PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Danilov (ranked 2258 p4p, 1064 weight class) and Mousa Ndombele (ranked 287 p4p, 151 weight class). Ruslan Danilov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mousa Ndombele's chin.

Danilov
vs
Ndombele

185 cm
37
180
27 - 28 - 0

180 cm
31
170
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 27 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruslan Danilov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mousa Ndombele!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilov shoots in for a takedown but Ndombele shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ndombele fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Danilov checks it well.
Danilov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ndombele can pounce on him.
Ndombele takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Danilov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Danilov clinches up against the cage.
Ndombele can't find room to land a body shot as Danilov controls the action.
Danilov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ndombele being controlled against the cage.

Ndombele pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ndombele 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ndombele checks a leg kick.
Ndombele lands with a thumping leg kick.
Danilov tries to clinch but Ndombele moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Danilov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ndombele doesn't seem phased though.
Danilov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilov throws a jab but it's blocked by Ndombele.
Ndombele misses with an uppercut. Danilov saw that one coming.
Danilov is looking to counter punch.
Danilov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ndombele was well out of range. Poor timing from Danilov.
Ndombele misses with a wild body shot.
Danilov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ndombele is looking to slow Danilov down with leg kicks.
Danilov misses with a wild body shot.
Danilov throws a sloppy body shot
and Ndombele counters with a good low kick that Danilov was not able to check.
Ndombele lands a nice shot to the body.
Ndombele steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Danilov.
Ndombele slaps away a takedown attempt from Danilov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ndombele circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danilov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice shot by Ndombele.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danilov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danilov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ndombele connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Danilov scrambles back to his feet.
Danilov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ndombele manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ndombele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Danilov.
Danilov dives in for a single leg takedown but Ndombele sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruslan Danilov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danilov can't find room to land a body shot as Ndombele controls the action.
Danilov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ndombele throws a punch but it's blocked by Danilov.
Danilov takes a shot to the head.
Ndombele working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ndombele lands with a right to the head.

Ndombele manages to break the clinch.
Danilov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ndombele.
Ndombele throws a low kick, looking for Danilov's leg but Danilov calmly moves out of range.
Danilov lands with a cross.
Mousa Ndombele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Danilov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danilov thows a huge punch but Ndombele dodges it nicely.
Ndombele trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ndombele looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Danilov is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Danilov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ndombele is trying to escape the mount.
Danilov controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ndombele regains half guard.

Danilov seems to be looking for submissions.
Ndombele is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Danilov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ndombele does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ndombele is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Danilov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Danilov's back!
Ndombele lands a shot to the body.

Ndombele is looking for the choke from the back position but Danilov is controlling his hands well.
Danilov looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ndombele connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Danilov to escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mousa Ndombele dominated that round.
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.

Danilov scores with a nice right hand.
Danilov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ndombele.
Danilov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ndombele looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Danilov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ndombele backs up against the cage.

It looks like Mousa Ndombele has been cut.
Ndombele throws a low kick but Danilov avoids it.
Danilov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ndombele moves away.
Danilov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ndombele misses with a leg kick.
Danilov is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ndombele checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Danilov works the jab nicely.

Ndombele is rocked!
Ndombele throws a push kick but Danilov slaps the foot to one side.
Danilov lands a nice hook to Ndombele's body. Ndombele takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danilov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ndombele is still on wobbly legs! Can Danilov finish him?
Danilov cracks Ndombele with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Ndombele falls to his knees and Danilov doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruslan Danilov!
Ruslan Danilov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.