PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ardahan Battuga (ranked 389 p4p, 827 weight class) and Nagatsuki Hideki (ranked 53 p4p, 118 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Battuga
vs
Hideki

183 cm
23
174
11 - 2 - 0

183 cm
23
174
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS

30th Century Beer Store

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ardahan Battuga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nagatsuki Hideki!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battuga scores with a nice right hand.
Hideki throws a body shot but no joy.
We've been told by Battuga's head coaches at GWad's Playpen that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nagatsuki Hideki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hideki throws a hook but Battuga avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hideki. That's going to slow Battuga down.
Hideki tries to move into range but Battuga moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Battuga connects with a jab.
Hideki dips to his left and cracks Battuga with an uppercut!
Hideki moves away from the strike by Battuga.
Hideki misses with a body shot.
Hideki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
An attempted straight right counter from Battuga misses the target.
Hideki missing with a left hand there. Battuga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Battuga defending well as Hideki loads up on a big left hand.
Battuga was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hideki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hideki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Battuga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hideki looks to land a left hand but Battuga moved out of range nicely.
Battuga lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battuga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hideki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Battuga cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hideki throws a jab when Battuga was well out of range.
Battuga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hideki.
Battuga ducks under a wild hook from Hideki.
Hideki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Battuga has time to react.
Hideki jabs Battuga right on the nose. Battuga blinks but takes it well.
Hideki swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Battuga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hideki throws out a loose jab but Battuga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hideki misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Battuga counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Battuga throws a jab when Hideki was well out of range.
Hideki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Battuga is out of range and Hideki settles back down.
Battuga keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hideki.
Battuga throwing a counter right hand but Hideki manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Battuga misses the target.
Battuga is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hideki throws a lazy uppercut
and Battuga counters with a nice uppercut.
Hideki scores with a nice strike.
Battuga misses with a straight left.
Battuga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hideki lands with a hook. Battuga tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Battuga slips a straight right by Hideki.

Hideki sends Battuga crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Hideki is motioning to the referee to let Battuga up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Battuga is rocked!
Battuga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hideki lands a nice shot that snaps Battuga's head back.
Oh Battuga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hideki misses with an uppercut. Battuga saw that one coming.
Battuga seems to have got his legs back now.
Battuga lands with a cross.
Battuga avoids the body shot from Hideki.
Battuga swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battuga lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hideki at a distance.
Battuga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hideki.
Hideki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Battuga keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hideki.
Hideki throws a right hand that misses
and Battuga counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hideki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Battuga defending well as Hideki loads up on a big left hand.
Hideki misses with a straight right.
Hideki sizes up Battuga with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hideki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Battuga moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Battuga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hideki.
Battuga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hideki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Battuga scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Hideki, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab from Hideki.
Battuga connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hideki's hands.
Hideki throws a hook but Battuga blocks it.
Battuga misses with a hook. Hideki ducked under it nicely.
Battuga takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hideki digs a good body shot into Battuga's ribs.
Hideki throws out a loose jab but Battuga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Battuga is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hideki misses with a lunging right hand
and Battuga counters with a stiff right hand.
Hideki lands a really nice looking cross but Battuga seems unphased.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hideki looks to score with a jab to the body but Battuga is just out of range.
Hideki misses with a hook. Battuga ducked under it nicely.
Battuga was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hideki misses with a left hand
and Battuga counters with a straight right hand.
Battuga throws a shot from downtown. Hideki moves away and avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nagatsuki Hideki dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Battuga slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hideki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab from Hideki does it's job there.
Battuga cracks a nice hook into Hideki's ribs.
Hideki misses with a body shot.
Hideki thuds his right hand into Battuga's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Battuga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hideki.
Hideki throws the left hand but Battuga avoids the punch easily.
Hideki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hideki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hideki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Battuga was well out of range. Poor timing from Hideki.
Hideki misses the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Battuga misses its target.
Battuga looks to score with a jab to the body but Hideki is just out of range.
Hideki appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hideki throws a shot to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Battuga might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Battuga on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki throws an off balance right hand
and Battuga counters with a left to the body.
Hideki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Battuga is looking to counter punch.
Hideki misses with a left hand
enabling Battuga to counter with a crisp jab.
Hideki throws out a loose jab but Battuga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Battuga has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hideki misses with an uppercut.
Hideki just misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki scores with a punch to the head.
Hideki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Battuga manages to avoid it.
Battuga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Battuga throws a body punch but Hideki moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Battuga - just one landing.

Battuga rushes Hideki and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Hideki tries to break the clinch but Battuga is controlling the position.
Hideki is trying to break the clinch but Battuga has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Battuga.
Battuga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hideki's elbow.
Battuga has a couple of punches blocked by Hideki.
Battuga misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Battuga working aggressively here.
Battuga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hideki's elbow.

Hideki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Battuga keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hideki.
Hideki throws out a loose jab but Battuga uses good head movement to avoid it.

Battuga closes the distance and pushes Hideki back into the cage.

Hideki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nagatsuki Hideki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hideki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab lands there for Hideki.
Hideki throws a hook but Battuga avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki throws a leg kick but Battuga sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hideki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Battuga in his tracks.
Hideki loads up on a big right hand but Battuga slips the punch.

Battuga clinches up with Hideki and pushes him back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Battuga.
Hideki blocks a body shot from Battuga.

Hideki breaks the clinch.
Hideki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Battuga manages to avoid it.
Battuga swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hideki throws a jab when Battuga was well out of range.
Hideki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Battuga throws a hook but Hideki blocks it.
Hideki throws a body shot but no joy.
Battuga swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Hideki.
Hideki clobbers Battuga with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Battuga misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hideki looks to land a right hand but Battuga moved out of range.
Hideki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Battuga was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Battuga ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Battuga was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Battuga misses with a looping right.
Hideki connects with a right hand. Battuga shakes it off.
Hideki throws a lazy right hand but Battuga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Battuga misses the target.
Hideki with a jab.
Battuga is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hideki misses with a hook
and Battuga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hideki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Battuga blocks a jab.
Hideki scores with a nice head shot.
Battuga dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nagatsuki Hideki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hideki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hideki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Battuga moves out of range of the strikes.
A lazy left from Hideki finds it's target.
Hideki throws a body punch but Battuga moves out of range.
Battuga tries to clinch up but Hideki circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hideki! But no joy.
Battuga looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hideki misses with a leg kick
and Hideki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Battuga slips under a jab from Hideki.
A jab from Hideki misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hideki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hideki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Battuga was well out of range. Poor timing from Hideki.
Battuga swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Battuga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hideki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Battuga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Battuga is out of range and Hideki settles back down.
Hideki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Battuga counters with a nice body shot.
Donk. Battuga catches Hideki right on the button with a cross.
A clash of legs there as Battuga blocks the low kick.
Battuga is looking to counter punch.
Hideki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Battuga keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hideki.

Battuga closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hideki is trying to break free.
Battuga lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Battuga creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Hideki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hideki throws a hook but Battuga avoids it easily.
Battuga is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Battuga sends Hideki crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Battuga is motioning to the referee to let Hideki up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Hideki is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Battuga cracks Hideki with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Hideki falls to his knees and Battuga 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 2:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ardahan Battuga!