PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Smash Adams (ranked 3563 p4p, 3555 weight class) and Panagiotis Nikolau (ranked 475 p4p, 473 weight class). Adams kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Smash Adams' Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Adams
vs
Nikolau

185 cm
19
190
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
201
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Carnage Clothing
The Dirty Needle Project

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Smash Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Panagiotis Nikolau!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikolau smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nikolau throws a hook but Adams avoids it easily.
Adams throws a hook but Nikolau blocks it.
Adams walks into a straight right hand from Nikolau.
Nikolau lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nikolau jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nikolau scores with a nice strike.
Adams connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nikolau. Nikolau circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Adams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Adams there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nikolau throws a good cross that connects.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikolau punishes Adams's body with a nice straight punch.
Adams misses with a straight left.
Nikolau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adams moves away.
Nikolau throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nikolau staying out of range there.
Adams throws a poor cross that misses
and Nikolau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nikolau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adams.
Nikolau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolau misses with a wild body shot.
Adams moves out of range of the strikes.
Adams is looking to counter punch.
Adams scores with a decent looking hook.
Adams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adams throws a big shot that misses.
A cross from Nikolau lands.
Nikolau swings for the body but Adams moves out of range.
Adams is looking to counter punch.
Nikolau clobbers Adams with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nikolau cracks Adams with a good jab.
A shot to the liver by Nikolau. Beautiful body shot.
Adams throws a hook but Nikolau avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nikolau! But no joy.
Nikolau scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as Nikolau lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adams doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nikolau misses the shot to the body.
Nikolau throws an overhand right that lands on Adams's shoulder, as Adams tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nikolau. Adams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nikolau looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nice uppercut lands for Nikolau. That snapped Adams's head back.
Adams throws a lazy right hand but Nikolau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Panagiotis Nikolau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adams throws a poor cross that misses
and Nikolau counters with a right hand to the body.
Adams misses with a looping right.
Adams misses with a looping right.
Adams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nikolau misses with a hook
and Adams counters with a good low kick that Nikolau was not able to check.
Nikolau lands with a straight right. Adams didn't see that one coming.
Nikolau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Adams, as that shot connected.
Adams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nikolau to score with a decent uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Nikolau there.
Adams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nikolau moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nikolau looks to score with a jab to the body but Adams is just out of range.
Nikolau lands a nice shot that snaps Adams's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Adams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Adams slips under a jab from Nikolau.
It looked like Adams was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nikolau.
Nikolau waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adams.
Adams lunges at Nikolau with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nikolau's hand.
Adams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nikolau sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nikolau takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Adams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nikolau slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Adams misses with an uppercut.
Adams throws a hook to the side of Nikolau's head but Nikolau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Nikolau coming out on top.
Nikolau throws a lazy right hand but Adams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adams lands with an overhand left.
Nikolau misses with a hook. Adams ducked under it nicely.
Nikolau misses with a right hand
and Nikolau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Adams clinches up with Nikolau and pushes him back against the cage.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams pushes off an throws an elbow but Nikolau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adams cracks Nikolau with a nice body shot.
Adams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nikolaus head.
Nikolau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nikolau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adams's elbow.
Adams taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nikolau lands an uppercut.
Adams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nikolau.
Adams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from Adams.
Nikolau struggles to land a body shot inside as Adams controls his hands.
Adams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nikolau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nikolau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nikolau's efforts to push away.
Nikolau misses with a punch on the inside.
Adams stalling in the clinch.
Nikolau takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Panagiotis Nikolau dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nikolau lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice uppercut there from Adams.
Adams misses with a looping left.
Adams connects with a crisp jab.
Nikolau slips a straight right by Adams.
Donk. Nikolau catches Adams right on the button with a cross.
Nikolau misses the shot to the body.
Adams misses with a hook. Nikolau ducked under it nicely.
Nikolau thuds a left hand into Adams's body.
Nikolau scores with a nice head shot.
Nikolau throws the left hand but Adams avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Adams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Adams is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nikolau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adams throws out the jab.
Nikolau looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nikolau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adams.
Adams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adams looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nikolau moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nikolau. Adams does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nikolau loads up on a big right hand but Adams slips the punch.
Nikolau scores with a hook.
Nikolau lands a glancing blow to the side of Adams's head.
