PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gegard Houellebecq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Dinh Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Houellebecq comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy - Spitfire. Nguyen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rolling Stones - Paint it Black . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Houellebecq
vs
Dinh Nguyen

174 cm
23
145 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

173 cm
23
146 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gegard Houellebecq!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Van Dinh Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houellebecq connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Houellebecq fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Houellebecq throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gegard Houellebecq seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Houellebecq lands an overhand right.
Nguyen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Houellebecq tries to score with a low kick but Nguyen moves his leg out of the way.
Nguyen throws a wild body kick that Houellebecq sees coming a mile off.
Nguyen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Houellebecq.
Nguyen is looking to chop away at Houellebecq's legs.
Houellebecq walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nguyen.
Houellebecq is looking to chop away at Nguyen's legs.
Nguyen ducks right into an uppercut from Houellebecq.
Houellebecq tries to score with a low kick but Nguyen moves his leg out of the way.
Houellebecq fails with the takedown.
Houellebecq tries a low kick but Nguyen avoids it.
Nguyen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Houellebecq moves out of range as Nguyen throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nguyen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Houellebecq tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nguyen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Houellebecq can pounce on him.
Houellebecq tries to clinch but Nguyen is having none of it.
Houellebecq on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nguyen. Nguyen obviously looking to wear him down.
Houellebecq throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Van Dinh Nguyen has been cut.
Nguyen tries to land a leg kick but Houellebecq saw it coming and moves away.
Nguyen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Houellebecq throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Nguyen is rocked!
Houellebecq misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nguyen is still on wobbly legs! Can Houellebecq finish him?
Nguyen throws a front kick aimed at Houellebecq's knee but Houellebecq avoids it well.
Houellebecq throws a monster overhand right that drops Nguyen! Houellebecq follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gegard Houellebecq!
Gegard Houellebecq retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Gegard Houellebecq thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.