PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vital Nokautenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niles Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: White Zombie - More Human Than Human. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Niles Martell enters the ring!

Nokautenko
vs
Martell

178 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
170 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vital Nokautenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Niles Martell!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Nokautenko. Martell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nokautenko uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Martell has time to react.
Nokautenko just misses with a punch to the body.

Martell darts in and clinches Nokautenko up against the ropes.
Martell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Vital Nokautenko has been cut.
Nokautenko tries to pull guard but Martell won't allow it.

Martell jumps into guard, dragging Nokautenko to the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nokautenko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nokautenko postures up in Martell's guard and throws a big left but Martell blocks it.
Nokautenko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nokautenko sitting in guard here, content to control.
Martell is trying to keep Nokautenko in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nokautenko with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nokautenko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nokautenko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nokautenko postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martell keeping moving, preventing Nokautenko from controlling successfully.
Nokautenko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nokautenko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nokautenko wants to control from the top but Martell keeps moving.
Nokautenko trying to move into half guard but instead Martell has managed to sweep!
Martell is looking to stand up but Nokautenko won't let him.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Vital Nokautenko just wasn't active enough.
Nokautenko looks to land a right hand but Martell moved out of range.
Martell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nokautenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nokautenko misses with an uppercut

and Martell counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martell lands an elbow just above Nokautenko 's eye.
Martell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nokautenko being controlled against the ropes.
Martell looking to slow down the pace here.
Nokautenko jumps guard but Martell stands there with Nokautenko around his waist. Nokautenko gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nokautenko tries to stall but Martell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nokautenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Nokautenko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martell backwards.
Nokautenko wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vital Nokautenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nokautenko tries to work over Martell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Martell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nokautenko's brow.
Nokautenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martell avoids it.

Martell gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Nokautenko is trying to control the position but Martell postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Vital Nokautenko wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Martell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nokautenko.
Martell doesn't manage to clinch there - Nokautenko circles away.
Martell wants to clinch up but Nokautenko keeps it at a distance.
Martell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nokautenko.
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!
Martell ducks under a wild hook from Nokautenko.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nokautenko misses with an uppercut
and Martell counters with a nice body kick.
Nokautenko misses with a body shot.
Vital Nokautenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martell tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vital Nokautenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vital Nokautenko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Nokautenko shoots in but no luck this time.
Nokautenko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Martell tries to clinch up.
Nokautenko has a takedown stuffed.
Martell wants to clinch.
Martell tries to clinch up but Nokautenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Nokautenko misses with an uppercut. Martell saw that one coming.
Martell tries to close the distance and clinch but Nokautenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nokautenko changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Martell looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Nokautenko goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Martell rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Nokautenko's guard! Nice work there by Martell!
Martell is looking to stand up but Nokautenko won't let him.
Nokautenko seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Nokautenko is looking to stand back up but Martell counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Nokautenko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell tries to stand and escape but Nokautenko is controlling the position.
Nokautenko wants to get back to full guard.
Vital Nokautenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

We're going to have a standup here because Vital Nokautenko wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Nokautenko misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nokautenko scores with a nice strike.
A jab from Nokautenko misses.
Martell ducks under a wild hook from Nokautenko.
Nokautenko lands a head shot.
Nokautenko feints a jab promting Martell to slip. Nokautenko then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Martell slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Martell lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nokautenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Martell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martell is looking to clinch but Nokautenko is avoiding it.
Martell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nokautenko misses the shot to the body.
Martell tries to clinch but Nokautenko is having none of it.

Nokautenko dives in and scores a takedown into Martell's guard.
Nokautenko postures up in Martell's guard and throws a big left but Martell blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Martell has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Nokautenko off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Nokautenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vital Nokautenko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vital Nokautenko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Martell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nokautenko missing with a left hand there. Martell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martell tries to clinch there but Nokautenko circles away.
Martell tries to clinch but Nokautenko moves out of range.
Nokautenko throws a right hand that Martell ducks under and follows up with a left that Martell also avoids with ease.
Martell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martell tries to clinch but Nokautenko is having none of it.
Nokautenko throws a series of punches but Martell moves out of range.
Nokautenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martell manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nokautenko keeps the fight on the outside.
Martell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Martell avoids the body shot from Nokautenko.
Martell slips a straight right by Nokautenko.
Nokautenko throws a jab when Martell was well out of range.
Martell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martell fails with an attempt to clinch.

Nokautenko tries to keep at a distance but Martell has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Martell managing to block the knees to the body from Nokautenko.
Nokautenko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Martell prevents it.
Martell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Martell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nokautenko is trying to push Martell away but Martell has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Martell blocks a body shot from Nokautenko.
Martell lands an elbow just above Nokautenko 's eye.
Martell lands an elbow just above Nokautenko 's eye.
Martell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Vital Nokautenko's cut is getting worse.
Nokautenko throws a head punch that misses.
Martell pushes off an throws an elbow but Nokautenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martell lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Martell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nokautenko's brow.
Martell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martell landing knees to the head.
Martell lands an elbow that stopped Nokautenko in his tracks for a moment.

Vital Nokautenko's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Martell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Martell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Martell lands an elbow that stopped Nokautenko in his tracks for a moment.
Nokautenko avoids a wild elbow strike from Martell.
Martell lands an elbow just above Nokautenko 's eye.

Jeez, Vital Nokautenko's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nokautenko jumps guard but Martell stands there with Nokautenko around his waist. Nokautenko gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nokautenko trying to control the position but instead, Martell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nokautenko into the ropes.
Martell prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vital Nokautenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martell lands an elbow just above Nokautenko 's eye.
Martell lands a damaging elbow.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Niles Martell!
A victorious Niles Martell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.