PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Nieve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adron Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nieve comes to the cage accompanied by Do Ya Think Im sexy. Wright has chosen On the Eve of War as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Steve Nieve has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nieve
vs
Wright

190 cm
25
194 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

183 cm
25
178 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Nieve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adron Wright!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright moves out of range of the body kick.
Wright takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nieve throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Adron Wright has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nieve.
Wright throws a one two combo.
Wright misses with a looping left.
Wright connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wright displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nieve throws out the jab.
Nieve ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Wright lands a jab to the head.
Nieve moves away from the strike by Wright.
Nice defenses there by Nieve.
Wright scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wright jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nieve throws a front kick aimed at Wright's knee but Wright avoids it well.
Nieve tries to clinch up.
Nieve darts in trying to clinch
enabling Wright to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Nieve misses with a head kick.
Wright thuds his right hand into Nieve's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Adron Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieve tries to clinch
and Wright counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nieve closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wright cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nieve uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wright.
Wright throws a looping overhand right but Nieve ducks down to avoid it.
Nieve tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Nieve uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wright.
Wright scores with a sloppy right hand. Nieve should have avoided that one.
Wright on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wright lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nieve backs up against the cage.
Wright lands a jab.
Nieve tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nieve slips a jab from Wright.

Nieve clinches with his opponent.
Nieve with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nieve tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieve connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wright's face.
Nieve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Stalling in the clinch from Wright.
Nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Nieve is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Nieve with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nieve lands a nice knee to the body.
Nieve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Nieve.
Wright avoiding damage as Nieve throws knees to the body.
Nieve throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nieve scores a nice knee to the body.
Nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wright avoiding damage as Nieve throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright stalls.
Nieve misses with a knee to the head.
Wright is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wright avoiding damage as Nieve throws knees to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Nieve throws knees to the body.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wright tries to circle away but Nieve has him pinned against the cage.
Nieve landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wright is trying to break free.
Nieve is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Nieve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nieve tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.

That's four 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.
Nieve lands a knee to the body.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nieve throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nieve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Nieve with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nieve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Nieve throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Nieve tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Wright tries to break free but Nieve pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Nieve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adron Wright's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wright lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wright lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nieve lands with a slapping head kick.
Wright goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nieve avoids the body shot from Wright.

Nieve gets a clinch.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nieve has him pressed against the cage.
Nieve misses with a knee strike.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Nieve has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Wright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wright waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nieve.
Nieve doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
Nieve walks into a left hand.
Nieve tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nieve with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wright to score with a decent uppercut.
Nieve dodges the punch combination from Wright.
Wright connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nieve's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieve walks into a jab.

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

Wright is rocked!
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wright counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wright is still on wobbly legs! Can Nieve finish him?
Nieve tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright seems to have recovered his senses.
Nieve has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nieve there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wright uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A jab from Wright finds it's way through Nieve's defenses.
Wright stuns Nieve with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Nieve, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nieve takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nieve tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright blocks the body kick.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nieve counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That has opened up Adron Wright's cut even more.
Wright connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wright shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nieve eats them both and turns towards Wright to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wright swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nieve.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nieve manages to avoid it.
Wright throws the left hand but Nieve avoids the punch easily.
Nieve slips a jab from Wright.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss

and Nieve counters by moving into the clinch.
Nieve lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Nieve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright tries to break free but Nieve pushes him back against the cage.
Nieve is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nieve throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Nieve scores with a knee to the head.

The cut above Adron Wright's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nieve looking to throw knees to the head but Wright is blocking nicely.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Nieve is controlling him.
Nieve looking to throw knees to the head but Wright is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nieve prevents Wright from breaking the clinch.
Nieve trying to land knees to the body.
Nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Nieve tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Nieve throws knees to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Nieve throws knees to the body.
Nieve missing with knees to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Nieve throws knees to the body.
Nieve missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Wright manages to break the clinch.
Wright scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wright smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wright connects with a body shot.
Wright looks to throw the jab but Nieve is out of range.
Nieve pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wright is out of range and Nieve settles back down.
A nice combination there by Wright.
Nieve takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nieve takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wright checks a low kick from Nieve.
Wright lands with an overhand left.
Nieve takes one to the side of the head.
Nieve looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nieve fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wright.
Wright lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wright throws a jab but it's blocked by Nieve.
Wright looks to land a combination. Nieve sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nieve defending well as Wright loads up on a big left hand.
Wright lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Adron Wright will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Adron Wright's cut.
That's time! Nieve's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Nieve moves to clinch but Wright breaks away
enabling Wright to counter with a crisp jab.
Nieve keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wright misses with a hook

and Nieve holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nieve with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wright is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wright is trying to break free.
Nieve crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Nieve crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Nieve tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nieve has him pressed against the cage.
Wright is trying to break free.
Nieve tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nieve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Nieve.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieve keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nieve scores with a knee to the head.
Nieve missing with knees to the body.
Nieve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nieve looking to throw knees to the head but Wright is blocking nicely.

Wright breaks from the clinch.
Nieve throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wright scores with a nice strike.
Wright waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nieve.
Nieve steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wright.
Wright cracks Nieve with an open hand slap.
Crunch! Nieve slams his shin into Wright's torso.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nieve.
Wright swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nieve counters with a leg kick.
Wright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wright just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nieve.
Wright might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wright takes a swing at Nieve's ribcage but misses.
Nieve tries to clinch up but Wright circles away and keeps his distance.
Wright throws a hook to the side of Nieve's head but Nieve sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nieve lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wright circles away quickly and effectively.
Adron Wright seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nieve throws a sloppy head kick and Wright moves out of range easily.
Nieve on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nieve throws a leg kick which misses Wright's front leg but catches the back leg as Wright tries to avoid it.
Nieve pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nieve throws a head kick that misses.
Nieve throws a push kick but Wright slaps the foot to one side.
Wright scores with the left hand. Nieve knows he should have avoided that one.
Nieve throws a right hand that Wright ducks under and follows up with a left that Wright also avoids with ease.
Nieve throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nieve looks for the body kick but Wright saw that one coming.
Nieve tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright connects with a jab.
Nieve throws a right and a left that Wright avoids nicely.
Nieve takes a jab right on the kisser.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wright, as that shot connected.
Nieve takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fighters circling - Wright throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wright scores with a hook to the body. Nieve takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wright lands with a right hand.
Wright sizes up Nieve with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nieve lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wright's sensitive parts.
Wright jabs at Nieve's body.
A big right from Nieve misses.
Wright throws a big shot that misses.
Wright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wright fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot by Wright.
Nieve rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieve looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wright paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nieve tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wright swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nieve tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nieve misses with a wild body shot.
Nieve tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wright manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wright connects with a right hand. Nieve shakes it off.
Nieve throws a leg kick but Wright sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wright scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nieve throws a sloppy body shot
and Wright counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nieve.
Nice cross by Wright.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nieve takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Wright misses.
Wright lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nieve sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wright lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Steve Nieve.
I think Nieve has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!