PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jebucki Nury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoni Vivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nury
vs
Vivaldi

180 cm
23
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jebucki Nury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Antoni Vivaldi!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jebucki Nury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nury stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nury wants it to stay on the feet.
Vivaldi shoots in looking for a takedown but Nury manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vivaldi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nice shot by Vivaldi.

Nury clinches with his opponent.
Vivaldi wants to get back to striking at distance but Nury won't allow it.
Nury lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vivaldi backwards.
Nury lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vivaldi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nury lands a knee to the body.
Nury goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vivaldi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nury with a knee to the head.

It looks like Antoni Vivaldi has been cut.
Vivaldi tries to pull guard but Nury won't allow it.
Jebucki Nury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoni Vivaldi.
Nury scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nury lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nury lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vivaldi backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vivaldi looking to throw knees to the head but Nury is blocking nicely.
Nury throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vivaldi blocks it with crossed arms.
Vivaldi prevents a body shot from Nury.
Nury pushes Vivaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Vivaldi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nury tries to clinch but Vivaldi is having none of it.

Vivaldi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nury, pushing him back against the cage.
Nury working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Vivaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vivaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nury misses with a two punch combination.

Nury gets tackled into the cage by Vivaldi. Vivaldi maintains the clinch.
Nury looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vivaldi working hard to break the clinch.
Nury is leaning against Vivaldi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nury works on Vivaldi's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nury missing with knees to the body.
Nury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Nury.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nury creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vivaldi's defenses.
Vivaldi blocks an uppercut.
Vivaldi blocks a body shot from Nury.
Nury tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nury misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vivaldi.
Nury looking to throw knees to the head but Vivaldi is blocking nicely.

Vivaldi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nury moves in looking to clinch but Vivaldi pushes him off.

Nury gets caught flat footed, as Vivaldi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Vivaldi stops Nury from standing up.
Nury is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vivaldi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vivaldi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vivaldi content to stall in guard here.
It looks like Vivaldi might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four 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.
Nury pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vivaldi. That's going to slow Nury down.

Vivaldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Vivaldi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nury looks to throw the jab but Vivaldi is out of range.
Nury tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nury throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nury plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nury blocks a head kick by Vivaldi.
Nury takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vivaldi avoids the head kick by Nury.
Nury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Nury as Vivaldi shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jebucki Nury dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antoni Vivaldi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Vivaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Vivaldi jumps guard.

Nury gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nury tries to clinch up.
Vivaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Vivaldi clinches up with Nury and pushes him back against the cage.
Nury tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nury misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nury cracks Vivaldi with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nury makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vivaldi blocks the elbow strike.
Nury tries a knee to the head but Vivaldi blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nury working Vivaldi over with knees to the body.

Vivaldi drags the fight down to the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vivaldi is looking to stand up but Nury isn't so interested in that idea.
Nury is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vivaldi can do to turn this around?

Nury stands up and waves to Vivaldi to follow him.
Jebucki Nury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vivaldi dodges the punch combination from Nury.
A combination from Vivaldi does no damage.

Vivaldi has Nury up against the cage in a clinch.
Nury lands a nice elbow.
Nury goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vivaldi misses with a knee strike.
Vivaldi is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jebucki Nury has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vivaldi tries to pull guard but Nury holds him up against the cage and eventually Vivaldi drops back down to his feet.

Vivaldi jumps into guard, dragging Nury to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vivaldi wants to get back to his feet but Nury is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Vivaldi looking to control.
Vivaldi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nury is one step ahead there.

Nury stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Nury gets tackled into the cage by Vivaldi. Vivaldi maintains the clinch.
Nury misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nury throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vivaldis head.
Vivaldi avoiding damage as Nury throws knees to the body.
Vivaldi blocks an uppercut.
Nury misses with a body punch.
A short right from Nury.
Vivaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jebucki Nury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antoni Vivaldi.
Nury misses with a punch to the body.
Nury scores with a knee to the head.
Nury landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vivaldi.
Vivaldi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nury walks away with a smile on his face. Vivaldi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nury throws a head kick but Vivaldi moves out of range.
Nury throws a head kick that half lands.

Vivaldi closes the distance and clinches.
Nury doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vivaldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nury tries a body shot but Vivaldi blocks it.
Nury with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vivaldi jumps guard but Nury stands there with Vivaldi around his waist. Vivaldi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vivaldi.

Vivaldi jumps into guard, dragging Nury to the mat.
Vivaldi trying to strike off his back.
Vivaldi controlling the position.
Vivaldi looking for a sweep. Not yet Vivaldi, not yet.
Vivaldi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Vivaldi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jebucki Nury will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Antoni Vivaldi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Vivaldi closes the distance and pushes Nury back into the cage.
Vivaldi wants to get back to striking at distance but Nury won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Nury fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Nury scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nury.
Vivaldi blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Nury fails to land.

Vivaldi breaks the clinch.

Vivaldi darts in and clinches Nury up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nury.
Nury scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nury throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vivaldis head.
Nury has a couple of punches blocked by Vivaldi.

Vivaldi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Nury uses from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nury stands up and waves to Vivaldi to follow him.

Vivaldi moves into range and clinches up with Nury.
A right handed body shot lands from Nury.
Nury utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vivaldi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vivaldi takes an elbow to the forehead.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nury.

Vivaldi is rocked!
Nury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vivaldi is still on wobbly legs! Can Nury finish him?
Vivaldi takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Nury fails to land.
Nury throws a punch but it's blocked by Vivaldi.
Nury connects with a knee to the head.
Nury creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Vivaldi! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Nury.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jebucki Nury!