PBP Commentary

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

Nelson
vs
Striker

175 cm
22
136 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

170 cm
23
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thai Striker!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson checks a leg kick.
Striker is looking to clinch.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Striker circles away and keeps his distance.
Striker scoring well with a low kick there.
Striker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Roger Nelson has been cut.
Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Nelson has Striker up against the ropes in a clinch.
Striker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.

Nelson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Striker is not content to let Nelson control the position.
Nelson is really struggling to control Striker but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Striker tries to bench press Nelson off him but Nelson keeps the position.

Nelson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson trying to control the action but Striker is working from the bottom.
Striker holds on to Nelson's head and controls the position momentarily.
Nelson working away.

Nelson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nelson shoots for a takedown but Striker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Striker checks a leg kick.
Striker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nelson takes a swing at Striker's ribcage but misses.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Striker throws a sloppy head kick and Nelson moves out of range easily.
Striker tests Nelson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nelson closes the distance and clinches up with Striker, looking for a takedown. Nelson pushes Striker against the ropes but Striker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Striker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Striker tries to clinch but Nelson moves away

and Nelson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Striker's guard.
Striker wants to get back to his feet but Nelson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Striker seems keen to control Nelson's posture.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nelson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Striker is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson postures up.

Striker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nelson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Nelson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Striker misses with a takedown attempt - Nelson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nelson tries to score with a low kick but Striker moves his leg out of the way.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Striker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Striker misses with a head kick.
Striker misses with a leg kick
and Nelson counters with a body kick that stops Striker in his tracks momentarily.
Nelson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Striker looks gassed!
Striker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Nelson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Striker!
Striker is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nelson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Striker is looking to escape.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Striker's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Nelson manages to capitalize on a mistake by Striker to take his back!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Striker breaks Nelson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Nelson wants to sweep here but Striker controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nelson misses with a leg kick
and Striker counters with a leg kick.
Nelson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Nelson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Striker gets through Nelson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Striker lands a knee to the body.
Striker lands a knee to the body.
Striker landing knees to the body.
Striker tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Striker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nelson's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Striker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Striker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Striker crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Striker controlling the action here for a moment.
Striker is looking to control Nelson's arms but Nelson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Striker has his back to the ropes.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Striker.
Striker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Striker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nelson dodges an elbow strike from Striker.
Striker is stalling here.
Striker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nelson seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Striker is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Striker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Striker misses with a knee to the head.
Striker taking a breather.
Nelson is looking to control Striker's arms but Striker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the ropes.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Striker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nelson avoiding damage as Striker throws knees to the body.
Nelson is trying to break free.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Striker avoids the damage to the body.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Striker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nelson.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Striker avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson blocks an elbow strike from Striker.
Striker looking for a takedown.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Striker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Striker.
Striker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Striker avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Striker trying to land knees to the body.
Striker managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Striker lands a nice knee to the body.

Nelson breaks from the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Striker.
Striker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick from Striker.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nelson.
Thai Striker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson wants to clinch up but Striker keeps it at a distance.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Striker circles away and keeps his distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nelson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Striker lands a nice looking body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Striker checks a leg kick.
Striker fails with the takedown.
Nelson lands with a slapping head kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Striker pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Nelson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Striker looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Nelson trying to control the action but Striker is working from the bottom.

Striker throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Striker lands a head kick!
Striker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Striker swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.

Nelson scores a takedown into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thai Striker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roger Nelson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nelson is looking to chop away at Striker's legs.
Striker lands with a kick to the temple. Nelson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nelson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Striker misses with a head kick.

Striker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Striker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Striker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nelson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nelson thows a body kick. Striker tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Nelson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Striker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nelson won't allow Striker to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Striker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nelson is one step ahead there.
Striker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nelson's guard.
Striker looking to sit in guard and control but Nelson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nelson wants to pass the guard but Striker is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Striker is pulling down on Nelson's head. It's preventing any offense from Nelson, at least for the moment.
Nelson postures up.
Striker keeping moving, preventing Nelson from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker wants to sweep here but Nelson controlling him for the moment.
Striker keeping full guard, as Nelson tries to pass.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Striker tries to clinch but Nelson is having none of it.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Striker.
Striker lands a nice shot that snaps Nelson's head back.
Striker scoring well with a low kick there.
Nelson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Striker's waist but Striker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nelson off to one side.
Striker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Striker pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striker lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Striker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Striker misses with a kick to the body.
Striker throws and low kick but Nelson moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Striker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Striker shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Striker has a takedown stuffed.
Striker tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nelson throws a head kick that half lands.
Thai Striker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nelson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Striker moves in looking to clinch but Nelson pushes him off.
Nelson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Striker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nelson thinking.

Striker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Striker scores with a knee to the head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Striker avoids the damage to the body.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Striker looking to stall.
Striker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Striker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Striker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nelson.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nelson as Striker tries to tie him up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Striker scores with a knee to the head.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Striker is keeping busy.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Striker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nelson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Striker lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Striker looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Knees in the clinch landing for Striker.
Nelson stalling in the clinch but Striker improves position.
Striker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Striker.
Nelson taking a breather.
Striker lands a nice knee to the body.
Striker misses with an elbow strike.
Striker missing with knees to the body.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson wants to stall.
Striker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Striker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Roger Nelson.
Striker tries to clinch but Nelson is having none of it.
Striker throws a leg kick
and Nelson counters with a head kick.
Nelson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Striker clinches.
Striker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Striker tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Striker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Striker lands a knee to the head.
Nelson jumps guard but Striker stands there with Nelson around his waist. Nelson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Striker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson lands a knee to the head.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Striker misses with a knee to the head.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Striker throws an elbow but misses.
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but Striker gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the ropes.
Striker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Striker as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses.
Striker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A shot in the inside from Striker.

That's eight 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.
Nelson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Striker connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Striker.
Knees to the body from Striker.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Striker.
Nelson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from Striker.
Striker throws an elbow but it misses.
Striker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nelson's elbow.
Nelson is pressed up against the ropes. Striker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nelson down to the mat. Nelson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Striker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nelson can pounce on him.
Nelson lands with a thumping leg kick.

Nelson gets the takedown into side control.
Striker gets back to half guard.
Nelson wants to control but Striker is keeping him busy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is thwarting Striker's attempts to control the position.
Striker tries to roll over but Nelson keeps him under control.
Nelson not doing much here.
Striker is trying to control but Nelson passes into side control!

And that's the end of the fight!
Thai Striker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Striker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight for Thai Striker!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Thai Striker!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Thai Striker!

Thai Striker wins by unanimous decision!