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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyubof Nurmagomedov (ranked 2399 p4p, 2712 weight class) and Jake Montgomery (ranked 226 p4p, 246 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lyubof Nurmagomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Montgomery!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov looks to score with a jab to the body but Montgomery is just out of range.
Montgomery tries to close the distance and clinch but Nurmagomedov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Montgomery with a hook.
Nurmagomedov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nurmagomedov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Montgomery at a distance.
Montgomery ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Montgomery keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Montgomery bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Lyubof Nurmagomedov has been cut.
Nurmagomedov jabs at Montgomery's body.
Montgomery's coach down at Copes was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Montgomery's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Montgomery has managed to clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nurmagomedov misses with a punch to the body.
Montgomery breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Montgomery throws a big shot that misses.
Nurmagomedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Montgomery.
Nurmagomedov misses with a hook.
Montgomery slips under a jab from Nurmagomedov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Montgomery at a distance.
Nurmagomedov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nurmagomedov throws a jab but it's blocked by Montgomery.
Nurmagomedov lands with a nice body punch.
Nurmagomedov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nurmagomedov jabs Montgomery right on the nose. Montgomery blinks but takes it well.
Montgomery has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Montgomery there as he acknowledges the shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Montgomery as he connects with a hook.
Nurmagomedov throws a body shot but no joy.
Nurmagomedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Montgomery moves out of range of the strikes.
Montgomery bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Montgomery throws a shot from downtown. Nurmagomedov moves away and avoids it.
Montgomery moves in looking to clinch but Nurmagomedov pushes him off.
Montgomery tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nurmagomedov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nurmagomedov changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Montgomery looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Montgomery can't do much from the bottom here.
Nurmagomedov in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nurmagomedov is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Montgomery has escaped the position, nice work there.
Montgomery tries to buck Nurmagomedov off but Nurmagomedov is having none of it.
Nurmagomedov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nurmagomedov landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Montgomery is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nurmagomedov connects with a decent elbow.
Nurmagomedov lands a few punches from side control.
Nurmagomedov in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nurmagomedov working the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov is trying to get an arm triangle but Montgomery is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Montgomery struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Nurmagomedov's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov tries for a kimura but Montgomery is defending well.
Nurmagomedov tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nurmagomedov has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurmagomedov scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nurmagomedov landing strikes.
Nurmagomedov lands a few punches from side control.
Nurmagomedov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Montgomery, who protects the arm well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nurmagomedov working the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lyubof Nurmagomedov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lyubof Nurmagomedov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nurmagomedov dives in for a single leg takedown but Montgomery sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Nurmagomedov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nurmagomedov.
Montgomery blocking some punches.
Nurmagomedov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nurmagomedov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nurmagomedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Montgomery jumps guard but Nurmagomedov turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nurmagomedov is trying to drag Montgomery to the mat but Montgomery just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nurmagomedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Montgomery uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montgomery is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyubof Nurmagomedov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montgomery escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jake Montgomery seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nurmagomedov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montgomery manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Montgomery tries to clinch but Nurmagomedov moves out of range.
Montgomery bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nurmagomedov's head.
Jake Montgomery is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Montgomery sizes up Nurmagomedov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Montgomery might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nurmagomedov walks into a stiff left hand from Montgomery.
A big right from Nurmagomedov misses.
Montgomery looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nurmagomedov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Montgomery.
Nurmagomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Montgomery thuds his right hand into Nurmagomedov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nurmagomedov throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Montgomery tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Nurmagomedov is in Montgomery's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurmagomedov connects with a couple of short punches.
Nurmagomedov cracks Montgomery with a solid left hand.
Nurmagomedov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Nurmagomedov cracks Montgomery with a big right hand but Montgomery just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov landing a few strikes.
Nurmagomedov in side control lands a decent elbow.
Montgomery wants to control but Nurmagomedov postures up.
Montgomery taking a bit of punishment here - Nurmagomedov scoring with strikes.
Montgomery is trying to improve his position.
Nurmagomedov looks up at the clock and then as Montgomery takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nurmagomedov smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Nurmagomedov scoring with punches and elbows.
Montgomery is trying to control Nurmagomedov's posture but Nurmagomedov avoids it.
Nurmagomedov cracks Montgomery with a big elbow.
Nurmagomedov content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery tries to buck Nurmagomedov off but Nurmagomedov is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurmagomedov lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nurmagomedov cracks Montgomery with a big elbow.
Lyubof Nurmagomedov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Montgomery tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nurmagomedov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nurmagomedov tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nurmagomedov has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nurmagomedov is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Montgomery looks calm but he's in trouble here. Nurmagomedov gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Montgomery is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Nurmagomedov lets go of the hold and Montgomery can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lyubof Nurmagomedov!
As Lyubof Nurmagomedov got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Alhamdulillah, all respect to my opponent. He try very hard.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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