PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Nikolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sir Vincent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sir Vincent will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nikolov
vs
Vincent

194 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Nikolov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sir Vincent!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vincent has Nikolov up against the cage in a clinch.
Vincent is pressed up against the cage. Nikolov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Vincent down to the mat. Vincent avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nikolov slaps away a takedown attempt from Vincent, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Nikolov clinches up with Vincent and pushes him back against the cage.
Vincent should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Vincent gets control of Nikolov's arms and successfully pulls guard. Vincent will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Vincent keeping moving, preventing Nikolov from controlling successfully.
Nikolov working some strikes from top position.
Vincent is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Nikolov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vincent keeping full guard, as Nikolov tries to pass.
Nikolov is in close to Vincent's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Vincent is looking to stand up but Nikolov isn't so interested in that idea.
Nikolov distracts Vincent with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nikolov trying to control but Vincent is working from the bottom.
Nikolov postures up.
Nikolov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vincent has control of Nikolov's left arm, preventing Nikolov from doing any damage.
Nikolov is looking to work some ground and pound but Vincent has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolov distracts Vincent with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nikolov cracks Vincent with a solid left hand.
Nikolov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nikolov lands a couple of elbows.
Nikolov scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nikolov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Vincent is rocked!
Nikolov trying to control but Vincent is working from the bottom.
Nikolov lands a couple of digs.
Nikolov with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vincent can't keep his opponent in guard - Nikolov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Vincent has hold of Nikolov's hands but Nikolov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Vincent looks winded!
Nikolov lands strikes from half guard.
Nikolov is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nikolov is thwarting Vincent's attempts to control the position.
Vincent on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nikolov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nikolov working over Vincent with some ground and pound. Vincent looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vincent taking some punishment here, with Nikolov in his half guard.
Nikolov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vincent taking some punishment here, with Nikolov in his half guard.
Nikolov lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nikolov connects with a nice short shot to Vincent's temple.
Nikolov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nikolov working over Vincent with some ground and pound. Vincent looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nikolov working the head and body with strikes.
Vincent is still in real trouble! Can Nikolov finish him?
Nikolov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nikolov scores with a big shot! Vincent's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Vincent! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Nikolov!