PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Mills (ranked 3745 p4p, 1388 weight class) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 421 p4p, 194 weight class). Khabib Nurmagomedov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Mills
vs
Nurmagomedov

178 cm
22
155
3 - 5 - 0

170 cm
21
162
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Mills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mills clinches up against the cage.
Nurmagomedov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nurmagomedov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Mills pulls guard effortlessly.
Mills looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nurmagomedov is one step ahead there.
Nurmagomedov connects with a couple of short punches.
Nurmagomedov landing some decent shots from guard.
Nurmagomedov distracts Mills with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nurmagomedov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mills keeping moving, preventing Nurmagomedov from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurmagomedov is working Mills over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov landing some decent shots from guard.
Nurmagomedov works over Mills with some ground and pound from guard.

Mills is rocked!
Nurmagomedov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mills controls Nurmagomedov momentarily but Nurmagomedov frees himself.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Nurmagomedov distracts Mills with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oh Mills is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mills is trying to control the position but Nurmagomedov postures up.
Nurmagomedov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mills seems to have got his legs back now.
Nurmagomedov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mills is trying to control the position but Nurmagomedov postures up.
Nurmagomedov wants to pass the guard but Mills is keeping the position.
Nurmagomedov connects with a couple of short punches.

Mills is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nurmagomedov defends well.
Nurmagomedov stands up over Mills, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nurmagomedov stopping the sweep attempt from Mills.
Nurmagomedov lands a couple of digs.
Nurmagomedov wants to control from the top but Mills keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nurmagomedov forces his way into half guard.
Mills manages to get to full guard.
Mills looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the position from guard on top but Mills is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mills has momentary wrist control but Nurmagomedov slips an elbow through the middle.
Nurmagomedov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nurmagomedov scoring with some ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov wants to control from the top but Mills keeps moving.
Nurmagomedov slips nicely into half guard.
Mills has hold of Nurmagomedov's hands but Nurmagomedov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nurmagomedov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mills with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nurmagomedov working Mills over with strikes.
Mills on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mills has hold of Nurmagomedov's hands but Nurmagomedov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nurmagomedov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mills strikes from the bottom but Nurmagomedov passes into mount!
Nurmagomedov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mills in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nurmagomedov loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Mills scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Nurmagomedov land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Nurmagomedov stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Nurmagomedov!
A very excited looking Khabib Nurmagomedov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.