PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandre Nadareishvili (ranked 3686 p4p, 5273 weight class) and Sainey Diawara (ranked 443 p4p, 547 weight class). Diawara is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ghostbusters. Sainey Diawara is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nadareishvili
vs
Diawara

190 cm
20
245
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
265
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aleksandre Nadareishvili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sainey Diawara!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Diawara instigates a clinch.
Diawara is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Diawara holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Diawara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Nadareishvili.
Diawara misses with a punch on the inside.

Nadareishvili's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Diawara clinches.
Diawara taking a breather.
Diawara pushes Nadareishvili back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nadareishvili with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nadareishvili is pushing Diawara up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diawara takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Sainey Diawara has been cut.

Nadareishvili breaks from the clinch.
Diawara on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nadareishvili scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadareishvili scores with a body shot.
Nadareishvili scores with a hook.
Nadareishvili ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diawara moves away.

Diawara gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Diawara misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nadareishvili creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nadareishvili missing with knees to the body.
Nadareishvili misses with a knee strike.
Nadareishvili lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nadareishvili.
Diawara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nadareishvili is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diawara tries to stall but Nadareishvili uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nadareishvili throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diawara blocks it with crossed arms.
Nadareishvili looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diawara holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadareishvili fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Diawara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aleksandre Nadareishvili is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Diawara clinches.
Diawara blocks an uppercut.
Nadareishvili misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nadareishvili content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nadareishvili putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diawara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diawara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nadareishvili's elbow.
Nadareishvili with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diawara tries to pull guard but Nadareishvili holds him up against the cage and eventually Diawara drops back down to his feet.
Nadareishvili wants to break free but Diawara has control.
Diawara working aggressively here.
Nadareishvili is trying to push Diawara away but Diawara has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nadareishvili.
Nadareishvili stalling against the cage.
Diawara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadareishvili lands a hook that snaps the head of Diawara backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diawara.
Diawara is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Nadareishvili.
Nadareishvili tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've been informed that Diawara has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right hook to the body lands for Nadareishvili.
Nadareishvili lands with a left to the head.
Nadareishvili's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diawara misses with a punch to the body.
Diawara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diawara has had enough of the clinch but Nadareishvili keeps him there for the moment.
Diawara misses with the head strike.
Nadareishvili scores with a shot to the side of Diawara's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diawara blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diawara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nadareishvili.

That has opened up Sainey Diawara's cut even more.
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!
Diawara misses with the head strike.
Diawara tries to score a body lock takedown but Nadareishvili shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nadareishvili stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nadareishvili lands with a short shot to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nadareishvili controlling the action here for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Diawara scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nadareishvili prevents a body shot from Diawara.
Diawara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nadareishvili's elbow.
Nadareishvili lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diawara is trying to break free.
Nadareishvili lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nadareishvili scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksandre Nadareishvili dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sainey Diawara's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nadareishvili scores with a jab. Diawara acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Diawara gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diawara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nadareishvili tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diawara avoids it.
Diawara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nadareishvili lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diawara managing to block the knees to the body from Nadareishvili.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nadareishvili's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nadareishvili paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nadareishvili scores with a nice right hand.
Nadareishvili uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diawara.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nadareishvili.
The crowd cheers as Nadareishvili lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diawara doesn't seem phased though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nadareishvili lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

The cut above Sainey Diawara's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nadareishvili is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Diawara fails with a takedown attempt.
Diawara is looking to clinch.
Nadareishvili appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diawara tries to clinch but Nadareishvili is having none of it.
Nadareishvili is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diawara can do to turn this around?
Nice defenses there by Diawara.
Nadareishvili seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Diawara moves into the clinch.
Nadareishvili blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Nadareishvili.
Diawara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diawara stalling in the clinch but Nadareishvili improves position.
Diawara is looking to break free of the clinch but Nadareishvili has double underhooks.
Diawara has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nadareishvili is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nadareishvili blocks an uppercut.
Nadareishvili misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nadareishvili with a knee to the head.
Nadareishvili stalling in the clinch.

Diawara gets control of Nadareishvili's arms and successfully pulls guard. Diawara will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Diawara is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nadareishvili defends well.
Nadareishvili trying to control but Diawara is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Diawara can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadareishvili pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diawara is keeping the position for now.
Nadareishvili wants to stand but Diawara is controlling his posture from full guard.
Diawara is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diawara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diawara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nadareishvili swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nadareishvili is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diawara just misses with a punch to the body.
Nadareishvili getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Aleksandre Nadareishvili is winning the standup battle so far.
Nadareishvili throws an off balance right hand
and Diawara counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Aleksandre Nadareishvili has been cut.
Nadareishvili scores with a jab.
Nadareishvili avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nadareishvili uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diawara.
An attempted straight right counter from Nadareishvili misses the target.
Nadareishvili connects with a right hand. Diawara shakes it off.
Nadareishvili scores with a nice strike.

Sainey Diawara's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Diawara throws a hook but Nadareishvili blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Nadareishvili misses the target.

Diawara moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diawara tries to work over Nadareishvili's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diawara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nadareishvili takes a shot to the head.
Nadareishvili scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diawara throws a punch but it's blocked by Nadareishvili.
Nadareishvili throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diawaras head.
Nadareishvili taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nadareishvili lands a hook to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sainey Diawara's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Aleksandre Nadareishvili!