PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axton Burgess (ranked 1528 p4p, 972 weight class) and Eduradr Nemkov (ranked 214 p4p, 139 weight class). Nemkov has chosen Сектор газа - Лирика as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Burgess
vs
Nemkov

188 cm
23
190
5 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
198
8 - 3 - 0

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Axton Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduradr Nemkov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nemkov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Burgess stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Burgess takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nemkov misses with a hook to the body
and Burgess counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Nemkov misses.
Burgess throws a hook to the side of Nemkov's head but Nemkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut there from Burgess.

Nemkov pushes Burgess up against the cage in a clinch.
Burgess misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess misses with the head strike.
Burgess tries a body shot but Nemkov blocks it.
Burgess has a couple of punches blocked by Nemkov.
Nice body punch from Burgess.
A body shot lands from Burgess.
Burgess fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burgess.
Burgess swings wildly with an uppercut but Nemkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgess pushes Nemkov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nemkov is trying to stall.
Nemkov looking to stall.
Burgess digs a right hand underneath Nemkov's ribcage. Nemkov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nemkov looks winded!
Burgess lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Burgess.
Burgess stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Burgess - that landed with a thud.
Burgess working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgess digs a right hand underneath Nemkov's ribcage. Nemkov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Burgess.
A short body shot lands from Burgess as the two fighters clinch.
Burgess scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burgess scores with a shot to the side of Nemkov's head.
Nemkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burgess lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
Burgess swings wildly with an uppercut but Nemkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgess lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burgess working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgess misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Burgess - that landed with a thud.
Burgess lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
Burgess lands a body shot.
Burgess tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burgess throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burgess lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nemkov or not.
Burgess struggles to land a body shot inside as Nemkov controls his hands.
Burgess lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess lands a hook that snaps the head of Nemkov backwards.
Nemkov lands a hook that snaps the head of Burgess backwards.
Burgess lands a nice shot to the body.
Burgess blocks a body shot from Nemkov.
Burgess misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burgess prevents a body shot from Nemkov.
Burgess lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burgess makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Burgess misses with a punch on the inside.
Nemkov prevents a body shot from Burgess.
Nemkov blocks an uppercut.
Burgess misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burgess misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burgess lands with a right to the head.
Burgess misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burgess misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nemkov prevents a body shot from Burgess.
Burgess lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgess lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess scores with a shoulder strike.

Nemkov is rocked!
Burgess lands with a short shot to the head.
Nemkov is still on wobbly legs! Can Burgess finish him?
Nemkov throws a head punch that misses.
Burgess is leaning against Nemkov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burgess lands with a right to the head.
Burgess dips a shoulder and cracks Nemkov with a mighty uppercut! Nemkov falls back against the cage and Burgess unloads with a barrage of strikes! Nemkov is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Burgess screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axton Burgess!
During a confident post fight interview, Axton Burgess thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.