PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Age Sixteen (ranked 6011 p4p, 25174 weight class) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 577 p4p, 639 weight class). Khabib Nurmagomedov has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sixteen
vs
Nurmagomedov

170 cm
16
159
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
162
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Self confident

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

New Standard

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Age Sixteen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sixteen misses with a wild body shot.
Sixteen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sixteen tries to clinch up but Nurmagomedov circles away and keeps his distance.
Sixteen is looking to clinch.
Sixteen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sixteen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sixteen tries to close the distance and clinch but Nurmagomedov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nurmagomedov ducks under a wild hook from Sixteen.
Sixteen doesn't manage to clinch there - Nurmagomedov circles away.
It seemed like Nurmagomedov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sixteen tries to work over Nurmagomedov's front leg with a kick but Nurmagomedov checks it.
Sixteen doesn't manage to clinch there - Nurmagomedov circles away.
Sixteen slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sixteen throws a body shot but no joy.
Nurmagomedov has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sixteen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nurmagomedov with a nice cross.
Sixteen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurmagomedov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sixteen fails to land with a series of punches.
Sixteen tries to clinch but Nurmagomedov is having none of it.
Nurmagomedov throws a shot from downtown. Sixteen moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Sixteen misses the target.
It seemed like Nurmagomedov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Nurmagomedov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sixteen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nurmagomedov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sixteen is being controlled here.
Sixteen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sixteen tries to improve position but can't.
Sixteen is working hard here to advance position.
Nurmagomedov is putting a hurting on Sixteen here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sixteen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sixteen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Sixteen is rocked!
Nurmagomedov looks up at the clock and then as Sixteen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nurmagomedov smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Oh Sixteen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nurmagomedov scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Sixteen is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Nurmagomedov can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Nurmagomedov!
Khabib Nurmagomedov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.