PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Abramovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavius Nerva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abramovich kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ice Cold theme. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Abramovich
vs
Nerva

180 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

189 cm
19
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Abramovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Flavius Nerva!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nerva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Igor Abramovich has been cut.
Nerva shoots for a takedown but Abramovich saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Abramovich scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Abramovich trying to control the action but Nerva is working from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Abramovich seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nerva misses with a strike from the bottom.
Nerva is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Abramovich off and has taken his back!
Abramovich avoids the strikes from Nerva.
Abramovich is really stuck here.
Nerva missing with strikes from the back.
Abramovich is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nerva punishes Abramovich with strikes from the back mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abramovich has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Nerva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abramovich rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Nerva wants to pass to mount but Abramovich is defending the position.
Abramovich landing small, sideways elbows.
Abramovich wants to get back to his feet.
Abramovich is trying to maintain the position but Nerva is very close to passing his half guard.
Abramovich works his way to full guard. Good work.
Abramovich is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nerva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nerva postures up in Abramovich's guard and throws a big left but Abramovich blocks it.
Nerva postures up in Abramovich's guard and throws a big left but Abramovich blocks it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nerva throws a shot from downtown. Abramovich moves away and avoids it.
Nerva misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Nerva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nerva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Abramovich slips a jab and a cross from Nerva.
Abramovich moves away from the strike by Nerva.
Abramovich closes the distance and clinches up with Nerva, looking for a takedown. Abramovich pushes Nerva against the cage but Nerva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Abramovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nerva.
Abramovich slips a straight right by Nerva.
Nerva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nerva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abramovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Nerva.
Abramovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abramovich takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nerva fails to land with a series of punches.
Abramovich slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abramovich avoids the body shot from Nerva.
Abramovich has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Igor Abramovich's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nerva looks to score with a jab to the body but Abramovich is just out of range.
Nerva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abramovich.
Nerva looks to land a right hand but Abramovich moved out of range.
Nerva blocks a jab.
Abramovich walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nerva just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Nerva.
Nerva misses with a takedown attempt

and Abramovich counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Abramovich lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nerva keeping moving, preventing Abramovich from controlling successfully.
Nerva wants to sweep here but Abramovich controlling him for the moment.
Nerva doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Nerva wants to get back to his feet but Abramovich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Abramovich slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Abramovich landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abramovich working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Abramovich remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abramovich tries to advance to mount but Nerva denies him.
Nerva taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flavius Nerva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Abramovich's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nerva scores with a one two! Abramovich had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nerva just misses with a punch to the body.
Abramovich misses with a takedown

so Nerva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Abramovich on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Abramovich tries to get out of the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nerva lands a couple of elbows.
Nerva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Abramovich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nerva won't allow Abramovich to get back to his feet.
Nerva postures up in Abramovich's guard and throws a big left but Abramovich blocks it.
Nerva thows a big elbow that misses.
Nerva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nerva postures up in Abramovich's guard and throws a big left but Abramovich blocks it.
Nerva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Abramovich is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nerva lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Nerva.
Nerva looks to land a right hand but Abramovich moved out of range.
Nerva misses with an uppercut.
Abramovich gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Nerva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Abramovich's guard now.
Nerva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nerva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nerva throwing strikes but missing.
Abramovich trying to keep a closed guard but Nerva is proving a slippery customer.
Abramovich is looking to stand up but Nerva isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nerva works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nerva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Abramovich slips a jab from Nerva.
Abramovich drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nerva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nerva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abramovich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nerva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abramovich manages to avoid it.
Nerva waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Abramovich.
Nerva throws a hook but Abramovich avoids it easily.

Abramovich scores a takedown into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abramovich looking to control but Nerva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Abramovich working the ground and pound effectively.
Nerva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nerva is working to get back to half guard.
Abramovich with the ground and pound from mount.
Abramovich blocks Nerva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Abramovich breaks from Nerva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nerva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Nerva gets back to full guard.
Abramovich trying to control but Nerva is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nerva trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Nerva lands some strikes from the bottom.
Nerva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Abramovich's guard.
Abramovich is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nerva postures up and lands a big shot to Abramovich's brow.
Flavius Nerva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nerva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nerva throws a strike but Abramovich rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Abramovich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flavius Nerva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Igor Abramovich's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Abramovich walks into a stiff left hand from Nerva.
Abramovich changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nerva tries to avoid it but Abramovich manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nerva to the ground. Nerva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Nerva. No joy for Abramovich on that attempt.
Nerva throws a body punch but Abramovich moves out of range.
Nerva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nerva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abramovich.
Abramovich needs to keep his hands up - Nerva had a free shot at his head there.
Nerva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nerva misses with a two punch combination.
Flavius Nerva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Abramovich defending well as Nerva loads up on a big left hand.

Abramovich scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nerva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nerva regains half guard.
Nerva is trying to stand up here but Abramovich is controlling him well.
Nerva tries to get to full guard but Abramovich has control of the leg.
Nerva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Abramovich scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nerva tries to get to full guard but Abramovich has control of the leg.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Abramovich looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nerva misses with a straight right.
Abramovich fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Igor Abramovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nerva fails with the takedown

and Abramovich counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abramovich trying to control from half guard but Nerva is working away.
Nerva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Abramovich.
Abramovich blocks the strikes from Nerva.
Nerva manages to get to full guard.
Nerva tries to strike from the bottom.
Abramovich stays in close to Nerva's body and controls the position.
Abramovich has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Abramovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nerva tries to strike from the bottom.
Nerva throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Abramovich content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nerva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Abramovich stopping the sweep attempt from Nerva.
Igor Abramovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nerva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Abramovich looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Abramovich blocks the strikes from Nerva.
Nerva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nerva.
Nerva trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Nerva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Abramovich stopping the sweep attempt from Nerva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nerva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Flavius Nerva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nerva controls Abramovich momentarily but Abramovich frees himself.
Abramovich landing some decent shots from guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nerva lands a right hook to the body.
Nerva connects with a crisp jab.
Nerva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abramovich manages to avoid it.
Abramovich slips a jab from Nerva.

Abramovich closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nerva to the mat! Nerva manages to get full guard.
Nerva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Abramovich.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Abramovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nerva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flavius Nerva!