PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Little
vs
Dzhumagaliev

185 cm
25
192 lbs
15 - 6 - 2

185 cm
32
190 lbs
31 - 14 - 1

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World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

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 15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Omar Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Dzhumagaliev looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dzhumagaliev tried to score with a low kick but Little checks it.
Dzhumagaliev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Little bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dzhumagaliev's head backwards.
Dzhumagaliev scores with a head kick. Little tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Omar Little has been cut.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Little just misses with a punch to the body.
Little lands with a nice body kick.
Omar Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dzhumagaliev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Little pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Little.
Dzhumagaliev throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Little finds it's way round the side to connect with Dzhumagaliev's head.
Little pushes Dzhumagaliev away with a front kick.
Little moves in looking to clinch but Dzhumagaliev pushes him off.

Little clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dzhumagaliev just misses with a elbow thrown towards Little's brow.
Little swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dzhumagaliev gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dzhumagaliev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dzhumagaliev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Little tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dzhumagaliev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Little's elbow.
Little lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Little.
Dzhumagaliev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Little misses with a hook to the ribs.
Little blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Little blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Little misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dzhumagaliev swings wildly with an uppercut but Little uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Little obliges.
Little connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Nikolai Dzhumagaliev has been cut.
Dzhumagaliev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Little with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Little lands a body shot.
Little misses with a hook to the ribs.
Little takes a shot to the head.
Little lands with a short shot to the head.
Little misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Dzhumagaliev.
Dzhumagaliev blocks a body shot from Little.
I was talking to Little's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dzhumagaliev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dzhumagaliev prevents a body shot from Little.
Little tries to throw a body punch but Dzhumagaliev avoids it by throwing Little back against the cage.
Little blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Little lands a body shot.
Little lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little blocks an uppercut.
Dzhumagaliev tries a body shot but Little blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Dzhumagaliev fails to land.
Little misses with a punch on the inside.
Dzhumagaliev lands a hook that snaps the head of Little backwards.
Dzhumagaliev pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Little scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a body punch.

Little breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Dzhumagaliev.
Little misses the shot to the body.
Little changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dzhumagaliev lands a nice hook to Little's body. Little takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dzhumagaliev with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Little to score with a decent uppercut.
Little takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Little slips a jab from Dzhumagaliev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Little checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A thudding body kick lands there by Little!
Little connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Little cracks Dzhumagaliev with an open hand slap.
Little lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dzhumagaliev wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Dzhumagaliev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sloppy strikes from Dzhumagaliev. Those never looked like landing.
Little lands a nice shot that snaps Dzhumagaliev's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Little moves out of range as Dzhumagaliev strikes.
Little throwing a counter right hand but Dzhumagaliev manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Little dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dzhumagaliev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Little connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dzhumagaliev momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Little.
Little misses with a left hand
and Dzhumagaliev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dzhumagaliev misses with an uppercut. Little saw that one coming.
Dzhumagaliev ducks under a wild hook from Little.
Dzhumagaliev throws out a counter right but Little avoids it with no problem.
Little chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Little throws a shot from downtown. Dzhumagaliev moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dzhumagaliev.
Dzhumagaliev looks to land a left hand but Little moved out of range nicely.
Little throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dzhumagaliev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Little walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Little throws a front kick that sends Dzhumagaliev stumbling back into the cage.
Omar Little is winning the standup battle so far.

Little has closed the distance and engaged Dzhumagaliev in a clinch.

Dzhumagaliev manages to break the clinch.
Dzhumagaliev throws a hook but Little avoids it easily.
Dzhumagaliev misses with a hook
and Little counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Little throws a body kick that misses.
Little misses with a leg kick.
Dzhumagaliev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dzhumagaliev throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Little looks to land a right hand but Dzhumagaliev moved out of range.
Little fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dzhumagaliev.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dzhumagaliev attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Little misses.
Dzhumagaliev lunges at Little with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Little's hand.
Dzhumagaliev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dzhumagaliev moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dzhumagaliev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Little can pounce on him.
Little throws a body kick that misses.
Dzhumagaliev takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dzhumagaliev on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Little, as that shot connected.
Little ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Little lands a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little punishes Dzhumagaliev's body with a nice straight punch.
Dzhumagaliev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Little jabs at Dzhumagaliev's body.
Little has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dzhumagaliev.
Little throws a front kick that sends Dzhumagaliev stumbling back into the cage.
Little avoids the body shot from Dzhumagaliev.
Little is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dzhumagaliev can do to turn this around?
Little buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Little thumps Dzhumagaliev with a low kick.
Little lands with a nice body punch.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch but Dzhumagaliev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dzhumagaliev only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Little fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dzhumagaliev manages to avoid it.
Little throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Little is looking to slow Dzhumagaliev down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Little.
Little feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Little moves into range and connects with a jab.
Little turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dzhumagaliev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Little can pounce on him.
Little connects with a body shot.
Dzhumagaliev drops his hands momentarily and Little takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Little just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dzhumagaliev! But no joy.
Nice shot by Little.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Little dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Little's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Little takes a swing at Dzhumagaliev's ribcage but misses.
Little throws a hook but Dzhumagaliev avoids it easily.
Little misses with a hook.
Dzhumagaliev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dzhumagaliev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Little catches Dzhumagaliev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Little connects with a looping right hand.
Dzhumagaliev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dzhumagaliev throws a series of punches but Little avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little scores with a sloppy right hand. Dzhumagaliev should have avoided that one.
Dzhumagaliev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Little. Dzhumagaliev does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Little checks a leg kick.
Dzhumagaliev has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Little.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev tries to land a leg kick but Little saw it coming and moves away.
Little dodges the punch combination from Dzhumagaliev.
Little jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Dzhumagaliev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Little blocks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Little.
A swing and a miss from Dzhumagaliev.
Little is looking for a counter combo.
Little stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dzhumagaliev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Little throws a body punch but Dzhumagaliev moves out of range.
Nikolai Dzhumagaliev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev misses the body punch
and Little counters with a nice body kick.
Dzhumagaliev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Little looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dzhumagaliev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dzhumagaliev gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Decent striking displayed by Little there.

Dzhumagaliev is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dzhumagaliev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Little seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Dzhumagaliev walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dzhumagaliev is still on wobbly legs! Can Little finish him?
Little looks for the body kick but Dzhumagaliev saw that one coming.
Dzhumagaliev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dzhumagaliev seems to have recovered his senses.
Little throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Little dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dzhumagaliev. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dzhumagaliev lands a really nice looking cross but Little seems unphased.
Little pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Little takes a swing at Dzhumagaliev's ribcage but misses.
Dzhumagaliev moves out of range of the body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Little.
A combination from Dzhumagaliev does no damage.
Little misses with a right hand
and Dzhumagaliev counters with a good, hard body kick but Little shrugs it off.
Dzhumagaliev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Little.
Dzhumagaliev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Little looks to score with a jab to the body but Dzhumagaliev is just out of range.
Dzhumagaliev moves out of range of the body kick.
Little looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Little.
Dzhumagaliev on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dzhumagaliev looks to land a left hand but Little moved out of range nicely.
Little moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dzhumagaliev has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Little throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dzhumagaliev.
Dzhumagaliev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dzhumagaliev has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Little.
Donk. Little catches Dzhumagaliev right on the button with a cross.
Little slips a jab from Dzhumagaliev.
Little was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dzhumagaliev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Little thinks about countering with a body kick.
Dzhumagaliev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Little.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Little, right into the meat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Omar Little showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Little has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Omar Little!
An out of breath Omar Little thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.