PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Baker Jr (ranked 3901 p4p, 520 weight class) and Raja Abdullaev (ranked 8530 p4p, 820 weight class). Raja Abdullaev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Baker Jr
vs
Abdullaev

190 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Juggernaut And Gladiators

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Baker Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raja Abdullaev!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker Jr shoots in looking for a takedown. Abdullaev tries to sprawl out of it but Baker Jr keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Abdullaev manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
An inside leg kick from Baker Jr misses.
Baker Jr tries to clinch but Abdullaev moves out of range.
Baker Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baker Jr shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Abdullaev sprawls well. Abdullaev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Baker Jr gets slowly back to his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abdullaev! But no joy.
Abdullaev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Baker Jr.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Baker Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baker Jr takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Abdullaev avoids the head kick by Baker Jr.
Abdullaev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Abdullaev connects with a body shot that sends Baker Jr's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Abdullaev drives through and clinches with Baker Jr against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Abdullaev.
Abdullaev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abdullaev.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baker Jr missing with knees to the body.
Baker Jr has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Abdullaev after a bit of a struggle.
Abdullaev scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Abdullaev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Baker Jr.
Abdullaev swats away the attempt to clinch by Baker Jr.
Abdullaev has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Abdullaev lands a big uppercut and Baker Jr crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Baker Jr looks OK. Abdullaev waves Baker Jr back to his feet!

Baker Jr is rocked!
Abdullaev is stalking Baker Jr. Baker Jr circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Abdullaev, and it's lights out! Baker Jr really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raja Abdullaev!