PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nilton Fantoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Kliko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Rico Kliko was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Fantoni
vs
Kliko

191 cm
21
218 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nilton Fantoni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rico Kliko!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantoni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kliko manages to avoid it.
Kliko let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fantoni misses the body punch

and Kliko moves into the clinch.
Kliko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fantoni's efforts to push away.
Fantoni working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Fantoni's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kliko keeps control of Fantoni as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the head but Fantoni blocks with his arms.
Fantoni is trying to break the clinch but Kliko has him pressed against the cage.
Kliko scores a nice knee to the body.
Kliko lands a left hand.
Kliko scores with a knee to the head.
Kliko landing knees to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fantoni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kliko landing knees to the body.
Kliko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fantoni is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fantoni tries to circle away but Kliko has him pinned against the cage.
Kliko lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kliko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fantoni lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kliko landing knees to the head.
Kliko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantoni is breathing heavily.
Kliko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kliko.
Fantoni takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good body shot from Kliko.
Fantoni takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right from Kliko.
Kliko with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kliko with a knee to the head.
A short right from Kliko.
Kliko lands a nice knee to the body.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but Fantoni blocks it.
Fantoni takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kliko landing knees to the head.
Kliko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fantoni's face.
A knee to the head by Kliko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kliko looking to throw knees to the head but Fantoni is blocking nicely.
A short right from Kliko.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kliko.
Kliko prevents Fantoni from breaking the clinch.
Kliko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kliko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kliko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kliko cracks Fantoni with a nice body shot.
Fantoni tries to break the clinch but Kliko is controlling the position.
Fantoni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantoni has had enough of the clinch but Kliko keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kliko obliges.
Kliko lands a good knee to the midsection. Fantoni won't want to take too many of those.
Kliko with a knee to the head.
Kliko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fantoni blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Kliko.
Kliko connects with a knee to the head.

Fantoni is rocked!
Fantoni tries to break free but Kliko pushes him back against the cage.
Oh Fantoni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantoni wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fantoni seems to have got his legs back now.
Kliko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kliko works on Fantoni's body with a couple of short punches.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kliko crunches a lovely knee into Fantoni's ribcage.
Kliko misses with a knee to the head.
Kliko working Fantoni over with knees to the body.
Kliko scores with a knee to the head.
Kliko connects with a knee to the head.
Kliko scores a nice knee to the body.
Kliko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kliko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fantoni wants to get back to striking at distance but Kliko won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Kliko.
Kliko tries a knee to the head but Fantoni blocks it.
Kliko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fantoni lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kliko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kliko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fantoni lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kliko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kliko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kliko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kliko working Fantoni over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kliko.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kliko obliges.
Fantoni has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kliko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fantonis head.
Kliko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantoni takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kliko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fantoni's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kliko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A knee to the head by Kliko.
Kliko lands with a short shot to the head.
Kliko connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Kliko dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fantoni throws an off balance right hand
and Kliko counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Fantoni to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Kliko!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rico Kliko!