PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyoha Nagibatel (ranked 5611 p4p, 3257 weight class) and Ogum Jung Min (ranked 525 p4p, 349 weight class). Jung Min has chosen Smooth Criminal as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nagibatel
vs
Jung Min

180 cm
20
160
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
20
154
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lyoha Nagibatel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ogum Jung Min!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagibatel darts in trying to clinch
and Jung Min counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jung Min has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nagibatel wants to slow Jung Min down by chopping away at his legs.
Nagibatel tries to clinch but Jung Min moves out of range.
Jung Min looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nagibatel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nagibatel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jung Min.
Nagibatel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jung Min looks to land a right hand but Nagibatel moved out of range.
Nagibatel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nagibatel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jung Min throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nagibatel counters with a nice uppercut.
Jung Min pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jung Min misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel throwing a counter right hand but Jung Min manages to avoid it.
Nagibatel throws a hook but Jung Min avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagibatel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jung Min.
A little feinted left hand from Nagibatel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Nagibatel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nagibatel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nagibatel tries to throw a body punch but Jung Min avoids it by throwing Nagibatel back against the cage.
Nagibatel tries to throw a body punch but Jung Min avoids it by throwing Nagibatel back against the cage.

Jung Min breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nagibatel tries to clinch but Jung Min is having none of it.
Jung Min looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nagibatel swings for the body but Jung Min moves out of range.
Jung Min fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nagibatel manages to avoid it.
Jung Min scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nagibatel doesn't seem bothered though.
Jung Min shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jung Min takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Nagibatel moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jung Min breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nagibatel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jung Min walks into a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagibatel throws a lazy right hand but Jung Min sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nagibatel staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Nagibatel misses the target.
Decent striking displayed by Jung Min there.
Nagibatel darts in trying to clinch
and Jung Min counters with a straight right hand.
Nagibatel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jung Min looks to throw the jab but Nagibatel is out of range.
Jung Min misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nagibatel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jung Min.
A little feinted left hand from Nagibatel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jung Min looks to score with a jab to the body but Nagibatel is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Nagibatel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nagibatel throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagibatel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jung Min.
A little feinted left hand from Nagibatel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jung Min lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jung Min misses with a double jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Nagibatel misses the target.
Nagibatel misses with a shot to the body
letting Jung Min counter with a right hand.
Jung Min darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jung Min misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagibatel.
Jung Min swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nagibatel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung Min throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nagibatel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jung Min scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jung Min misses the shot to the body.
Jung Min misses with an uppercut
and Nagibatel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jung Min lands with a straight right. Nagibatel didn't see that one coming.
Jung Min misses with a looping left.
Nice shot lands for Jung Min.
Jung Min throws a jab but it's blocked by Nagibatel.
Jung Min lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jung Min smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ogum Jung Min seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagibatel blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ogum Jung Min dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nagibatel is looking to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jung Min! But no joy.
A swing and a miss from Jung Min.
Nagibatel tries to clinch but Jung Min moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Jung Min on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jung Min misses with a lunging right hand
and Nagibatel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jung Min tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagibatel was well out of range. Poor timing from Jung Min.
Jung Min has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nagibatel slips under a jab.
Nagibatel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jung Min just misses with a punch to the body.
Nagibatel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nagibatel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagibatel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nagibatel cracks Jung Min with a good jab.

Jung Min is rocked!
Nice body punch from Nagibatel.
Jung Min is still on wobbly legs! Can Nagibatel finish him?
Jung Min avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nagibatel tries to clinch but Jung Min is having none of it.
Nagibatel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nagibatel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung Min misses the jab.
Jung Min seems to have recovered his senses.
Nagibatel cracks Jung Min with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Jung Min tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Nagibatel pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Jung Min is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoha Nagibatel!