PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Nogueira (ranked 916 p4p, 1607 weight class) and Tarik Oren (ranked 121 p4p, 204 weight class). Nogueira kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bloodthirsty. Oren has chosen La Caution - ThÃ© Ã la Menthe as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Nogueira
vs
Oren

190 cm
28
215
7 - 4 - 0

205 cm
30
220
13 - 14 - 0

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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Nogueira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tarik Oren!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Oren feints a counter leg kick.
Nogueira wants to clinch up but Oren keeps it at a distance.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nogueira or perhaps it was just good defense by Oren, which made it look bad.
Oren throws a body shot but no joy.
We've been hearing reports that Nogueira has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Nogueira rushes Oren and presses him up against the cage.
Oren softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oren stalling in the clinch but Nogueira improves position.

Nogueira ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Nogueira no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Oren trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Nogueira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oren seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nogueira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nogueira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oren wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Nogueira 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.
Oren must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Oren slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nogueira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Nogueira wants to advance to full mount but Oren doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Oren has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Roosters Coop. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Nogueira pushing down on Oren's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nogueira is pressing down on Oren's thigh, looking to free his foot. Oren is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nogueira is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Oren has managed to free his arm - good work.
Nogueira works his way into side control.
Oren is trying to control Nogueira's posture but Nogueira avoids it.
Oren is looking for a sweep.
Nogueira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oren keeps working.
Oren prevents Nogueira from improving position.

Nogueira looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Oren is looking to regain half guard here but Nogueira keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to advance to mount but Oren instead regains half guard.
Oren is staying active underneath Nogueira, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nogueira wants to pass the guard but Oren is defending well.

Nogueira is working for a kimura but Oren is defending it quite comfortably.
Nogueira wants to pass the guard but Oren is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oren tries to get to full guard but Nogueira has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Oren trying to control here.
Oren gets full guard.
Oren trying to control the position here.
Nogueira is pushing down on Oren's leg trying to pass to half guard. Oren is fighting to maintain full guard but Nogueira has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nogueira trying to control the action but Oren is working from the bottom.
Nogueira wants to pass to mount but Oren is defending the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Nogueira is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Oren really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nogueira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oren wants to control but Nogueira is keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Nogueira dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nogueira tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Oren just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nogueira is trying to pull guard but Oren turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oren.
Oren trying to stall but Nogueira improves his position.

Nogueira manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Nogueira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Oren stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nogueira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira trying to control the position.
Oren wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.

Nogueira is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Oren defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira controls Oren momentarily but Oren frees himself.
Oren engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Nogueira 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.
Diego Nogueira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oren sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nogueira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oren can do to turn this around?
Nogueira wants to sweep here but Oren controlling him for the moment.

That's two 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.
Oren stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nogueira swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Nogueira working for submissions but it's allowed Oren to get to half guard.

Nogueira looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Oren content to control rather than advance.
Nogueira tries to get to full guard but Oren has control of the leg.
Oren is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Oren prevents Nogueira from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira trying to hold on to Oren's head to control him but Oren postures up.
Oren is looking to advance position but Nogueira won't allow it.
Nogueira makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nogueira.

Oren lying in Nogueira's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Nogueira decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Oren taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diego Nogueira!
Diego Nogueira retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Diego Nogueira, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Tarik Oren was interviewed post fight and said 'Congrats, bro. I'm go back!'.