PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Avon Barksalot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derick Nice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Avon Barksalot looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Barksalot
vs
Nice

170 cm
26
186 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Avon Barksalot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derick Nice!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barksalot tries a head kick but it misses.
Barksalot throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nice counters with a nice uppercut.
Barksalot misses with a lunging right hand
and Nice counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barksalot tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Despite the aggression on Nice's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Nice drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Nice has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Barksalot is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Nice yanks on the arm and Barksalot is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Nice.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Derick Nice!