PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Nicolosi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gaarlandt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nicolosi's entrance music is A Fistful Of Dollars by Ennio Morricone. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nicolosi
vs
Gaarlandt

192 cm
25
282 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

184 cm
25
234 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

GREEN!160
Spartan Nutrition

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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Nicolosi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Gaarlandt!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicolosi throws a low kick but Gaarlandt avoids it.
Gaarlandt throws a hook to the side of Nicolosi's head but Nicolosi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaarlandt throws a low kick, looking for Nicolosi's leg but Nicolosi calmly moves out of range.
Nicolosi tries to counter by clinching up but Gaarlandt breaks away and moves out of range.
Nicolosi throws a wild body kick that Gaarlandt sees coming a mile off.
Gaarlandt cracks the inside of Nicolosi's front leg.
Nicolosi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nicolosi moves out of range as Gaarlandt strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gaarlandt. That's going to slow Nicolosi down.
Gaarlandt lands a high kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Gaarlandt misses the target.
Gaarlandt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gaarlandt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nicolosi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolosi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gaarlandt doesn't seem bothered though.
Gaarlandt throws the kick towards the body but Nicolosi avoids it.
Gaarlandt throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Nicolosi.
Gaarlandt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nicolosi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolosi avoids a kick to the body.
Nicolosi misses with a low kick as Gaarlandt jumps back.
Nicolosi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gaarlandt can pounce on him.
Ricardo Gaarlandt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicolosi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gaarlandt can pounce on him.
Gaarlandt cracks Nicolosi with a good jab.
Nicolosi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaarlandt was well out of range. Poor timing from Nicolosi.
Gaarlandt throws an off balance right hand
and Nicolosi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gaarlandt.
Gaarlandt throws a sloppy head kick and Nicolosi moves out of range easily.
Gaarlandt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gaarlandt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nicolosi misses with a wild body shot.
Nicolosi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gaarlandt throws out the jab.
Gaarlandt is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Gaarlandt lands a nice hook to Nicolosi's body. Nicolosi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gaarlandt throws a front kick aimed at Nicolosi's knee but Nicolosi avoids it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nicolosi, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Gaarlandt throws a chopping leg kick but Nicolosi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gaarlandt scores with a spinning back kick!
Gaarlandt misses with a hook.
Nicolosi moves into range and connects with a jab.
A lazy body kick from Gaarlandt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nicolosi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Gaarlandt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gaarlandt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gaarlandt blocks the body kick.
Nicolosi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gaarlandt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nicolosi's calf.
Gaarlandt lands a nice shot to the body.
Nicolosi avoids the body shot from Gaarlandt.
Nicolosi half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gaarlandt looks to land a left hand but Nicolosi moved out of range nicely.
Gaarlandt swings widly with a right hand
and Nicolosi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gaarlandt blocks the body kick.
Good leg kick by Gaarlandt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gaarlandt swings widly with a right hand
and Nicolosi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gaarlandt thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Nicolosi finds it's target.
Gaarlandt throws a right and a left that Nicolosi avoids nicely.
Gaarlandt avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Nicolosi finds it's way through Gaarlandt's defenses.
Nicolosi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nicolosi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gaarlandt.
Gaarlandt thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nicolosi if he has to take too many more of those.
Nicolosi is looking to wear down Gaarlandt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gaarlandt throws a big shot that misses.
Nicolosi misses with a kick to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gaarlandt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nicolosi.
Gaarlandt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nicolosi misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaarlandt throws a leg kick
and Nicolosi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nicolosi avoids the body shot from Gaarlandt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaarlandt avoids the body shot from Nicolosi.
Gaarlandt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nicolosi lands a high kick!
Gaarlandt slips a jab from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi staying out of range there.
Nicolosi misses with a hook.
Gaarlandt motions for Nicolosi to come forward. Gaarlandt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gaarlandt tries to land a body kick
and Nicolosi counters with a three punch combo that has Gaarlandt backing up. Gaarlandt nods at Nicolosi to acknowledge the strikes.
Gaarlandt misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Good shot there by Nicolosi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nicolosi takes a swing at Gaarlandt's ribcage but misses.
Nicolosi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've been told by Nicolosi's head coaches at Do you even lift BRO? that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nicolosi is looking to land body kicks.
Gaarlandt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nicolosi on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Frank Nicolosi will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gaarlandt misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Nicolosi misses the target.
Gaarlandt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nicolosi on the side of the head.
Gaarlandt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gaarlandt connects with a solid leg kick.
Gaarlandt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nicolosi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Gaarlandt manages to circle out of the way.
Nicolosi lands a leg kick that knocks Gaarlandt off balance momentarily.
Gaarlandt misses with a body kick.
Nicolosi is looking to counter the offense by Gaarlandt and move into the clinch.
Gaarlandt throws out a powerful jab.
Gaarlandt blocks a head kick by Nicolosi.
Nicolosi slips a straight right by Gaarlandt.
Nicolosi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Nicolosi coming out on top.
Gaarlandt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nicolosi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Frank Nicolosi is winning the standup battle so far.
Nicolosi connects with a leg kick. Gaarlandt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Nicolosi misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaarlandt swings for the body but Nicolosi moves out of range.
Nicolosi wants to slow Gaarlandt down by chopping away at his legs.
As Nicolosi backs off Gaarlandt throws a huge counter combo but Nicolosi manages to avoid it all.
Gaarlandt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Gaarlandt.
Nicolosi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gaarlandt motions for Nicolosi to come forward. Gaarlandt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gaarlandt slips a jab from Nicolosi.
A head kick misses from Gaarlandt.
Nicolosi is looking to counter the offense by Gaarlandt and move into the clinch.
Nicolosi moves out of range as Gaarlandt throws a body kick.
Gaarlandt dips to his left and cracks Nicolosi with an uppercut!
Nicolosi is looking to slow Gaarlandt down with leg kicks.
Both fighters circling a little - Nicolosi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gaarlandt thows a leg kick but Nicolosi checks it

and Nicolosi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nicolosi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicolosi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gaarlandt's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nicolosi drops Gaarlandt with a big knee straight up the middle! Gaarlandt is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Ricardo Gaarlandt has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaarlandt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nicolosi.
Gaarlandt throws a sloppy head kick
and Nicolosi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gaarlandt is breathing heavily.
Gaarlandt tries to land a front kick but Nicolosi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nicolosi throws a right hand that Gaarlandt ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaarlandt also avoids with ease.
Gaarlandt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nicolosi circles away quickly and effectively.
Nicolosi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Nicolosi drops Gaarlandt with a beautiful combination! Gaarlandt stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nicolosi is looking for the KO!

Gaarlandt is rocked!
Gaarlandt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nicolosi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gaarlandt is still on wobbly legs! Can Nicolosi finish him?
Nicolosi cracks Gaarlandt with a hook to the temple - Gaarlandt is on wobbly legs here! Nicolosi swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Gaarlandt falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Nicolosi wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Nicolosi!
Frank Nicolosi very nearly forgot to thank Sun-Tzu amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.