PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathaniel Deolore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nathaniel Deolore has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Wayne
vs
Deolore

175 cm
22
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathaniel Deolore!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Alyssa Summers and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deolore wants to clinch up but Wayne keeps it at a distance.
Deolore lands with a slapping head kick.
Deolore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nathaniel Deolore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wayne feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wayne won't allow Deolore to get back to his feet.
Wayne not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wayne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wayne 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.
Wayne scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wayne looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wayne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Deolore manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Wayne clinches with his opponent.
Wayne avoiding damage as Deolore throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Deolore to work.
Deolore landing knees to the body.
Deolore misses with a hook to the ribs.

Wayne works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Wayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Deolore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wayne is looking to work some ground and pound but Deolore has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wayne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne wants to control from the top but Deolore keeps moving.
Deolore can't keep his opponent in guard - Wayne advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wayne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wayne takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Deolore really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wayne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wayne passes to side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wayne sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Deolore is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wayne lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne trying to control the position but Deolore is working away.
Wayne working the head with strikes.
Wayne looks up at the clock and then as Deolore takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wayne smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Deolore is trying to buck Wayne off.
Wayne working the ground and pound.
Wayne is putting a hurting on Deolore here, landing some big shots from side control.
Wayne working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wayne wants to control but Deolore is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Wayne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Deolore keeps working.
Wayne is putting a hurting on Deolore here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wayne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Deolore, who protects the arm well.

Wayne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Deolore has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Wayne dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wayne swats away the attempt to clinch by Deolore.
Deolore tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Wayne counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wayne landing with the ground and pound.
Wayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Deolore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Wayne is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Wayne looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne wants to control from the top but Deolore keeps moving.
Wayne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Deolore's head.
Deolore can't keep his opponent in guard - Wayne advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Deolore won't allow Wayne to pass to mount.
Deolore is in trouble now - Wayne has advanced to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deolore is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Wayne punishing his opponent with strikes.
Deolore is trying to stand up.
Wayne trying to control but Deolore is having none of it.
Wayne lands a nice shot to the head.
Deolore in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wayne tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne lands with some strikes.

Deolore has left one of his arms exposed and Wayne doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Deolore screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Wayne!