PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoha Nagibatel (ranked 1663 p4p, 1244 weight class) and Horghain Yan Spentliche (ranked 224 p4p, 178 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nagibatel
vs
Yan Spentliche

180 cm
32
194
19 - 13 - 1

185 cm
25
190
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Champion Apparel

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 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoha Nagibatel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Horghain Yan Spentliche!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yan Spentliche uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagibatel.
Yan Spentliche ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagibatel moves away.
The fighters circling - Yan Spentliche throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yan Spentliche ducks under a wild hook from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nagibatel jabs Yan Spentliche to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yan Spentliche is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagibatel.
Yan Spentliche throws a hook but Nagibatel avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Nagibatel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yan Spentliche throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nagibatel.
Horghain Yan Spentliche seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagibatel lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yan Spentliche takes a step back to recover.
Nagibatel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yan Spentliche. Yan Spentliche circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yan Spentliche is looking to chop away at Nagibatel's legs.
Yan Spentliche misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagibatel avoids the head kick by Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagibatel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yan Spentliche has time to react.
Yan Spentliche misses with a hook.
Nagibatel jabs Yan Spentliche to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yan Spentliche has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel lands a front kick.
Yan Spentliche bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nagibatel pushes Yan Spentliche away with a front kick.
Nagibatel throws a push kick but Yan Spentliche slaps the foot to one side.
Nagibatel lands a jab to Yan Spentliche's midsection.
Nagibatel bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nagibatel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nagibatel checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Yan Spentliche. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche throws a jab but it's blocked by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel throws a big counter combination but Yan Spentliche scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nagibatel throws a body shot but no joy.
Yan Spentliche tries to bum rush Nagibatel with a series of wild strikes but Nagibatel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nagibatel throws a body kick that misses.
Yan Spentliche fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nagibatel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yan Spentliche waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagibatel.
Nagibatel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yan Spentliche throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagibatel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nagibatel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nagibatel slips under a jab from Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel thinks about countering with a body kick.
Yan Spentliche misses the shot to the body.
Yan Spentliche thows a leg kick but Nagibatel checks it
and Nagibatel counters with a nice body kick.
Nagibatel misses with a few strikes there.
Yan Spentliche has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel takes a swing at Yan Spentliche's ribcage but misses.
Yan Spentliche is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagibatel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nagibatel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nagibatel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nagibatel slips under a jab.
Nagibatel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yan Spentliche uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yan Spentliche misses with a hook.
Nagibatel is looking to land body kicks.
Nagibatel lands a glancing blow to the side of Yan Spentliche's head.
Yan Spentliche works the jab nicely.
Nagibatel walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel throws a series of punches but Yan Spentliche moves out of range.
Nagibatel throws a body kick that misses.
Yan Spentliche throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nagibatel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yan Spentliche moves away.
Nagibatel with a jab.
Nagibatel looks to land a body kick but Yan Spentliche moved away.
Yan Spentliche misses with a straight right.
Nagibatel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yan Spentliche misses with a body shot.
Nagibatel connects with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Nagibatel.
Nice straight punches there by Yan Spentliche. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel looks to land a left hand but Yan Spentliche moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagibatel missing with a left hand there. Yan Spentliche was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nagibatel takes one to the chin there.
Yan Spentliche misses with a body shot.
Nagibatel was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lyoha Nagibatel will probably get the nod.
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.

Yan Spentliche takes a swing at Nagibatel's ribcage but misses.
Yan Spentliche takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yan Spentliche.

