PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Petr Valder (ranked 4754 p4p, 4838 weight class) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Valder
vs
Nurmagomedov

180 cm
18
190
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
184
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Petr Valder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valder defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nurmagomedov.

Valder gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nurmagomedov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Valder looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Valder is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Valder bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nurmagomedov's guard.

Nurmagomedov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Valder is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valder throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nurmagomedov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nurmagomedov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Valder wants to control from the top but Nurmagomedov keeps moving.
Valder trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nurmagomedov's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valder tries to free his leg and advance position but Nurmagomedov is retaining full guard.

Nurmagomedov is looking for a triangle here but Valder uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Nurmagomedov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Nurmagomedov reaches up around Valder's neck trying to control. But Valder takes advantage instantly and he's locked on an arm triangle! Big trouble for Nurmagomedov! Oh that looks nasty! A human being's head is not meant to turn that color! Nurmagomedov is out! He's gone limp! The ref steps in to break the fighters up and Valder celebrates the victory with the fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Petr Valder!