PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boone Straud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kzarik Nahrul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Straud
vs
Nahrul

181 cm
22
269 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

195 cm
34
280 lbs
30 - 14 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Cynical Truth Vegas

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boone Straud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kzarik Nahrul!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nahrul wants to clinch
and Straud counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nahrul tries to clinch there but Straud circles away.
Straud scores with a jab to the head.
Nahrul wants to clinch.
Straud connects with a crisp jab.
Nahrul moves in looking to clinch but Straud pushes him off.
Nahrul darts in trying to clinch
and Straud counters with a straight right hand.
Nahrul is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Nahrul misses the target.
Straud swats away the attempt to clinch by Nahrul.
Nahrul tries to clinch but Straud moves out of range.
Nahrul tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Straud counters with a stiff right hand.
Nahrul tries to clinch but Straud moves away
and Nahrul takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nahrul tries to clinch
letting Straud counter with a right hand.
Nahrul tries to clinch
and Straud counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nahrul thinking.
Nahrul fails with an attempt to clinch.
Straud misses with a wild body shot.
Straud could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Straud swings for the body but Nahrul moves out of range.
Kzarik Nahrul seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Straud swats away the attempt to clinch by Nahrul.
Nahrul wants to clinch
enabling Straud to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nahrul tries to clinch there but Straud circles away.
Nahrul moves to clinch but Straud breaks away
and Straud counters with a right hand to the body.
Nahrul tries to clinch up but Straud circles away and keeps his distance.
Nahrul fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nahrul tries to clinch
and Nahrul takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Kzarik Nahrul has been cut.
Nahrul tries to clinch but Straud moves away
and Straud counters with a straight right hand.
Nahrul tries to clinch up
and Straud counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahrul moves away from the strike by Straud.
Nahrul tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Straud to counter with a crisp jab.

Nahrul closes the distance and clinches.
Nahrul throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Straud blocks it with crossed arms.
Nahrul throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Straud.
Straud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nahrul missing with knees to the body.
Straud misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Straud's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Straud misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Straud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Straud fails to land.
Straud can't find room to land a body shot as Nahrul controls the action.
Straud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Straud lands with a short shot to the head.
Straud blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Straud misses with a punch on the inside.
Straud managing to block the knees to the body from Nahrul.
Straud has a couple of punches blocked by Nahrul.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Straud.
Nahrul trying to land knees to the body.
Straud lands a right hand.
Nahrul throws a knee to the head but misses.
Straud is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Straud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nahrul makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Boone Straud has been cut.
Nahrul throws a knee to the head but misses.
Straud misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boone Straud dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nahrul closes the distance looking to clinch
and Straud counters with a right hand to the body.
Nahrul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Straud swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nahrul is looking to clinch.
Nahrul tries to clinch up but Straud circles away and keeps his distance.
Nahrul is looking to clinch but Straud is avoiding it.
Nahrul tries to clinch but Straud moves out of range.
Nahrul closes the distance looking to clinch
and Straud connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nahrul wants to clinch
and Straud counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nahrul thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nahrul darts in and clinches Straud up against the cage.
Good body shot from Straud.
Straud softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Straud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nahrul blocking some punches.
Straud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Straud lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nahrul misses with a knee to the head.
Boone Straud has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Straud lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nahrul backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nahrul throws an elbow but misses.
Straud misses with a punch on the inside.
Straud lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nahrul blocks an uppercut.
Straud softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Straud swings wildly with an uppercut but Nahrul uses good head movement to avoid it.
Straud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nahrul backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Straud blocks an elbow strike.
Straud throws a punch but it's blocked by Nahrul.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Straud.
Nahrul blocking some punches.
Straud scores with a nice hook to the head.
Straud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nahrul blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that Nahrul has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Straud swings wildly with an uppercut but Nahrul uses good head movement to avoid it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nahrul in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Straud misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nahrul.
Nahrul lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nahrul.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nahrul scores a nice knee to the body.
Nahrul unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nahrul lands an elbow that stopped Straud in his tracks for a moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Straud misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nahrul presses Straud against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nahrul lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Boone Straud's cut is getting worse.
Straud on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nahrul blocks an uppercut.
Nahrul gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Boone Straud's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nahrul lands a body shot.
Nahrul lands an elbow just above Straud 's eye.
Nahrul unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nahrul.

Jeez, Boone Straud's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Boone Straud's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kzarik Nahrul!