PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sandor Cleagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Nash will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Cleagen
vs
Nash

189 cm
19
265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

208 cm
20
260 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sandor Cleagen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Nash!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleagen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cleagen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Cleagen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nash to the mat! Nash manages to get full guard.
Cleagen tries to free his leg and advance position but Nash is retaining full guard.
Cleagen stops Nash from standing up.
Cleagen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nash is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cleagen is controlling him.
Cleagen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nash wants to stand and escape but Cleagen is having none of it.
Nash wants to sweep here but Cleagen controlling him for the moment.

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

and Cleagen counters with a single leg into guard. Nash didn't expect that.
Nash looks gassed!
Cleagen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cleagen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cleagen prevents Nash from getting back to his feet.
Cleagen stands and throws Nash's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleagen landing strikes.
Nash takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nash tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Cleagen presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Cleagen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cleagen prevents Nash from getting the reversal.
Nash is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Cleagen lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Cleagen.
Nash keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cleagen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nash tries to hold on but Cleagen postures up.
Nash sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nash is trying to get back to full guard.
Cleagen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nash is trying to stand back up but Cleagen is controlling him

Nash pushes Cleagen off and gets back to his feet.
Nash with a poor takedown

so Cleagen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sandor Cleagen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Nash.

Nash scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Nash has his takedown stuffed

and Cleagen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cleagen lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleagen working Nash over with strikes.
Cleagen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nash taking some punishment here, with Cleagen in his half guard.
Cleagen stops Nash from getting back to his feet.
Cleagen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Cleagen.
Cleagen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cleagen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nash wants to get back to full guard but Cleagen has passed into side control.
Nash is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Nash is looking to get to half guard.
Nash wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleagen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cleagen prevents Nash from getting the reversal.
Nash is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cleagen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nash tries to lock up and control but Cleagen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cleagen is landing with some decent strikes but Nash is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nash wants to get back to his feet.
Cleagen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nash's face.
You get the feeling that Nash really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cleagen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Nash is trying to stand.
Cleagen with shots to the head and body - Nash looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cleagen raining down shots from the mount!
Nash really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cleagen landing strikes, looking to finish!
You get the feeling that Nash really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nash tries to hold on but Cleagen pushes him away.
Nash working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cleagen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sandor Cleagen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nash in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nash is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cleagen landing strikes from the mount and Nash is in trouble!
Nash squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Nash working to try and regain half guard.
Nash is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Nash really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nash regains half guard.
Nash is trying to stand.
Cleagen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cleagen is looking to advance position but Nash won't allow it.
Nash pushes Cleagen off looking to stand but Cleagen dives back in and keeps control.

That's two 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.
Cleagen is nestled in close to Nash, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cleagen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nash wants to control but Cleagen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nash wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cleagen lands a nice short elbow.
Cleagen working the head and body with strikes.
Nash wants to improve his position but Cleagen is controlling well.
Cleagen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nash is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cleagen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nash keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cleagen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nash can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nash is trying desperately to improve position.
Nash is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Nash bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Nash advances to half guard.
Cleagen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cleagen punching from the bottom.
Nash frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cleagen gets back to half guard.
Cleagen landing rabbit punches to the side of Nash's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Nash wants to stand but Cleagen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Nash is working for a kimura but Cleagen is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are battling for position here. Cleagen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nash won't allow Cleagen to sweep him here.

Cleagen is working an open guard so Nash takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Cleagen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cleagen stops Nash from getting back to his feet.
Nash is looking for a sweep. Cleagen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cleagen slips a nice elbow through Nash's hands, connecting with Nash's forehead.
Nash wants to get back to his feet.
Cleagen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nash with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice strikes from Cleagen there.
Nash is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cleagen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nash wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandor Cleagen dominated that second round.
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!

Cleagen drives through and clinches with Nash against the cage.
Cleagen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nash is looking to break free of the clinch but Cleagen has double underhooks.

Cleagen wants the takedown. Nash is fighting it off but Cleagen persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Nash's guard against the cage.
Cleagen pushing down on Nash's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cleagen working Nash over with strikes.
Nash looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nash manages to get to full guard.
Nash is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cleagen is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nash is on top in guard.
Nash has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cleagen is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleagen throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Nash is looking to stand up but Cleagen won't let him.
Nash pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cleagen is keeping the position for now.
Nash wants to get up but he can't break Cleagen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nash is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Nash stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cleagen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

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

Cleagen scores a takedown into full mount!
Nash is trying to stand.
Scott Nash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cleagen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cleagen landing strikes, looking to finish!

Nash is rocked!
Nash is looking to improve his position but Cleagen isn't that keen on the idea.
Cleagen working the ground and pound effectively.
Nash is still in real trouble! Can Cleagen finish him?
A nice elbow there by Cleagen.
Nash really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cleagen working the ground and pound effectively.
Cleagen lands a big elbow.
Nash is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Nash is looking to get to half guard.
Nash flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Nash seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nash working to try and regain half guard.
Nash wants to try and get back to his feet.
Cleagen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nash can do to turn this around?
Nash is working to get back to half guard.
Cleagen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nash?
Nash is trying to stand.
Cleagen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cleagen landing strikes from the mount.
Cleagen looking to finish Nash with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nash!
Cleagen blocks Nash's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Cleagen cracks Nash with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cleagen loads up with a big shot that hurts Nash! He's pulled Cleagen in close but Cleagen has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Nash survive? More strikes from Cleagen and Nash is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sandor Cleagen!