PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lazar Nimirov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reed comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jean Baptiste Lully - Marche Royale kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nimirov
vs
Reed

195 cm
27
211 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
213 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lazar Nimirov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oliver Reed!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nimirov misses with an uppercut. Reed saw that one coming.
Nimirov avoids the body shot from Reed.
Nimirov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Oliver Reed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nimirov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Reed.
Nimirov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reed throws a leg kick
and Nimirov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nimirov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Reed.
Nimirov connects with a nice looking jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reed swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nimirov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nimirov avoids the head kick by Reed.
A telegraphed right hand from Nimirov misses the target.
Reed buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reed avoids a kick to the body.
Reed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed throws a leg kick but Nimirov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oliver Reed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reed lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Reed keeps Nimirov at a distance using the push kick.
Nimirov looks to score with a jab to the body but Reed is just out of range.
Nimirov looks to land a left hand but Reed moved out of range nicely.
Reed shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Reed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nimirov.
Nimirov misses with a hook. Reed ducked under it nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Reed. That snapped Nimirov's head back.
Reed checks a leg kick.
Reed chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reed just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nimirov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nimirov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reed.
Nimirov is breathing heavily.
Reed misses with a straight left.
Reed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Danga de danga de dang - Reed scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Lazar Nimirov has been cut.
Reed cracks the inside of Nimirov's front leg.
Reed throws a body punch but Nimirov moves out of range.
Reed misses with a body shot.
Nimirov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reed ducks right into an uppercut from Nimirov.
Reed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nimirov's sensitive parts.
Reed lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Reed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reed.
Nimirov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Reed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nimirov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nimirov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reed.
Reed throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A telegraphed right hand from Nimirov misses the target.
Reed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nimirov throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Reed throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reed tries to bum rush Nimirov with a series of wild strikes but Nimirov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nimirov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reed jabs Nimirov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nimirov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nimirov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reed.
Nimirov misses with a kick to the body.
Reed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nimirov.
Nimirov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reed tests Nimirov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reed is looking to slow Nimirov down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reed stuns Nimirov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reed throws a head kick but Nimirov moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Reed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lazar Nimirov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Reed misses with a low kick.
Reed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nimirov.
Nimirov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reed throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Reed misses with a low kick.
Reed throws a body kick that misses.
Reed throws a low kick, looking for Nimirov's leg but Nimirov calmly moves out of range.

Oooooh!!! Reed has knocked Nimirov down with a huge combo! Reed steps away and waves a wobbly Nimirov back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Nimirov is rocked!
Nimirov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Oh Nimirov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nimirov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Reed.
Reed and Nimirov are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Reed throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Nimirov into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Reed knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Oliver Reed!