PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Youngblood (ranked 1535 p4p, 1337 weight class) and Lyoha Nagibatel (ranked 200 p4p, 180 weight class). Youngblood's entrance music is Wake Up Hate. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Youngblood
vs
Nagibatel

172 cm
22
167
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
160
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Youngblood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lyoha Nagibatel!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Youngblood throws a poor cross that misses
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick.
Youngblood connects with a jab.
Youngblood just misses with a punch to the body.
Nagibatel throws a shot from downtown. Youngblood moves away and avoids it.
Nagibatel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Youngblood has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gunner's School of Combat in the buildup to the fight.
Youngblood slips under a jab.
Youngblood throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagibatel throws a big shot that misses.
Nagibatel looks for the body kick but Youngblood saw that one coming.
Youngblood misses with a hook to the body
and Nagibatel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Youngblood connects with a looping right hand.
Youngblood throws a body shot but no joy.
Youngblood is looking to wear down Nagibatel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Youngblood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nagibatel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Youngblood.
Nagibatel stuns Youngblood with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nagibatel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the body from Youngblood misses
letting Nagibatel counter with a right hand.
Nagibatel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Youngblood is out of range.
It looked like Youngblood was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nagibatel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagibatel was well out of range. Poor timing from Youngblood.
Youngblood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Youngblood looks to score with a jab to the body but Nagibatel is just out of range.
Youngblood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagibatel was well out of range. Poor timing from Youngblood.
Youngblood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Lyoha Nagibatel has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Youngblood misses with a lunging right hand
and Nagibatel counters with a nice body shot.
Youngblood misses with an uppercut.
Nagibatel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Youngblood swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nagibatel counters with a thumping low kick.
Youngblood throws a poor cross that misses
and Nagibatel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Youngblood.
A looping hook to the body misses from Youngblood. Nagibatel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nagibatel tries a quick counter leg kick but Youngblood is wise to it.
Ricky Youngblood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Youngblood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nagibatel's head.
Youngblood misses with a hook to the body
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick.
Youngblood walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Youngblood misses with a straight right.
A solid body kick from Nagibatel.
Youngblood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel fails to land with a series of punches.
Youngblood fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nagibatel slips a jab and a cross from Youngblood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nagibatel looks for the body kick but Youngblood saw that one coming.
A big left from Youngblood misses.
Nagibatel is trying to counter with his kicks.
Youngblood walks into a stiff left hand from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nagibatel circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Youngblood drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Nagibatel follows Youngblood to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoha Nagibatel!
Lyoha Nagibatel thanked the fans post fight for their support.