PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Novoselic (ranked 1218 p4p, 1121 weight class) and Kebab Nurminen (ranked 171 p4p, 157 weight class). Novoselic comes to the cage accompanied by The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Alice in Chains. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Novoselic
vs
Nurminen

178 cm
40
174
24 - 9 - 0

180 cm
28
177
9 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Core Combat
Voodoo Nutrition

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Novoselic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kebab Nurminen!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novoselic misses with a leg kick.
Novoselic throws a hook but Nurminen avoids it easily.
Nurminen lands with a right hand.
Novoselic lands a nice looking body kick.
Novoselic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Novoselic throws a hook to the side of Nurminen's head but Nurminen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Novoselic misses its intended target.
Nurminen unleashes a big counter combination but Novoselic bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nurminen throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nurminen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nurminen lands with a nice body punch.
Nurminen throws a lazy right hand but Novoselic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Novoselic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alex Novoselic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nurminen misses with an uppercut
and Novoselic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nurminen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Novoselic.
Novoselic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nurminen.
Nurminen tries to clinch but Novoselic moves out of range.
Novoselic throws a leg kick
and Nurminen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novoselic throws a big shot that misses.
Novoselic slips a jab and a cross from Nurminen.
Novoselic stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Novoselic throws a wild body kick that Nurminen sees coming a mile off.
Nurminen misses with an uppercut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nurminen, as that shot connected.

Nurminen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Novoselic did well to prevent Nurminen getting side control.
Novoselic trying to control from the bottom.
Novoselic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Novoselic is trying to control but can't.
Nurminen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nurminen passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Novoselic is looking to improve his position but Nurminen isn't that keen on the idea.
Nurminen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Novoselic is looking to escape.
Nurminen prevents Novoselic from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurminen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Nurminen working the ground and pound effectively.
Nurminen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nurminen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nurminen lands a big elbow.
BOOM! Nurminen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Novoselic wants to control but Nurminen is having none of it.
Novoselic is squirming around, avoiding Nurminen's attempts to control the action.
Nurminen unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen unloading with bombs!

Novoselic is rocked!
Nurminen drops a big elbow. That's hurt Novoselic! More shots from Nurminen and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kebab Nurminen!
Kebab Nurminen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.