PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Ralph Dean (ranked 1577 p4p, 1881 weight class) and Harold Nicolas (ranked 220 p4p, 258 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dean
vs
Nicolas

188 cm
36
198
30 - 20 - 1

187 cm
40
211
37 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Goblin Fight Wear

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 30 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, William Ralph Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harold Nicolas!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dean pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nicolas back to the cage. Dean follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Harold Nicolas has been cut.
Dean looks to land a combination. Nicolas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dean throws a body shot but no joy.
Nicolas is looking to land body kicks.
Nicolas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nicolas throws a body punch but Dean moves out of range.
Dean displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dean throws a head kick that misses.
Dean misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dean. Nicolas does a little dance to reset his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Nicolas.
Dean swings widly with a right hand
and Nicolas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dean moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nicolas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dean counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
William Ralph Dean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Dean.
Dean ducks under a wild hook from Nicolas.
Dean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nicolas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A shot to the body from Nicolas misses
and Dean counters with a series of strikes. Nicolas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Good leg kick by Dean.
Dean throws a nice looking combination but Nicolas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dean throws a right and a left that Nicolas avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nicolas! But no joy.
Dean pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Nicolas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dean misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dean cracks Nicolas with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Dean.
Nice cross by Nicolas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dean pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nicolas.
Dean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nicolas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dean connects with an inside leg kick.
Dean with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dean jabs at Nicolas's body.
Nicolas blocks a jab.
Nicolas follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Jab, jab by Nicolas - just one landing.
Dean misses with a few strikes there.
Dean has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nicolas finds it's way round the side to connect with Dean's head.
Dean misses with a few strikes there.
Nicolas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dean counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nicolas's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean throws a leg kick which misses Nicolas's front leg but catches the back leg as Nicolas tries to avoid it.
Nicolas swings for the body but Dean moves out of range.
Dean lands with a cross.
Nicolas throws a poor cross that misses
and Dean connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nicolas throws a poor cross that misses
and Dean counters with a nice body shot.
A left lands for Nicolas.
Dean throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dean throws a shot to the body.
Dean looks to land a left hand but Nicolas moved out of range nicely.
Nicolas defending well as Dean loads up on a big left hand.
Nicolas misses with an uppercut.
Nicolas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nicolas. Dean does a little dance to reset his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nicolas avoids a punch combination nicely.
A little jabbing left from Nicolas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nicolas looks to score with a jab to the body but Dean is just out of range.
Dean throws a big counter combination but Nicolas scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nicolas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nicolas scores with a jab.
Nicolas avoids a kick to the body.
Nicolas misses with a hook. Dean ducked under it nicely.
Dean is looking for a counter combo.
Dean lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dean attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nicolas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dean.
Nicolas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dean lands a two punch combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

William Ralph Dean dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harold Nicolas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dean blocks a low kick nicely.
Nicolas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dean.
Dean throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nicolas looks to land a left hand but Dean moved out of range nicely.
Dean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nicolas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nicolas was well out of range. Poor timing from Dean.
A little jabbing left from Nicolas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nicolas bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dean's head backwards.
Dean misses with a hook
and Nicolas counters with a nice uppercut.
Dean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nicolas can do to turn this around?
Nicolas misses with a lunging right hand
and Dean counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nicolas throws a hook to the side of Dean's head but Dean sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dean throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nicolas slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dean shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nicolas eats them both and turns towards Dean to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That has opened up Harold Nicolas's cut even more.
Nicolas tries a head kick but it misses.
Nicolas connects with a jab.
Dean avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dean misses with the combination.
Nicolas thumps Dean with a low kick.
Dean chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicolas can pounce on him.
Dean is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nicolas misses with a combination
and Dean counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nicolas throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Dean counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas lands a jab to Dean's midsection.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dean here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Dean delivers a nice body kick.
Dean lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
William Ralph Dean is winning the standup battle so far.
Nicolas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A left and a right from Dean both land. Nice combination.
Nicolas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dean moves away.
Nicolas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nicolas walks into a jab.
Dean pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nicolas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nicolas bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dean fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas takes a swing at Dean's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Dean was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nicolas moves out of range as Dean strikes.
Dean throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nicolas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dean throws a head kick that misses
and Nicolas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nicolas throws out a loose jab but Dean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nicolas lands with an uppercut that bounces Dean off the cage and back into range.
Nicolas fails to land with a series of punches.
Dean with a nice calf kick.
Dean uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nicolas.
Nicolas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dean lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nicolas throws a leg kick but Dean sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nicolas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dean looks for the body kick but Nicolas saw that one coming.
Nicolas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dean tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nicolas was well out of range. Poor timing from Dean.
Dean fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Dean.
Dean avoids a kick to the body.
Dean ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dean with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dean throws a right and a left that Nicolas avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dean scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

William Ralph Dean dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harold Nicolas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Dean tries to land a front kick but Nicolas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dean throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nicolas.
Dean sizes up Nicolas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nicolas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dean's head.
Nicolas dodges the punch combination from Dean.
Nicolas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dean is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dean moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nicolas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sloppy strikes from Dean. Those never looked like landing.
Nicolas misses with a looping right.
William Ralph Dean is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nicolas.
Dean avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dean works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fighters circling - Nicolas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dean throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dean has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nicolas finds it's way round the side to connect with Dean's head.
Nicolas digs a good hook to Dean's body.
Dean uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nicolas.
Nicolas throws a series of punches but Dean moves out of range.
Dean's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dean duly obliges.

The cut above Harold Nicolas's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nicolas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas slips under a jab from Dean.
Dean slips a jab from Nicolas.
Dean cracks Nicolas with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nicolas is out of range.
Nicolas now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nicolas missing with a left hand there. Dean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nicolas just misses with a punch to the body.
Dean swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dean throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dean stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dean throws a front kick that sends Nicolas stumbling back into the cage.
Dean tests Nicolas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dean misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas throws a hook to the side of Dean's head but Dean sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nicolas.
Dean dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nicolas. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick lands from Dean.
Nicolas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dean misses the shot to the body.
Nicolas misses the jab.
Dean tried to counter with a leg kick but Nicolas avoided it.
Dean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nicolas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dean scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dean defending well as Nicolas loads up on a big left hand.
Dean staying out of range there.
Dean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nicolas manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dean uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nicolas.
Nicolas missing with a left hand there. Dean was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dean tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nicolas is able to avoid easily.
Dean keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Dean was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nicolas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harold Nicolas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dean misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dean throws a combination that misses
and Nicolas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dean throws a series of punches but Nicolas moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nicolas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nicolas misses with an uppercut
and Dean cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dean swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nicolas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dean swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nicolas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Ralph Dean showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dean 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Ralph Dean!
William Ralph Dean made sure to mention his sponsor, Goblin Fight Wear in his post fight interview.