PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Michael Dorian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Nickerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nickerson has chosen I Stand Alone as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Michael Dorian
vs
Nickerson

175 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
158 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Michael Dorian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vincent Nickerson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickerson lands an overhand right.
Nickerson throws a nice looking combination but Dorian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dorian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dorian throws out a loose jab but Nickerson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dorian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dorian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dorian throws a shot from downtown. Nickerson moves away and avoids it.
Nickerson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nickerson slips under a jab.
Nickerson fails to land with a series of punches.
Dorian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nickerson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dorian.
Nickerson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dorian.
Dorian loads up on a big right hand but Nickerson slips the punch.
Dorian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dorian chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dorian.
John Michael Dorian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nickerson ducks under a wild hook from Dorian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorian lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Vincent Nickerson has been cut.
Nickerson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dorian lands a two punch combo.
Jab from Dorian.
Nickerson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Dorian to counter with a crisp jab.
Nickerson cracks Dorian with an open hand slap.
Dorian slips under a jab from Nickerson.
Dorian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nickerson.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dorian.
Nickerson looks gassed!
Dorian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dorian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nickerson.
Nickerson slips a straight right by Dorian.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dorian.
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!
Donk. Dorian catches Nickerson right on the button with a cross.
Dorian connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dorian dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nickerson. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickerson staying out of range there.
Dorian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nickerson's head backwards.
Nickerson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dorian to score with a decent uppercut.
Dorian feints and then cracks Nickerson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nickerson down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dorian.
Nickerson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dorian tests Nickerson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dorian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Danga de danga de dang - Dorian scores with a four punch combination!
Dorian misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Dorian misses.
Nickerson tries to move into range but Dorian moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dorian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dorian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nickerson's sensitive parts.
Dorian lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Dorian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dorian getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dorian dips to his left and cracks Nickerson with an uppercut!
Dorian's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Dorian duly obliges.
Nickerson walks into a jab.
Dorian throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nickerson counters with a straight right hand.
Dorian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nickerson's head backwards.
Dorian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dorian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dorian slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nickerson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nickerson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dorian.
A right-left combo lands from Dorian.
Dorian connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nickerson. Nickerson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dorian throws the left hand but Nickerson avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorian lands a two punch combo.
Dorian showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nickerson.
Nickerson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice cross by Dorian.
Nickerson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dorian closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dorian is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nickerson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A left lands for Dorian.
Dorian works over Nickerson's head and body with a nice combination.
Dorian scores with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donk. Dorian catches Nickerson right on the button with a cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dorian. That's going to slow Nickerson down.
Dorian goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dorian lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Michael Dorian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vincent Nickerson's cut.
That's time! Dorian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dorian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nickerson avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Dorian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dorian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dorian misses with an uppercut.
Nickerson misses with a double jab.
Dorian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nickerson can do to turn this around?
Dorian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nickerson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dorian.
Donk. Dorian catches Nickerson right on the button with a cross.
Dorian scoring well with a low kick there.
John Michael Dorian is winning the standup battle so far.
Dorian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nickerson's calf.
Nickerson is breathing heavily.
Dorian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dorian throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Dorian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorian throws a nice inside leg kick.
John Michael Dorian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dorian cracks Nickerson with a good jab.
Nickerson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dorian can pounce on him.
Dorian feints and then cracks Nickerson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nickerson down.
Nickerson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dorian closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dorian connects with a jab.
Dorian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nickerson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nickerson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dorian counters with a thumping low kick.
Nickerson drops his hands momentarily and Dorian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nickerson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dorian.
Nickerson moves away from the strike by Dorian.
Dorian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dorian lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickerson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dorian connects with a jab.
Dorian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dorian.
Dorian feints and then cracks Nickerson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nickerson down.
Nickerson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by Dorian as he connects with a hook.
Dorian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dorian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Dorian there.
Dorian works the jab nicely.
Nickerson throws a looping overhand right but Dorian ducks down to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Dorian as he connects with a hook.
Dorian lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Dorian.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Dorian.
Nickerson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dorian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nickerson in his tracks.
Dorian lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dorian throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nickerson on the side of the head.
Dorian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nickerson.
Dorian throws a combination. Nickerson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nickerson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dorian thumps Nickerson with a low kick.
Nickerson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dorian. Dorian obviously looking to wear him down.
Nickerson ducks right into an uppercut from Dorian.
Dorian thumps Nickerson with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dorian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorian 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.
Dorian connects with a looping right hand.
Dorian scores with a one two! Nickerson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dorian throws a lazy right hand but Nickerson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nickerson!
Nickerson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dorian.
Dorian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nickerson's calf.
A right-left combo lands from Dorian.
Dorian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Nickerson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dorian has got the better of the exchanges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd cheers as Dorian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nickerson doesn't seem phased though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dorian is looking to slow Nickerson down with leg kicks.
Nickerson dodges the punch combination from Dorian.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nickerson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dorian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Michael Dorian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vincent Nickerson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dorian fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nickerson on the side of the head.
Nickerson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nickerson scores with a sloppy right hand. Dorian should have avoided that one.
Nickerson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dorian.
Nickerson misses with a leg kick
and Dorian counters with an inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Dorian misses.
Dorian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nickerson moves out of range as Dorian strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Dorian finds it's target.
Dorian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nickerson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dorian throws a series of punches but Nickerson avoids them all with ease.
Nickerson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nickerson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nickerson's sensitive parts.
Nickerson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice straight punches there by Dorian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dorian.
Dorian throws a series of punches but Nickerson avoids them all with ease.
Dorian displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dorian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nickerson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dorian.
Dorian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nickerson.
Dorian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nickerson walks into a straight right hand from Dorian.
Dorian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
An inside leg kick lands from Dorian.
Vincent Nickerson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickerson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Good standup being displayed there by Dorian as he connects with a hook.
Dorian misses with a two punch combination.
Dorian scores with a nice strike.
A nice combination there by Dorian.
Nickerson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nickerson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dorian!
Nickerson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Good leg kick by Dorian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dorian lands with a nice combination. Nickerson backs away looking to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dorian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dorian throws a leg kick which misses Nickerson's front leg but catches the back leg as Nickerson tries to avoid it.
Dorian throws a series of strikes that have Nickerson backpedaling.
Nickerson thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dorian.
Nickerson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dorian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dorian with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dorian misses with a wild combination.
Dorian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nickerson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice cross by Dorian.
Nickerson ducks under a wild hook from Dorian.
Dorian scoring well with a low kick there.
A combination from Dorian does no damage.
Dorian thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickerson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nickerson lands a right hook to the body.
A left and a right from Dorian both land. Nice combination.
A good leg kick by Dorian.
Nickerson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dorian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nickerson's sensitive parts.
Nickerson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dorian scores with a nice right hand.
Nickerson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dorian lands a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nickerson lands with an overhand left.
John Michael Dorian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dorian lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nickerson's sensitive parts.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Michael Dorian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dorian 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Michael Dorian!