PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gundam Wee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nebolath Nabochadnezzar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wee
vs
Nabochadnezzar

195 cm
23
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
235 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gundam Wee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nebolath Nabochadnezzar!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabochadnezzar dives in and grabs Wee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wee pushes down on Nabochadnezzar's head and hops out.
Nabochadnezzar tries to clinch but Wee moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Wee scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Nebolath Nabochadnezzar has been cut.
Wee throws a right hand that Nabochadnezzar ducks under and follows up with a left that Nabochadnezzar also avoids with ease.
Wee throws a body punch but Nabochadnezzar moves out of range.
Wee lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wee has a takedown stuffed.
Nabochadnezzar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nabochadnezzar darts in trying to clinch
and Wee counters with a stiff right hand.

Nabochadnezzar darts in and clinches Wee up against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nabochadnezzar looks winded!
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.
Wee has had enough of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wee tries to break free but Nabochadnezzar pushes him back against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nabochadnezzar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.
Wee is trying to break free.
Wee wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Wee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wee could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nabochadnezzar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wee blocks it with crossed arms.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but Wee blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Wee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wee is trying to break the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wee wants to get back to striking at distance but Nabochadnezzar won't allow it.
Wee tries to break the clinch but Nabochadnezzar is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wee thuds his right hand into Nabochadnezzar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nabochadnezzar is looking to clinch.
Wee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wee wants to land a leg kick but Nabochadnezzar is out of range.

Wee decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wee with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Wee stands up from half guard.
Wee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Nabochadnezzar closes the distance and clinches.
Nabochadnezzar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wee's efforts to push away.
Wee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wee has had enough of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar keeps him there for the moment.
Wee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wee avoids it.
Wee is trying to break free.
Nabochadnezzar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nabochadnezzar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nabochadnezzar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wee's efforts to push away.
Wee is trying to force a seperation but Nabochadnezzar has the dominant position.
Nabochadnezzar looking to throw knees to the head but Wee is blocking nicely.
Wee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wee is trying to push Nabochadnezzar away but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wee is trying to break the clinch but Nabochadnezzar is controlling him.
Nabochadnezzar keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wee's efforts to push away.
Nabochadnezzar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wee is trying to break free.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land knees in the clinch but Wee avoids the damage to the body.

Wee manages to break the clinch.
Wee misses with a two punch combination.
Wee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nabochadnezzar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nabochadnezzar on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wee throws a series of punches but Nabochadnezzar avoids them all with ease.
Wee throws a series of punches but Nabochadnezzar avoids them all with ease.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wee looks to land a combination but Nabochadnezzar avoids it well.
Nabochadnezzar is looking to clinch.
Nabochadnezzar is looking to clinch.

Nabochadnezzar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wee managing to block the knees to the body from Nabochadnezzar.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.
Wee working hard to break the clinch.
Wee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nabochadnezzar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wee wants to get back to striking at distance but Nabochadnezzar won't allow it.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wee wants to break free but Nabochadnezzar has control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wee working hard to break the clinch.
Wee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nabochadnezzar misses with a knee to the head.
Wee can't break the clinch.
Nabochadnezzar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wee blocks it with crossed arms.
Wee is trying to force a seperation but Nabochadnezzar has the dominant position.
Wee is looking to break free of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has double underhooks.
Wee is trying to push Nabochadnezzar away but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Wee is looking to control Nabochadnezzar's arms but Nabochadnezzar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wee has his back to the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but Wee blocks with his arms.
Wee has had enough of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar keeps him there for the moment.
Wee is trying to push Nabochadnezzar away but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Nabochadnezzar has Wee pressed against the ropes, preventing Wee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nabochadnezzar has Wee pressed against the ropes, preventing Wee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nabochadnezzar keeps control of Wee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nabochadnezzar keeps control of Wee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nabochadnezzar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wee has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Wee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nabochadnezzar wants to clinch.
Nabochadnezzar wants to clinch up but Wee keeps it at a distance.
Wee lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nabochadnezzar tries to clinch but Wee moves away
and Wee counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wee throws a head kick but Nabochadnezzar moves out of range.
Wee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Nabochadnezzar darts in and clinches Wee up against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.
Wee is looking to break free of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has double underhooks.
Nabochadnezzar misses with a knee to the head.
Wee is trying to push Nabochadnezzar away but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land knees in the clinch but Wee avoids the damage to the body.
Nabochadnezzar keeps control of Wee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.
Wee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land knees in the clinch but Wee avoids the damage to the body.
Wee tries to break free but Nabochadnezzar pushes him back against the ropes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar trying to land knees to the body.
Nabochadnezzar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Wee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.

Wee breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wee lands with a nice body punch.
Nabochadnezzar is looking to clinch.
Wee shoots in and drives through. Nabochadnezzar sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gundam Wee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nebolath Nabochadnezzar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Wee just misses with a punch to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wee.
Wee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nabochadnezzar fails with a takedown attempt.
A good leg kick by Wee.
A punch combination from Wee misses.

