PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pasi Nurminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and White Pride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Nurminen
vs
Pride

174 cm
18
166 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pasi Nurminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, White Pride!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nurminen clinches with his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Nurminen.
Nurminen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pride up against the ropes.
Nurminen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pride tries to pull guard but Nurminen won't allow it.
Pride fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pasi Nurminen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of White Pride.
Nurminen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Prides head.
Pride tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nurminen smiles and moves away.
Nurminen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pride swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nurminen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pride.
White Pride seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pride fails with a takedown attempt.

Nurminen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pride to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurminen wants to sweep here but Pride controlling him for the moment.
Nurminen is trying to control the position but Pride postures up.
Nurminen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pride is controlling him.
Pride working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nurminen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Nurminen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pride!
Pride is squirming around, avoiding Nurminen's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pride is working to get back to half guard.
Pride is squirming around, avoiding Nurminen's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pride keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pride has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Nurminen's lack of action.
Nurminen wants to pass to mount but Pride is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pride regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nurminen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pride is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pride is trying to control the position but Nurminen postures up.
Pride looking for a sweep. Not yet Pride, not yet.
Nurminen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Nurminen wants to control from the top but Pride keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Pasi Nurminen just wasn't active enough.
Nurminen lands with a good body shot.
Nurminen leaves Pride with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nurminen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pride shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pride circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pride throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nurminen's waist but Nurminen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pride off to one side.
A right-left combo lands from Nurminen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nurminen scores with a nice right hand.
Nurminen throws out a powerful jab.
A shot to the liver by Nurminen. Beautiful body shot.
Nurminen slaps away a takedown attempt from Pride, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pride looks gassed!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pride takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nurminen lands a nice hook to Pride's body. Pride takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nurminen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurminen misses with a wild combination.
Pasi Nurminen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Nurminen moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pasi Nurminen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pride finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the ropes, ducking and weaving under Nurminen's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Pride falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pasi Nurminen!