PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kob Nitaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soprano has chosen Got Yourself a Gun as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nitaya
vs
Soprano

190 cm
29
221 lbs
13 - 3 - 2

188 cm
29
215 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

BioPharm Nutrition
[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

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 13 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kob Nitaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Soprano!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soprano misses with a looping left.
Nitaya thows a body shot but no joy.
Soprano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nitaya.
Nitaya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soprano.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Soprano.
A thudding body kick lands there by Soprano!
Nitaya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soprano manages to avoid it.
Soprano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nitaya is out of range and Soprano settles back down.
Nitaya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Soprano misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soprano tried to score with a low kick but Nitaya checks it.
Soprano throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nitaya.
Kob Nitaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nitaya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Soprano finds it's way round the side to connect with Nitaya's head.
Nitaya gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nitaya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Soprano dips to his left and cracks Nitaya with an uppercut!
A cross from Soprano lands.
Soprano throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitaya looks to score with a jab to the body but Soprano is just out of range.
Soprano is looking to land body kicks.
Nitaya tries to close the distance and clinch but Soprano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nitaya.
Nitaya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Soprano misses with a hook.
A cross from Soprano lands.
Nitaya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Soprano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Soprano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nitaya throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Soprano counters with a good, hard body kick but Nitaya shrugs it off.
Nitaya on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soprano throws a push kick but Nitaya slaps the foot to one side.
Nitaya throws a chopping leg kick but Soprano manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nitaya staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nitaya throws a looping overhand right but Soprano ducks down to avoid it.
Nitaya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nitaya.
Soprano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Soprano thuds his shin into the meat of Nitaya's side.
Nitaya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Soprano.
Soprano throws a wild body kick that Nitaya sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Soprano misses.
Soprano throws a low kick but Nitaya moves out of range easily.
Nitaya swings for the body but Soprano moves out of range.
Soprano is looking to land body kicks.
Soprano throws a poor cross that misses
and Nitaya counters with an outside leg kick.
Nitaya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Soprano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nitaya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Soprano.
Soprano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nitaya at a distance.
Soprano defending well as Nitaya loads up on a big left hand.
Nitaya checks a low kick from Soprano.
Nitaya throws a leg kick
letting Soprano counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Soprano misses the target.
Nitaya misses with a body kick.
Soprano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nitaya.
Soprano clobbers Nitaya with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Soprano jabs Nitaya right on the nose. Nitaya blinks but takes it well.
Nitaya cracks Soprano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nitaya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some bone on bone action there as Nitaya checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Soprano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nitaya takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Soprano!
A swing and a miss from Nitaya.
Nitaya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soprano. Nitaya does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nitaya. Soprano does a little dance to reset his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nitaya.
Soprano is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nitaya had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Soprano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nitaya tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Soprano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Soprano misses with an attempted mid kick.
Soprano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Soprano. That snapped Nitaya's head back.
Soprano with a nice cross.
Nitaya misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Soprano dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nitaya ducks right into an uppercut from Soprano.
Soprano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nitaya throws a body kick that misses.
Soprano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nitaya.
Soprano connects with a jab.
Soprano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Soprano misses with an uppercut.
Nitaya looks for the body kick but Soprano saw that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Soprano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nitaya has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nitaya and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Soprano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nitaya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Soprano circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nitaya on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nitaya ducks under a wild hook from Soprano.
Soprano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Soprano swings widly with a right hand
and Nitaya counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Nitaya.
A punch lands to the side of Nitaya 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Soprano.
Soprano lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tony Soprano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Soprano misses its intended target.
Nitaya looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nitaya lands a jab to Soprano's midsection.
Soprano avoids the body shot from Nitaya.
Soprano throws a leg kick but Nitaya sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nitaya doesn't manage to clinch there - Soprano circles away.
Soprano takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Soprano staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nitaya moves in looking to clinch but Soprano pushes him off.
Soprano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nitaya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soprano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nitaya doesn't manage to clinch there - Soprano circles away.

