PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caeas Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victorio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liege comes to the cage accompanied by Ecstasy of Gold. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Liege
vs
Nogueira

183 cm
25
183 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

193 cm
23
180 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Crimson Supplements($50 159 Recovery)

[JMFC] 160!

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caeas Liege!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victorio Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liege closes the distance and pushes Nogueira back into the cage.
Nogueira avoiding damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nogueira.
Liege dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Liege blocks the elbow strike.
Nogueira gets underhooks to prevent Liege's takedown attempt.
Liege blocks the elbow strike.
Liege is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nogueira pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nogueira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liege's defenses.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Liege blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Liege goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nogueira prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caeas Liege. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nogueira stalling the fight.
Nogueira looking to stall.
Nogueira lands a nice elbow.
Liege blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Liege goes for a takedown attempt but Nogueira pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nogueira darts in trying to clinch
and Nogueira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liege lands a jab to Nogueira's midsection.
Victorio Nogueira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nogueira keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nogueira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nogueira pivots, looking for a leg kick but Liege is out of range and Nogueira settles back down.

Nogueira instigates a clinch.
Liege goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nogueira prevents it.
Liege tries to pull guard but Nogueira holds him up against the cage and eventually Liege drops back down to his feet.
Nogueira is trying to maintain a safe position but Liege gets an underhook and turns Nogueira into the cage.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it misses.
Nogueira is pushing Liege up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liege avoids it.

That's two 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.
The referee calls for Nogueira to work.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Liege drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Liege goes for a takedown attempt but Nogueira pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Liege throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nogueira lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Liege has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Liege and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Liege drives through with a takedown into Nogueira's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Liege drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Nogueira manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Liege has Nogueira in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira wants to get up but he can't break Liege's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Liege wants to sweep but no luck.
Nogueira trying to stand up but can't free himself from Liege's guard.

That's four 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.
Nogueira wants to control from the top but Liege keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogueira won't allow Liege to sweep him here.

Nogueira stands up and waves to Liege to follow him.

Liege darts in and clinches Nogueira up against the cage.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Liege decides to pull guard.

Nogueira gets to his feet - Liege follows without any prompting.
Nogueira fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Liege avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Liege is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nogueira.
Nogueira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nogueira wants it to stay on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Liege. Those never looked like landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nogueira. That's going to slow Liege down.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liege swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nogueira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Liege circles away.
Nogueira wants to clinch up but Liege keeps it at a distance.

Nogueira moves into range and clinches up with Liege.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira missing with knees to the body.

Liege breaks the clinch.
Nogueira stuffs the takedown attempt from Liege. Liege gets slowly back to his feet.
Nogueira wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nogueira sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Liege somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caeas Liege. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liege fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Caeas Liege seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liege moves out of range of the body kick.
Nogueira throws a chopping leg kick but Liege manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Nogueira instigates a clinch.
Liege stalls.
Nogueira lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira taking a breather.
Liege avoiding damage as Nogueira throws knees to the body.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Liege blocks an elbow strike.
Liege blocks an elbow strike.
Nogueira gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Liege.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Liege drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nogueira gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Liege on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nogueira pushes off an throws an elbow but Liege leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nogueira leaning against his opponent.
Nogueira receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Liege on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liege drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nogueira gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nogueira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Liege dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira.
Nogueira looking to slow down the pace here.
Liege avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nogueira.
Nogueira stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nogueira prevents the takedown attempt.
Nogueira leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nogueira lands an elbow that stopped Liege in his tracks for a moment.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Liege blocks an elbow strike.
Liege wants a takedown but no success here.
Liege managing to block the knees to the body from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Liege blocks an elbow strike.
Liege drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nogueira pulls his leg out and moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nogueira.
Nice body kick from Nogueira.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liege avoids the head kick by Nogueira.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Nogueira misses with an elbow over the top.
Nogueira gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victorio Nogueira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nogueira misses with a body kick.
Liege connects with a looping right hand.
Liege shoots in but no luck this time.
A low kick from Liege misses
and Nogueira makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Liege pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.
Nogueira wants to slow Liege down by chopping away at his legs.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nogueira slips a jab and a cross from Liege.
Horrible takedown by Liege or perhaps it was just good defense by Nogueira which made him look bad.
Liege shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nogueira defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caeas Liege. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Liege fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
Nogueira moves to clinch but Liege breaks away

and Liege counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nogueira won't be happy with that.
Nogueira is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Nogueira pushes Liege off looking to stand but Liege dives back in and keeps control.
Nogueira manages to get to full guard.

Liege got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nogueira has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Liege has managed to get both his arms back between Nogueira's legs - danger averted.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Liege from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege preventing the sweep.
Liege is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nogueira is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Nogueira looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Liege puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Nogueira is not content to let Liege control the position.

Nogueira looking for submissions off his back.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nogueira can do anything to dispel that myth.
Liege not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liege prevents Nogueira from improving his position.
Liege moves nicely into side control.
Nogueira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Liege wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Liege working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Liege is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nogueira has escaped the position, nice work there.
Liege working the ground and pound.
Caeas Liege has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liege tries for a kimura but Nogueira is defending well.
Nogueira is trying to get back to half guard.

Liege tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Liege has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nogueira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Liege wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caeas Liege showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nogueira 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victorio Nogueira!