PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Forever War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Illy Niccolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). War comes into the arena with Slayer - War Ensemble blaring out of the sound system. Illy Niccolo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Forever War's chin.

War
vs
Niccolo

186 cm
20
184 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

176 cm
25
165 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Forever War!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Illy Niccolo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niccolo misses with a body shot.
Niccolo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but War manages to avoid it.
War slips a jab from Niccolo.
Niccolo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from War.
A jab lands there for War.
War stalks Niccolo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Niccolo's face. Niccolo staggers backwards, shaken.
War misses with an uppercut. Niccolo saw that one coming.
Niccolo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Niccolo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
War lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
War misses the body punch
and Niccolo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
War throws a big shot that misses.
That kick from War tenderised Niccolo's leg. Niccolo is trying to keep his angry face on.
War fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
War tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niccolo was well out of range. Poor timing from War.
War ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Niccolo moves away.
Niccolo misses with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from War.
Niccolo misses with a double jab
and War counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
War bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Niccolo's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
Niccolo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Forever War has been cut.
Niccolo moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from War.
War looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
War shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Niccolo lands with an uppercut that bounces War off the cage and back into rage.
War keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Niccolo.
A shot to the body from Niccolo misses
and War makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Niccolo lands a jab to War's midsection.
Niccolo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
War lands a body shot.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
War throws a low kick but Niccolo moves out of range easily.
War fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niccolo manages to avoid it.
War moves out of range of the strikes.
Niccolo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
War throws a head kick but Niccolo moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Niccolo scores with a four punch combination!
A thudding body kick lands there by War!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Niccolo looks to land a combination but War avoids it well.
Niccolo lands with an uppercut that bounces War off the cage and back into rage.
Niccolo missing with a left hand there. War was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Niccolo throws a sloppy body shot
and War counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
War throws a head kick that Niccolo semi-blocks.
War connects with a looping right hand.
The fighters circling - Niccolo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
War keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
War bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Niccolo's head backwards.
A big left from Niccolo misses.
Niccolo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
War thows a left - swing and a miss!
War lands a head kick!
Niccolo takes a swing at War's ribcage but misses.
Niccolo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from War.
A swing and a miss from Niccolo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Niccolo misses the body punch
and War counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Niccolo thinking.
Niccolo throws a good cross that connects.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
War fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Niccolo checks it well.
Niccolo loads up on a big right hand but War slips the punch.
War misses with a series of wild punches.
Niccolo misses with a body shot
enabling War to counter with a crisp jab.
War throws a front kick that sends Niccolo stumbling back into the cage.
War throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Niccolo counters with a straight right hand.
War dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Niccolo. That did some damage!
Niccolo throws a hook to the side of War's head but War sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Decent striking displayed by War there.
War throws a series of strikes that have Niccolo backpedaling.
War lunges at Niccolo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Niccolo's 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!
Niccolo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Niccolo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by War.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
War scores with a jab to the body.
Niccolo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
War jabs at Niccolo's body.
War clobbers Niccolo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Niccolo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Niccolo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
War throws a combination that misses
and War takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
War misses with a hook. Niccolo ducked under it nicely.
Niccolo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
War slips under a jab from Niccolo.
Niccolo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
War scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Niccolo throws a shot from downtown. War moves away and avoids it.
War misses with a double jab
and Niccolo counters with a right hand to the body.
War is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
War uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Niccolo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Forever War will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Forever War's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Niccolo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract War.
War scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Niccolo misses the shot to the body.
Forever War is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
War misses with a wild combination.
War throws a quick inside leg kick.
War tries to work over Niccolo's front leg with a kick but Niccolo checks it.
Niccolo thows a left - swing and a miss!
War throws a big shot that misses.
War throws an overhand right that lands on Niccolo's shoulder, as Niccolo tries to avoid the shot.
Niccolo looks to land a left hand but War moved out of range nicely.
War connects with a jab.
Niccolo misses with a looping right.
War turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
War with a jab.
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
War misses with a two punch combination.
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from War tenderised Niccolo's leg. Niccolo is trying to keep his angry face on.
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
Niccolo looks to land a right hand but War moved out of range.
Niccolo throws a hook but War avoids it easily.
War throws a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from War.
War walks into a stiff left hand from Niccolo.
Forever War is winning the standup battle so far.
War moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Niccolo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
War with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
War ducks under a wild hook from Niccolo.
A nice inside leg kick there by War. That's going to slow Niccolo down.
Niccolo connects with the punch.
Niccolo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
War misses with a body shot.
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
War tries to land a leg kick but Niccolo saw it coming and moves away.
Niccolo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and War counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from War.
A cross from War lands.
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
Niccolo defending well as War loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Niccolo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
War thumps Niccolo with a low kick.
Niccolo walks into a straight right hand from War.
War tries to bum rush Niccolo with a series of wild strikes but Niccolo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Niccolo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but War was well out of range. Poor timing from Niccolo.
Niccolo looks to throw the jab but War is out of range.
Niccolo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but War moves away.
Niccolo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
War misses with a low kick.
Niccolo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Niccolo blocks the low kick.
Niccolo checks a low kick from War.
Niccolo throws a predictable looking body shot
and War makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Niccolo misses its intended target.
Niccolo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
War throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Niccolo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. War sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Niccolo misses with a looping right.
War moves out of range of the strikes.
War lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Niccolo at a distance.
Niccolo throws the left hand but War avoids the punch easily.
A big left from War misses.
Decent striking displayed by War there.
Niccolo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and War counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
War scores with a hook.
Niccolo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice cross by War.
Niccolo misses with a looping left.
War blocks a jab.
Niccolo looks to throw the jab but War is out of range.
A head kick misses from War.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from War misses its intended target.
War lands a jab.
War moves away from the strike by Niccolo.
Niccolo takes a swing at War's ribcage but misses.
Niccolo throws a hook but War avoids it easily.
Niccolo loads up on a big right hand but War slips the punch.
War works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
War scores with a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Niccolo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
War dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Niccolo. That did some damage!
Niccolo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot lands for War.
War catches Niccolo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niccolo takes one to the chin there.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forever War dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Forever War's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

War fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niccolo manages to avoid it.
War jabs at Niccolo's body.
War lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Niccolo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Niccolo lands a right hook to the body.
War uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Niccolo blocks a head kick by War.
War slips under a jab.
War turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
War lands with an uppercut that bounces Niccolo off the cage and back into rage.
War ducks under a wild hook from Niccolo.
War looks to land a combination but Niccolo avoids it well.
War dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
War thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Niccolo if he has to take too many more of those.
War works the jab nicely.
War dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Niccolo. That did some damage!
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
A big left from Niccolo misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Niccolo throws out the jab.
A big left from War misses.
Niccolo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
War just misses with a punch to the body.
Niccolo blocks the body kick.
War fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Niccolo.
Niccolo throws a hook but War blocks it.
Niccolo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Niccolo throws a big shot that misses.
War misses with a double jab
and Niccolo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
War throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
War looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Niccolo misses with a body shot
and War counters with a thumping low kick.
Niccolo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck War on the side of the head.
War is looking to slow Niccolo down with leg kicks.
Niccolo misses with a straight left.
War cracks Niccolo with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
War slips a straight right by Niccolo.
Niccolo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
War throws a leg kick which misses Niccolo's front leg but catches the back leg as Niccolo tries to avoid it.
War steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
War throws a quick inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by War there.
Niccolo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice shot lands for War.
Niccolo slips a jab and a cross from War.
A swing and a miss from War.
War 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.
Nice defenses there by War.
War misses with a low kick.
Niccolo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as War throws out the jab.
Niccolo falls off balance throwing a combination
and War counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
War lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Niccolo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
War throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niccolo throws a hook to the side of War's head but War sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
War walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Niccolo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
War buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
War throws out a leg kick but Niccolo moves out of range and War only half commits.
War feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Niccolo's calf.
Niccolo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Niccolo throws a looping overhand right but War ducks down to avoid it.
War throws a nice outside leg kick.
Niccolo slips a straight right by War.
War blocks a jab.
Niccolo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed War momentarily.
Niccolo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good shot there by War.
Niccolo fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niccolo throws a looping overhand right but War ducks down to avoid it.
War throws a right hand that Niccolo ducks under and follows up with a left that Niccolo also avoids with ease.
War lands with a cross.
War swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Niccolo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Niccolo throws a hook to the side of War's head but War sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
War fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niccolo manages to avoid it.
Niccolo moves out of range of the leg kick from War.
War connects with a body shot.
Niccolo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as War throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Niccolo misses the target.
War rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niccolo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
War has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Niccolo finds it's way round the side to connect with War's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
War just misses with a punch to the body.
Niccolo lands with a right hand.
War looks to land a left hand but Niccolo moved out of range nicely.
War misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forever War clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Forever War'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.

