PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gaius Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Nut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander's entrance music is Sweep the Leg. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!

Alexander
vs
Nut

185 cm
23
189 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

190 cm
22
194 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaius Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Nut!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nut has managed to clinch.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but Alexander leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nut.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Alexander avoids a wild elbow strike from Nut.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
Nut tries a knee to the head but Alexander blocks it.
Nut comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexander's defenses.
Nut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Alexander blocks the elbow strike.
Alexander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Alexander tries for a takedown. No joy.
Alexander blocks the elbow strike.
Nut lands an elbow that stopped Alexander in his tracks for a moment.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexander.
Alexander takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alexander is breathing heavily.
Alexander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nut landing knees to the body.
Nut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Nut.
Nut connects with a knee to the head.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nut obliges.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nut lands a damaging elbow.
Alexander avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nut lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nut lands an elbow inside that Alexander shrugs off.
Alexander avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Nut lands an elbow inside that Alexander shrugs off.
Nut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but Alexander leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nut lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Alexander avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nut.
Alexander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nut lands an elbow that stopped Alexander in his tracks for a moment.
Nut crunches a lovely knee into Alexander's ribcage.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexander's defenses.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexander's defenses.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Alexander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nut lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nut lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alexander blocks it with crossed arms.
Nut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Nut.
Nut lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nut lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
Nut scores a nice knee to the body.
Nut throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Nut.
Nut looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Nut landing knees to the body.
Nut lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
Nut lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
Nut working Alexander over with knees to the body.
Alexander dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alexander's brow.
Nut connects with a knee to the head.
Nut looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Alexander blocks an elbow strike from Nut.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nut lands an elbow inside that Alexander shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut lands a nice elbow.
Nut lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
A short right from Nut.
Nut gets underhooks to prevent Alexander's takedown attempt.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexander.
Alexander blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alexander managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Nut using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nut scores with a knee to the head.
Nut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alexander avoids it.
Nice elbow from Nut.
Alexander takes an elbow to the temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nut digs a right hand underneath Alexander's ribcage. Alexander let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nut lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Nut dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alexander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nut tries to close the distance and clinch but Alexander swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alexander circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nut tries to close the distance and clinch but Alexander swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alexander misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alexander misses with a head kick.
Nut throws a head kick that half lands.
Alexander throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nut throws a sloppy head kick and Alexander moves out of range easily.
Nut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alexander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alexander throws a series of punches but Nut avoids them all with ease.
Alexander lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nut circles away quickly and effectively.
Alexander takes one on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Alexander takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nut throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nut staying out of range there.
Alexander walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice body kick from Nut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nut wants to clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nut - that will leave a mark!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alexander circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nut misses with a head kick.
Nut tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alexander tries to bum rush Nut with a series of wild strikes but Nut uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nut misses with a head kick.
Gaius Alexander is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nut throws a shot to the body.
Nut throws a body kick that misses.
Nut throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nut tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Nut.
Nut with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nut has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nut landing knees to the head.
Nut utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nut with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nut misses with a knee strike.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexander's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nut lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexander won't want to take too many of those.
Alexander managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Alexander tries to score a body lock takedown but Nut shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alexander fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nut throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alexander blocks it with crossed arms.
Alexander is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nut gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaius Alexander. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nut throws an elbow but it misses.
Nut lands with a short shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alexander's brow.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexander.
Alexander tries to pull guard but Nut holds him up against the cage and eventually Alexander drops back down to his feet.
Alexander blocks an elbow strike from Nut.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but Alexander leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sam Nut seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nut with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nut pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nut tries a knee to the head but Alexander blocks it.
Alexander blocks an elbow strike from Nut.
Alexander avoids a wild elbow strike from Nut.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Nut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alexander is defending well for now.
Nut misses with the head strike.
Nut misses with a knee strike.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Nut misses with a punch to the body.
Alexander tries for a takedown but Nut manages to get underhooks.
Nut looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexander's defenses.
Alexander tries to score a body lock takedown but Nut shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nut connects with a knee to the head.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
Alexander on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Alexander jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nut walks away with a smile on his face. Alexander gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A jab from Nut does it's job there.
A lazy left from Alexander finds it's target.
Nut wants to clinch up but Alexander keeps it at a distance.
Nut tries to clinch but Alexander is having none of it.
Nut misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alexander throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nut.
Nut tries to close the distance and clinch but Alexander swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nut fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nut dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nut wants to clinch.
Nut throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Nut showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get 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.

Alexander misses with the combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nut.
Nut takes a swing at Alexander's ribcage but misses.
Alexander looks to land a left hand but Nut moved out of range nicely.
Nut tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Nut.

Nut closes the distance and clinches.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexander's defenses.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexander.
Alexander avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexander.
Nut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nut lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexander won't want to take too many of those.
Nut lands a nice elbow.
Nut has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nut lands an elbow that stopped Alexander in his tracks for a moment.
Nut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Alexander has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nut.
Nut missing with knees to the body.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Nut missing with knees to the body.
Nut misses with a knee to the head.
Alexander is working for takedown but Nut is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nut misses with a knee to the head.
Nut prevents the takedown attempt.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but Alexander leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alexander's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Nut.
Alexander is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nut pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaius Alexander. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Nut putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexander in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexander.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alexander is trying to drag Nut to the mat but Nut just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Alexander managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Nut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nut missing with knees to the body.
Nut comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Alexander is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nut gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nut lands an elbow that stopped Alexander in his tracks for a moment.
Nut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alexander is defending well for now.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but Alexander avoids the damage to the body.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Alexander has Nut pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Nut manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nut lands an elbow just above Alexander 's eye.
Alexander avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
Nut pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Nut.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but Alexander leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nut stops a takedown attempt from Alexander.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Alexander stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nice elbow from Nut.
Nut lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexander won't want to take too many of those.
Nut connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexander's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nut.
Alexander managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Alexander tries for a takedown but Nut manages to get underhooks.
Nut working Alexander over with knees to the body.
Alexander can't get the takedown.
Nut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alexander goes for a takedown attempt but Nut pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nut on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alexander throws a right hand that Nut ducks under and follows up with a left that Nut also avoids with ease.

Nut has managed to clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nut.
Nut lands a shoulder strike.
Nut utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sam Nut is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alexander blocks an elbow strike from Nut.
Gaius Alexander has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Alexander blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alexander tries to score a body lock takedown but Nut shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nut lands an elbow inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Nut comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nut has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 25:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Nut!