PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Gaziev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akhmad ShugaR (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ShugaR comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dagestan kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Adam Gaziev had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gaziev
vs
ShugaR

188 cm
21
195 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

184 cm
20
192 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Gaziev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akhmad ShugaR!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaziev swinging wildly here.
ShugaR lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gaziev tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaziev checks a leg kick.

ShugaR shoots in and bounces Gaziev off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
ShugaR's corner is telling him to maintain position.
ShugaR distracts Gaziev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
ShugaR trying to control but Gaziev is working from the bottom.
Gaziev trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
ShugaR showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
ShugaR throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ShugaR engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

ShugaR avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gaziev is breathing heavily.
ShugaR sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gaziev's guard.
ShugaR controlling the action here.
ShugaR is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Well, if ShugaR is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
ShugaR is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

ShugaR wants to work for an arm triangle but Gaziev is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with ShugaR in particular looking to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
ShugaR is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

ShugaR is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gaziev is just riding it out for now. ShugaR eventually gives up the hold.
Gaziev is staying active underneath ShugaR, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, ShugaR seems content to control.
ShugaR takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

ShugaR is trying to work for a kimura but Gaziev is defending well.
ShugaR content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
ShugaR lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gaziev taking some punishment here, with ShugaR in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
ShugaR wants to take a breather but Gaziev is having none of it.
ShugaR works his way into full mount!
ShugaR scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gaziev?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

ShugaR is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Gaziev has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Gaziev!
ShugaR pulls Gaziev in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

ShugaR scrambles and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akhmad ShugaR dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

ShugaR connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Akhmad ShugaR seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ShugaR grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Gaziev takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! ShugaR cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Akhmad ShugaR!