PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Two (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Two comes to the ring accompanied by North Korean army Girls Just Want To Have Fun. Nate Holyfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Two
vs
Holyfield

180 cm
27
180 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

181 cm
29
169 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Two!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nate Holyfield!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Two looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Two preventing the sweep.
Two trying to control but Holyfield is working from the bottom.

Holyfield looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Two trying to control but Holyfield is working from the bottom.
Holyfield 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.
Two slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Two got a little sloppy there for a moment and Holyfield has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Two has managed to get both his arms back between Holyfield's legs - danger averted.
Two with a flurry of punches that miss.
Holyfield 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.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield keeping moving, preventing Two from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Mark Two has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Holyfield displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Two.
Holyfield wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Two swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Holyfield makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Two moves away from the strike by Holyfield.
Two shoots in and drives through. Holyfield sprawls well.
Two shoots in and drives through. Holyfield sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Two. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holyfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Two fails with a takedown attempt.
Holyfield buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holyfield. Two does a little dance to reset his feet.
Two shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Holyfield but Holyfield pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Two takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nate Holyfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holyfield looks to land a right hand but Two moved out of range.
Holyfield throws a hook but Two blocks it.
Holyfield lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Two avoids the body shot from Holyfield.
Holyfield paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Holyfield defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Two.

Two scores with a takedown into Holyfield's guard.

Holyfield looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Two passes Holyfield's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield manages to get to full guard.
Holyfield manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Holyfield wants to control the pace but Two is squirming around nicely.
Holyfield is looking to work his way around to Two's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Two is wriggling around trying to escape.
Two bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Holyfield bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Two's guard.
Holyfield won't allow Two to sweep him here.
Two is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Two keeping moving, preventing Holyfield from controlling successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Two wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Holyfield. No joy for Two on that attempt.
Holyfield lands with a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Two scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Holyfield misses with an uppercut
and Two counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Two takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Holyfield slaps away a takedown attempt from Two, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nate Holyfield will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Two closes the distance and clinches up with Holyfield, looking for a takedown. Two pushes Holyfield against the ropes but Holyfield circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Holyfield lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Two scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
You can see the frustration on Holyfield's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Two wants to control but Holyfield is keeping him busy.
Holyfield is trying to improve his position.
Holyfield takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Two tries to move to mount but Holyfield blocks the move with his legs.

Two is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Holyfield is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Holyfield is looking for a sweep.

Two tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Two off and has taken his back!
Two breaks Holyfield's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Holyfield looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Two trying to control the position from guard on top but Holyfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Holyfield looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Two passes into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Two is looking to take a break and control but Holyfield is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Holyfield is looking for a sweep. Two is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mark Two overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Two works his way into full mount!
Two scoring with strikes but Holyfield is staying in there.
Two controlling from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Two working Holyfield over with strikes here.
Two controlling the pace for now.
Two wants to control the pace but Holyfield is squirming around nicely.
Holyfield is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Two is landing with some decent strikes but Holyfield is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Two raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Two wants to finish this one by submission but Holyfield is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Two.
Holyfield is working to get back to half guard.

Two jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Holyfield manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Two moves into full mount!
Holyfield is desperately trying to improve his position but Two has a good base and remains in mount.
Two controlling the pace for now.
Holyfield is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield tries to hold on but Two pushes him away.
Holyfield is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Two connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Two is working for a guillotine from mount but Holyfield frees his head quite easily.
Holyfield is squirming around, avoiding Two's attempts to control the action.
Two sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holyfield is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Two raining down shots from the mount!
Two content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Two dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Two loads up on a big right hand but Holyfield slips the punch.
Two takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Two shoots in but Holyfield avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Holyfield drives through with a takedown into guard.
Holyfield trying to control the position from guard on top but Two is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Two 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.
Holyfield trying to control the position from guard on top but Two is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holyfield is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Holyfield preventing the sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nate Holyfield.
Holyfield misses with a kick to the body.
Holyfield scores with the left hand. Two knows he should have avoided that one.
Holyfield stuffs the takedown.
Two throws a sloppy head kick and Holyfield moves out of range easily.
Nate Holyfield seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Two shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Holyfield defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Two. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Holyfield.
Holyfield dodges the punch combination from Two.
Holyfield stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holyfield throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Two shoots for a takedown but Holyfield saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Holyfield.
Two lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Holyfield lands with a slapping head kick.
Two will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Holyfield stuns Two with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good exchange - Holyfield coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holyfield lands a nice looking kick to the body. Two takes a step back to recover.
Holyfield throws a head kick that misses.
Two blocks a low kick nicely.
Two pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holyfield misses the shot to the body.
Holyfield misses with a takedown attempt - Two sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Holyfield connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holyfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Two has time to react.
Two tries to clinch but Holyfield is having none of it.
Holyfield tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Two looks for a takedown but Holyfield sprawls well.
Holyfield scores with a decent looking hook.
Two shoots in for a takedown but Holyfield shows good takedown defense.
Holyfield leaves Two with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Holyfield looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Two is fending him off so far but Holyfield persists. Nope, Two circles away and we're back to standing.
Two cracks the inside of Holyfield's front leg.
A punch combination from Two misses.
A big right from Holyfield misses.
Holyfield stuffs the takedown.
Two shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Holyfield as he jumps to the side.
Holyfield thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Two takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice body punch from Holyfield.
Two has his takedown stuffed
and Holyfield counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holyfield connects with a high kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Holyfield.
Holyfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Two slips under a jab from Holyfield.
Two shoots for a double leg takedown but Holyfield sprawls well. He's pushed Two's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Two avoids the head kick by Holyfield.
Holyfield lands with a cross.
Holyfield looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Horrible takedown by Two or perhaps it was just good defense by Holyfield which made him look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Holyfield really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Holyfield shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Holyfield in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Two tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Holyfield!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nate Holyfield!
Nate Holyfield is the new welterweight champion!
Nate Holyfield made sure to mention his sponsor, Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q in his post fight interview.