PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raheem Bengazi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Nordlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Raheem Bengazi has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bengazi
vs
Nordlund

191 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

Irish Collar & Elbow Nutrition and Laundry
Arcticus University: London

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raheem Bengazi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Nordlund!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nordlund throws a series of punches but Bengazi moves out of range.
Nordlund doesn't manage to clinch there - Bengazi circles away.
Good leg kick by Bengazi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bengazi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bengazi connects with a nice looking jab.

Nordlund has taken the fight to the clinch.

Nordlund breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Bengazi. That snapped Nordlund's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bengazi throws a body punch but Nordlund moves out of range.
Nordlund misses with an uppercut
and Bengazi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nordlund tries to clinch but Bengazi is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nordlund misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bengazi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nordlund's head.
Nordlund moves in looking to clinch but Bengazi pushes him off.
Nordlund takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nordlund walks into a jab.
Bengazi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bengazi lands with a cross.
Nordlund has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bengazi finds it's way round the side to connect with Nordlund's head.

Nordlund has Bengazi up against the cage in a clinch.
Nordlund fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bengazi is trying to maintain a safe position but Nordlund gets an underhook and turns Bengazi into the cage.
Bengazi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nordlund lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bengazi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Bengazi breaks from the clinch.
Bengazi cracks Nordlund with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bengazi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nordlund's head.

Nordlund rushes Bengazi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nordlund creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bengazi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bengazi stalling in the clinch.
Nordlund wants to get back to striking at distance but Bengazi won't allow it.

Nordlund pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nordlund moves to clinch but Bengazi breaks away
and Bengazi counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nordlund tries to clinch there but Bengazi circles away.
Nordlund tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Nordlund.
Bengazi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nordlund moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nordlund tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nordlund darts in trying to clinch
and Bengazi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nordlund takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nordlund on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bengazi misses with a hook
and Nordlund counters with a straight right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bengazi.

Bengazi gets tackled into the cage by Nordlund. Nordlund maintains the clinch.
Nordlund misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bengazi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Bengazi on the inside.
I was talking to Bengazi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nordlund misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bengazi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nordlund tries to break free but Bengazi pushes him back against the cage.
Bengazi scores with a shot to the side of Nordlund's head.
Nordlund tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bengazi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nordlund has Bengazi pressed against the cage, preventing Bengazi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Nordlund breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bengazi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nordlund in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raheem Bengazi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nordlund throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bengazi digs a good body shot into Nordlund's ribs.

Nordlund darts in and clinches Bengazi up against the cage.
Nordlund tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nordlund scores with a shot to the side of Bengazi's head.
Nordlund has a couple of punches blocked by Bengazi.
Bengazi lands with a short shot to the head.
Bengazi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Nordlund.
Bengazi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nordlund blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nordlund looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bengazi blocking some punches.
Nordlund misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nordlund is trying to force a seperation but Bengazi has the dominant position.
Bengazi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nordlund throws a head punch that misses.
Nordlund can't break the clinch.
Bengazi blocks an uppercut.
Bengazi controlling the action here for a moment.

Nordlund breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nordlund walks into a left hand.
Nordlund takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nordlund doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bengazi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nordlund.
Bengazi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nordlund can do to turn this around?
Bengazi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nordlund misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nordlund takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nordlund tries to clinch up.
Bengazi swinging wildly here.
Nordlund on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
Bengazi misses with a two punch combination.

Nordlund clinches up with Bengazi and pushes him back against the cage.
Bengazi cracks Nordlund with a nice body shot.
Bengazi gets through Nordlund's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bengazi blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bengazi breaks from the clinch.
Nordlund tries to clinch there but Bengazi circles away.
Nordlund looks to clinch
and Bengazi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nordlund with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bengazi to score with a decent uppercut.
Nordlund has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bengazi finds it's way round the side to connect with Nordlund's head.
Nordlund ducks under a wild hook from Bengazi.
Nordlund takes one to the chin there.

Nordlund moves into the clinch.
Bengazi wants to get back to striking at distance but Nordlund won't allow it.

Bengazi breaks the clinch.
Bengazi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nordlund.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bengazi misses with a double jab
enabling Nordlund to counter with a crisp jab.
Bengazi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nordlund tries to close the distance and clinch but Bengazi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bengazi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nordlund tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nordlund wants to clinch up but Bengazi keeps it at a distance.
Nordlund tries to clinch
and Bengazi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bengazi missing with a left hand there. Nordlund was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raheem Bengazi dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Good standup being displayed there by Nordlund as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Raheem Bengazi has been cut.
Bengazi throws a leg kick
and Nordlund counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Bengazi badly! He tries to strike back but Nordlund puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Bengazi out cold! Oh man, Bengazi will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). David Nordlund!
David Nordlund made sure to mention his sponsor, Arcticus University: London in his post fight interview.