PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urbloks Nokdoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Darwin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nokdoff
vs
Darwin

183 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
210 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BEST NUTRITION,no doping
Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Urbloks Nokdoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Darwin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nokdoff misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Nokdoff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nokdoff lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nokdoff.
Nokdoff throws a big shot that misses.
Nokdoff throws a jab but it's blocked by Darwin.
Nokdoff throws a leg kick but Darwin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nokdoff throws a right and a left that Darwin avoids nicely.
Darwin misses with a looping right.
Nokdoff digs a good body shot into Darwin's ribs.

Darwin moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nokdoff misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darwin.
Darwin has a couple of punches blocked by Nokdoff.
Nokdoff misses with a punch on the inside.
Darwin being controlled against the cage.
Nokdoff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nokdoff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Charles Darwin has been cut.
Darwin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Darwin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nokdoff.
Darwin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Darwin misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin trying to stall but Nokdoff improves his position.
Darwin lands a body shot.
Darwin keeps control of Nokdoff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nokdoff takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Urbloks Nokdoff has been cut.
Nokdoff is trying to break free.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nokdoff as Darwin tries to tie him up.
Darwin blocking some punches.
Nokdoff scores with a shot to the side of Darwin's head.
Darwin scores with a hook to the body.
Darwin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nokdoff misses with a punch on the inside.
Darwin lands a body punch.
Darwin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nokdoff lands with a left to the head.
Darwin lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Darwin.
Nokdoff is breathing heavily.
Nokdoff being controlled against the cage.
Darwin lands a shoulder strike.
Nokdoff tries to pull guard but Darwin holds him up against the cage and eventually Nokdoff drops back down to his feet.
Darwin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Darwin.
Darwin lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darwin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nokdoff cracks Darwin with a nice body shot.
Darwin blocking some punches.
Darwin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Darwin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darwin slows down the pace here.
Nokdoff lands an elbow inside that Darwin shrugs off.
Darwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Nokdoff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nokdoff throws a punch but it's blocked by Darwin.
Nokdoff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darwin pushes Nokdoff back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darwin pushes Nokdoff back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Darwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nokdoff backwards.
Darwin lands with a short shot to the head.
Darwin lands a right hand.
Nokdoff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nokdoff is trying to maintain a safe position but Darwin gets an underhook and turns Nokdoff into the cage.
Darwin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Darwin with a knee to the head.
Darwin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nokdoff is defending well for now.
Darwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Nokdoff uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Darwin.
Darwin has Nokdoff pressed against the cage.
Darwin looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nokdoff tries to pull guard but Darwin holds him up against the cage and eventually Nokdoff drops back down to his feet.
A short left from Darwin.
Nokdoff is trying to break the clinch but Darwin has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darwin.
Darwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nokdoff has a couple of punches blocked by Darwin.
Nokdoff lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darwin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nokdoff is keeping busy.
Darwin working aggressively here.
Darwin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nokdoff avoids a wild elbow strike from Darwin.
Nokdoff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nokdoff throws a punch but it's blocked by Darwin.
Darwin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Darwin.
Darwin is leaning against Nokdoff and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Darwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darwin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darwin lands a hook that snaps the head of Nokdoff backwards.
Darwin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Darwin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nokdoff is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Darwin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nokdoff misses with some punches.
Darwin taking a breather.
Nokdoff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darwin's elbow.
A hook to the body from Darwin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darwin misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nokdoff.
Darwin scores a nice knee to the body.
Darwin controlling the action here for a moment.
A body shot lands from Darwin.
Nokdoff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Darwin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darwin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darwin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A bit of stalling here from Darwin.
Darwin lands with a light punch inside.
Darwin gets through Nokdoff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darwin pushes off an throws an elbow but Nokdoff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Darwin works on Nokdoff's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Darwin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Darwin doesn't manage to clinch there - Nokdoff circles away.
Darwin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nokdoff.
Darwin cracks the inside of Nokdoff's front leg.
Nokdoff bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Darwin's head backwards.
Darwin throws a hook but Nokdoff blocks it.
Darwin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darwin slips under a jab from Nokdoff.
Nokdoff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Darwin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darwin slips under a jab.
Darwin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Darwin staying out of range there.
Nokdoff with a hook.
Darwin loads up on a big right hand but Nokdoff slips the punch.
Nokdoff swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nokdoff throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Darwin. Nokdoff shrugs it off though.

