PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Method Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nadir's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, M.A.S.H Theme. Man has chosen Method Man - Meth vs. Chef feat. Raekwon The Chef as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Nadir
vs
Man

188 cm
34
217 lbs
22 - 17 - 1

191 cm
32
205 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Abed Nadir!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Method Man!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadir moves in looking to clinch but Man pushes him off.
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man throws a body kick that misses.
We've been hearing reports that Nadir has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nadir tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Man is able to avoid easily.
Nadir throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Man has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nadir connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Man's hands.
Nadir needs to keep his hands up - Man had a free shot at his head there.
Nadir misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nadir throws a solid leg kick but Man takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nadir.
Abed Nadir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nadir.
Man avoids the head kick by Nadir.
Man only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nadir walks into a stiff left hand from Man.
Man fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nadir is out of range.
Man moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nadir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nadir throws a chopping leg kick but Man manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nadir tries to clinch up.
Man throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir darts in looking for a takedown but Man gets double underhooks and turns Nadir into the ropes.
Man throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nadir.
Nadir loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
Man thuds his right hand into Nadir's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Method Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Nadir shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Man is trying to defend but Nadir finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nadir missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Man trying to control here.
Nadir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Man is looking for a sweep. Nadir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Man on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Man is trying to get back to full guard.
Nadir thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Man's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man is pressing down on Nadir's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.
Nadir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nadir is looking to work some ground and pound but Man has wrist control.
Nadir pushes down on Man's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nadir 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.
Nadir is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Man is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nadir winds up and cracks Man with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nadir trying to advance position but Man counters by regaining guard.
Nadir throws a strike but Man rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man trying to control but Nadir is working from the bottom.
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.
Man stopping the sweep attempt from Nadir.
Man wants to control from the top but Nadir keeps moving.
Nadir is trying to control the position but Man postures up.
Man wants to control from the top but Nadir keeps moving.
Nadir trying to control the position here.

That's four 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.
Man forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Man slows the pace down in half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Man lands a right hook to the body.
Nadir with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nadir connects with a good right hand that stumbles Man. Man circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nadir throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Man only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Man buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nadir tries to clinch but Man moves out of range.
Man dodges the punch combination from Nadir.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nadir gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nadir misses with a hook
and Man counters with a thumping low kick.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nadir throws a body kick that misses
and Man counters with a good low kick that Nadir was not able to check.
Nadir misses with a low kick.
Nadir throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Man lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Man lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nadir misses with a kick to the body
and Man counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nadir lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nadir takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nadir needs to keep his hands up - Man had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Nadir is predictable there

and Man counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Man softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nadir tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abed Nadir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nadirs head.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nadir tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Man lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Man is leaning against Nadir and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Man misses with a body punch.
Nadir wants a takedown but no success here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nadir.
Man lands a left hand.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Man trying to stall but Nadir improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nadir.

Nadir manages to break the clinch.
Nadir throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Nadir gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nadir tries to stall but Man uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Man lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nadir is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Man pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Man.
Man taking a breather.
Nadir misses with a knee to the head.
Man prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nadir misses with a knee to the head.
Man misses with some punches.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Man.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nadir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.
Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nadir tries to land a knee to the head but Man blocks with his arms.
Man lands a nice uppercut.
Man stalling.
Man is trying to maintain a safe position but Nadir gets an underhook and turns Man into the ropes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nadir has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Man avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man taking a breather.
Man digs a right hand underneath Nadir's ribcage. Nadir let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Nadir avoids it by throwing Man back against the ropes.
Nadir fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Nadir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nadir fails to land the takedown.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nadir!

