PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Trenton Riley (ranked 5415 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 5308 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Riley
vs
Nurmagomedov

180 cm
18
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trenton Riley!
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, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nurmagomedov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Riley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nurmagomedov.

Riley gets a clinch.
Nurmagomedov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nurmagomedov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riley's brow.
Nurmagomedov is struggling to control the position.
Nurmagomedov stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov tries to break the clinch but Riley is controlling the position.

Riley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Trenton Riley has been cut.
Riley fails to land with a series of punches.
Nurmagomedov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nurmagomedov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Riley. Riley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nurmagomedov.

Riley is rocked!

Riley looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Oh Riley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nurmagomedov moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Riley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nurmagomedov pulls Riley in close to prevent any damage.
Nurmagomedov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Nurmagomedov controlling Riley's posture.
Nurmagomedov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Riley seems to have got his legs back now.
Nurmagomedov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nurmagomedov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Nurmagomedov has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Riley stopping the sweep attempt from Nurmagomedov.
Riley lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nurmagomedov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurmagomedov looking to control but Riley passes into half guard.
Riley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nurmagomedov on the ground.
Nurmagomedov missing with punches from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley is thwarting Nurmagomedov's attempts to control the position.
Nurmagomedov misses with some strikes from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nurmagomedov throws a shot from downtown. Riley moves away and avoids it.
Riley seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nurmagomedov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nurmagomedov misses with an uppercut.
Nurmagomedov misses with a right hand

and Riley counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Riley tries to break free but Nurmagomedov pushes him back against the cage.
Riley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nurmagomedov is defending well for now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nurmagomedov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nurmagomedov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Riley's efforts to push away.
Riley landing knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Riley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Khabib Nurmagomedov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Trenton Riley'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 crowd cheers as Nurmagomedov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Riley doesn't seem phased though.

Riley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Riley goes for a takedown attempt but Nurmagomedov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Riley with a poor takedown
and Nurmagomedov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nurmagomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Riley appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Nurmagomedov lands with an overhand left.
Riley gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Nurmagomedov gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Riley is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Nurmagomedov!