PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Roussel (ranked 1270 p4p, 1347 weight class) and Lyoha Nagibatel (ranked 153 p4p, 159 weight class). Roussel comes to the cage accompanied by Manau - J'ai laissé là bas . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Roussel
vs
Nagibatel

185 cm
27
203
16 - 10 - 1

180 cm
36
194
26 - 20 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS

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NARCOS

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 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dexter Roussel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoha Nagibatel!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagibatel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Roussel.

It looks like Dexter Roussel has been cut.
Nagibatel ducks under a wild hook from Roussel.
Nagibatel only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nagibatel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roussel.
Roussel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nagibatel on the side of the head.
Nagibatel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roussel.
Roussel takes a swing at Nagibatel's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nagibatel.
Roussel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roussel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagibatel moves away.
Nagibatel tries a quick counter leg kick but Roussel is wise to it.
Roussel swings widly with a right hand
and Nagibatel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dexter Roussel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roussel just misses with a punch to the body.
Roussel backing away here, and Nagibatel unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A big right from Roussel misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagibatel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roussel misses with a hook.
Nagibatel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roussel.
Nagibatel tries a quick counter leg kick but Roussel is wise to it.
A big left from Roussel misses.
Roussel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel unleashes a big counter combination but Roussel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Roussel connects with a crisp jab.
Nagibatel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Roussel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Roussel misses with a hook
and Nagibatel counters with a good low kick that Roussel was not able to check.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roussel. Nagibatel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nagibatel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nagibatel avoids the body shot from Roussel.
Nagibatel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Roussel.
Nagibatel slips under a jab.
Roussel misses with a looping left.
Nagibatel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roussel throws out the jab.
Nagibatel moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roussel. Nagibatel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nagibatel avoids the body shot from Roussel.
Roussel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roussel misses with a left hand
and Nagibatel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roussel misses with an uppercut
and Nagibatel counters with an outside leg kick.
A low kick lands for Nagibatel.
Roussel takes a swing at Nagibatel's ribcage but misses.
Roussel throws an off balance right hand
and Nagibatel counters with a low kick, right behind Roussel 's knee.
Nagibatel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nagibatel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Roussel checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nagibatel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Roussel misses the jab.
Nagibatel is looking for the big counter here.
Roussel throws a jab but it's blocked by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel tries to land a leg kick but Roussel saw it coming and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roussel loads up on a big right hand but Nagibatel slips the punch.
Roussel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roussel throws a hook but Nagibatel blocks it.
As Roussel backs off Nagibatel throws a huge counter combo but Roussel manages to avoid it all.
Roussel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nagibatel at a distance.
Roussel cracks Nagibatel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roussel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nagibatel is looking to slow Roussel down with leg kicks.
Nagibatel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nagibatel tries to land a leg kick but Roussel saw it coming and moves away.
Nagibatel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Roussel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Roussel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Roussel misses with a hook.
Nagibatel flicks out a counter leg kick but Roussel steps away.
Roussel misses the body punch
and Nagibatel counters with a good low kick that Roussel was not able to check.
Nagibatel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nagibatel defending well as Roussel loads up on a big left hand.
Roussel misses with a looping right.
Roussel misses with a right hand
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Roussel misses with an uppercut
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagibatel throws a low kick but Roussel avoids it.
A big right from Nagibatel misses.
Roussel throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roussel lands with a shot to the body.
Nagibatel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nagibatel throws a low kick but Roussel avoids it.
Roussel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nagibatel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roussel throws out the jab.
Roussel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagibatel.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nagibatel! But no joy.
Nagibatel misses with a low kick.
Roussel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nagibatel walks into a left hand.
Nagibatel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Roussel finds it's way through Nagibatel's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roussel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roussel swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A big right from Roussel misses.
Dexter Roussel is winning the standup battle so far.
Nagibatel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roussel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roussel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nagibatel counters with an inside leg kick.
Roussel misses with a lunging right hand
and Nagibatel counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nagibatel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Roussel misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roussel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Roussel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roussel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roussel blocks a leg kick.
Roussel clobbers Nagibatel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Roussel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Roussel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roussel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nagibatel's head backwards.
Roussel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roussel.
Roussel backing away here, and Nagibatel unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roussel misses with a hook. Nagibatel ducked under it nicely.
Roussel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roussel misses with a hook. Nagibatel ducked under it nicely.
Nagibatel only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Roussel punishes Nagibatel's body with a nice straight punch.
Roussel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roussel jabs Nagibatel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nagibatel, as that shot connected.
Roussel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagibatel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick from Nagibatel, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Roussel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Roussel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Roussel looks to throw the jab but Nagibatel is out of range.
Nagibatel tries a quick counter leg kick but Roussel is wise to it.
Roussel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nagibatel can do to turn this around?
Nagibatel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roussel throws a poor cross that misses
and Nagibatel counters with a two punch combo.
Roussel misses with a hook to the body

and Nagibatel counters with a nice right hand that sends Roussel toppling to the canvas! Roussel scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Nagibatel finish him?!

Roussel is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nagibatel.
Oh Roussel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roussel looks to throw the jab but Nagibatel is out of range.
Nagibatel lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Roussel seems to have got his legs back now.
Roussel throws a looping overhand right but Nagibatel ducks down to avoid it.
Nagibatel flicks out a counter leg kick but Roussel steps away.
Roussel throws a right hand that misses
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick.
Roussel throws a hook but Nagibatel blocks it.
A shot to the body from Roussel misses
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagibatel moves away from the strike by Roussel.
Roussel throws an overhand right that lands on Nagibatel's shoulder, as Nagibatel tries to avoid the shot.
Roussel misses with a hook.
Roussel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nagibatel on the side of the head.
Roussel misses with a straight right.
Roussel misses with a left hand
and Nagibatel counters with a leg kick.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick which misses Roussel's front leg but catches the back leg as Roussel tries to avoid it.
Roussel misses the shot to the body.
Roussel misses with a right hand
and Nagibatel counters with a low kick, right behind Roussel 's knee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roussel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roussel misses with a looping left.
Nagibatel tries a quick counter leg kick but Roussel is wise to it.
Nagibatel blocks a jab.
Nagibatel ducks under a wild hook from Roussel.
Roussel throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roussel misses with a looping right.
Roussel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nagibatel counters with an inside leg kick.
Roussel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagibatel was well out of range. Poor timing from Roussel.
Nagibatel feints a counter leg kick.
Roussel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roussel throws a poor cross that misses
and Nagibatel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Dexter Roussel's cut is getting worse.
Nice defenses there by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel slips a jab from Roussel.
The crowd cheers as Roussel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nagibatel doesn't seem phased though.
Nagibatel moves away from the strike by Roussel.
Roussel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nagibatel throws a low kick, looking for Roussel's leg but Roussel calmly moves out of range.
Nagibatel throws a low kick, looking for Roussel's leg but Roussel calmly moves out of range.
Nagibatel slips under a jab.
Nagibatel is looking for the big counter here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel blocks a jab.
Nagibatel feints a counter leg kick.
Roussel throws an overhand right that lands on Nagibatel's shoulder, as Nagibatel tries to avoid the shot.
Nagibatel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Roussel throws a body shot but no joy.
Roussel's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Roussel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagibatel moves away.
Roussel backing away here, and Nagibatel unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Roussel misses with a wild body shot.
Lyoha Nagibatel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roussel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagibatel was well out of range. Poor timing from Roussel.
Nagibatel throws a chopping leg kick but Roussel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nagibatel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roussel.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoha Nagibatel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roussel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dexter Roussel!
In his post fight interview, Dexter Roussel started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.