PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Nagiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Herberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nagiev comes to the cage accompanied by Dmitry Nagiev - All I Promised. Dmitry Nagiev has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nagiev
vs
Herberg

177 cm
23
165 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

160 cm
26
167 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Fire Sportswear

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dmitry Nagiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan Herberg!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid body kick from Nagiev.
Nagiev takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nagiev connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A good leg kick by Nagiev.
A swing and a miss from Herberg.
Herberg keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nagiev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Herberg blocks a leg kick.
Nagiev feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Herberg's calf.
Herberg avoids the body shot from Nagiev.
Nagiev feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Herberg's calf.
Herberg blocks a low kick nicely.
Herberg misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nagiev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herberg checks a leg kick.
Herberg fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nagiev buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Herberg misses the target.
Herberg throws a body punch but Nagiev moves out of range.
Dmitry Nagiev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A leg kick checked by Herberg.
Nagiev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Herberg has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nagiev lands a leg kick that knocks Herberg off balance momentarily.
Nagiev blocks a jab.
Herberg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nagiev lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagiev throws the kick towards the body but Herberg avoids it.
Dmitry Nagiev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Herberg looks to land a right hand but Nagiev moved out of range.
Herberg's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nagiev throws a half hearted mid kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Nagiev.
Nagiev tries to land a leg kick but Herberg saw it coming and moves away.
Nagiev throws a head kick that half lands.
Nagiev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Herberg tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nagiev sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Herberg somewhat.
Dmitry Nagiev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Herberg.
Nagiev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Herberg manages to avoid it.
Nagiev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagiev turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nagiev - that will leave a mark!
Nagiev bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nagiev moves out of range as Herberg strikes.
Herberg misses with a hook. Nagiev ducked under it nicely.
Nagiev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nagiev scores with a push kick.
Nagiev is looking to chop away at Herberg's legs.
Nagiev throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Nagiev finds it's way through Herberg's defenses.
A big left from Herberg misses.
Nagiev throws a body punch but Herberg moves out of range.
Nagiev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Herberg throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagiev moves out of range of the strikes.
Herberg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagiev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Herberg cracks Nagiev with an open hand slap.
Herberg 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.
Nagiev throws a head kick that misses.
Nagiev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Herberg throws out the jab.
Nagiev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Herberg.
Nagiev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Herberg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nagiev misses with a kick to the body.
Nagiev throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nagiev connects with a high kick.
Herberg is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nagiev throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Nagiev dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nagiev slips under a jab.
Herberg lands with a shot to the body.
Herberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nagiev moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nagiev throws a leg kick but Herberg sees it coming and moves out of range.
Herberg misses the jab.
Nagiev feints and then cracks Herberg's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Herberg down.
Nagiev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nagiev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Herberg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagiev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nagiev scoring well with a low kick there.
Nagiev misses with a kick to the body.
Nagiev throws a low kick but Herberg moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herberg looks to throw the jab but Nagiev is out of range.
Herberg misses with a straight left.
Herberg sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nagiev misses with a body shot.
Nagiev throws a leg kick but Herberg sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nagiev wants to slow Herberg down by chopping away at his legs.
Herberg avoids the head kick by Nagiev.
Nagiev moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nagiev buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nagiev throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nagiev lands a leg kick that knocks Herberg off balance momentarily.
Nagiev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herberg lands a nice hook to Nagiev's body. Nagiev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nagiev is looking to wear down Herberg with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nagiev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Herberg.
A solid body kick from Nagiev.
Herberg moves out of range of the body kick.
Nagiev is looking to land body kicks.
Nagiev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nagiev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nagiev lands with a nice body kick.
Nagiev takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Herberg takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nagiev connects with a solid leg kick.
Nagiev lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagiev scores with a leg kick.
Nagiev slips under a jab.
Nagiev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Herberg checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Horrible takedown by Herberg or perhaps it was just good defense by Nagiev which made him look bad.
Nagiev lands a leg kick that knocks Herberg off balance momentarily.
Herberg catches Nagiev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A shot to the liver by Nagiev. Beautiful body shot.
Nagiev throws the kick towards the body but Herberg avoids it.
Nagiev moves away from the strike by Herberg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herberg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Herberg misses the jab.
Nagiev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nagiev connects with a high kick.
Nagiev misses with a low kick as Herberg jumps back.
A jab from Herberg misses.
Nagiev throws a shot to the body.
Herberg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nagiev.
Nagiev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nagiev goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nagiev throws a head kick but Herberg moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dmitry Nagiev dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Herberg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nagiev.
Nagiev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Herberg looks to land a combination but Nagiev avoids it well.
Herberg has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nagiev.
Nagiev does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Herberg walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nagiev.
Nagiev throws a leg kick but Herberg sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nagiev misses the body punch
and Herberg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Herberg fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagiev slips under a jab.
Nagiev throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nagiev tries to score with a low kick but Herberg moves his leg out of the way.
Nagiev looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herberg moves out of range of the leg kick from Nagiev.
Nagiev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Herberg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagiev feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Herberg's calf.
Herberg shoots in looking for a takedown. Nagiev tries to sprawl out of it but Herberg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nagiev manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from Nagiev.
Herberg misses with a wild body shot.
Nagiev lands a high kick!
Nagiev scoring well with a low kick there.
Herberg dives in and grabs Nagiev's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nagiev pushes down on Herberg's head and hops out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herberg loads up on a big right hand but Nagiev slips the punch.
Nagiev scores with a leg kick.
Herberg takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nagiev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Herberg's sensitive parts.
A bone on bone clash there as Herberg blocks the leg kick.
Nagiev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Herberg moves away.
Dmitry Nagiev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Herberg takes a swing at Nagiev's ribcage but misses.
Nagiev throws a half hearted mid kick.
Herberg on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Herberg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nagiev.
Nagiev misses with a head kick.
Herberg on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nagiev. Nagiev obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagiev feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Herberg's calf.
Nagiev tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Herberg is able to avoid easily.
Herberg loads up on a big right hand but Nagiev slips the punch.
Nagiev throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nagiev scores with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nagiev. That's going to slow Herberg down.
Herberg throws the left hand but Nagiev avoids the punch easily.
Herberg throws a looping overhand right but Nagiev ducks down to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Herberg checks a leg kick.
Nagiev throws a wild body kick that Herberg sees coming a mile off.
Nagiev cracks the inside of Herberg's front leg.
Herberg checks a low kick from Nagiev.
Dmitry Nagiev is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herberg missing with a left hand there. Nagiev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nagiev throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Herberg swings for the body but Nagiev moves out of range.
Herberg looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dmitry Nagiev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Herberg.
Nagiev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Herberg throws out a powerful jab.
That kick from Nagiev tenderised Herberg's leg. Herberg is trying to keep his angry face on.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Herberg might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nagiev has got the better of the exchanges.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nagiev scores with a nice body kick.
Nagiev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johan Herberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nagiev scores with a spinning back kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Dmitry Nagiev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nagiev 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dmitry Nagiev!