PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between El Terible (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Terible has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Terible
vs
Nelson

176 cm
20
135 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

172 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, El Terible!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terible slips a jab and a cross from Nelson.
El Terible seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.

Terible scores a takedown into full mount!
Nelson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Terible knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nelson on the ground.
Terible landing strikes, looking to finish!
Terible scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Terible lands a big shot there that rocks Nelson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Nelson is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terible sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Terible seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nelson for as long as he can get away with.
Terible scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nelson?
The referee warns Nelson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nelson tries to lock up and control but Terible gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Terible.
Nelson is still in real trouble! Can Terible finish him?
Terible with the ground and pound from mount.
Nelson tries to hold on but Terible postures up.
Terible sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nelson is looking to improve his position but Terible isn't that keen on the idea.
Terible lands a heavy elbow.
Terible controlling the pace for now.
Nelson regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Terible is looking to advance position but Nelson won't allow it.
Nelson seems to have recovered his senses.
Nelson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nelson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terible won't allow Nelson to sweep him here.
Terible lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nelson controls Terible momentarily but Terible frees himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Terible lands a couple of elbows.
Terible controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Terible trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Terible's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Terible pushing down on Nelson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Terible looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Terible drops an elbow to the side of Nelson's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Terible seems content to control.
Nelson wants to control but Terible is keeping busy.
Terible wants to take a breather but Nelson is having none of it.
Nelson is trying to maintain the position but Terible is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jack Nelson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Terible shoots in for a double leg but Nelson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danga de danga de dang - Nelson scores with a four punch combination!
Nelson lands a two punch combo.
Nelson lands with a nice combination. Terible backs away looking to recover.
Nelson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Terible.
Terible is breathing heavily.
A nice combination there by Nelson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Terible is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nelson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Terible. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terible takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Terible slips a jab and a cross from Nelson.
Nelson cracks Terible with an open hand slap.
Nelson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Terible under the eye.
Nelson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Terible circles away quickly and effectively.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Terible.
Nelson looks to land a combination. Terible sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nelson lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson works Terible's body with a nice hook.
Nelson connects with a right hand. Terible shakes it off.
Terible fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

El Terible dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nelson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Terible.

Terible gets a double leg takedown into Nelson's guard.
Nelson working a defensive guard here.
Terible tries to free his leg and advance position but Nelson is retaining full guard.
Terible wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.

Nelson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Terible defends well.
Terible wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.
Nelson trying to keep a closed guard but Terible is proving a slippery customer.
Nelson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terible trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Nelson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nelson keeping full guard, as Terible tries to pass.

Nelson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Terible stands and throws Nelson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Terible scoring with punches from side control.
Nelson is not content to let Terible control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is trying to get back to half guard.
Terible looking to control but instead Nelson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Terible trying to control from half guard but Nelson is working away.
El Terible overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Nelson looking for submissions off his back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Terible blocks the strikes from Nelson.
Nelson trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nelson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Terible stalling.
Terible working over Nelson with some ground and pound. Nelson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Terible wants to advance to full mount but Nelson doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

Nelson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Terible gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Terible postures up and lands a big shot to Nelson's brow.
Terible trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terible tries to free his leg and advance position but Nelson is retaining full guard.
Terible trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom.
Terible loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Nelson has his foot on Terible's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Terible works his way back into a safe position though.
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!
Terible scoring with some ground and pound.

Nelson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Terible can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Terible passes easily into side control. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson tries to improve position but can't.
Terible working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jack Nelson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Terible fails with the takedown.
Nelson misses with a double jab.

Nelson gets caught flat footed, as Terible shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nelson is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Terible dives into side control.
Terible working the ground and pound.
Nelson is trying to control Terible's posture but Terible avoids it.
Nelson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Terible is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Terible working Nelson over with strikes here.
Nelson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Terible tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Terible cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Terible landing strikes from the mount and Nelson is in trouble!
Nelson tries to lock up and control but Terible gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Terible controlling the pace for now.
Terible connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nelson is bucking up trying to escape but Terible cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Terible cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Terible putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terible landing strikes, looking to finish!
Terible fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Terible controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Terible wants to control the pace but Nelson is squirming around nicely.
Nelson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nelson tries to hold on but Terible pushes him away.
Nelson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Nelson is trying to get back to full guard.
Terible performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson trying to hold on to Terible's head to control him but Terible postures up.
Terible scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Terible really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nelson is not content to let Terible control the position.
Terible is controlling the pace.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nelson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nelson actively working from the bottom here.
Terible wants to pass to mount but Nelson is defending the position.
Nelson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Nelson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Terible controlling the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Terible connects with a nice short shot to Nelson's temple.
Nelson is trying to control but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
El Terible showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Terible 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Terible!