PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khalabib Nurmy (ranked 1832 p4p, 247 weight class) and Johnny Dangerous Jr (ranked 1972 p4p, 262 weight class). Dangerous Jr has chosen TNT - ACDC as his entrance music. Johnny Dangerous Jr will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nurmy
vs
Dangerous Jr

169 cm
31
193 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

188 cm
34
185 lbs
17 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khalabib Nurmy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Dangerous Jr!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dangerous Jr connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nurmy momentarily.

It looks like Khalabib Nurmy has been cut.
Nurmy fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice cross by Dangerous Jr.
Khalabib Nurmy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Nurmy misses.
Nurmy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nurmy digs a good hook to Dangerous Jr's body.
Good exchange - Dangerous Jr coming out on top.
Both fighters circling a little - Dangerous Jr finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nurmy drops his hands momentarily and Dangerous Jr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dangerous Jr scores with a punch to the head.
Nurmy throws a hook to the side of Dangerous Jr's head but Dangerous Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Nurmy gets the takedown into side control.
Nurmy working the ground and pound but Dangerous Jr is defending the strikes.
Nurmy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nurmy fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurmy landing strikes.
Dangerous Jr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nurmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr holds on to Nurmy's head and controls the position momentarily.
Nurmy throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dangerous Jr takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nurmy lands a few punches from side control.
Nurmy grinds an elbow into Dangerous Jr's temple.
Nurmy throws an elbow but Dangerous Jr slips to the side and avoids it well.
Nurmy working the ground and pound.
Dangerous Jr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nurmy.
Nurmy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dangerous Jr is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Nurmy has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dangerous Jr is avoiding damage well.
Dangerous Jr is looking for a sweep.
Nurmy throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dangerous Jr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nurmy.
Nurmy looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dangerous Jr is avoiding damage well.
Dangerous Jr struggling a bit here.
Nurmy throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dangerous Jr is looking for a sweep.
Nurmy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nurmy working the head and body with strikes.
Nurmy in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Dangerous Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nurmy connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dangerous Jr some visible discomfort.
Nurmy misses with the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Nurmy are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Dangerous Jr is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dangerous Jr keeps trying to improve his position.
Nurmy looks up at the clock and then as Dangerous Jr takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nurmy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Nurmy fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dangerous Jr taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dangerous Jr parries the strikes from Nurmy easily there. Nurmy is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dangerous Jr to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy working the ground and pound from side control.
Dangerous Jr manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nurmy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dangerous Jr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nurmy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nurmy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nurmy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dangerous Jr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nurmy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nurmy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dangerous Jr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nurmy.
Dangerous Jr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nurmy is thwarting Dangerous Jr's attempts to control the position.
Nurmy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dangerous Jr's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khalabib Nurmy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khalabib Nurmy's cut.
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.

A swing and a miss from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr misses with a double jab.
Nurmy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dangerous Jr lands a head shot.
Nurmy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dangerous Jr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dangerous Jr wants to clinch.
Nurmy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A left lands for Nurmy.

It looks like Johnny Dangerous Jr has been cut.
Nurmy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dangerous Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nurmy.
Nurmy loads up on a big right hand but Dangerous Jr slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Dangerous Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nurmy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dangerous Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dangerous Jr ducks under a wild hook from Nurmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Johnny Dangerous Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dangerous Jr is looking to clinch but Nurmy is avoiding it.
Nurmy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dangerous Jr.
Johnny Dangerous Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dangerous Jr lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dangerous Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A left lands for Dangerous Jr.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nurmy or perhaps it was just good defense by Dangerous Jr, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Khalabib Nurmy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dangerous Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dangerous Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nurmy.
Dangerous Jr tries to bum rush Nurmy with a series of wild strikes but Nurmy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dangerous Jr takes a swing at Nurmy's ribcage but misses.
Dangerous Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Dangerous Jr gets caught flat footed, as Nurmy shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurmy throwing strikes from guard but Dangerous Jr blocks nicely.
Nurmy throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy throwing strikes from guard but Dangerous Jr blocks nicely.
Nurmy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nurmy is looking to work some ground and pound but Dangerous Jr has wrist control.
Nurmy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nurmy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nurmy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dangerous Jr is keeping the position for now.
Dangerous Jr working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nurmy.
Nurmy throwing strikes from guard but Dangerous Jr blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nurmy won't allow Dangerous Jr to sweep him here.
Nurmy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nurmy works over Dangerous Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
Nurmy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dangerous Jr is keeping the position for now.
Nurmy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dangerous Jr keeping full guard, as Nurmy tries to pass.
Nurmy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nurmy working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy stands and throws Dangerous Jr's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nurmy working the ground and pound but Dangerous Jr is defending the strikes.
Nurmy trying to control the action but Dangerous Jr is working from the bottom.
Dangerous Jr is looking to regain half guard here but Nurmy keeps moving and retains side control.
Nurmy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dangerous Jr to see if he's OK.
Nurmy cracks Dangerous Jr with a big right hand but Dangerous Jr just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nurmy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dangerous Jr can do to turn this around?
Nurmy tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
An elbow from Nurmy crashes against the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dangerous Jr can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dangerous Jr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nurmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Khalabib Nurmy will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dangerous Jr connects with the punch.
Nurmy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dangerous Jr avoids the body shot from Nurmy.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Nurmy.
Dangerous Jr is looking for a sweep.
Nurmy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nurmy trying to control the position but Dangerous Jr is working away.
Nurmy working the ground and pound.
Nurmy is putting a hurting on Dangerous Jr here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nurmy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dangerous Jr struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmy tries to score with some ground and pound. Dangerous Jr controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dangerous Jr can't do much from the bottom here.
Nurmy landing a few strikes.
Nurmy tries to score with some ground and pound. Dangerous Jr controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dangerous Jr parries the strikes from Nurmy easily there. Nurmy is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dangerous Jr to escape.
Nurmy is chipping away with strikes.
Dangerous Jr tries to improve position but can't.
Nurmy working the ground and pound from side control.
Dangerous Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dangerous Jr is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nurmy off and has taken his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr misses with an elbow to the head.
Johnny Dangerous Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dangerous Jr lands strikes to the head.
Nurmy rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nurmy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dangerous Jr throwing strikes but missing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nurmy is on top in guard.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dangerous Jr managing to control the position.
Nurmy is working Dangerous Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dangerous Jr's head.
Nurmy throws a big elbow that misses.
Nurmy throwing strikes from guard but Dangerous Jr blocks nicely.
Nurmy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nurmy pushes down on Dangerous Jr's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dangerous Jr taking some punishment here, with Nurmy in his half guard.
Nurmy trying to mount his opponent but Dangerous Jr defends it.
Nurmy is trying to control. Dangerous Jr wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Nurmy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Nurmy.
Khalabib Nurmy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nurmy in particular looking to stall.
Dangerous Jr is looking to improve his position.
Nurmy throwing shots but Dangerous Jr is blocking nicely.
Nurmy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dangerous Jr defending well though.
Nurmy throwing shots but Dangerous Jr is blocking nicely.
Dangerous Jr wants to improve his position but Nurmy is controlling well.
Dangerous Jr is not content to let Nurmy control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khalabib Nurmy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nurmy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalabib Nurmy!
A very excited looking Khalabib Nurmy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.