Niccolo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by War.
Niccolo throws a body punch but War moves out of range.
War cracks Niccolo with a right hand to the side of the head.
War throws a quick inside leg kick.
Niccolo moves away from the strike by War.
Niccolo throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Niccolo misses.
Niccolo misses with a jab to the body
and War counters with a leg kick.
War explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
War ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Niccolo tests War's chin there with a solid looking shot.
War fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
War ducks under a wild hook from Niccolo.
War avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Niccolo misses with a shot to the body
and War cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War lands a jab to the nose.
Niccolo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Niccolo blocks a low kick nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from War.
Niccolo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from War.
War throws out a powerful jab.
War misses with a straight right.
Niccolo connects with a crisp jab.
War throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
War misses the body punch
and Niccolo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Niccolo lands with a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Niccolo. That snapped War's head back.
Niccolo lands a jab to War's midsection.
War uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Niccolo.
Niccolo falls off balance throwing a combination
and War counters with a nice uppercut.
Niccolo lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niccolo throws the left hand but War avoids the punch easily.
Niccolo throws a jab but it's blocked by War.
A shot to the liver by War. Beautiful body shot.
Niccolo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Niccolo digs a good body shot into War's ribs.
War ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Niccolo moves away.
Niccolo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but War was well out of range. Poor timing from Niccolo.
War takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niccolo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niccolo lands a nice hook to War's body. War takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Niccolo scores with a crisp jab that stopped War in his tracks.
War blocks a jab.
Niccolo throws a looping overhand right but War ducks down to avoid it.
War misses with a looping right.
War thumps Niccolo with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Niccolo.
War feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Niccolo's calf.
War goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice combination there by War.
War sizes up Niccolo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
War misses with a few strikes there.
War showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Niccolo.
War bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Niccolo.
War comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Niccolo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Niccolo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
War slips a jab from Niccolo.
A left lands for War.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niccolo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Niccolo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
War lands with an uppercut that bounces Niccolo off the cage and back into rage.
Niccolo needs to keep his hands up - War had a free shot at his head there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by War!
Good work by Niccolo as he checks the leg kick.
War moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Niccolo misses.
War ducks under a wild hook from Niccolo.
War scores with a jab to the jaw.
Niccolo cracks War with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Niccolo jabs at War's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
War moves out of range as Niccolo strikes.
War throws a low kick, looking for Niccolo's leg but Niccolo calmly moves out of range.
War throws a right and a left that both miss.
Niccolo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but War manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Illy Niccolo dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Forever War's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

War fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
War throws a looping overhand right but Niccolo ducks down to avoid it.
Niccolo throws a hook to the side of War's head but War sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Niccolo looks to score with a jab to the body but War is just out of range.
Niccolo throws a jab when War was well out of range.
A shot to the body from Niccolo misses
and War counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab from War misses.
War scores with a sloppy right hand. Niccolo should have avoided that one.
War uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niccolo.
War throws a low kick but it's checked well by Niccolo.
War swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Niccolo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
War connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Niccolo missing with a left hand there. War was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Niccolo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
War slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Niccolo throws a big shot that misses.
War fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Niccolo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niccolo throws a lazy right hand but War sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
War lands with a right hand.
Jab, jab by War - just one landing.
War connects with a crisp jab.
Niccolo misses with a straight right.
War looks to land a right hand but Niccolo moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by War.
War fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
War lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Niccolo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as War throws out the jab.
Jab, jab by Niccolo - just one landing.
War throws a shot to the body.
War thumps Niccolo with a low kick.
Niccolo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but War manages to avoid it.
Niccolo thows a left - swing and a miss!
War lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
War throws a wild body kick that Niccolo sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niccolo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but War was well out of range. Poor timing from Niccolo.
Niccolo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from War finds it's way through Niccolo's defenses.
War paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Niccolo throws a shot from downtown. War moves away and avoids it.
Good standup being displayed there by War as he connects with a hook.
Niccolo missing with a left hand there. War was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
War uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Niccolo has time to react.
War connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Niccolo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by War. War obviously looking to wear him down.
Illy Niccolo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Niccolo moves away from the strike by War.
Niccolo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from War.
Niccolo throws a hook but War blocks it.
War slips a straight right by Niccolo.
War lands a two punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Niccolo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
War lands a two punch combo.
Niccolo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but War was well out of range. Poor timing from Niccolo.
War throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good standup being displayed there by War as he connects with a hook.
Niccolo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Niccolo looks to score with a jab to the body but War is just out of range.
War throws a nice head kick!
Some bone on bone action there as Niccolo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Niccolo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling War to score with a decent uppercut.
War keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
War cracks the inside of Niccolo's front leg.
War takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Niccolo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
War scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
War lands a jab to Niccolo's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niccolo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from War.
Niccolo loads up on a big right hand but War slips the punch.
War slips a jab from Niccolo.
War throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Niccolo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
War lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Niccolo circles away quickly and effectively.
War dips to his left and cracks Niccolo with an uppercut!
War lands with a slapping head kick.
Niccolo looks to land a combination but War avoids it well.
War tries a low kick but Niccolo avoids it.
War swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Niccolo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
War looks to score with a jab to the body but Niccolo is just out of range.
War throws a sloppy head kick and Niccolo moves out of range easily.
War misses with a hook. Niccolo ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niccolo throws a good cross that connects.
Niccolo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Niccolo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Niccolo misses with a straight left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Forever War showed his dominance in that final round.
Well War 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Forever War!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Forever War!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Forever War!

Forever War wins by unanimous decision!
Forever War is the new welterweight champion!