Man clinches with his opponent.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nadir looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Nadir blocks an uppercut.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nadir is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Man pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nadir is looking for a takedown.
Nadir is breathing heavily.
Man lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Man working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nadir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Nadir taking a breather.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nadir blocking some punches.
Nadir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Nadir.
Nadir looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Man.
Nadir has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Man makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Man gets through Nadir's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nadir working aggressively here.
Nadir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Method Man dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Man connects with a solid leg kick.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
Nadir half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Nadir drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Man trying to control the position.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.
Man has his hands on Nadir's head, controlling the position.
Nadir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Man works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nadir throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Man keeping full guard, as Nadir tries to pass.
Man has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man controlling the position.
Nadir connects with a couple of short punches.
Man tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nadir accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nadir with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nadir looking to sit in guard and control but Man gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nadir can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Man controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Man wants to control from the top but Nadir keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Man connects with a right hand. Nadir shakes it off.
Man connects with a leg kick. Nadir looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nadir swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Man counters with a nice kick to the body.
Man tests Nadir's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Man lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nadir avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big left from Man misses.
Nadir half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Nadir misses with a double jab
and Man counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man cracks the inside of Nadir's front leg.
Man lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nadir misses with a hook. Man ducked under it nicely.
Nadir misses with a lunging right hand
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Nadir on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Nadir throws a leg kick but Man sees it coming and moves out of range.
Man keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Man throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nadir throws a series of punches but Man avoids them all with ease.
Man dips to his left and cracks Nadir with an uppercut!
Man scores with a nice strike.

Man moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nadir's face.
Method Man seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Man avoiding damage as Nadir throws knees to the body.
Nadir blocks a body shot from Man.
A short right from Man on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Man tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Nadir wants to take the fight to the mat but Man manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Man tries to stall but Nadir uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nadir blocks an uppercut.
Man taking a breather.
Man presses Nadir against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Man.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Man stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Come on Man - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Man blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nadir misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nadir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Man is keeping busy.
Man working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nadir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nadir blocking some punches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Man will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nadir up against the ropes.
Nadir wants a takedown but no success here.
Still in the clinch, Man scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Man.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Nadir lands a shoulder strike.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Nadir.

Nadir escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nadir connects with a body shot.
Man blocks a leg kick.
Nadir pivots, looking for a leg kick but Man is out of range and Nadir settles back down.
Nadir's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Man connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nadir scrambles back to his feet.
Nadir stuns Man with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Man.

Man clinches with his opponent.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nadir.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man is trying to stall.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nadir tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nadir working aggressively here.
Nadir throws a head punch that misses.
Nadir looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Nadir is trying to maintain a safe position but Man gets an underhook and turns Nadir into the ropes.
Nadir is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Nadir is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Nadir avoids it by throwing Man back against the ropes.
A short right from Man.
Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nadir wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nadir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Man blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Man on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Man.
Nadir tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Man lands a left hand.
Nadir is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice body punch from Man - that landed with a thud.
Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Man.
Man wants to stall.
A shot in the inside from Man.
Nadir throws a punch but it's blocked by Man.
Nadir is trying to drag Man to the mat but Man just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abed Nadir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nadir takes a shot to the head.
Man lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nadir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nadir stalling in the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Man working aggressively here.
Man working aggressively here.
Man takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nadir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Man as Nadir tries to tie him up.
Man lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Man.
Man landing knees to the body.
Nadir takes a knee right on the jaw!
Man lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Man tries to work over Nadir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man'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.
A left hand lands to the body for Man.
Man pushes Nadir back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nadir has a couple of punches blocked by Man.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nadir misses with a punch to the body.
Nadir working Man over with knees to the body.
Man stalling against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Man.
Nadir tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Nadir is working for takedown but Man is calmly controlling the position for now.
Man digs a right hand into Nadir's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nadir's gas tank.
Man is trying to stall.
Man taking a breather.
Man lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nadir stalling in the clinch but Man improves position.
Nadir swings wildly with an uppercut but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nadir changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Man fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nadir throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Man on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nadir throws the kick towards the body but Man avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Method Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Man thuds his right hand into Nadir's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nadir shoots for a takedown but Man saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Man plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nadir delivers a nice body kick.
Nadir throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man. That's going to slow Nadir down.
Nadir sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nadir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Man gets caught flat footed, as Nadir shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Man is controlling Nadir's posture.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Abed Nadir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nadir trying to move into half guard but instead Man has managed to sweep!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man sitting in guard here, content to control.
Man must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nadir shoots in but Man avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Man moves away from the strike by Nadir.
Man is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nadir with a body shot.
Man scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nadir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nadir closes the distance but Man moves to the side
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Nadir takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nadir has his takedown stuffed
and Man counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abed Nadir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Man lands a nice shot that snaps Nadir's head back.
Nadir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nadir misses with a straight left.
Nadir throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
Man ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nadir - that will leave a mark!
Nadir throws a series of punches but Man avoids them all with ease.
Man lands a front kick.
Nadir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Man bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nadir's head.
Nadir closes the distance but Man moves to the side
and Man cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nadir misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Man.
Nadir tries to bum rush Man with a series of wild strikes but Man uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nadir tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Man moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nadir misses with a few strikes there.
Nadir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
Man lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Nadir tries to keep at a distance but Man has taken the fight into the clinch.
Man is trying to maintain a safe position but Nadir gets an underhook and turns Man into the ropes.
Man looking to throw knees to the head but Nadir is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.
Nadir taking a breather.
Nadir tries to stall but Man uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Man trying to stall but Nadir improves his position.
Man scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Man as Nadir tries to tie him up.
Nadir trying to land knees to the body.
Nadir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nadir misses with some punches.
Nadir landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nadir misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nadir looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Man takes a shot to the head.
Man working aggressively here.
Man tries a body shot but Nadir blocks it.
Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to stall but Nadir uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nadir trying to control the position but instead, Man has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nadir into the ropes.
Nadir missing with knees to the body.
Nadir missing with knees to the body.
Nadir tries to stall but Man uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nadir goes for a takedown attempt but Man pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Man cracks Nadir with a good jab.
Man ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Man slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Man.
Nadir looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Man stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nadir.