It looks like Lyoha Nagibatel has been cut.
Yan Spentliche throws a sloppy head kick and Nagibatel moves out of range easily.
Nagibatel throws a big counter combination but Yan Spentliche scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nagibatel scores with a hook to the body. Yan Spentliche takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lyoha Nagibatel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yan Spentliche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lyoha Nagibatel is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice cross by Nagibatel.
A swing and a miss from Nagibatel.
Yan Spentliche throws a right hand that Nagibatel ducks under and follows up with a left that Nagibatel also avoids with ease.
Yan Spentliche thuds a left hand into Nagibatel's body.
Yan Spentliche throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nagibatel counters with a body kick that stops Yan Spentliche in his tracks momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yan Spentliche takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nagibatel checks a leg kick.
Nagibatel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yan Spentliche was well out of range. Poor timing from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche tests Nagibatel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nagibatel misses with a kick to the body.
Yan Spentliche connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good standup being displayed there by Yan Spentliche as he connects with a hook.
Yan Spentliche connects with a crisp jab.
Nagibatel digs a good hook to Yan Spentliche's body.
Yan Spentliche swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nagibatel misses with a kick to the body.
Nagibatel tries to land a body kick
and Yan Spentliche counters with a straight right hand.
Yan Spentliche bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nagibatel's head backwards.
Yan Spentliche keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nagibatel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yan Spentliche thuds his right hand into Nagibatel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Nagibatel has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Yan Spentliche misses with a straight right.
Nagibatel is looking to wear down Yan Spentliche with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nagibatel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche tries to land a front kick but Nagibatel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yan Spentliche misses with a wild combination.
Nagibatel slips under a jab.
Yan Spentliche throws a hook to the side of Nagibatel's head but Nagibatel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nagibatel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Yan Spentliche waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagibatel.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nagibatel. Yan Spentliche shrugs it off though.
Yan Spentliche looks to land a combination but Nagibatel avoids it well.
Yan Spentliche pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yan Spentliche uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nagibatel blocks a leg kick.
Nagibatel ducks under a wild hook from Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche throws a lazy right hand but Nagibatel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yan Spentliche blocks the body kick.
Yan Spentliche moves out of range of the body kick from Nagibatel.
Yan Spentliche takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nagibatel throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagibatel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagibatel takes a swing at Yan Spentliche's ribcage but misses.
Yan Spentliche throws a lazy right hand but Nagibatel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nagibatel tries to land a front kick but Yan Spentliche steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yan Spentliche moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nagibatel lands with a nice body punch.
Yan Spentliche connects with a jab.
Nagibatel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yan Spentliche can pounce on him.
Nagibatel takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yan Spentliche takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Yan Spentliche does no damage.
Yan Spentliche throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yan Spentliche takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nagibatel lands a body shot.
Nagibatel is looking to land body kicks.
Nagibatel misses with a body kick.
Yan Spentliche tries to bum rush Nagibatel with a series of wild strikes but Nagibatel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yan Spentliche lands a right hook to the body.
Nagibatel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagibatel throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yan Spentliche lands a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Yan Spentliche.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Horghain Yan Spentliche showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nagibatel digs a good body shot into Yan Spentliche's ribs.
Nagibatel lands a nice looking body shot.
Yan Spentliche scores with a three punch combo!
Yan Spentliche lands a slapping body shot.
Nagibatel misses with a right hand
and Yan Spentliche counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nagibatel thinking.
A slow jab from Yan Spentliche misses its intended target.
Nagibatel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nagibatel is looking to land body kicks.
Nagibatel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yan Spentliche walks into a straight right hand from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagibatel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Yan Spentliche scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yan Spentliche rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Nagibatel counter with a right hand.
Yan Spentliche throws an overhand right that lands on Nagibatel's shoulder, as Nagibatel tries to avoid the shot.
Yan Spentliche uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel lunges at Yan Spentliche with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yan Spentliche's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche throws an off balance right hand
letting Nagibatel counter with a right hand.
Nagibatel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Yan Spentliche swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yan Spentliche has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nagibatel.
Yan Spentliche throws a nice looking combination but Nagibatel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nagibatel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Yan Spentliche falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nagibatel counters with a straight right hand.
Yan Spentliche throws a right and a left that Nagibatel avoids nicely.
Yan Spentliche misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagibatel.
Yan Spentliche avoids a kick to the body.
Yan Spentliche misses with a low kick.
Yan Spentliche throws a lazy right hand but Nagibatel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagibatel fakes the leg kick and cracks Yan Spentliche in the body.
Yan Spentliche takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yan Spentliche takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Yan Spentliche misses with a looping left.
Nagibatel slips under a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Yan Spentliche. Those never looked like landing.
Yan Spentliche has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yan Spentliche tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nagibatel is able to avoid easily.
Nagibatel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yan Spentliche will feel that in the morning.
Nice body punch from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nagibatel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Yan Spentliche on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nagibatel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche throws a right hand that Nagibatel ducks under and follows up with a left that Nagibatel also avoids with ease.
And Nagibatel counters with a quick kick to the body but Yan Spentliche blocks it.
Nagibatel misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nagibatel. Yan Spentliche does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nagibatel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nagibatel lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yan Spentliche blocks the body kick.
Yan Spentliche gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yan Spentliche misses with a straight left.
And Nagibatel counters with a quick kick to the body but Yan Spentliche blocks it.
Nagibatel walks into a jab.
Yan Spentliche misses with a wild combination.
Nagibatel throws the kick towards the body but Yan Spentliche avoids it.
Nagibatel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yan Spentliche moves away.
Nagibatel swings for the body but Yan Spentliche moves out of range.
Yan Spentliche throws out a counter right but Nagibatel avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yan Spentliche connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nagibatel's hands.
Nagibatel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yan Spentliche throws a leg kick
and Nagibatel counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yan Spentliche ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yan Spentliche throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Nagibatel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel dodges the punch combination from Yan Spentliche.
Yan Spentliche bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nagibatel's head backwards.
Nice jab there from Yan Spentliche.
Nagibatel throws a series of punches but Yan Spentliche avoids them all with ease.
Nagibatel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yan Spentliche waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagibatel.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lyoha Nagibatel.
I think Nagibatel has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyoha Nagibatel!
A very excited looking Lyoha Nagibatel 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.