PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ive Nackershort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo T A (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nackershort comes to the cage accompanied by The Rocky Theme. Ive Nackershort has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nackershort
vs
T A

181 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

185 cm
21
199 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Ive Nackershort!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Timo T A!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nackershort lands with an uppercut that bounces T A off the cage and back into rage.
T A takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nackershort slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
T A dodges the punch combination from Nackershort.
Nackershort slips a jab and a cross from T A.
Nackershort avoids the body shot from T A.
Nackershort throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nackershort throws an uppercut from half a mile away. T A sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nackershort displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nackershort uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before T A has time to react.
Nackershort throws a combination but it was largely blocked by T A.
T A avoids the head kick by Nackershort.
Nackershort throws a hook but T A blocks it.
T A ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
T A moves forwards but Nackershort connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nackershort rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but T A moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
T A lands a nice hook to Nackershort's body. Nackershort takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nackershort swings for the body but T A moves out of range.
Nackershort looks to land a combination but T A avoids it well.
T A slips under a jab.
Nackershort ducks under a wild hook from T A.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by T A.
Nackershort chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Nackershort finds it's way through T A's defenses.
T A throws a nice looking combination but Nackershort bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nackershort looks to land a right hand but T A moved out of range.
Nackershort misses with a body shot.
T A blocks a jab.
Nackershort lands with a shot to the body.
Nackershort misses with a double jab.
Nackershort works the jab nicely.
Nackershort thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nackershort misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the body from T A misses
and Nackershort counters with a three punch combo that has T A backing up. T A nods at Nackershort to acknowledge the strikes.
T A tries to bum rush Nackershort with a series of wild strikes but Nackershort uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
T A ducks under a wild hook from Nackershort.
T A connects with a body shot.
T A misses with a looping left.
Nackershort throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
T A walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
T A looks to land a left hand but Nackershort moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Nackershort.
T A swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nackershort fails to land with a series of punches.
T A throws a right and a left that Nackershort avoids nicely.
Nackershort lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nackershort lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
T A lands a two punch combo.
Nackershort lands a head shot.
Nice defenses there by T A.
Nackershort is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
T A walks into a left hand.
Nackershort gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ive Nackershort is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Nackershort does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nackershort throws a hook but T A avoids it easily.
T A misses with a double jab.
T A takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
T A misses with the combination.
T A takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
T A takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort throws a head kick but T A moves out of range.
Nackershort is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nackershort jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A jab from Nackershort finds it's way through T A's defenses.
A punch combination from T A misses.
Nackershort misses with a few strikes there.
Nackershort sizes up T A with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nackershort throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
T A will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
T A looks gassed!
The fighters circle momentarily. Nackershort darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nackershort lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
T A looks to throw the jab but Nackershort is out of range.
T A has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nackershort finds it's way round the side to connect with T A's head.
Nackershort lands a glancing blow to the side of T A's head.
Nackershort tries to bum rush T A with a series of wild strikes but T A uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nackershort lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nackershort misses with a low kick.
T A looks to throw the jab but Nackershort is out of range.
Nackershort lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort connects with the punch.
T A falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nackershort counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nackershort is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nackershort tries to bum rush T A with a series of wild strikes but T A uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nackershort throws a body punch but T A moves out of range.
Nackershort scores with a nice strike.
T A thows a body shot but no joy.
Nackershort throws a looping overhand right but T A ducks down to avoid it.
Nackershort throws out a loose jab but T A uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nackershort darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nackershort keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
T A shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Some wild striking there from Nackershort.
A combination from Nackershort does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nackershort fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nackershort rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but T A moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from T A misses the target.
T A blocks a head kick by Nackershort.
Nackershort throws a nice looking combination but T A bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ive Nackershort dominated that round.
That's time! Nackershort's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nackershort works over T A's head and body with a nice combination.
T A keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nackershort.
Nackershort listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Nackershort lands an impressive looking overhand right. T A doesn't seem phased though.
Ive Nackershort is winning the standup battle so far.
Nackershort throws a combination. T A tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

