PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Rene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and naf naf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Rene
vs
naf

188 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Rene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, naf naf!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rene misses with a straight right.
naf tries to clinch but Rene moves out of range.
naf naf seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
naf thows a body kick. Rene tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rene takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
naf doesn't manage to clinch there - Rene circles away.
naf is looking to clinch but Rene is avoiding it.
Rene lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but naf circles away quickly and effectively.
naf dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rene. That did some damage!
Rene takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

naf forces Rene back against the cage and clinches.

naf manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Rene might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!

naf is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rene defends well.
Rene knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for naf on the ground.
Rene postures up.
naf is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

naf looking for a guillotine here but Rene defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

naf looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

naf has his foot on Rene's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rene works his way back into a safe position though.

naf looking for a guillotine here but Rene defends easily.

naf is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
naf looks gassed!

naf had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rene defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rene has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of naf is proving hard to escape from.

naf working for a triangle but Rene defends it easily.
Rene wants to stand but naf is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
naf manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

naf is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Rene is surviving well by controlling naf's body position as best he can.
Rene's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

naf with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

naf has hold of Rene's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rene manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

naf is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Rene can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Rene trying desperately to get to his feet.
Rene wants to control but naf is having none of it.

naf jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rene manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rene is not content to let naf control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

naf naf dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rene avoids a kick to the body.
naf tries to clinch up.
naf misses with a low kick as Rene jumps back.
naf tries to clinch up.

Rene drops naf with a beautiful combination! naf stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rene is looking for the KO!

naf is rocked!

It looks like naf naf has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rene throws out a loose jab but naf uses good head movement to avoid it.
naf is still on wobbly legs! Can Rene finish him?
Rene throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rene throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Rene throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch combination from Rene misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Rene misses the target.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from naf in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rene fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rene misses with a straight left.
Rene throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rene throws the left hand but naf avoids the punch easily.
naf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rene.

That's one minute gone in the round.
naf slips a straight right by Rene.
Rene throws a series of punches but naf moves out of range.
naf blocks a jab.
Rene misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rene is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by naf.
naf avoids a punch combination nicely.
naf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rene throws a right hand that naf ducks under and follows up with a left that naf also avoids with ease.
Rene misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rene throws a looping overhand right but naf ducks down to avoid it.
Rene swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rene throws a shot from downtown. naf moves away and avoids it.
Rene throws a hook but naf avoids it easily.
naf tries to clinch but Rene is having none of it.
naf dodges the punch combination from Rene.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rene throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Rene misses.
A combination from Rene does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rene misses with a double jab.
naf steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rene.
Rene misses with a straight left.
naf seems to have recovered his senses.
Rene is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
naf tries to clinch up but Rene circles away and keeps his distance.
naf takes a shot right to the bread basket.
naf tries to clinch up.
Rene circles away from the clinch attempt.

naf has closed the distance and engaged Rene in a clinch.
naf fails to pull guard.
naf tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rene just stands there and leans against the cage.

naf manages to pull guard.

naf is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rene stopping the sweep attempt from naf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
naf manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rene manages to get himself to full guard.
Rene wants to stand but naf is controlling the position.

naf gets to his feet. Rene looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
naf tries to clinch up.

That's four 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.
Rene swats away the attempt to clinch by naf.
Rene circles away from the clinch attempt.

naf fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rene, pushing him back against the cage.

naf has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Rene uses from the top position.

naf is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

naf is looking for a triangle but Rene pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rene trying to stand up but can't free himself from naf's guard.

naf is looking for a triangle but Rene pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Rene dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on naf naf's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

naf walks straight into a right hand from Rene - that's dropped him! Rene jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save naf from any more punishment! naf complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Shane Rene!