PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nam Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Nico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ho
vs
Nico

194 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nam Ho !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicolas Nico!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho misses with a left hand
and Nico counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ho missing with a left hand there. Nico was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nico! But no joy.
Ho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nico lands a body shot.
Ho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nico finds it's way round the side to connect with Ho 's head.
Ho just misses with a punch to the body.
Nico misses with a straight right.
Nico scores with a nice right hand.
Ho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ho takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ho throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Nico to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nico on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho looks to land a right hand but Nico moved out of range.
Nico takes a swing at Ho 's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Ho .
A jab from Ho misses.
Nico scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Nico misses.
Nico looks to land a left hand but Ho moved out of range nicely.
Ho with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nico to score with a decent uppercut.
Ho fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nico misses with a looping left.
Ho misses with a two punch combination.
Nico takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nico appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nico with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Ho misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nico loads up on a big right hand but Ho slips the punch.
Nico misses the jab.
Ho is looking to counter punch.
Ho with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nico to score with a decent uppercut.
Nico misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Ho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice body punch from Ho .
Nico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ho moves away.
Nicolas Nico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ho closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nico throws a lazy right hand but Ho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nico throws a right and a left that Ho avoids nicely.
A shot to the liver by Nico. Beautiful body shot.
Ho throws an overhand right that lands on Nico's shoulder, as Nico tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nico! But no joy.
Ho with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho scores with a body shot.
Ho looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nico is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ho had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ho bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ho misses with a few strikes there.
It seemed like Nico was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nico lands with a nice body punch.
We've been informed that Nico has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nico throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nico takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ho drops his hands momentarily and Nico takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nico tries to bum rush Ho with a series of wild strikes but Ho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nico. Ho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Nico - just one landing.
Nico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nico throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Ho counter with a right hand.
Ho is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho steps in with a hook that catches Nico right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Ho follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Nico looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nam Ho !