PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kebab Nurminen (ranked 811 p4p, 1038 weight class) and Ruslan Danilov (ranked 118 p4p, 142 weight class). Kebab Nurminen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Nurminen
vs
Danilov

180 cm
32
177
14 - 11 - 0

185 cm
33
180
21 - 18 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kebab Nurminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilov throws a sloppy head kick and Nurminen moves out of range easily.
Nurminen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nurminen throws a shot from downtown. Danilov moves away and avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Danilov.
Danilov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nurminen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Danilov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Danilov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Nurminen. Beautiful body shot.
Danilov connects with the punch.
Danilov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nurminen was well out of range. Poor timing from Danilov.
Nurminen throwing a counter right hand but Danilov manages to avoid it.
Danilov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Danilov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Danilov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nurminen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Danilov.
Danilov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurminen moves away.
Danilov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nurminen is out of range and Danilov settles back down.
Danilov throws a head kick that misses

and Nurminen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Danilov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nurminen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Danilov misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danilov blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Danilov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov tries to stall but Nurminen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nurminen lands with a light punch inside.
Nurminen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head punch on the inside from Nurminen fails to land.
Danilov blocking some punches.
Danilov pushes Nurminen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nurminen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Danilov taking a breather.
Nurminen lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Danilov fails to land.
Danilov misses with a knee to the head.
Nurminen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Danilov misses with a punch to the body.
Danilov lands an uppercut.
Nurminen lands with a light punch inside.
Nurminen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nurminen throws a punch but it's blocked by Danilov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danilov blocking some punches.
Danilov blocks a body shot from Nurminen.
Danilov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen lands a right hand.
Danilov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nurminen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Danilov working aggressively here.
Nurminen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nurminen lands a nice uppercut.
Nurminen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Danilov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nurminen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nurminen digs a right hand into Danilov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Danilov's gas tank.
Danilov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nurminens head.
Nurminen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Danilov blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Danilov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nurminen.
Danilov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Danilov.
Nurminen misses with a punch on the inside.
Nurminen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen throws a head punch that misses.
Nurminen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nurminen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nurminen scores with a shot to the side of Danilov's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danilov.
Danilov trying to control the position but instead, Nurminen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Danilov into the cage.
Danilov lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nurminen.
Nurminen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nurminen working aggressively here.
Nurminen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Danilov backwards.
Nurminen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Danilov fails to land.
Nurminen lands with a right to the head.
Danilov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nurminen prevents a body shot from Danilov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danilov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nurminen backwards.
Danilov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nurminen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen lands a nice uppercut.
Danilov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nurminen gets through Danilov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nurminen blocks a body shot from Danilov.
Danilov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Danilov blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Nurminen.
Nurminen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nurminen swings wildly with an uppercut but Danilov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nurminen throws a punch but it's blocked by Danilov.
Danilov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Danilov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nurminen misses with a body punch.
Nurminen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Danilov is looking to control Nurminen's arms but Nurminen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Danilov has his back to the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Danilov is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Nurminen has denied him.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kebab Nurminen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Danilov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Danilov throws a solid leg kick but Nurminen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Danilov.
Danilov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nurminen catches Danilov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Donk. Nurminen catches Danilov right on the button with a cross.
Danilov defending well as Nurminen loads up on a big left hand.
Danilov looks to land a left hand but Nurminen moved out of range nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nurminen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Danilov shoots in for a takedown but Nurminen shows good takedown defense.
Nurminen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Danilov. Nurminen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nurminen throws out a loose jab but Danilov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danilov looks to score with a jab to the body but Nurminen is just out of range.
Nurminen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nurminen throws a big shot that misses.
Nurminen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danilov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Danilov misses with a low kick.
Danilov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nurminen.
Nurminen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurminen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kebab Nurminen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danilov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nurminen can pounce on him.
Nurminen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice shot lands for Nurminen.
Danilov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A big right from Nurminen misses.
Nurminen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Danilov is out of range and Nurminen settles back down.
Nurminen throws a jab when Danilov was well out of range.
Nurminen throws an off balance right hand

and Danilov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Danilov.
Nurminen keeping moving, preventing Danilov from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurminen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nurminen controlling the position.
Danilov looking to sit in guard and control but Nurminen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nurminen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurminen preventing the sweep.
Danilov trying to control the position.
Nurminen postures up and lands a big shot to Danilov's brow.
Danilov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nurminen is one step ahead there.
Danilov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Danilov might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Nurminen haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Danilov has momentary wrist control but Nurminen slips an elbow through the middle.
Danilov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nurminen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Danilov's head.
Nurminen landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Danilov has his foot on Nurminen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nurminen works his way back into a safe position though.
Nurminen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Danilov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nurminen connects with a couple of short punches.
Nurminen landing some decent shots from guard.
Nurminen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nurminen postures up in Danilov's guard and throws a big left but Danilov blocks it.
Nurminen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Danilov is rocked!
Nurminen postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Danilov covers up, he's hurt! Nurminen keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Nurminen and the ref steps in to end the fight! Nurminen can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kebab Nurminen!
A victorious Kebab Nurminen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.