PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nurlan Mustafin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Water Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Mustafin
vs
Water Boy

183 cm
21
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nurlan Mustafin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobby Water Boy!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustafin shoots for a double leg takedown but Water Boy sprawls well. He's pushed Mustafin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Water Boy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mustafin really is a fat lump.
Water Boy tries to clinch there but Mustafin circles away.

Mustafin closes the distance and clinches.
Water Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mustafin avoids it.

Mustafin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Water Boy wants to clinch but Mustafin slips to the side

and Mustafin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Water Boy won't be happy with that.
Mustafin lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Water Boy throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Water Boy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Water Boy is looking to clinch.
Water Boy darts in trying to clinch
and Mustafin counters with a good low kick that Water Boy was not able to check.
Water Boy tries to clinch but Mustafin moves away
and Mustafin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Water Boy closes the distance but Mustafin moves to the side
and Mustafin counters with a thumping low kick.
Bobby Water Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Water Boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Mustafin instigates a clinch.
Water Boy is pressed up against the cage. Mustafin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Water Boy down to the mat. Water Boy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Water Boy tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mustafin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Mustafin breaks from the clinch.
Water Boy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mustafin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Water Boy tries to clinch up

and Mustafin counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustafin wants to control from the top but Water Boy keeps moving.
Water Boy being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Nurlan Mustafin wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Mustafin gets tackled into the cage by Water Boy. Water Boy maintains the clinch.
Water Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Mustafin stalling in the clinch.
Mustafin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Water Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Mustafin avoids the damage to the body.
Water Boy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mustafin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nurlan Mustafin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mustafin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Water Boy smiles and moves away.
Water Boy tries to clinch
and Mustafin counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustafin lands with a shot to the body.
Water Boy on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Water Boy has closed the distance and engaged Mustafin in a clinch.
Mustafin avoiding damage as Water Boy throws knees to the body.
Water Boy looks gassed!
Mustafin managing to block the knees to the body from Water Boy.
Mustafin avoiding damage as Water Boy throws knees to the body.
Water Boy missing with knees to the body.
Mustafin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Water Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mustafin avoids it.

Mustafin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Water Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mustafin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mustafin connects with a high kick.
Bobby Water Boy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mustafin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mustafin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mustafin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Water Boy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mustafin swats away the attempt to clinch by Water Boy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Water Boy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mustafin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Water Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mustafin paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Water Boy moves into the clinch.
Mustafin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Water Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mustafin avoids it.
Water Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mustafin.
Water Boy has Mustafin pressed against the cage, preventing Mustafin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Water Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Water Boy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Water Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mustafin avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Mustafin.

Mustafin manages to break the clinch.
Water Boy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mustafin.
Water Boy moves to clinch but Mustafin breaks away

and Mustafin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nurlan Mustafin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Water Boy stuffs the takedown attempt from Mustafin. Mustafin gets slowly back to his feet.
Water Boy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mustafin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Mustafin clinches with his opponent.
Mustafin avoiding damage as Water Boy throws knees to the body.

Mustafin pulls Water Boy into guard.
Mustafin is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Water Boy dives into side control.
Mustafin can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Water Boy decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Water Boy tries to clinch but Mustafin moves out of range.

Water Boy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Water Boy obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Water Boy obliges.
Mustafin avoiding damage as Water Boy throws knees to the body.
Mustafin managing to block the knees to the body from Water Boy.
Water Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mustafin avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Water Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mustafin.
Water Boy missing with knees to the body.
Mustafin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bobby Water Boy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mustafin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
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!
Mustafin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mustafin managing to block the knees to the body from Water Boy.
Water Boy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Water Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mustafin avoids it.
Mustafin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Water Boy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mustafin is defending well for now.
Mustafin lands a nice knee to the body.
Water Boy missing with knees to the body.
Mustafin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mustafin scores with a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustafin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Water Boy missing with knees to the body.
Mustafin avoiding damage as Water Boy throws knees to the body.
Mustafin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Water Boy smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nurlan Mustafin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Water Boy tries to clinch up
and Mustafin counters with a body kick that stops Water Boy in his tracks momentarily.
Water Boy wants to clinch.
Water Boy tries to clinch up.
Water Boy tries to clinch
and Mustafin counters with an inside leg kick.

Water Boy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mustafin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mustafin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mustafin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Water Boy swivels and escapes.
Water Boy tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Mustafin counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Mustafin tries for a kimura but Water Boy is defending well.

Water Boy explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Water Boy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Water Boy moves into the clinch.
Water Boy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mustafin avoids it.
Mustafin tries to stall but Water Boy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mustafin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Water Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Water Boy missing with knees to the body.
Water Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mustafin.
Mustafin avoiding damage as Water Boy throws knees to the body.
Water Boy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mustafin.
Water Boy trying to land knees to the body.
Water Boy missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Mustafin.
Water Boy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Water Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Mustafin avoids the damage to the body.
Water Boy landing knees to the body.
Mustafin managing to block the knees to the body from Water Boy.
Mustafin has Water Boy pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustafin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Water Boy trying to land knees to the body.

Mustafin jumps guard and drags Water Boy to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Mustafin isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Water Boy stacks Mustafin on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Water Boy!

Water Boy decides to stand back up. Water Boy steps back and let's Mustafin get back to his feet.

Mustafin rushes Water Boy and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mustafin breaks from the clinch.
Mustafin keeps the fight on the outside.
Water Boy tries to clinch up.

Mustafin closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Water Boy's guard.
Mustafin trying to control but Water Boy is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

We're going to have a standup here because Nurlan Mustafin wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Water Boy tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mustafin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Water Boy's guard.

Mustafin drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Water Boy dives on top into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mustafin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Water Boy defends it easily.

Water Boy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Water Boy moves into range and clinches up with Mustafin.
Mustafin managing to block the knees to the body from Water Boy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mustafin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Mustafin clinches up against the cage.
Water Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Mustafin avoids the damage to the body.

Mustafin has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Water Boy clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

Mustafin looking for the choke from the back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nurlan Mustafin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mustafin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nurlan Mustafin!