Nitaya clinches.
A knee to the head by Nitaya.

It looks like Tony Soprano has been cut.
Nitaya tries to land a knee to the head but Soprano blocks with his arms.
Soprano misses with a punch to the body.
Soprano lands a left hand.
Soprano looking to stall.
Nitaya lands a nice elbow.
Nitaya pushes Soprano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Soprano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nitaya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Soprano is defending well for now.
Soprano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soprano takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nitaya misses with the head strike.
Nitaya tries a knee to the head but Soprano blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nitaya can't find room to land a body shot as Soprano controls the action.

Soprano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nitaya takes one to the chin there.
Soprano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Nitaya moves into the clinch successfully.
Soprano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nitaya has him pressed against the cage.

Soprano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nitaya lands with a straight right. Soprano didn't see that one coming.
Soprano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nitaya.
Nitaya misses with a straight right.
Nitaya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soprano.
Nitaya throws a looping overhand right but Soprano ducks down to avoid it.
Soprano lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soprano connects with a body shot.
Soprano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nitaya has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nitaya misses with a low kick as Soprano jumps back.
Nitaya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soprano.
Nitaya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Soprano.
A shot to the liver by Nitaya. Beautiful body shot.
Soprano connects with a jab.
Soprano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soprano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Soprano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nitaya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soprano lands a slapping body shot.
Soprano throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nitaya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Soprano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tony Soprano's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nitaya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nitaya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nitaya throws a predictable looking body shot
and Soprano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soprano drops his hands momentarily and Nitaya takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Soprano.
Nitaya tries to clinch up.
Soprano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nitaya manages to avoid it.
Soprano clobbers Nitaya with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nitaya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Soprano is out of range and Nitaya settles back down.
Soprano throws the kick towards the body but Nitaya avoids it.
Nitaya moves away from the strike by Soprano.
Nitaya scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jab from Soprano.
Nitaya just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitaya on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nitaya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Soprano lands a really nice looking cross but Nitaya seems unphased.
Nitaya tries to clinch up but Soprano circles away and keeps his distance.
Soprano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Soprano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soprano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nitaya slips a jab from Soprano.
Soprano digs a good body shot into Nitaya's ribs.
Soprano takes a swing at Nitaya's ribcage but misses.
Nitaya throws a push kick but Soprano slaps the foot to one side.
Decent striking displayed by Soprano there.
Nitaya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Soprano. That did some damage!
A head kick from Soprano lands but Nitaya takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Nitaya misses
and Soprano counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nitaya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kob Nitaya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nitaya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Soprano is out of range and Nitaya settles back down.
Soprano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nitaya.
Nitaya tried to score with a low kick but Soprano checks it.
Soprano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Soprano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nitaya throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Soprano works the jab nicely.
Nitaya throws a leg kick but Soprano checks it.
Nitaya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soprano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soprano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Soprano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Soprano thumps Nitaya with a low kick.
Nitaya scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nitaya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Soprano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nitaya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nitaya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Soprano.
Soprano connects with the punch.
Nitaya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Soprano thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nitaya if he has to take too many more of those.
An inside leg kick lands from Soprano.
Nitaya throws a push kick but Soprano slaps the foot to one side.
Soprano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nitaya takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soprano lands a slapping body shot.
Soprano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Soprano connects with a solid leg kick.
Tony Soprano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soprano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A slapping body kick lands there for Soprano.
Nitaya will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Soprano lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nitaya takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Soprano lands a body shot.
Nitaya tried to score with a low kick but Soprano checks it.
Nitaya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nitaya.
Soprano stalks Nitaya and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nitaya's face. Nitaya staggers backwards, shaken.
Nitaya lunges at Soprano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Soprano's hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nitaya misses with a body punch
and Soprano counters with a thumping low kick.
A right-left combo lands from Soprano.
Nitaya misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Soprano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Soprano winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Soprano!
Tony Soprano took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.