PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Watt (ranked 4518 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 4475 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Brock Watt
vs
Nurmagomedov

150 cm
23
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brock Watt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Nurmagomedov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Watt manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Nurmagomedov scoring with some ground and pound.
Watt wants to sweep here but Nurmagomedov controlling him for the moment.

Watt is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nurmagomedov defends well.
Nurmagomedov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Watt is keeping the position for now.
Nurmagomedov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nurmagomedov is working Watt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watt keeping full guard, as Nurmagomedov tries to pass.
Watt keeping moving, preventing Nurmagomedov from controlling successfully.

Watt is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nurmagomedov defends well.
Nurmagomedov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nurmagomedov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nurmagomedov controlling from the top position.
Nurmagomedov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nurmagomedov scoring with punches from side control.
Nurmagomedov scores with punches from side control.
Nurmagomedov lands a few punches from side control.
Nurmagomedov lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Watt down.
Watt is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Watt might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nurmagomedov working the body and head with strikes.
Nurmagomedov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watt keeps working.
Nurmagomedov lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nurmagomedov tries to stand but Watt is controlling his head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurmagomedov controls the position from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Nurmagomedov might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Watt can't do much from the bottom here.
Nurmagomedov creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nurmagomedov creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Watt seems a little lost for a moment, as Nurmagomedov dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watt gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Nurmagomedov lands a big shot there that rocks Watt but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Nurmagomedov trying to control but Watt is having none of it.
Nurmagomedov lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watt tries to reverse the position but Nurmagomedov maintains control.
Nurmagomedov scoring with strikes but Watt is staying in there.
Nurmagomedov controlling from the full mount.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot to the head.
Nurmagomedov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Watt is rocked!
Nurmagomedov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Watt can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Watt is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nurmagomedov postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Watt bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nurmagomedov and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Nurmagomedov!