PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Monty Pyke (ranked 4985 p4p, 4902 weight class) and Benjamin Nickel (ranked 529 p4p, 0 weight class). Pyke comes to the cage accompanied by Suck My Nuts. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pyke
vs
Nickel

185 cm
25
200
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
200
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Monty Pyke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benjamin Nickel!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pyke clinches up against the cage.
Pyke is looking for a takedown.
Nickel is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pyke pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Nickel manages to break the clinch.
Nickel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Pyke forces Nickel back against the cage and clinches.
Nickel blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Pyke gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Pyke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nickel wants to get back to his feet.
Nickel is trying to get back to full guard.
Pyke lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel is not content to let Pyke control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Pyke decides to stand and escape the position.
Pyke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nickel at a distance.
Nickel shoots in but no luck this time.

Nickel drives through and clinches with Pyke against the cage.

Nickel gets control of Pyke's arms and successfully pulls guard. Nickel will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Nickel controls Pyke momentarily but Pyke frees himself.
Nickel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nickel keeping moving, preventing Pyke from controlling successfully.
Pyke works over Nickel with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pyke pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nickel is keeping the position for now.
Pyke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pyke advances position into side control!
Pyke is working Nickel over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pyke staying calm.
Nickel gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyke is trying to control the action in half guard but Nickel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pyke tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nickel knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pyke is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nickel is trying to control but Pyke manages to pass to mount!
Nickel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pyke with a couple of short strikes.
Nickel is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Nickel defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pyke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pyke is landing with some decent strikes but Nickel is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nickel is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pyke lands a couple of good shots and Nickel has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Pyke lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Pyke's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Pyke is riding his opponent, not letting Nickel buck him off.
Nickel prevents Pyke from getting a body triangle.
Nickel is trying to remain composed but Pyke is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Monty Pyke dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nickel takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nickel shoots in for a takedown but Pyke shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pyke misses with an uppercut.
Nickel fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pyke avoids it really well and circles away.
Nickel misses with a kick to the body.

Pyke throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nickel was covering up waiting for the punch and Pyke finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Nickel is working an open guard so Pyke takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nickel shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pyke but Pyke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Monty Pyke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benjamin Nickel.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nickel.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pyke throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nickel was covering up waiting for the punch and Pyke finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pyke stopping the sweep attempt from Nickel.
Nickel is breathing heavily.
Pyke landing with the ground and pound.
Pyke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pyke showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pyke works over Nickel with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyke landing with the ground and pound.

Nickel working for a triangle but Pyke defends it easily.
Pyke distracts Nickel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pyke throwing strikes from guard but Nickel blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pyke's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pyke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyke is pushing down on Nickel's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nickel is fighting to maintain full guard but Pyke has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pyke wants to free his trapped foot but Nickel is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nickel is trying to stand.

Pyke is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Nickel wants to control but Pyke is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pyke seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pyke is just content to waste time from the top position. Nickel takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Pyke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pyke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nickel wants to stand up but Pyke is controlling him.

Nickel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pyke stands and throws Nickel's legs to the side, diving into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nickel can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pyke lands some shots froms side control.
Nickel takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Monty Pyke dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pyke closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pyke tries to advance to mount but can't.
Pyke trying to control the position but Nickel is working away.
Pyke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nickel can do to turn this around?
Nickel wants to control but Pyke postures up.
Nickel tries to buck Pyke off but Pyke is having none of it.
Pyke working the head with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pyke is putting a hurting on Nickel here, landing some big shots from side control.
Monty Pyke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pyke is putting a hurting on Nickel here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pyke creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyke prevents Nickel from escaping the position.
Nickel is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nickel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pyke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nickel taking a bit of punishment here - Pyke scoring with strikes.
Pyke is looking to take a break and control but Nickel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pyke working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pyke cracks Nickel with a big elbow.
Nickel is trying to escape the position but Pyke is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyke working the ground and pound.
Pyke landing strikes.

Nickel is rocked!
Pyke working the ground and pound but Nickel is defending the strikes.
Pyke cracks Nickel with a big elbow.
Nickel is still in real trouble! Can Pyke finish him?
Pyke working the ground and pound but Nickel is defending the strikes.
Nickel seems to have recovered his senses.
Pyke cracks Nickel with a big right hand but Nickel just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nickel takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pyke working the ground and pound from side control.
Nickel wants to get back to his feet but Pyke drags him back down.
Pyke scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyke moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Pyke is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nickel knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Pyke decides to stand back up. Pyke steps back and let's Nickel get back to his feet.

Pyke clinches up with Nickel and pushes him back against the cage.
Nickel stalling in the clinch but Pyke improves position.

Pyke has picked Nickel up - he's going for a ride! Pyke dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickel is trying to maintain the position but Pyke is very close to passing his half guard.
Pyke lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Pyke is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nickel defends it well.
Nickel tries to get to full guard but Pyke has control of the leg.
Nickel tries to kick Pyke off but Pyke keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Monty Pyke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pyke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight for Monty Pyke!
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight for Monty Pyke!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Monty Pyke!

Monty Pyke wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Monty Pyke thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.