Nunes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Passaglia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nunes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Passaglia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nunes looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Passaglia has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nunes is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nunes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Passaglia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nunes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
An inside leg kick from Passaglia misses.
A punch combination from Nunes misses.

Nunes darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Passaglia moves into full guard.
Nunes is looking to work some ground and pound but Passaglia has wrist control.
Passaglia lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nunes!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nunes because Passaglia loaded up on that one.
Nunes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nunes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Passaglia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Passaglia looking to finish with strikes here!
Nunes tries to reverse the position but Passaglia maintains control.
Nunes blocking the ground and pound.
Nunes avoids a series of strikes thrown by Passaglia.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Passaglia sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Nunes avoids a series of strikes thrown by Passaglia.
Passaglia thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lui Passaglia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Nunes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Passaglia throws a nice head kick!

Nunes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Passaglia gets back to full guard.
Passaglia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nunes manages to get himself to full guard.
Passaglia wants to stand but Nunes has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Passaglia stopping the sweep attempt from Nunes.

Nunes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Passaglia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nunes is breathing heavily.
Passaglia throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passaglia passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Passaglia misses with the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Passaglia seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Passaglia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nunes is not content to let Passaglia control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nunes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Passaglia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Passaglia lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Passaglia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lui Passaglia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nunes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes avoids the head kick by Passaglia.
Passaglia thows a body kick. Nunes tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good leg kick by Passaglia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Passaglia scores with a leg kick.
Passaglia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Passaglia scores with a push kick.
Nunes blocks a head kick by Passaglia.
Passaglia scores with a push kick.
Nunes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Passaglia. Passaglia obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Passaglia.
Lui Passaglia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Passaglia feints and then cracks Nunes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nunes down.
Passaglia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Passaglia throws a wild body kick that Nunes sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Passaglia. That one must have hurt.
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nunes shoots in and drives through. Passaglia sprawls well.
A head kick misses from Passaglia.
Nunes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Antonio Nunes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Passaglia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Passaglia throws a sloppy head kick and Nunes moves out of range easily.
Passaglia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nunes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passaglia manages to avoid it.
Nunes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nunes has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Passaglia.
Nunes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nunes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Passaglia can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Passaglia.
Passaglia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nunes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Passaglia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nunes if he has to take too many more of those.
Passaglia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Passaglia thuds his shin into the meat of Nunes's side.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Passaglia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Passaglia.
Passaglia looks for the body kick but Nunes saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Passaglia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Passaglia throws a front kick that sends Nunes stumbling back into the cage.
Nunes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lui Passaglia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Nunes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Passaglia scores with a kick to the body.
Nunes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nunes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Passaglia sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Passaglia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nunes shoots for a takedown but Passaglia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Passaglia lands a front kick.
Passaglia throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nunes.
Passaglia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nunes will feel that in the morning.
Passaglia has a takedown stuffed.
Passaglia thuds his shin into the meat of Nunes's side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Passaglia!
Nunes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Passaglia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Passaglia pushes Nunes away with a front kick.
Passaglia throws a head kick that misses.
Passaglia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nunes takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Passaglia connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Passaglia.
Nunes blocks a head kick by Passaglia.
Nunes misses with a takedown attempt - Passaglia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lui Passaglia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Nunes.
Passaglia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Passaglia misses with a head kick.
Nunes blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Nunes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nunes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Passaglia - the referee stops the clock and Nunes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Passaglia. Nunes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Passaglia. Nunes shrugs it off though.
Passaglia explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Passaglia throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Passaglia lands a head kick!
Danga de danga de dang - Nunes scores with a four punch combination!
Passaglia scores with a spinning back kick!
Lui Passaglia is winning the standup battle so far.
Passaglia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nunes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Passaglia but Passaglia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Passaglia pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes takes a swing at Passaglia's ribcage but misses.
Passaglia scores with a kick to the body.
Passaglia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nunes can do to turn this around?
Passaglia lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nunes takes a step back to recover.
Passaglia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Passaglia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nunes shoots in but no luck this time.
Passaglia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Passaglia throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Passaglia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nunes.
Passaglia throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Passaglia connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Passaglia throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nunes takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Passaglia throws a leg kick which misses Nunes's front leg but catches the back leg as Nunes tries to avoid it.
Passaglia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Passaglia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nunes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nunes sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Passaglia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nunes takes a kick to the side of the head.
Antonio Nunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nunes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Passaglia sprawls well. Passaglia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nunes gets slowly back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lui Passaglia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Passaglia, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lui Passaglia!