PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Say Nara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Guido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nara comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy - Stand Up. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Nara
vs
Guido

180 cm
25
218 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
213 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Springfield Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Say Nara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Guido!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guido.
Guido looks to land a body kick but Nara moved away.
Decent striking displayed by Guido there.
A nice combination there by Guido.

It looks like Say Nara has been cut.
Nara throws a right hand that Guido ducks under and follows up with a left that Guido also avoids with ease.
Guido works over Nara's head and body with a nice combination.
Nara takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Guido misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guido thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nara if he has to take too many more of those.
Nara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guido is looking to clinch.
Guido tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guido uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nara.
Guido swinging wildly here.
Paulo Guido seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nara darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nara avoids the head kick by Guido.

Guido rushes Nara and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guido misses with a knee to the head.
Nara misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nara displaying some good clinch control by pressing Guido up against the cage.
Nara is trying to maintain a safe position but Guido gets an underhook and turns Nara into the cage.
Nara tries to throw a body punch but Guido avoids it by throwing Nara back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nara.
Guido with a knee to the head.
Nara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guido taking a breather.
Guido misses with a knee strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Guido trying to control the position but instead, Nara has worked for underhooks and has pushed Guido into the cage.
Nara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guido's elbow.
Guido has Nara pressed against the cage, preventing Nara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nara presses Guido against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Guido lands with a light punch inside.
Nara lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Paulo Guido has been cut.
Guido tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nara avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Guido scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guido backwards.

Nara breaks from the clinch.
Nara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nara lands a jab.
Guido fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Guido - that will leave a mark!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nara on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nara takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jab by Guido.
Guido throws a nice head kick!
Nara takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nara is breathing heavily.
Guido displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nara throws out the jab.
Guido moves into range and connects with a jab.
Guido lands with an uppercut that bounces Nara off the cage and back into rage.
Guido lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nara takes a step back to recover.
Guido bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guido scores with a kick to the midsection.
Guido scores with a hook.

Say Nara's cut is getting worse.
Guido lands with a kick to the ribs.
Guido throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Nara is rocked!
Guido drops Nara with a huge uppercut! Nara drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Guido is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Guido!