PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernhard Langer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira has chosen Nogueira PRIDE entrance as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Langer
vs
Nogueira

192 cm
24
278 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bernhard Langer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langer looks to land a left hand but Nogueira moved out of range nicely.
Nogueira scores with the left hand. Langer knows he should have avoided that one.
Langer looks to land a left hand but Nogueira moved out of range nicely.
Langer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Langer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Langer defending well as Nogueira loads up on a big left hand.
Langer blocks a jab.
Langer looks to throw the jab but Nogueira is out of range.
Nogueira tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Langer defends well and Nogueira ends up having to push Langer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Langer prevents Nogueira from breaking the clinch.

Nogueira manages to break the clinch.
Nogueira misses with a hook.
Langer misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nogueira misses with a two punch combination.
Nogueira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Langer.
Nogueira misses with a series of wild punches.
Nogueira is trying hard to land a takedown here. Langer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Langer feints and then cracks Nogueira's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nogueira down.
Nogueira swings for the body but Langer moves out of range.
We've been told by Langer's head coaches at Consortium Private LA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Langer scores with a hook to the body. Nogueira takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Langer. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Langer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with an uppercut.
Langer misses with a hook.
Nogueira looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sloppy strikes from Nogueira. Those never looked like landing.
Langer misses with a straight left.
Nogueira misses with a few strikes there.
Langer misses with an uppercut.
Nogueira ducks under a wild hook from Langer.
Nogueira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nogueira works the jab nicely.
Langer throws a shot from downtown. Nogueira moves away and avoids it.
Langer slips under a jab.
Nogueira takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nogueira shoots in and drives through. Langer sprawls well.
Bernhard Langer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Nogueira.
Nogueira shoots in and drives through. Langer sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Nogueira misses the target.
Langer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Langer moves away from the strike by Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Langer does it's job there.
Langer moves out of range as Nogueira strikes.
Langer scores with a nice right hand.
Langer's corner calls for a 1-2. Langer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nogueira takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Langer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nogueira's hands.
Nogueira misses with an uppercut. Langer saw that one coming.
Langer clobbers Nogueira with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nogueira takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nogueira misses with a double jab.
Nogueira thuds his right hand into Langer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Langer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nogueira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Nogueira 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nogueira looks to score with a jab to the body but Langer is just out of range.
Nogueira misses the jab.
Langer ducks under a wild hook from Nogueira.
Langer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nogueira at a distance.
Langer connects with a nice looking jab.
Langer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nogueira to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Langer feints and then cracks Nogueira's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nogueira down.
Nogueira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Langer just misses with a punch to the body.
Nogueira takes a swing at Langer's ribcage but misses.
Langer slips a straight right by Nogueira.
A nice inside leg kick there by Langer. That's going to slow Nogueira down.
Langer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nogueira.
Nogueira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Langer.
Langer missing with a left hand there. Nogueira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Langer is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Langer.
Nogueira misses with a double jab.
Langer throws a hook but Nogueira avoids it easily.

Langer moves into the clinch successfully.
Langer lands a hook that snaps the head of Nogueira backwards.
A body shot lands from Langer.
Nogueira looks winded!
A shot in the inside from Langer.
Nogueira takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Thiago Nogueira has been cut.
Nogueira tries to pull guard but Langer won't allow it.
Nogueira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Langer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Langer scores with a nice short uppercut.

Nogueira is rocked!
Langer creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Nogueira's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Nogueira drops to his knees and Langer pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bernhard Langer!
Bernhard Langer thanked the fans post fight for their support.