PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brady Maximus (ranked 4362 p4p, 431 weight class) and Anatoly Nurmagomedov (ranked 4990 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Maximus
vs
Nurmagomedov

188 cm
24
176 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brady Maximus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anatoly Nurmagomedov !
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maximus.
Nurmagomedov looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Maximus tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Nurmagomedov defends well and Maximus ends up having to push Nurmagomedov into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Maximus shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nurmagomedov but Nurmagomedov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nurmagomedov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nurmagomedov misses with a body kick.
Maximus appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Maximus tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nurmagomedov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Maximus somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brady Maximus. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Maximus throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nurmagomedov was covering up waiting for the punch and Maximus finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov working a defensive guard here.

Maximus gets to his feet. Nurmagomedov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Maximus fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Nurmagomedov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nurmagomedov jumps guard but Maximus turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Maximus is trying to push Nurmagomedov away but Nurmagomedov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Maximus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maximus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nurmagomedov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nurmagomedov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Maximus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Maximus lands a big head kick that sends Nurmagomedov tumbling to the mat! Maximus takes a step backwards and waves Nurmagomedov back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Nurmagomedov is rocked!

It looks like Anatoly Nurmagomedov has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Look low, kick high! Maximus uses the oldest trick in the book to send Nurmagomedov tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Maximus is absolutely delighted - when Nurmagomedov wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Brady Maximus!
A very excited looking Brady Maximus 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.