PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Bresiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cris Bresiano has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Khabib Nurmagomedov's chin.

Nurmagomedov
vs
Bresiano

177 cm
18
156 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cris Bresiano!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bresiano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nurmagomedov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bresiano thows a leg kick but Nurmagomedov checks it

and Nurmagomedov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nurmagomedov.
Bresiano looking to control.

Nurmagomedov is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bresiano can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nurmagomedov landing some decent shots from guard.
Nurmagomedov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bresiano's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov working some strikes from top position.
Nurmagomedov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bresiano's guard.
Bresiano on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nurmagomedov maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Bresiano could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Nurmagomedov has cracked it and Bresiano is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Nurmagomedov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Khabib Nurmagomedov!
Khabib Nurmagomedov decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.