PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between akhmedd makeevv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Szymon Nowak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). makeevv has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

makeevv
vs
Nowak

188 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, akhmedd makeevv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Szymon Nowak !
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowak tries to close the distance and clinch up but makeevv swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from makeevv.
Nowak gets cracked there but stands up to it.
makeevv throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nowak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Nowak shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nowak showed some decent athleticism there.
Nowak thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed makeevv's head.
makeevv is breathing heavily.
Nowak wants to pass the guard but makeevv is defending well.
Nowak slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowak tries to pass the half guard into mount. makeevv knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nowak controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Szymon Nowak was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Nowak changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. makeevv looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Nowak scores with punches from side control.

Nowak tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nowak has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nowak 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nowak tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nowak has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nowak taking a breather here.
makeevv on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if makeevv tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowak 's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
makeevv knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nowak on the ground.
Nowak misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Szymon Nowak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Szymon Nowak 's cut.
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.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
makeevv gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nowak throwing strikes but missing.
Nowak slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nowak pushing down on makeevv's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nowak thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed makeevv's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowak seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Nowak seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. makeevv is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Szymon Nowak !