PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ting Yaa (ranked 5295 p4p, 364 weight class) and Nurmagomedov Junior (ranked 4663 p4p, 450 weight class). Junior has chosen Dagestan as his entrance music. Nurmagomedov Junior acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Yaa
vs
Junior

160 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ting Yaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nurmagomedov Junior!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Junior closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Junior lands a hook that snaps the head of Yaa backwards.
Nice body punch from Junior - that landed with a thud.
Junior letting Yaa take a breather here.

Junior has clasped his hands together around Yaa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Junior sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Yaa is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Yaa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Junior on the ground.
Yaa stops Junior from passing to mount.
Yaa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yaa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Yaa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Junior scoring with punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Junior working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior tries to move into full mount but can't pass Yaa's legs.
Yaa on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Junior scoring with punches and elbows.

Yaa is rocked!
Junior remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Oh Yaa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Check out the look on Junior's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Yaa is breathing heavily.
Junior cracks Yaa with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Junior immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Yaa is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Junior!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nurmagomedov Junior!
Nurmagomedov Junior was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.