PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nyanthalotep Nassir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Dufva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sven Dufva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Nassir
vs
Dufva

185 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nyanthalotep Nassir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Dufva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nassir gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nassir fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Dufva breaks from the clinch.

Dufva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nassir to the mat! Nassir manages to get full guard.
Nassir keeping moving, preventing Dufva from controlling successfully.
Dufva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dufva trying to control but Nassir is working from the bottom.
Nassir utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nassir trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Dufva passes Nassir's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nassir is trying to maintain the position but Dufva is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dufva is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nassir regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nassir keeping full guard, as Dufva tries to pass.
Nassir wants to stand and escape but Dufva is having none of it.

Dufva gets to his feet - Nassir follows without any prompting.

Dufva moves into the clinch.
Dufva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nassir.
Dufva taking a breather.

Dufva breaks the clinch.
Nassir shoots and misses

and Dufva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nassir won't be happy with that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nassir is trying to control Dufva's posture but Dufva avoids it.

Dufva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Dufva looks gassed!
Dufva wants to control but Nassir is keeping him busy.
Nassir gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dufva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Dufva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nassir trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dufva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nassir keeps working.
Dufva wants to stand up but Nassir has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Nassir wants to control but Dufva is keeping busy.
Nassir is looking to escape.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nassir wants to clinch

and Dufva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Nassir's guard now.
Nassir not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nassir keeping moving, preventing Dufva from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nassir working for a triangle but Dufva defends it easily.

Dufva stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Dufva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Nassir!
Nassir is trying to escape the mount.
Nassir sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Nassir manages to escape and get back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Dufva dominated that round.
That's time! Nassir's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dufva fails with the takedown
and Nassir counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nassir misses with a takedown

and Dufva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Nassir's guard.
Dufva tries to free his leg and advance position but Nassir is retaining full guard.
Nassir keeping moving, preventing Dufva from controlling successfully.
Dufva stays in close to Nassir's body and controls the position.
Dufva wants to control from the top but Nassir keeps moving.
Dufva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nassir is trying to keep Dufva in close.
Sven Dufva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dufva won't allow Nassir to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dufva advances to half guard.
Dufva is pressing down on Nassir's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nassir is holding on for now.
Nassir controlling the position for now.
Dufva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nassir defending well though.
Nassir is trying to maintain the position but Dufva is very close to passing his half guard.
Dufva tries to pass to full mount but Nassir defends it.
Nassir trying to control here.
Dufva prevents Nassir from improving his position.

That's two 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.
Nassir trying to control but Dufva postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

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

Dufva feints and as Nassir raises his hands in defense, Dufva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dufva is working Nassir over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nassir is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dufva is controlling Nassir's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Nassir with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dufva tries to roll over but Nassir keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dufva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nassir takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Dufva is trying to stand up here but Nassir is controlling him well.

Nassir gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Dufva looks for a takedown but Nassir sprawls well.
Nassir lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Decent striking displayed by Dufva there.
Horrible takedown by Dufva or perhaps it was just good defense by Nassir which made him look bad.
Nyanthalotep Nassir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sven Dufva.
Dufva pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dufva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dufva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Dufva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dufva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Nassir is defending against the submission attempts here by Dufva.
Nassir wants to get back to full guard.
Nassir trying to hold on to Dufva's head to control him but Dufva postures up.
Nassir is holding on to half guard well.
Nassir moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Dufva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Nassir as Dufva shoots in.
Dufva throws a low kick, looking for Nassir's leg but Nassir calmly moves out of range.
Dufva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Nassir scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nassir wants to control but Dufva is keeping him busy.
Dufva is trying to get back to half guard.
Dufva is trying to escape the position but Nassir is controlling the position.

Nassir has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Nassir scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dufva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nassir working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Dufva turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Nassir off and cradles Dufva's limp body as Nassir celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Nyanthalotep Nassir!