PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Twist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mattias Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Twist
vs
Nilsson

200 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tony Twist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mattias Nilsson!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Nilsson.
Nilsson tries to clinch there but Twist circles away.
Tony Twist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Twist fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nilsson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Nilsson instigates a clinch.
Twist goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nilsson prevents it.

Twist breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nilsson shoots for a double leg takedown but Twist sprawls well. He's pushed Nilsson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nilsson tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Twist holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nilsson is looking for a takedown.
Nilsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Twist avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Twist.

Twist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Twist throws the kick towards the body but Nilsson avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist stuffs the takedown attempt from Nilsson. Nilsson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tony Twist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mattias Nilsson.
Nilsson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Twist defends well and Nilsson ends up having to push Twist into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Twist keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nilsson's efforts to push away.

Twist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Twist moves into range and clinches up with Nilsson.

Twist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nilsson misses with a body kick.
Nilsson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Twist lands with an uppercut that bounces Nilsson off the cage and back into range.
Nilsson closes the distance and clinches up with Twist, looking for a takedown. Nilsson pushes Twist against the cage but Twist circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nilsson misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Twist lands a big head kick that sends Nilsson tumbling to the mat! Twist takes a step backwards and waves Nilsson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Nilsson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Twist leaves Nilsson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nilsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Twist.
Nilsson avoids the head kick by Twist.
Twist scores with a one two! Nilsson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nilsson is looking to land body kicks.
Nilsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Twist closes the distance looking to clinch

and Nilsson counters by clinching up.
Twist keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nilsson's efforts to push away.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Twist takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson is trying to pull guard but Twist has him pressed against the cage.

Twist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Twist looks to land a combination but Nilsson avoids it well.

Twist moves into the clinch.
Nilsson trying to land knees to the body.

Twist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Twist wants to clinch up but Nilsson keeps it at a distance.
Nilsson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Twist thows a left - swing and a miss!
Twist misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Twist tries to clinch there but Nilsson circles away.
Nilsson shoots for a double leg takedown but Twist sprawls well. He's pushed Nilsson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Twist lands a glancing blow to the side of Nilsson's head.
No luck for Nilsson with that takedown attempt.
Twist swats away the attempt to clinch by Nilsson.

Twist scores with a takedown into Nilsson's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twist looking to sit in guard and control but Nilsson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Twist has a closed guard, preventing Nilsson from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Twist dominated that 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.

Twist displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nilsson.
Nilsson shoots in looking for a takedown but Twist manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nilsson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nilsson shoots in and drives through. Twist sprawls well.
Tony Twist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mattias Nilsson.
Nilsson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Twist as he avoids it easily.
Nilsson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Twist but Twist pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Twist shoots in for a takedown but Nilsson shows good takedown defense.
Twist lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nilsson is breathing heavily.
Twist tries to close the distance and clinch but Nilsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nilsson fails with the takedown.

Twist gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Twist breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist thuds his right hand into Nilsson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Twist connects with a nice looking jab.
Twist closes the distance and clinches up with Nilsson, looking for a takedown. Twist pushes Nilsson against the cage but Nilsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Twist throws out a leg kick but Nilsson moves out of range and Twist only half commits.
Twist closes the distance and clinches up with Nilsson, looking for a takedown. Twist pushes Nilsson against the cage but Nilsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nilsson misses with a takedown attempt - Twist sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nilsson moves in looking to clinch but Twist pushes him off.
Twist closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nilsson circles away.

Twist gets a clinch.

Twist breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nilsson dives in for a single leg takedown but Twist sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson is trying to force a seperation but Twist has the dominant position.
Twist tries to pull guard but Nilsson won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Twist avoiding damage.
Nilsson looking for a takedown.
Nilsson is trying to pull guard but Twist has him pressed against the cage.
Nilsson goes for a takedown attempt but Twist pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Twist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nilsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Nilsson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Twist clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nilsson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Twist is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Nilsson.

Twist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nilsson takes a swing at Twist's ribcage but misses.
Nilsson fails with a takedown attempt.
Nilsson tries for a takedown but Twist sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Twist explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Twist lands with a slapping head kick.
Twist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nilsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick from Twist lands but Nilsson takes it in his stride.
Nilsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Twist finish him?
Tony Twist is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Twist closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nilsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Twist landing knees to the body.
Twist's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nilsson seems to have recovered his senses.

Twist breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nilsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Twist manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Twist shoots for a double leg takedown but Nilsson sprawls well. He's pushed Twist's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Twist doesn't manage to clinch there - Nilsson circles away.
Horrible takedown by Nilsson or perhaps it was just good defense by Twist which made him look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Twist dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Twist checks the leg kick nicely there.
Twist missing with a left hand there. Nilsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Twist tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Nilsson defends well and Twist ends up having to push Nilsson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Twist is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nilsson is trying to break the clinch but Twist is controlling him.

Twist breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Twist throws out a loose jab but Nilsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Twist blocks the body kick.
Twist shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nilsson sprawls well. Nilsson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Twist gets slowly back to his feet.
Tony Twist is winning the standup battle so far.
Twist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nilsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Twist slaps away a takedown attempt from Nilsson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson shoots in for a takedown but Twist shows good takedown defense.
Nilsson tries to clinch up.
Nilsson shoots for a takedown but Twist saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tony Twist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mattias Nilsson.
Nilsson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nilsson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Twist throws a right hand that misses
and Nilsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Twist lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Twist scores with a jab to the head.
Nilsson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Twist has time to react.
Twist fails with a takedown attempt.
Twist shoots in but no luck this time.
Nilsson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Twist avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nilsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Nilsson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Twist moves into range and clinches up with Nilsson.
Twist trying to stall but Nilsson improves his position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Twist.
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!
Nilsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Twist won't allow it.
Twist is trying to drag Nilsson to the mat but Nilsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nilsson tries to pull guard but Twist holds him up against the cage and eventually Nilsson drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twist prevents the takedown attempt.

Twist manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Twist is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nilsson trying to control but Twist is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mattias Nilsson wasn't active enough on the ground.

Twist fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nilsson, pushing him back against the cage.
Nilsson is looking for a takedown.
Nilsson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Twist is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Twist jumps guard but Nilsson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Twist decides to pull guard.
Nilsson looking to sit in guard and control but Twist gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Twist showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Twist 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Tony Twist!
Judge David Hoff scores the fight for Tony Twist!
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Tony Twist!

Tony Twist wins by unanimous decision!