Nokdoff looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Darwin!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Darwin tries to hold on but Nokdoff postures up.
Darwin is looking to get to half guard.
Darwin tries to lock up and control but Nokdoff gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nokdoff thowing shots but they're missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Darwin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Darwin is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nokdoff breaks from Darwin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Darwin working to try and regain half guard.
Nokdoff in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Darwin wants to control but Nokdoff is having none of it.
Nokdoff landing shots from mount.
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!
Nokdoff landing punches.
Nokdoff lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nokdoff landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nokdoff scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Darwin?
Nokdoff has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nokdoff throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nokdoff lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Darwin hang on?
Darwin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nokdoff working Darwin over with strikes here.
Nokdoff looking to finish with strikes here!
Nokdoff landing strikes from the mount.
Nokdoff wants to control the pace but Darwin is squirming around nicely.
Darwin trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nokdoff unloads with some shots from mount but Darwin bucks and avoids them well.
Nokdoff scoring with strikes but Darwin is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Nokdoff.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nokdoff lands a heavy elbow.

Nokdoff moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Darwin has worked his arm free - good work by Darwin!
Nokdoff trying to control the position but Darwin is working away.
Darwin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darwin is trying to control. Nokdoff wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urbloks Nokdoff dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Nokdoff misses with a double jab.
Nokdoff misses with a wild body shot.
Nokdoff closes the distance looking to clinch
and Darwin counters with an inside leg kick.
Nokdoff closes the distance and clinches up with Darwin, looking for a takedown. Nokdoff pushes Darwin against the cage but Darwin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Darwin is looking to land body kicks.
Darwin throws out a leg kick but Nokdoff moves out of range and Darwin only half commits.
Nokdoff lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darwin circles away quickly and effectively.
Nokdoff scores with a shot to the body.
Nokdoff scores with a three punch combo!

Darwin moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nokdoff.
Darwin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nokdoff throws a head punch that misses.
Nokdoff misses with the head strike.
Nokdoff scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin is trying to stall.
A short left from Darwin.
Nokdoff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darwin has a couple of punches blocked by Nokdoff.
Darwin taking a breather.
Nokdoff makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nokdoff misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Darwin.
Darwin tries a body shot but Nokdoff blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darwin.
Darwin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nokdoff jumps guard but Darwin stands there with Nokdoff around his waist. Nokdoff gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nokdoff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Darwin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Darwin lands a hook that snaps the head of Nokdoff backwards.
Darwin misses with a body punch.
Charles Darwin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Darwin is working Nokdoff over against the cage.
Darwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nokdoff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darwin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nokdoff throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nokdoff.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Darwin.
Nokdoff is pushing Darwin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nokdoff is trying to break the clinch but Darwin has him pressed against the cage.
Nokdoff tries to pull guard but Darwin won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Urbloks Nokdoff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nokdoff fails to pull guard.
Darwin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Urbloks Nokdoff's cut is getting worse.
Darwin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nokdoff swings wildly with an uppercut but Darwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darwin is working Nokdoff over against the cage.
Darwin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Darwin.
Darwin lands an elbow inside.
Darwin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nokdoff backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Darwin.
Darwin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nokdoff takes a shot to the head.

Urbloks Nokdoff's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Darwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darwin lands a right hand.
Darwin stalling.
Darwin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Darwin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Darwin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nokdoff working aggressively here.
Darwin lands a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nokdoff's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darwin.
Darwin is working Nokdoff over against the cage.
Darwin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darwin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Darwin lands an elbow that stopped Nokdoff in his tracks for a moment.
Darwin wants to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Darwin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nokdoff misses with a punch on the inside.
Nokdoff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nokdoff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Darwin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Darwin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darwin scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nokdoff.
Darwin scores with a shot to the side of Nokdoff's head.
Darwin trying to stall but Nokdoff improves his position.
Nokdoff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nokdoff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darwin throws the left hand but Nokdoff avoids the punch easily.
Darwin misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Nokdoff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nokdoff throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Darwin to counter with a crisp jab.

Darwin drives through and clinches with Nokdoff against the cage.
Darwin lands with a short shot to the head.
Darwin throws a punch but it's blocked by Nokdoff.
A short body shot lands from Darwin as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Nokdoff scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darwin misses with some punches.
Darwin has a couple of punches blocked by Nokdoff.
Nokdoff jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Darwin walks away with a smile on his face. Nokdoff gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Darwin wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab by Nokdoff.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Darwin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Darwin 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Darwin!