PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramzi Nurmagomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sanchez
vs
Nurmagomedov

177 cm
21
148 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ramzi Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.

Nurmagomedov moves into the clinch successfully.
Nurmagomedov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nurmagomedov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sanchez or not.
Nurmagomedov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanchez is trying to break free.
Sanchez working Nurmagomedov over with knees to the body.
Nurmagomedov lands a left hand.
Sanchez trying to stall but Nurmagomedov improves his position.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nurmagomedov lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Nurmagomedov as the two fighters clinch.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Sanchez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanchez tries to break free but Nurmagomedov pushes him back against the cage.
Nurmagomedov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nurmagomedov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez tries to land knees in the clinch but Nurmagomedov avoids the damage to the body.
Nurmagomedov cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov pushes Sanchez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Nurmagomedov has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nurmagomedov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sanchez.
Good body shot from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nurmagomedov lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nurmagomedov is keeping busy.
A left hand lands to the body for Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov lands a body shot.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot to the body.
Nurmagomedov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nurmagomedov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nurmagomedov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov scores with a nice hook to the head.

Sanchez is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clinched against the cage, Nurmagomedov lands a big elbow that drops Sanchez! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Sanchez is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ramzi Nurmagomedov!