Nadir looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Man!
Man is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nadir tries to score with some ground and pound. Man controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nadir is trying to ground and pound but Man uses the momentary lack of control by Nadir to regain half guard.
Nadir working Man over with strikes.
Nadir throws a strike but Man avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nadir throws a strike but Man rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nadir controls Man momentarily but Man frees himself.
Man controlling from the top position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Man scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Man wants to control from the top but Nadir keeps moving.
Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nadir is keeping the position for now.
Man looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

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.
Nadir utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Nadir drives through with a takedown into guard.
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nadir.
Nadir passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Man is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nadir off and has taken his back!
Man avoiding Nadir 's attempts to control his hands.
Nadir is keeping busy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Man has good solid back control here.

Man is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Nadir trying to control the action but Man just sinks the hooks in.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nadir wants to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Method Man just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abed Nadir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nadir works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Man connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nadir momentarily.
Nadir fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nadir will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Good leg kick by Man there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Man lands with an overhand left.
Nadir is looking to clinch.
Man throws a wild body kick that Nadir sees coming a mile off.
Nadir shoots in and drives through. Man sprawls well.
Man scores with a kick to the midsection.
Man jabs at Nadir's body.
Nadir shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Man as he jumps to the side.
Nice jab there from Man.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadir tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Man manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Man keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nadir needs to keep his hands up - Man had a free shot at his head there.
Man fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nadir.
Nadir tries to clinch up.
Nadir throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Man connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nadir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Man is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nadir with a body shot.
Nadir throws a leg kick that is checked
and Man counters with an inside leg kick.
Nadir tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab lands there for Man.
Nadir misses with a straight left.
Man turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Man misses the shot to the body.
Man throws a nice outside leg kick.

Nadir forces Man back against the ropes and clinches.
A short right from Nadir.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nadir misses with some punches.
Nadir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nadir landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nadir has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Man avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abed Nadir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nadir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Man working aggressively here.
Nadir has a couple of punches blocked by Man.
A shot in the inside from Nadir.
Nadir blocks an uppercut.
Man lands a shoulder strike.
Nadir misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man.
Nadir tries to stall but Man uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nadir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.
Nadir swings wildly with an uppercut but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir takes a knee to the side of the body.
Man effectively controlling the action here.
Nadir tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nadir misses with a punch on the inside.
Nadir missing with knees to the body.
Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Man looking to slow down the pace here.
Man tries to stall but Nadir uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short left from Man.
Nadir misses with a knee to the head.
Man lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nadir backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nadir.
A short right from Nadir.
Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Nadir.

Nadir tightens his grip and picks Man up, before dumping him to the ground. Man manages to land in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir cracks Man with a solid left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
Nadir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.

Nadir throws a sloppy strike and Man has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Nadir is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Method Man!
Method Man is the new light heavyweight champion!
Method Man was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.