PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eduradr Nemkov (ranked 3297 p4p, 3070 weight class) and Danny Blake (ranked 416 p4p, 387 weight class). Blake has chosen Si Cranstoun - Dynamo as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nemkov
vs
Blake

179 cm
20
198
3 - 2 - 0

184 cm
20
201
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduradr Nemkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Blake!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nemkov avoids the head kick by Blake.
Blake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nemkov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blake takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nemkov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blake's hands.
Blake throws a body kick that misses
and Nemkov counters with a nice uppercut.
Blake fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blake's coach down at London MMA Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Blake's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Nemkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blake fails with a takedown attempt.
Blake takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Blake darts in and clinches Nemkov up against the cage.
Nemkov working hard to break the clinch.
Blake fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Nemkov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nemkov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nemkov scores with a decent looking hook.
Blake tries a head kick but it misses.
Blake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eduradr Nemkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nemkov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nemkov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Blake momentarily.
Nice body punch from Nemkov.
Nemkov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Eduradr Nemkov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blake with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nemkov to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Nemkov.

Blake is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blake misses with a takedown
and Nemkov counters with a left to the body.
Eduradr Nemkov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Blake.
Nemkov pounces like a tiger and cracks Blake with a vicious hook! Blake is down but not out! Nemkov follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eduradr Nemkov!
Eduradr Nemkov was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
In defeat, Danny Blake stepped up to the mic, saying 'This stinks.'.