PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Nadtoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Nadtoka
vs
Smith

185 cm
27
150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

167 cm
29
160 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolay Nadtoka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Smith!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadtoka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
Nadtoka lands a slapping body shot.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Nadtoka moves out of range as Smith strikes.
No joy there for Nadtoka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nadtoka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Nadtoka walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith misses with a double jab.
Nadtoka lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
Nadtoka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Nadtoka connects with a body shot.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Nadtoka saw that one coming.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Nadtoka ducks down to avoid it.
Smith has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nadtoka.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Nadtoka misses.
Nadtoka avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Nadtoka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nadtoka connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Nadtoka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Nadtoka counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nadtoka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Nadtoka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Nadtoka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nadtoka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Nadtoka misses with a jab, cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith throws a jab when Nadtoka was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a swing at Nadtoka's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Smith misses.
Nadtoka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Nadtoka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nadtoka.
Sam Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nadtoka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nadtoka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nadtoka connects with a jab.
Smith wants to land a leg kick but Nadtoka is out of range.
Smith looks to land a combination but Nadtoka avoids it well.
A shot to the liver by Nadtoka. Beautiful body shot.
Nadtoka lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Smith takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nadtoka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nadtoka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nadtoka fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nadtoka cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
Nadtoka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nadtoka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Nadtoka thows a body kick. Smith tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Smith throws a series of punches but Nadtoka avoids them all with ease.
Nadtoka cracks Smith with an open hand slap.

Smith lands a left and a right that send Nadtoka crashing to the mat, dazed. Smith thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Nadtoka is rocked!
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!
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oh Nadtoka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nadtoka uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith looks gassed!
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Nadtoka connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nadtoka.
Smith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nadtoka moves away from the strike by Smith.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Nadtoka seems to have got his legs back now.
Nadtoka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nadtoka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadtoka feints a jab promting Smith to slip. Nadtoka then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Smith slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Smith misses with a hook.
Nadtoka scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Nadtoka backpedaling.
Good standup being displayed there by Nadtoka as he connects with a hook.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Nadtoka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nadtoka scores with a hook to the body. Smith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nadtoka scores with a decent looking hook.
Nadtoka throws a shot to the body.
Nadtoka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nadtoka lands with a nice body punch.
Smith misses the jab.
Nadtoka lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith takes a step back to recover.
Nadtoka takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sam Smith will probably get the nod.
That's time! Nadtoka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Smith throws out a loose jab but Nadtoka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nikolay Nadtoka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Nadtoka's shoulder, as Nadtoka tries to avoid the shot.
Nadtoka connects with a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nadtoka.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Nadtoka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nadtoka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nadtoka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Nadtoka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nadtoka just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Nadtoka moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Nadtoka.
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Nadtoka counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Nadtoka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nadtoka is looking to wear down Smith with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nadtoka!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nadtoka.
Nadtoka connects with a solid leg kick.
Nadtoka fakes the leg kick and cracks Smith in the body.
Nadtoka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nadtoka throws out a powerful jab.
Nikolay Nadtoka is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith connects with a nice looking jab.
Nadtoka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nadtoka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nadtoka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nadtoka lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Smith is rocked!
Smith throws a wild hook but Nadtoka just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Smith gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Nadtoka raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikolay Nadtoka!
A victorious Nikolay Nadtoka thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.