PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kamekona Tupuola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tupuola
vs
Nunes

194 cm
26
288 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

192 cm
26
225 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kamekona Tupuola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tupuola.
Tupuola connects with the punch.
Tupuola looks to score with a jab to the body but Nunes is just out of range.

Tupuola shoots in and gets a takedown into Nunes's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tupuola chips away with some ground and pound.
Tupuola working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nunes's head.
Tupuola lands a couple of elbows.
Tupuola with a nice head shot there.
Nunes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tupuola's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nunes 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tupuola wants to pass the guard but Nunes is keeping the position.
Tupuola postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tupuola is working Nunes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nunes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nunes wants to sweep here but Tupuola controlling him for the moment.
Tupuola is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tupuola's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Nunes is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Tupuola presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

Tupuola manages to break the clinch.

Tupuola manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Nunes on his heels. He'll look to pass Nunes's guard now, I'm sure.
Nunes has momentary wrist control but Tupuola slips an elbow through the middle.
Tupuola makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tupuola's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tupuola lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tupuola connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tupuola accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tupuola content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tupuola postures up and lands a big shot to Nunes's brow.
Tupuola working some strikes from top position.
Tupuola missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tupuola connects with a couple of short punches.
Nunes wants to stand and escape but Tupuola is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nunes looks winded!
Tupuola keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nunes's head.
Tupuola working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Nunes is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tupuola chips away with some ground and pound.
Tupuola works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tupuola takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tupuola landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Tupuola.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tupuola lands strikes from half guard.
Tupuola is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nunes regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tupuola chips away with some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nunes holds on and takes a little breather.

Nunes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tupuola is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tupuola scoring with some ground and pound.
Tupuola scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tupuola tries to free his leg and advance position but Nunes is retaining full guard.
Tupuola works over Nunes with some ground and pound from guard.
Tupuola lands a couple of elbows.
Tupuola prevents Nunes from getting back to his feet.
Tupuola distracts Nunes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nunes working a defensive guard here.
Tupuola cracks Nunes with a solid left hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nunes can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tupuola looking to pass the guard.
Tupuola is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nunes has momentary wrist control but Tupuola slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tupuola postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tupuola postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupuola is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tupuola distracts Nunes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nunes wants to stand up but Tupuola is controlling him.
Tupuola landing with the ground and pound.
Tupuola is in close to Nunes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tupuola scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tupuola content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tupuola works over Nunes with some ground and pound from guard.
Tupuola connects with a couple of short punches.
Tupuola working some strikes from top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tupuola is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tupuola slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nunes gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamekona Tupuola dominated that round.
That's time! Tupuola's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tupuola shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nunes is trying to defend but Tupuola finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tupuola missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nunes is trying to control but can't.
Kamekona Tupuola overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tupuola landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tupuola seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tupuola could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Tupuola working Nunes over with strikes.
Tupuola scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tupuola is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tupuola is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tupuola winds up and cracks Nunes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nunes is breathing heavily.
Tupuola landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nunes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tupuola's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tupuola postures up and lands a big shot to Nunes's brow.
Tupuola cracks Nunes with a solid left hand.
Nunes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tupuola postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tupuola is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tupuola chips away with some ground and pound.
Tupuola working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nunes's head.
Tupuola cracks Nunes with a solid left hand.
Tupuola stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nunes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tupuola cracks Nunes with a solid left hand.
Tupuola lands a couple of elbows.
Tupuola working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes is trying to keep Tupuola in close.
Tupuola working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tupuola lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tupuola with a nice head shot there.
Tupuola working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nunes's head.
Tupuola working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tupuola is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nunes can do to turn this around?
Tupuola is in close to Nunes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tupuola's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tupuola is pushing down on Nunes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nunes is fighting to maintain full guard but Tupuola has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nunes is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tupuola lands a nice short elbow.
Tupuola lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Tupuola there.
Nunes is looking to improve his position.
Tupuola takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Tupuola there.
Nunes wants to improve his position but Tupuola is controlling well.
Tupuola lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tupuola seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tupuola is nestled in close to Nunes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tupuola drops an elbow to the side of Nunes's head.
Tupuola looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nunes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tupuola wants to pass the guard but Nunes is defending well.
Tupuola working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tupuola landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nunes manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tupuola postures up and lands a big shot to Nunes's brow.
Nunes keeping full guard, as Tupuola tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupuola makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tupuola looking to pass the guard.
Tupuola working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nunes's head.
Tupuola stands up over Nunes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tupuola with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nunes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Tupuola cracks Nunes with a solid left hand.
Tupuola pushes down on Nunes's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tupuola working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nunes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tupuola scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tupuola scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamekona Tupuola dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tupuola shoots for a double leg takedown but Nunes sprawls well. He's pushed Tupuola's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tupuola shoots in for a takedown but Nunes shows good takedown defense.
Tupuola has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamekona Tupuola. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tupuola will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tupuola walks into a straight right hand from Nunes.
Tupuola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nunes.
Nunes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nunes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Kamekona Tupuola has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nunes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tupuola's head.
Diego Nunes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tupuola shoots and misses
and Nunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tupuola shoots for a double leg takedown but Nunes sprawls well. He's pushed Tupuola's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nunes throws a shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nunes.
Kamekona Tupuola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tupuola walks into a left hand.
Tupuola tries for a takedown but Nunes circles away easily
and Nunes counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes throws a right and a left that Tupuola avoids nicely.
Nunes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tupuola eats them both and turns towards Nunes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tupuola ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tupuola fails with the takedown.
Nunes throws a nice looking combination but Tupuola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nunes looks to land a right hand but Tupuola moved out of range.
Nunes stuffs the takedown attempt from Tupuola. Tupuola gets slowly back to his feet.
Tupuola avoids a punch combination nicely.

