PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Nazarov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamir Inumerable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Inumerable has chosen Wishmaster-nightwish as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Nazarov
vs
Inumerable

187 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vadim Nazarov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamir Inumerable!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarov stuns Inumerable with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Inumerable shoots in but Nazarov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Inumerable fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nazarov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Inumerable avoids the body shot from Nazarov.
Nazarov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Inumerable swats away the attempt to clinch by Nazarov.
Inumerable shoots in for a takedown but Nazarov shows good takedown defense.
Nazarov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inumerable was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazarov.
Good shot there by Nazarov.
Inumerable throws a body kick that misses.
Nazarov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Inumerable feints a jab promting Nazarov to slip. Inumerable then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nazarov slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Vadim Nazarov has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nazarov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Inumerable.
Vadim Nazarov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamir Inumerable.
Nazarov cracks Inumerable with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Inumerable there.
Inumerable's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Inumerable duly obliges.
Sloppy strikes from Nazarov. Those never looked like landing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Inumerable is defended easily by Nazarov.
Nice uppercut lands for Nazarov. That snapped Inumerable's head back.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Inumerable.
Inumerable should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nazarov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inumerable.
Nazarov throws an off balance right hand
and Inumerable counters with a left and a right that stings Nazarov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inumerable with a hook.
Nazarov swats away the attempt to clinch by Inumerable.
Nazarov avoids the head kick by Inumerable.
Inumerable looks gassed!
Nazarov feints a jab promting Inumerable to slip. Nazarov then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Inumerable slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Nazarov tries to keep at a distance but Inumerable has taken the fight into the clinch.
Inumerable tries to land knees in the clinch but Nazarov avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inumerable trying to stall but Nazarov improves his position.
Nazarov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Inumerable backwards.
Nazarov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Inumerable can't get the takedown.
Inumerable is trying to stall.
Nazarov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nazarov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Inumerable is trying to drag Nazarov to the mat but Nazarov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Nazarov has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Inumerable clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Nazarov lands shots from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarov controlling the position well here. Inumerable rolled but Nazarov kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Inumerable is trying to get back to his feet but Nazarov has full control of the position and if anything, Inumerable has just worked his way into a worse spot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jamir Inumerable will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vadim Nazarov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nazarov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Inumerable.
A telegraphed right hand from Nazarov misses the target.
Inumerable throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Nazarov darts in and clinches Inumerable up against the cage.
Nazarov can't find room to land a body shot as Inumerable controls the action.

Nazarov breaks the clinch.
Jamir Inumerable seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Inumerable keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Inumerable tries for a takedown but Nazarov circles away easily

and Nazarov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nazarov.

Inumerable is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Inumerable is looking for a triangle but Nazarov pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inumerable is trying to control the position but Nazarov postures up.
Nazarov stands and throws Inumerable's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nazarov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Inumerable to see if he's OK.
Inumerable is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Nazarov trying to control the position but Inumerable is working away.
Inumerable is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inumerable can't do much from the bottom here.
Nazarov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Inumerable on the ground.

Jamir Inumerable has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Inumerable takes the fight into the clinch.
Nazarov is pushing Inumerable up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice left hand lands by Nazarov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inumerable is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vadim Nazarov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamir Inumerable.
Inumerable prevents the takedown attempt.
Inumerable drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nazarov pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nazarov throws a body punch but Inumerable moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Inumerable.
Nazarov leaves Inumerable with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Inumerable is breathing heavily.
Inumerable fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazarov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Vadim Nazarov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vadim Nazarov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nazarov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nazarov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nazarov misses with a hook. Inumerable ducked under it nicely.
Nazarov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Inumerable defends it nicely.
Inumerable dives in and grabs Nazarov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nazarov pushes down on Inumerable's head and hops out.
Nazarov digs a good body shot into Inumerable's ribs.
Inumerable misses with a takedown attempt
and Nazarov counters with a straight right hand.
Inumerable shoots in for a takedown but Nazarov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vadim Nazarov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamir Inumerable.
Inumerable takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nazarov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inumerable.

Nazarov looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Inumerable is controlling Nazarov's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Nazarov is trying to control the action in half guard but Inumerable is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Nazarov shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nazarov stalling away here and it's allowed Inumerable to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Inumerable has his foot on Nazarov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nazarov works his way back into a safe position though.
Inumerable trying to control the position here.
Inumerable is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inumerable is trying to keep Nazarov in close.
Nazarov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nazarov wants to control from the top but Inumerable keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Vadim Nazarov.
Nazarov throws a series of punches but Inumerable avoids them all with ease.
Inumerable doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nazarov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nazarov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Inumerable tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nazarov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Inumerable shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nazarov eats them both and turns towards Inumerable to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nazarov misses with a double jab.
Inumerable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nazarov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nazarov is looking to clinch but Inumerable is avoiding it.
Jamir Inumerable is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nazarov misses with a lunging right hand
and Inumerable counters with a one-two to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vadim Nazarov.
I think Nazarov 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!