PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richie Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Nitschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Nitschke has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Richie Yang's chin.

Yang
vs
Nitschke

178 cm
28
193 lbs
17 - 21 - 0

181 cm
26
184 lbs
13 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richie Yang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Damian Nitschke!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nitschke gets caught napping as Yang dives in and scores a takedown. Nitschke manages to retain guard.

Nitschke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yang is aware though and is defending well.
Yang lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yang throwing strikes from guard but Nitschke blocks nicely.
Yang trying to control but Nitschke is working from the bottom.

Nitschke has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Yang should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Nitschke has tightened it up now! Yang should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Damian Nitschke!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Damian Nitschke made sure he mentioned XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.