PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dzhugashvili comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gosudarstvenniy Gimn SSSR kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Narushima
vs
Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

190 cm
36
210 lbs
44 - 13 - 0

187 cm
33
212 lbs
21 - 18 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Darkness

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 44 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narushima throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Narushima throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dzhugashvili jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dzhugashvili closes the distance looking to clinch
and Narushima counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dzhugashvili is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Narushima looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dzhugashvili wants to counter the offense by Narushima and move into the clinch position.
Narushima swats away the attempt to clinch by Dzhugashvili.
Narushima throws a body punch but Dzhugashvili moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Narushima misses.
Narushima connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Narushima misses with a wild body shot.
Narushima scores with a punch to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Narushima.
Narushima is looking to wear down Dzhugashvili with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dzhugashvili keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dzhugashvili wants to clinch.
It looked like Narushima wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Narushima has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Narushima duly obliges.

It looks like Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili has been cut.
Dzhugashvili is looking to clinch but Narushima is avoiding it.
Narushima throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dzhugashvili tries to clinch but Narushima is having none of it.
Dzhugashvili on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Dzhugashvili closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Narushima goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dzhugashvili tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Narushima avoids it.
Narushima misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Narushima.

Narushima's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dzhugashvili misses with a wild body shot.
Narushima misses with a leg kick.
Dzhugashvili is looking to clinch.
Narushima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Narushima keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dzhugashvili fails with an attempt to clinch.
It appears Narushima was looking to counter with a kick there.

Dzhugashvili clinches with his opponent.
Narushima lands a shoulder strike.
Narushima lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Narushima misses with a punch on the inside.
Dzhugashvili is trying to maintain a safe position but Narushima gets an underhook and turns Dzhugashvili into the cage.
Narushima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Narushima.
Narushima fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narushima lands a nice shot to the body.
Narushima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Narushima.
Narushima misses with some punches.
Dzhugashvili lands with a light punch inside.
Narushima misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Narushima.
Dzhugashvili using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Narushima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Narushima misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dzhugashvili backwards.
Dzhugashvili looking to throw knees to the head but Narushima is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Narushima.
Narushima throws a punch but it's blocked by Dzhugashvili.
Narushima fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narushima throws a punch but it's blocked by Dzhugashvili.
Dzhugashvili is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dzhugashvili prevents a body shot from Narushima.
A nice right hand lands inside from Narushima.
Narushima stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dzhugashvili misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dzhugashvili misses with a knee strike.
Dzhugashvili misses with a knee strike.
Narushima tries to work over Dzhugashvili's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Narushima avoiding damage as Dzhugashvili throws knees to the body.
A short right from Narushima on the inside.
Dzhugashvili tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Narushima's elbow.
Dzhugashvili working aggressively here.
Narushima lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narushima struggles to land a body shot inside as Dzhugashvili controls his hands.
Narushima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Narushima.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dzhugashvili misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dzhugashvili wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dzhugashvili looking to throw knees to the head but Narushima is blocking nicely.
Narushima lands a right hand.
Dzhugashvili blocks an uppercut.
Dzhugashvili prevents Narushima from breaking the clinch.
Dzhugashvili tries to throw a body punch but Narushima avoids it by throwing Dzhugashvili back against the cage.
Dzhugashvili lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Ryo Narushima has been cut.
Narushima scores with a shot to the side of Dzhugashvili's head.
Narushima digs a right hand underneath Dzhugashvili's ribcage. Dzhugashvili let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Narushima swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dzhugashvili fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narushima misses with a hook from the clinch.
Narushima lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dzhugashvili scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Narushima.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Narushima dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dzhugashvili avoids the body shot from Narushima.
Narushima keeps the fight on the outside.
Dzhugashvili uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narushima.
Narushima throws a front kick that sends Dzhugashvili stumbling back into the cage.
Dzhugashvili has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Dzhugashvili moves in looking to clinch but Narushima pushes him off.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dzhugashvili crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Narushima - the referee stops the clock and Dzhugashvili gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Narushima. Dzhugashvili manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Narushima cracks the inside of Dzhugashvili's front leg.
Narushima misses with a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dzhugashvili has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Narushima finds it's way round the side to connect with Dzhugashvili's head.
Dzhugashvili needs to keep his hands up - Narushima had a free shot at his head there.
Narushima pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dzhugashvili is out of range and Narushima settles back down.

Narushima drops Dzhugashvili with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Dzhugashvili looks back up at him and smiles so Narushima waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Dzhugashvili is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narushima lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dzhugashvili is still on wobbly legs! Can Narushima finish him?
Are you kidding me?! Narushima ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Dzhugashvili clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ryo Narushima!
Ryo Narushima decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.