T A is rocked!
T A throws a shot from downtown. Nackershort moves away and avoids it.
Nackershort fakes high and swings low for a body shot but T A manages to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nackershort darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
T A keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
T A has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from T A there as he acknowledges the shot.
T A ducks under a wild hook from Nackershort.
Nackershort stuns T A with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nackershort lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
T A avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nackershort throws a head kick but T A moves out of range.
T A slips a jab from Nackershort.
Nackershort throws the left hand but T A avoids the punch easily.
Nackershort tests T A's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A punch combination from T A misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nackershort throws a body punch but T A moves out of range.
Nackershort connects with a good right hand that stumbles T A. T A circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nackershort throws a combination that misses
and T A cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nackershort throws a lazy right hand but T A sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
T A takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
T A looks to land a combination but Nackershort avoids it well.
T A throws a nice looking combination but Nackershort bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
T A is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Nackershort, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ive Nackershort is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
T A misses with a few strikes there.
T A takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nackershort throws a right hand that T A ducks under and follows up with a left that T A also avoids with ease.
Ive Nackershort seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nackershort misses with an uppercut. T A saw that one coming.
T A looks to land a combination but Nackershort avoids it well.
Nackershort misses with a few strikes there.
T A dodges the punch combination from Nackershort.
T A swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Nackershort counter with a right hand.
Nackershort finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
T A steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nackershort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
T A avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nackershort swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Nackershort throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nackershort stalks T A and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into T A's face. T A staggers backwards, shaken.
Nackershort missing with a left hand there. T A was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
T A throws a combination. Nackershort tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
T A takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nackershort connects with the punch.
Nackershort misses the shot to the body.
T A fails with a takedown attempt.
T A fails with the takedown.
T A shoots in but no luck this time.
Ive Nackershort has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timo T A.
A shot to the body from Nackershort misses
and T A counters with a series of strikes. Nackershort will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nackershort fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches T A on the side of the head.
Nackershort lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Nackershort finds it's target.
Nackershort goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but T A might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nackershort has got the better of the exchanges.
Decent striking displayed by Nackershort there.
Nackershort scores with a jab to the head.
T A has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nackershort finds it's way round the side to connect with T A's head.
T A is still on wobbly legs! Can Nackershort finish him?
Nackershort lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A jab from Nackershort finds it's way through T A's defenses.
T A walks into a straight right hand from Nackershort.
Nackershort throws a combination but it was largely blocked by T A.
T A has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nackershort misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
T A has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from T A there as he acknowledges the shot.
T A walks into a straight right hand from Nackershort.
T A takes a body punch but keeps moving.
T A takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
T A walks into a left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nackershort punishes T A's body with a nice straight punch.
Nackershort uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nackershort swinging wilding here.
T A seems to have recovered his senses.
Nackershort jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nackershort throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice uppercut there from Nackershort.
Nackershort lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but T A circles away quickly and effectively.
T A is trying desperately to land a takedown but Nackershort is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for T A.
Nackershort clobbers T A with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nackershort is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that T A can do to turn this around?
T A steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nackershort.
Nackershort swings and misses with a hook to the body.
T A drops his hands momentarily and Nackershort takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nackershort ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nackershort misses with a hook.
Nackershort misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left lands for Nackershort.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nackershort. That's going to slow T A down.
Nackershort lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but T A circles away quickly and effectively.
Nackershort throws out a powerful jab.
T A has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from T A there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nackershort lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ive Nackershort dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nackershort lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but T A circles away quickly and effectively.
Nackershort tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but T A was well out of range. Poor timing from Nackershort.
Nackershort's corner calls for a 1-2. Nackershort obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nackershort misses with a straight left.
T A tries to bum rush Nackershort with a series of wild strikes but Nackershort uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
T A on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
T A will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
T A looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nackershort lands with a straight right. T A didn't see that one coming.
Nackershort throws a right hand that T A ducks under and follows up with a left that T A also avoids with ease.
Nackershort throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
T A misses with a looping right.
Nackershort catches T A with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nackershort throws a head kick but T A moves out of range.
T A takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nackershort misses with the combination.
Nackershort steps to the side to avoid the strikes from T A.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nackershort is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by T A.
T A shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nackershort as he jumps to the side.
Nackershort swings and misses with a hook to the body.
T A with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nackershort to score with a decent uppercut.
Nackershort fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nackershort throws an uppercut from half a mile away. T A sees it coming and avoids it easily.
T A misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nackershort.
A jab from Nackershort misses.
Nackershort moves out of range of the strikes.
T A takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nackershort lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nackershort is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by T A.
A jab from Nackershort misses.
Nackershort misses the shot to the body.
Nackershort throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nackershort lands with a nice body punch.
Nackershort rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but T A moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort scores with a jab to the head.
T A throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nackershort throws a series of punches but T A avoids them all with ease.
Jab from T A.
Nackershort blocks a jab.
T A displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nackershort throws out the jab.
T A dodges the punch combination from Nackershort.
Nackershort fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nackershort swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
T A throws a jab but it's blocked by Nackershort.
T A throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nackershort.
Nackershort cracks T A with an open hand slap.
The fighters circling - Nackershort throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to de liver by Nackershort. Beautiful body shot.
T A misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nackershort throws a hook but T A avoids it easily.
Nackershort throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort misses with a series of wild punches.
Nackershort misses with a straight right.
Nackershort does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nackershort connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nackershort cracks T A with an open hand slap.
Nackershort misses with a looping left.
T A misses the shot to the body.
Nackershort fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
T A throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nackershort throws a combination but it was largely blocked by T A.
Nackershort pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nackershort throws a hook to the side of T A's head but T A sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nackershort misses with a wild combination.
Nackershort is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nackershort waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract T A.
A punch lands to the side of T A 's head but he takes it in his stride.
T A tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nackershort sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten T A somewhat.
Timo T A has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nackershort connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed T A momentarily.
Nackershort catches T A with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nackershort takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
T A looks to score with a jab to the body but Nackershort is just out of range.
T A throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nackershort.
T A thows a body shot but no joy.
Nackershort throws a shot to the body.
T A takes one on the button.
Nackershort paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
T A misses with a two punch combination.
Nackershort lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but T A circles away quickly and effectively.
Nackershort lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Good shot there by Nackershort.
T A staying out of range there.
T A moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nackershort connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ive Nackershort showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nackershort 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ive Nackershort!