PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brodie Fanning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Nelinho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fanning comes to the cage accompanied by m.o.v.e - Rage your dream. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nelinho's choice of entrance music: Now we are free. Lyoto Nelinho has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Brodie Fanning's chin.

Fanning
vs
Nelinho

183 cm
20
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Prefers standup

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brodie Fanning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lyoto Nelinho!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fanning thows a body shot but no joy.

Fanning shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fanning was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Nelinho is looking to get to half guard.
Nelinho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fanning working the ground and pound effectively.
Nelinho really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fanning breaks from Nelinho's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fanning content just to control the position here.
Nelinho keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nelinho is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelinho regains half guard.

Nelinho looking for submissions off his back.
Nelinho wants to get back to full guard.
Fanning lands strikes from half guard.
Nelinho is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fanning wants to pass the guard but Nelinho is defending well.
Fanning working over Nelinho with some ground and pound. Nelinho looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nelinho is looking for a sweep. Fanning is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nelinho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fanning.
Fanning swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fanning closes the distance and clinches up with Nelinho, looking for a takedown. Fanning pushes Nelinho against the cage but Nelinho circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Fanning scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nelinho trying to hold on to Fanning's head to control him but Fanning postures up.
Fanning seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Nelinho looking for submissions off his back.
Nelinho looks gassed!
Fanning prevents Nelinho from improving his position.
Fanning is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nelinho works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nelinho looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fanning is one step ahead there.
Fanning postures up and lands a big shot to Nelinho's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanning pushes down on Nelinho's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Fanning lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fanning working Nelinho over with strikes.
Fanning lands strikes from half guard.
Fanning trying to control the pace.
Nelinho has hold of Fanning's hands but Fanning slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Nelinho looking for submissions off his back.
Nelinho is not content to let Fanning control the position.
Fanning looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fanning is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fanning takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fanning trying to mount his opponent but Nelinho defends it.
Nelinho tries to get to full guard but Fanning has control of the leg.
Nelinho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fanning looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nelinho with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nelinho is staying active underneath Fanning, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fanning frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fanning cracks Nelinho with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fanning cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie Fanning dominated that 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.

Fanning jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nelinho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fanning.
Fanning throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nelinho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nelinho is looking to clinch but Fanning is avoiding it.
Fanning avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nelinho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fanning.
Nelinho moves in looking to clinch but Fanning pushes him off.
Fanning misses with a body shot.
Nelinho tries to close the distance and clinch but Fanning swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelinho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fanning paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fanning looks for a takedown but Nelinho sprawls well.
Nelinho is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelinho tries to clinch but Fanning moves out of range.
Fanning avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Fanning decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fanning working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nelinho gets back to full guard.
Fanning works over Nelinho with some ground and pound from guard.
Fanning is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelinho keeping moving, preventing Fanning from controlling successfully.
Fanning scoring with some ground and pound.

Fanning avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nelinho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fanning doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fanning manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nelinho is breathing heavily.

Nelinho throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fanning postures up and lands a big shot to Nelinho's brow.
Fanning postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nelinho keeping full guard, as Fanning tries to pass.

Nelinho isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Fanning stacks Nelinho on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Fanning!
Nelinho takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelinho is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fanning connects with a decent elbow.
Fanning trying to control the position but Nelinho is working away.
Fanning looks up at the clock and then as Nelinho takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fanning smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Nelinho takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nelinho is looking for a sweep.
Fanning scores with punches from side control.
Fanning trying to control the position but Nelinho is working away.
Nelinho is looking for a sweep.
Fanning landing a few strikes.
Nelinho is trying to escape the position but Fanning is controlling the position.
Fanning cracks Nelinho with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fanning scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelinho gets back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Fanning seems content to control.
Fanning working over Nelinho with some ground and pound. Nelinho looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nelinho is looking to get back to full guard here but Fanning has managed to pass to side control instead.
Nelinho is desperately trying to improve his position but Fanning has a good base and remains in mount.
Fanning lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nelinho takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fanning punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fanning with good strikes from the mount here!
Fanning lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fanning pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fanning lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie Fanning dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nelinho ducks under a wild hook from Fanning.
Fanning swings for the body but Nelinho moves out of range.
Fanning fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelinho manages to avoid it.
Nelinho tries to close the distance and clinch but Fanning swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nelinho is looking to clinch.
Fanning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lyoto Nelinho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fanning jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fanning fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelinho is looking to clinch.
Nelinho doesn't manage to clinch there - Fanning circles away.
Fanning looks to land a left hand but Nelinho moved out of range nicely.
Fanning misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning misses with a hook. Nelinho ducked under it nicely.
Fanning swings for the body but Nelinho moves out of range.
Fanning swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelinho.
Nelinho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brodie Fanning seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fanning throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelinho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fanning shoots in for a double leg but Nelinho sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fanning throws a body punch but Nelinho moves out of range.
Nelinho tries to clinch but Fanning moves out of range.
Nelinho is looking to clinch but Fanning is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fanning avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fanning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nelinho moves away.
Fanning keeps the fight on the outside.
Fanning misses with a straight left.
Nelinho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fanning paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fanning shoots in and drives through. Nelinho sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brodie Fanning. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelinho is looking to clinch.
Nelinho wants to clinch.
Nelinho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fanning paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Fanning shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fanning showed some decent athleticism there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelinho gets back to full guard.
Nelinho 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fanning's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fanning chips away with some ground and pound.

Nelinho has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Fanning is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Nelinho.
Nelinho manages to work his way to half guard, despite Fanning's best efforts.
Fanning wants to take a breather but Nelinho is having none of it.
Nelinho is looking for a sweep. Fanning is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fanning trying to pass the guard but Nelinho defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelinho tries to roll over but Fanning keeps him under control.
Fanning lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fanning working the head and body with strikes.
Lyoto Nelinho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fanning working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Nelinho looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nelinho tries to close the distance and clinch but Fanning swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nelinho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fanning is looking to wear down Nelinho with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fanning throws a body punch but Nelinho moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brodie Fanning showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fanning, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brodie Fanning!