PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jean Nicholas (ranked 3310 p4p, 4536 weight class) and David Nascimento (ranked 181 p4p, 217 weight class). Nascimento has chosen I Never Walk a Easy Street as his entrance music. David Nascimento has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nicholas
vs
Nascimento

175 cm
25
142
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
134
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Core Combat
MKFC

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Nicholas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

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

Nascimento rushes Nicholas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nicholas goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nascimento prevents it.

Nascimento pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento tries to bum rush Nicholas with a series of wild strikes but Nicholas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nascimento throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nicholas.
Nascimento has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Nicholas is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nascimento shoots in and drives through. Nicholas sprawls well.
Nicholas changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Nascimento throws a sloppy head kick

and Nicholas counters with a takedown into side control.
Nascimento is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nicholas controls the position.
Nascimento taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nascimento is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento is being controlled here.
Nascimento looks winded!
Nicholas cracks Nascimento with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nicholas is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Nascimento will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Check out the look on Nicholas's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nicholas happy to just control the position for now.
Nicholas tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
We've been hearing good reports from Nicholas's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Nicholas staying calm.
Nicholas 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Nicholas asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nicholas scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicholas working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nicholas landing a few strikes.
Nicholas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nicholas takes a little break here. Nascimento wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Nascimento really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nicholas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nicholas lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Nascimento down.
Nicholas happy to just control the position for now.
Nicholas cracks Nascimento with a big right hand but Nascimento just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nicholas 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento wants to control but Nicholas postures up.
Nicholas is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Nascimento will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Nicholas in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nicholas has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Nascimento!
Nicholas controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nicholas with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Nicholas dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nascimento throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jean Nicholas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nascimento lands with a nice combination. Nicholas backs away looking to recover.

Nascimento moves into the clinch.

Nascimento pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nicholas's head.
Nascimento throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nicholas misses with a takedown attempt - Nascimento sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nicholas stuffs the takedown attempt from Nascimento. Nascimento gets slowly back to his feet.

Nicholas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Nascimento's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicholas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jean Nicholas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nicholas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nascimento is breathing heavily.
Nicholas lands some shots froms side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicholas scoring with punches from side control.
Nicholas working the head with strikes.
A lull in the action here.
Nicholas has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Nicholas grinds an elbow into Nascimento's temple.
Nicholas advances to mount.
Nicholas lands a big shot there that rocks Nascimento but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Nascimento is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicholas controlling the pace for now.
Nascimento is still in real trouble! Can Nicholas finish him?
Nicholas seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Nascimento for as long as he can get away with.
Nicholas is landing with some decent strikes but Nascimento is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nicholas dominating with strikes here.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Nicholas! Nascimento is hurt baaadly! Nicholas is firing away with more strikes - Nascimento is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Nicholas!