PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lefteris Papaioanou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Papaioanou
vs
Nilsson

190 cm
21
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
21
212 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Polar Bear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lefteris Papaioanou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Nilsson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papaioanou gets a clinch.
Nilsson working hard to break the clinch.
Nilsson tries to break the clinch but Papaioanou is controlling the position.
Papaioanou prevents Nilsson from breaking the clinch.
Papaioanou lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nilsson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Papaioanou keeps control of Nilsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Papaioanou scores with a shot to the side of Nilsson's head.
Nilsson tries to break the clinch but Papaioanou is controlling the position.
Papaioanou content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nilsson blocks an uppercut.
Papaioanou misses with a body punch.
Nilsson is trying to break the clinch but Papaioanou has him pressed against the cage.
Papaioanou slowing the pace effectively.
Nilsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papaioanou lands an uppercut.
Papaioanou lands with a left to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou lands a shoulder strike.
Papaioanou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papaioanou misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Papaioanou takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Papaioanou has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Papaioanou digs a right hand underneath Nilsson's ribcage. Nilsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Papaioanou throws a head punch that misses.
Papaioanou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nilsson blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou lands with a left to the head.
Nilsson being controlled against the cage.
Papaioanou is working Nilsson over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papaioanou lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Papaioanou lands a body shot.
Nilsson looks winded!
Papaioanou tries a body shot but Nilsson blocks it.
Papaioanou lands a right hand.
Papaioanou holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Papaioanou misses with the head strike.
A short right from Papaioanou on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A right hook to the body lands for Papaioanou.
Papaioanou misses with a body punch.
Papaioanou is working Nilsson over against the cage.
Papaioanou lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nilsson backwards.
Papaioanou avoiding damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papaioanou fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson is trying to break the clinch but Papaioanou has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Papaioanou - that landed with a thud.
Nilsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Papaioanou stalls.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Papaioanou creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papaioanou prevents Nilsson from breaking the clinch.
Nilsson working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lefteris Papaioanou dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Papaioanou's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nilsson under the eye.

Papaioanou instigates a clinch.
Papaioanou tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papaioanou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Papaioanou throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nilssons head.
Papaioanou throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Papaioanou lands a body punch in the clinch.
Papaioanou has Nilsson pushed against the cage.
Papaioanou lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papaioanou avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papaioanou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nilsson can do to turn this around?
Nilsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nilsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nilsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Papaioanou lands with a left to the head.
Nilsson blocks a body shot from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou lands a nice uppercut.
Papaioanou tries a body shot but Nilsson blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou struggles to land a body shot inside as Nilsson controls his hands.
Papaioanou will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nilsson up against the cage.
Papaioanou fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papaioanou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papaioanou stalling.
Papaioanou misses with a punch to the body.
Nilsson is trying to break the clinch but Papaioanou has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Papaioanou won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Papaioanou.
Nilsson blocks an uppercut.
Papaioanou is leaning against Nilsson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nilsson is breathing heavily.
Papaioanou lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Papaioanou lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Papaioanou manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Papaioanou seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Papaioanou.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou misses with the head strike.
Papaioanou lands a right hand.
Papaioanou holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Papaioanou gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nilsson prevents a body shot from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lefteris Papaioanou.
Papaioanou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papaioanou darts in trying to clinch
and Nilsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nilsson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lefteris Papaioanou dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nilsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Papaioanou.
Papaioanou fails with an attempt to clinch.
Papaioanou lands with an uppercut that bounces Nilsson off the cage and back into range.

Nilsson ducks straight into an uppercut from Papaioanou and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Nilsson manages to regain guard straight away.

Nilsson is rocked!

It looks like Simon Nilsson has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papaioanou's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Nilsson is still in real trouble! Can Papaioanou finish him?
Papaioanou is looking to stand up but Nilsson won't let him.
Nilsson seems to have recovered his senses.
Nilsson wants to get back to his feet but Papaioanou passes into half guard.
Papaioanou wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Nilsson uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papaioanou wants to get up but he can't break Nilsson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nilsson being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lefteris Papaioanou.
Nilsson scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Papaioanou changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Papaioanou throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Nilsson tumbling to the canvas!
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!
Papaioanou wanted to stand there but Nilsson had control of the position.
Papaioanou sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lefteris Papaioanou.
Papaioanou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Nilsson falls backwards - clearly groggy! Papaioanou dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lefteris Papaioanou!