PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Pablos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Tricksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Pablos
vs
Tricksen

175 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 14 - 0

189 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pablo Pablos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Tricksen!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Tricksen.

Pablos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Pablos's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Pablos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Pablos seems to be looking for submissions.

Tricksen pushes Pablos off and gets back to his feet.
Tricksen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pabloss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Tricksen feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Pablos sprawling to the canvas! Pablos rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tricksen finish him?!

Pablos is rocked!
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!
Tricksen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oh Pablos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tricksen fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Pablos out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Nick Tricksen!
Pablo Pablos was interviewed post fight and said 'thanks my sponsors and fans!!!'.