PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Natsisiwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zaubrek Ubrihayev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ubrihayev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kalinka maja kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kalle Natsisiwa has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Natsisiwa
vs
Ubrihayev

188 cm
27
208 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Natsisiwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zaubrek Ubrihayev!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ubrihayev slips under a jab from Natsisiwa.
Ubrihayev takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Natsisiwa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ubrihayev.
Ubrihayev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ubrihayev tries a head kick but it misses.
Natsisiwa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Natsisiwa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ubrihayev.
Natsisiwa loads up on a big right hand but Ubrihayev slips the punch.
Natsisiwa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Natsisiwa misses the jab.
Ubrihayev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ubrihayev shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Natsisiwa sprawls well. Natsisiwa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ubrihayev gets slowly back to his feet.
Kalle Natsisiwa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zaubrek Ubrihayev.
Natsisiwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ubrihayev moves away.
Natsisiwa misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa throws the left hand but Ubrihayev avoids the punch easily.
Natsisiwa throws a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Natsisiwa both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Zaubrek Ubrihayev has been cut.
Natsisiwa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ubrihayev gets the takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Natsisiwa dodges the ground and pound from Ubrihayev.
Ubrihayev slows the pace down.
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!
Sloppy strikes there by Ubrihayev.
Ubrihayev tries to advance to mount but Natsisiwa denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa is looking for a sweep.
Ubrihayev working the head and body with strikes.
Natsisiwa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Natsisiwa is trying to control Ubrihayev's posture but Ubrihayev avoids it.
Ubrihayev takes a little break here. Natsisiwa wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ubrihayev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Natsisiwa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ubrihayev connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubrihayev is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Natsisiwa will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ubrihayev tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ubrihayev has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Natsisiwa is trying to control Ubrihayev's posture but Ubrihayev avoids it.
Ubrihayev staying calm.
Natsisiwa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ubrihayev controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Ubrihayev might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Ubrihayev working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ubrihayev working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zaubrek Ubrihayev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zaubrek Ubrihayev's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Natsisiwa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Natsisiwa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ubrihayev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Natsisiwa throws a series of punches but Ubrihayev moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Natsisiwa.
Ubrihayev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Natsisiwa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Natsisiwa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ubrihayev walks into a left hand.
Natsisiwa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Natsisiwa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Zaubrek Ubrihayev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ubrihayev shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Natsisiwa sprawls well. Natsisiwa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ubrihayev gets slowly back to his feet.
Natsisiwa misses with a straight left.
Natsisiwa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubrihayev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Ubrihayev is rocked!
No joy there for Natsisiwa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ubrihayev is still on wobbly legs! Can Natsisiwa finish him?
Natsisiwa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ubrihayev.
Natsisiwa slaps away a takedown attempt from Ubrihayev, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kalle Natsisiwa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zaubrek Ubrihayev.
Ubrihayev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Natsisiwa.
Ubrihayev seems to have recovered his senses.
Ubrihayev is trying hard to land a takedown here. Natsisiwa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ubrihayev closes the distance and clinches up with Natsisiwa, looking for a takedown. Ubrihayev pushes Natsisiwa against the cage but Natsisiwa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Natsisiwa digs a good body shot into Ubrihayev's ribs.
Ubrihayev misses with a two punch combination.
Natsisiwa thuds a left hand into Ubrihayev's body.
Natsisiwa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ubrihayev doesn't seem bothered though.
Ubrihayev is breathing heavily.
Natsisiwa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kalle Natsisiwa is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Natsisiwa goes for a small jab and connects. Now Natsisiwa goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Ubrihayev stumbles back but Natsisiwa runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Ubrihayev to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Ubrihayev will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kalle Natsisiwa!
Kalle Natsisiwa tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.