PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Justine Bieber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitri Nosula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justine Bieber could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dmitri Nosula's chin.

Bieber
vs
Nosula

170 cm
25
143 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

169 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justine Bieber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dmitri Nosula!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Bieber.
Bieber swinging wildly here.
Nosula feints the counter takedown.
Bieber misses with the combination.
Nosula uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bieber.
Nosula drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bieber defends it well.
Justine Bieber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Bieber. Beautiful body shot.
Bieber misses with a straight left.
Bieber moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bieber waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nosula.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nosula ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nosula wants to counter the offense by Bieber and move into the clinch position.
Nosula showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bieber.
Bieber throws a combination that misses

and Nosula counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nosula drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bieber gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bieber prevents the takedown attempt.
Nosula is working for takedown but Bieber is calmly controlling the position for now.
Justine Bieber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dmitri Nosula.
Bieber wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nosula is looking for a takedown.

Nosula lands a takedown into guard.
Nosula looks winded!
Bieber wants to stand up but Nosula is controlling him.
Bieber keeping moving, preventing Nosula from controlling successfully.
Nosula pushing down on Bieber's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nosula content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Bieber on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bieber tries to get out of the position.

Nosula is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bieber sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nosula slows the pace down in half guard.
Ground and pound from Nosula.
Nosula is keen to just control but Bieber is a slippery customer.
Nosula prevents Bieber from standing back up.
Bieber wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nosula seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bieber is staying active underneath Nosula, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nosula has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nosula seems to be working for a kimura but Bieber defends the submission attempt.
Bieber is looking to escape.

Nosula looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've been informed that Nosula has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bieber looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bieber is looking to improve his position.
Nosula working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bieber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nosula prevents Bieber from standing back up.

Bieber kicks Nosula off and gets back to his feet.
Nosula shoots in looking for a takedown. Bieber tries to sprawl out of it but Nosula keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bieber manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A shot to the liver by Bieber. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bieber feints a jab promting Nosula to slip. Bieber then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nosula slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bieber misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justine Bieber dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bieber.
Bieber leaves Nosula with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bieber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bieber misses with a two punch combination.
Bieber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bieber just misses with a punch to the body.
Bieber throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Nosula with that takedown attempt.
Bieber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bieber misses with a series of wild punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Nosula misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nosula fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Justine Bieber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dmitri Nosula.
A jab from Bieber misses.
Despite the aggression on Nosula's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bieber rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nosula moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Bieber backs off Nosula throws a huge counter combo but Bieber manages to avoid it all.
A jab from Bieber misses.
Bieber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Nosula.

Bieber gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nosula to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bieber can't keep his opponent in guard - Nosula advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nosula wants to take a breather but Bieber is having none of it.
Bieber is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nosula can do to turn this around?
Nosula passes the guard and advances to mount!
Nosula controlling the pace for now.
Nosula working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nosula controlling the pace for now.
Bieber tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nosula can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bieber is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Bieber that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bieber is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nosula tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bieber keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bieber is working hard here to advance position.
Nosula unloading with bombs!
Nosula sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nosula landing strikes from the mount and Bieber is in trouble!
Nosula can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bieber is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nosula breaks from Bieber's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nosula controlling the position easily from mount.
Nosula prevents Bieber from getting the reversal.
Nosula is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nosula unloading with bombs!
Nosula postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Bieber bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nosula and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dmitri Nosula!
Dmitri Nosula bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
In defeat, Justine Bieber stepped up to the mic, saying 'hes got lucky'.