Nabochadnezzar shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Wee manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Nabochadnezzar trying to control the position from guard on top but Wee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nabochadnezzar might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Wee haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wee is on top in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabochadnezzar is trying to control the position but Wee postures up.

Wee stands up and waves to Nabochadnezzar to follow him.
Nabochadnezzar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gundam Wee is winning the standup battle so far.
Wee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nabochadnezzar tries to clinch there but Wee circles away.

Nabochadnezzar rushes Wee and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wee is trying to break free.
Nabochadnezzar looking to throw knees to the head but Wee is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wee wants to break free but Nabochadnezzar has control.
Wee wants to get back to striking at distance but Nabochadnezzar won't allow it.
Nabochadnezzar misses with a knee strike.
Wee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nabochadnezzar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wee is trying to break free.
Wee working hard to break the clinch.
Wee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar tries a knee to the head but Wee blocks it.

Wee manages to break the clinch.
Wee scores with a nice strike.
Nabochadnezzar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wee's waist but Wee gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nabochadnezzar off to one side.
Nabochadnezzar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wee throws a series of punches but Nabochadnezzar moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nabochadnezzar shoots in for a double leg but Wee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gundam Wee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nebolath Nabochadnezzar.
Wee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nabochadnezzar circles away quickly and effectively.
Wee misses with a combination
and Nabochadnezzar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Wee is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nabochadnezzar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nabochadnezzar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Wee. Those never looked like landing.
Nabochadnezzar is looking to clinch.

Nabochadnezzar drives through and clinches with Wee against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wee tries to break free but Nabochadnezzar pushes him back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land knees in the clinch but Wee avoids the damage to the body.
Gundam Wee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wee wants to get back to striking at distance but Nabochadnezzar won't allow it.
Wee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wee is looking to break free of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has double underhooks.
Wee avoiding damage as Nabochadnezzar throws knees to the body.
Nabochadnezzar missing with knees to the body.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land knees in the clinch but Wee avoids the damage to the body.
Wee is trying to break free.
Nabochadnezzar prevents Wee from breaking the clinch.
Nabochadnezzar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wee blocks it with crossed arms.
Wee has had enough of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar keeps him there for the moment.
Nabochadnezzar throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wee is looking to break free of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has double underhooks.
Wee is looking to break free of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has double underhooks.
Wee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar dodges an elbow strike from Wee.
Nabochadnezzar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wee is looking to break free of the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has double underhooks.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but Wee blocks with his arms.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wee avoids it.

Wee breaks from the clinch.
Wee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Wee does no damage.
Nabochadnezzar tries to clinch but Wee is having none of it.
Wee scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Wee gets tackled into the ropes by Nabochadnezzar. Nabochadnezzar maintains the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nabochadnezzar trying to land knees to the body.
Wee managing to block the knees to the body from Nabochadnezzar.
Wee tries to break free but Nabochadnezzar pushes him back against the ropes.
Wee is trying to break free.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wee is trying to break the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar keeps control of Wee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wee can't break the clinch.
Wee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nabochadnezzar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wee is defending well for now.
Nabochadnezzar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wee is defending well for now.

Wee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nabochadnezzar doesn't seem bothered though.
Nabochadnezzar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wee getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Nabochadnezzar darts in and clinches Wee up against the ropes.
Wee is trying to break the clinch but Nabochadnezzar is controlling him.
Wee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nabochadnezzar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wee avoids it.
Nabochadnezzar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wee avoids it.
Wee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Wee is trying to break the clinch but Nabochadnezzar has him pressed against the ropes.
Nabochadnezzar unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Wee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Nabochadnezzar closes the distance and clinches.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wee is trying to break the clinch but Nabochadnezzar is controlling him.

Wee breaks the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Nabochadnezzar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nabochadnezzar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nebolath Nabochadnezzar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nabochadnezzar moves in looking to clinch but Wee pushes him off.
Nabochadnezzar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wee displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wee throws a series of punches but Nabochadnezzar avoids them all with ease.
Nabochadnezzar dodges the punch combination from Wee.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wee keeps the fight on the outside.
Nabochadnezzar tries to close the distance and clinch but Wee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nabochadnezzar tries for a takedown but Wee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wee scores with a three punch combo!
Wee cracks a nice hook into Nabochadnezzar's ribs.
Nebolath Nabochadnezzar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nabochadnezzar tries to clinch but Wee moves out of range.
Nabochadnezzar dodges the punch combination from Wee.
Wee looks to land a combination but Nabochadnezzar avoids it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wee throws a nice looking combination but Nabochadnezzar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nabochadnezzar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nabochadnezzar tries to clinch but Wee moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gundam Wee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wee has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Gundam Wee!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Gundam Wee!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Gundam Wee!

Gundam Wee wins by unanimous decision!