PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Mark Addison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Nichols (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Nichols will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Addison
vs
Nichols

180 cm
21
197 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

192 cm
23
197 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Addison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Nichols!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nichols throws a half hearted mid kick.

Addison has managed to clinch.
Nichols with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Addison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Addison gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nichols swings wildly with an uppercut but Addison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nichols looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Addison lands a hook to the side of the head.
Addison lands with a light punch inside.
Nichols tries to break free but Addison pushes him back against the ropes.
Nichols is looking to break free of the clinch but Addison has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nichols misses with a short punch on the inside.
Addison struggles to land a body shot inside as Nichols controls his hands.
Addison misses with a punch to the body.
Addison lands an uppercut.
Addison landing knees to the body.
Addison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Addison can't find room to land a body shot as Nichols controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Addison lands an elbow just above Nichols 's eye.
Nichols misses with a knee strike.
Addison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nichols using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Addison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Addison struggles to land a body shot inside as Nichols controls his hands.
Nichols managing to block the knees to the body from Addison.
Addison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nichols misses with a short punch on the inside.
Addison misses with a punch to the body.
Nichols lands with a short shot to the head.
Nichols landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nichols misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Addison as the two fighters clinch.
Nichols working aggressively here.
Addison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Addison prevents a body shot from Nichols.
Nichols tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Addison keeps control of Nichols as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Addison.
Nichols lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Addison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nichols backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Addison looking to throw knees to the head but Nichols is blocking nicely.
Addison misses with a body punch.
Nichols connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mark Addison has been cut.
Addison is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nichols misses with some punches.
Addison tries to land knees in the clinch but Nichols avoids the damage to the body.
Addison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Addison misses with the head strike.
Addison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nichols blocks a body shot from Addison.

Nichols breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Addison throws a low kick, looking for Nichols's leg but Nichols calmly moves out of range.
Addison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nichols counters with a three punch combo that has Addison backing up. Addison nods at Nichols to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Addison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Addison's cut.
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.

Nichols tries to close the distance and clinch but Addison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Addison feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Scott Nichols is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nichols fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nichols feints and then cracks Addison's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Addison down.
Addison misses with a wild body shot.
Addison circles away from the clinch attempt
and Addison counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Scott Nichols seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nichols keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Addison.
Nichols avoids the body shot from Addison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nichols tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Addison moves out of range as Nichols throws a body kick.
Addison takes a swing at Nichols's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Nichols.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Addison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Addison just misses with a punch to the body.
Nichols plants his feet and throws a devastating head kick! It connects square on Addison's ear and has knocked him out cold! No need for a count here as the referee immediately tends to a stricken Addison, crumpled in the corner! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Scott Nichols!
A very excited looking Scott Nichols made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.