PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kert Nigobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoff Strangle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geoff Strangle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nigobson
vs
Strangle

188 cm
20
213 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
28
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kert Nigobson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Geoff Strangle!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nigobson looks to land a right hand but Strangle moved out of range.
Strangle fails with the takedown

and Nigobson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nigobson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nigobson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Strangle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nigobson.
Nigobson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Strangle knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nigobson controlling the pace.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nigobson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Strangle's head.
Strangle wants to control but Nigobson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nigobson connects with a nice short shot to Strangle's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nigobson lands a nice short elbow.
Nigobson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nigobson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Nigobson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nigobson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Strangle!
Strangle tries to hold on but Nigobson pushes him away.
Nigobson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nigobson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nigobson raining down hammerfists from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nigobson breaks from Strangle's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Strangle takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Strangle is rocked!
Strangle is in a horrible position here. Nigobson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Strangle is still in real trouble! Can Nigobson finish him?
Nigobson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Strangle in real trouble here! The ref calls for Strangle to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kert Nigobson!