Tupuola shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tupuola chips away with some ground and pound.
Tupuola preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tupuola landing some decent shots from guard.
Tupuola stands and throws Nunes's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nunes takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tupuola working the head and body with strikes.
Tupuola looks up at the clock and then as Nunes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tupuola smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tupuola working the head with strikes.
Tupuola is putting a hurting on Nunes here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tupuola cracks Nunes with a big right hand but Nunes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tupuola is chipping away with strikes.
Nunes is trying to get back to his feet.
Tupuola is putting a hurting on Nunes here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tupuola looks up at the clock and then as Nunes takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tupuola smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tupuola lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nunes takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Nunes is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Tupuola scoring with punches and elbows.
Tupuola lands a few punches from side control.
Nunes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tupuola lands some shots froms side control.
Nunes taking punishment in the form of punches.
Nunes is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tupuola scoring with punches from side control.
Tupuola is putting a hurting on Nunes here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tupuola working the head and body with strikes.
Nunes tries to escape but Tupuola is in control.
Nunes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tupuola cracks Nunes with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes tries to improve position but can't.
Tupuola lands a nice forearm strike.
Tupuola lands a few punches from side control.
Tupuola working the body and head with strikes.
Tupuola is chipping away with strikes.
Tupuola lands an elbow.
Tupuola working the head and body with strikes.
Tupuola scoring with punches from side control.
Nunes takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nunes is looking for a sweep.
Tupuola working the head with strikes.
Tupuola working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tupuola connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Nunes some visible discomfort.
Kamekona Tupuola is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nunes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tupuola connects with a decent elbow.
Diego Nunes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nunes taking a bit of punishment here - Tupuola scoring with strikes.
Tupuola working the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kamekona Tupuola showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tupuola, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight for Kamekona Tupuola!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Kamekona Tupuola!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Kamekona Tupuola!

Kamekona Tupuola wins by unanimous decision!
Kamekona Tupuola really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Mango Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.