Adams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nikolau misses with an uppercut
and Adams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nikolau throws a right hand that misses
and Adams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nikolau takes one to the chin there.
Nikolau falls off balance throwing a combination
and Adams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nikolau smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nikolau swings for the body but Adams moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nikolau misses with an uppercut. Adams saw that one coming.
Adams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolau misses with a body punch
and Adams counters with a straight right hand.
Panagiotis Nikolau seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nikolau with a jab.
A big left from Nikolau misses.
Adams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nikolau momentarily.
Nikolau throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Adams slips a straight right by Nikolau.
Nikolau punishes Adams's body with a nice straight punch.
Nikolau misses with a straight right.
Adams has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nikolau throws a left and a right that both miss
and Adams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adams wants to clinch up but Nikolau keeps it at a distance.
Nikolau just misses with a punch to the body.
Nikolau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adams counters with a nice uppercut.
Nikolau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nikolau.
It looked like Adams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adams.
Nikolau misses with a shot to the body
and Adams counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nikolau swings widly with a right hand
and Adams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nikolau misses with a left hand
and Adams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nikolau was well out of range. Poor timing from Adams.
Adams works the jab nicely.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but Nikolau slips the punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nikolau defending well as Adams loads up on a big left hand.
Adams misses with a right hand
and Nikolau counters with a nice uppercut.
Nikolau scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adams in his tracks.
Nikolau misses the shot to the body.
Adams misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Nikolau counter with a right hand.
Adams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nikolau.
Nice uppercut lands for Nikolau. That snapped Adams's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikolau scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikolau thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nikolau misses with a left hand
and Adams counters with a nice uppercut.
Nikolau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nikolau scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nikolau misses with a hook.
Adams looks to land a right hand but Nikolau moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Nikolau on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Adams throws out a loose jab but Nikolau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adams moves away from the strike by Nikolau.
Adams scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Adams throws a hook but Nikolau avoids it easily.
Nikolau throws a sloppy body shot
and Adams counters with a left to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nikolau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nikolau swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adams drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nikolau misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Adams to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Panagiotis Nikolau will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Adams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adams throws an overhand right that lands on Nikolau's shoulder, as Nikolau tries to avoid the shot.
Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nikolau lands a jab to the nose.
Adams missing with a left hand there. Nikolau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nikolau. Adams does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Nikolau.
Nikolau fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nikolau on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Adams wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Nikolau.
Smash Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolau swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Adams.
Adams slips a jab from Nikolau.
Nikolau slips under a jab from Adams.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adams. Nikolau does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left lands for Nikolau.
Adams slips under a jab.
Nikolau misses with a wild body shot.
Nikolau connects with a nice looking jab.
Adams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Adams misses with a straight right.
Nikolau blocks a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Nikolau as he connects with a hook.
Nikolau cracks Adams with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Adams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nikolau.
Nikolau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolau lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adams moves out of range of the strikes.
Adams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adams throwing a counter right hand but Nikolau manages to avoid it.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nikolau manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nikolau! But no joy.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but Nikolau slips the punch.
Good shot there by Nikolau.
Adams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Nikolau.
Nikolau lunges at Adams with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Adams's hand.
Adams slips under a jab.
Adams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nikolau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nikolau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adams was well out of range. Poor timing from Nikolau.
Nikolau looks to score with a jab to the body but Adams is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolau throws a body shot but no joy.
Adams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nikolau.
Adams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Adams missing with a left hand there. Nikolau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nikolau moves away from the strike by Adams.
Adams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nikolau throws a sloppy body shot
and Adams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good shot there by Nikolau.
Adams misses with a hook.
A nice side step and Nikolau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nikolau misses with a straight left.
The crowd cheers as Nikolau lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adams doesn't seem phased though.
Adams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Adams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nikolau.
The fighters circling - Adams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nikolau lands an overhand right.
Nikolau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adams moves away.
Nikolau's jab looks to have found its range, popping Adams under the eye.
Nikolau jabs at Adams's body.
Adams avoids the body shot from Nikolau.
The fighters circling - Adams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Adams slips under a jab.
Adams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nikolau connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adams momentarily.
Nikolau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adams.
Nikolau connects with a right hand. Adams shakes it off.
Nikolau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adams stuns Nikolau with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Panagiotis Nikolau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nikolau winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Panagiotis Nikolau!
An out of breath Panagiotis Nikolau thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.