PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Nicolas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilberto Simeone (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!

Nicolas
vs
Simeone

187 cm
18
219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Urban Fighter
Sully's Bar & Grill

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Nicolas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gilberto Simeone!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicolas misses with a hook. Simeone ducked under it nicely.
Nicolas throws a big shot that misses.
Harold Nicolas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicolas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Simeone counters with a straight right hand.
Nicolas looks to land a left hand but Simeone moved out of range nicely.
Nicolas throws a hook but Simeone blocks it.
Simeone looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Simeone scores with a body shot.
Nicolas throws a lazy uppercut
and Simeone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nicolas scores with a jab.

It looks like Gilberto Simeone has been cut.
Simeone lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Harold Nicolas has been cut.
Nicolas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nicolas throws a body shot but no joy.
Nicolas misses with a right hand
and Simeone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simeone works Nicolas's body with a nice hook.
Simeone lands a body shot.
Nicolas is breathing heavily.
Simeone lands with a good body shot.
Simeone lands with an uppercut that bounces Nicolas off the cage and back into range.
Nicolas misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeone moves away from the strike by Nicolas.
Simeone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nicolas.

Simeone clinches up with Nicolas and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Simeone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Simeone is working Nicolas over against the cage.
Simeone throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nicolass head.
Nicolas is looking to control Simeone's arms but Simeone gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nicolas has his back to the cage.
Simeone tries a body shot but Nicolas blocks it.
Simeone tries to throw a body punch but Nicolas avoids it by throwing Simeone back against the cage.
Simeone swings wildly with an uppercut but Nicolas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simeone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolas is pushing Simeone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Simeone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nicolas.
A nice left hand lands by Simeone.
Nicolas looking to stall.
Nicolas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simeone stalls.
Simeone lands a hook that snaps the head of Nicolas backwards.
Nicolas leaning against his opponent.
Simeone taking a breather.
Simeone has a couple of punches blocked by Nicolas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas tries a body shot but Simeone blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Simeone displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nicolas up against the cage.
Nicolas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simeone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nicolas blocks a body shot from Simeone.
Nicolas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nicolas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Simeone up against the cage.
Simeone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simeone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Simeone as Nicolas tries to tie him up.
Nicolas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nicolas taking a breather.
Simeone misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Simeone.
Simeone scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Simeone dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Simeone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nicolas swings widly with a right hand
and Simeone counters with a stiff right hand.
Nicolas connects with a single shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Simeone. Nicolas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nicolas is looking to counter punch.
Simeone connects with a single shot there.
Gilberto Simeone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Simeone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nicolas at a distance.
Simeone lands a head shot.
Nicolas connects with the punch.
Simeone 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.
Nicolas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Simeone.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donk. Nicolas catches Simeone right on the button with a cross.
Nicolas throws a shot from downtown. Simeone moves away and avoids it.
Simeone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Simeone misses with a hook.
Simeone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Simeone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nicolas missing with a left hand there. Simeone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nicolas throws an off balance right hand
and Simeone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeone scores with a jab.
Simeone cracks Nicolas with a good jab.
Nicolas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Simeone ducks under a wild hook from Nicolas.
Simeone has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nicolas throws out a loose jab but Simeone uses good head movement to avoid it.

Simeone instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Simeone.
Simeone misses with a punch on the inside.
Simeone swings wildly with an uppercut but Nicolas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simeone throws a punch but it's blocked by Nicolas.
Nicolas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simeone swings wildly with an uppercut but Nicolas uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Simeone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simeone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nicolas prevents a body shot from Simeone.
Simeone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simeone throws a punch but it's blocked by Nicolas.
Gilberto Simeone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Simeone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Simeone.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simeone swings wildly with an uppercut but Nicolas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simeone stalls.
Simeone misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simeone misses with some punches.
Simeone working aggressively here.

Nicolas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Simeone throws a jab but it's blocked by Nicolas.
Nicolas throws a lazy right hand but Simeone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nicolas misses with a left hand
and Simeone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simeone lands a nice shot to the body.
Nicolas misses with an uppercut
enabling Simeone to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Nicolas.
Nicolas misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Nicolas.
Nicolas is looking to counter punch.
Simeone lands a body shot.
Nicolas scores with a shot to the body.
Nicolas misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Simeone! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simeone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simeone misses with a looping left.
Nicolas scores with the left hand. Simeone knows he should have avoided that one.
Simeone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Simeone slips a straight right by Nicolas.
Simeone scores with a hook to the body. Nicolas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nicolas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A slow jab from Nicolas misses its intended target.
Nicolas throws a hook but Simeone blocks it.
Simeone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Simeone does it's job there.

Simeone takes the fight into the clinch.
Simeone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Simeone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nicolas misses with a hook
and Nicolas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Simeone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nicolas.
Nicolas defending well as Simeone loads up on a big left hand.
Simeone lands a head shot.
Nicolas walks into a left hand.
Simeone sizes up Nicolas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Nicolas is rocked!
Simeone circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Nicolas to the canvas! Nicolas doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Simeone keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gilberto Simeone!
Gilberto Simeone bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.