PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Snofalopalongoson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nicky Fernandez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fernandez
vs
Snofalopalongoson

190 cm
25
213 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

182 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicky Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Snofalopalongoson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez avoids the head kick by Snofalopalongoson.
Snofalopalongoson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Snofalopalongoson throws a sloppy head kick and Fernandez moves out of range easily.

Fernandez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Snofalopalongoson is looking to escape.
Fernandez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Snofalopalongoson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fernandez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fernandez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Snofalopalongoson's head.
Fernandez stalling.
Ground and pound from Fernandez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fernandez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fernandez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nice strikes from Fernandez there.
Fernandez controlling the pace.
Fernandez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez is controlling the pace.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fernandez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fernandez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fernandez working over Snofalopalongoson with some ground and pound. Snofalopalongoson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Snofalopalongoson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fernandez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fernandez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Fernandez there.
Fernandez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Snofalopalongoson's head.
Fernandez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fernandez slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Snofalopalongoson looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fernandez 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fernandez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fernandez lands strikes from half guard.
Well, if Fernandez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicky Fernandez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice body punch from Fernandez.
Fernandez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fernandez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Fernandez throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Snofalopalongoson tumbling to the canvas!

Snofalopalongoson is rocked!

It looks like Bob Snofalopalongoson has been cut.
Fernandez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fernandez loads up on a big left hand. Snofalopalongoson felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Fernandez looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Snofalopalongoson can't hide his disappointment, as Fernandez celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicky Fernandez!
A very excited looking Nicky Fernandez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.