PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Firco Nowack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armand Battailen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nowack
vs
Battailen

196 cm
32
240 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

202 cm
24
248 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Firco Nowack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Armand Battailen!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Battailen. That's going to slow Nowack down.
A shot to the liver by Nowack. Beautiful body shot.
Battailen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Battailen walks into a stiff left hand from Nowack.
Battailen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Battailen drives through and clinches with Nowack against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nowack working Battailen over with knees to the body.
Battailen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nowack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nowack struggles to land a body shot inside as Battailen controls his hands.
Battailen with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowack stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Battailen managing to block the knees to the body from Nowack.
Nowack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Battailen dodges an elbow strike from Nowack.
A knee to the head by Battailen.

Battailen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nowack misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battailen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Armand Battailen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowack throws a wild body kick that Battailen sees coming a mile off.
Nowack lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Battailen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Battailen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Battailen tests Nowack's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nowack throws a head kick that misses.
Battailen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nowack fails with an attempt to clinch.

Nowack clinches up with Battailen and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Nowack.

It looks like Armand Battailen has been cut.
Nowack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nowack misses with an elbow over the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nowack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nowack tries to land knees in the clinch but Battailen avoids the damage to the body.
Nowack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Battailen landing knees to the head.
Nowack looking to throw knees to the head but Battailen is blocking nicely.
Nowack taking a breather.
Battailen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Battailen has had enough of the clinch but Nowack keeps him there for the moment.
Nowack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Battailen avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nowack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Battailen's defenses.
Nowack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Battailen misses with a knee strike.
Battailen is trying to break free.
Battailen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nowack pushes off an throws an elbow but Battailen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nowack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Battailen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nowack has him pressed against the cage.
Battailen dodges an elbow strike from Nowack.
Nowack lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowack lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Armand Battailen's cut even more.
Nowack throws an elbow but it misses.
Nowack lands an elbow inside that Battailen shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nowack just misses with a elbow thrown towards Battailen's brow.
Nowack trying to land knees to the body.
Nowack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nowack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Battailen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nowack's face.
Nowack with a knee to the head.
Nowack is breathing heavily.
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!
Nowack takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowack trying to land knees to the body.
Battailen missing with knees to the body.
Nowack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nowack trying to stall but Battailen improves his position.
Battailen avoids a wild elbow strike from Nowack.
Battailen with a knee to the head.
Nowack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nowack tries to land a knee to the head but Battailen blocks with his arms.
Nowack landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowack working Battailen over with knees to the body.
Nowack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Battailen looking to throw knees to the head but Nowack is blocking nicely.
Nowack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nowack lands an elbow inside that Battailen shrugs off.

The cut above Armand Battailen's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nowack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Battailen tries to land a knee to the head but Nowack blocks with his arms.
Nowack scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees to the body from Nowack.
Nowack lands an elbow that stopped Battailen in his tracks for a moment.
Nowack scores with a knee to the head.
Nowack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nowack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Battailen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nowack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nowack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Armand Battailen's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Nowack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nowack trying to control the position but instead, Battailen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nowack into the cage.
Nowack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Firco Nowack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Armand Battailen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nowack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Battailen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowack manages to avoid it.
Nowack moves in looking to clinch but Battailen pushes him off.
Battailen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Nowack darts in and clinches Battailen up against the cage.
Battailen trying to land knees to the body.
Nowack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Battailen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nowack takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowack scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nowack tries to land knees in the clinch but Battailen avoids the damage to the body.
Battailen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Battailen is breathing heavily.
Nowack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Battailen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nowack with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowack looking to stall.
Battailen takes an elbow to the temple.
Battailen tries to break the clinch but Nowack is controlling the position.
Battailen avoiding damage as Nowack throws knees to the body.
Nowack lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nowack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nowack throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nowack working Battailen over with knees to the body.
Nowack misses with a knee to the head.
Nowack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nowack taking a breather.
Nowack lands a nice knee to the body.
Nowack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowack trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Battailen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nowack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Battailen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Battailen takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nowack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Firco Nowack!
Firco Nowack was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.