PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Nikolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomy Faspred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikolov comes to the cage accompanied by Enemy Mindz - Emcee Of The Year. The key to victory for Nikolay Nikolov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Nikolov
vs
Faspred

180 cm
26
169 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Urban Fighter
KAISER

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikolay Nikolov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tomy Faspred!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Nikolov.
Nikolov lands a nice hook to Faspred's body. Faspred takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nikolov. Faspred does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faspred's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nikolov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Faspred scrambles back to his feet.
Faspred dives in for a single leg takedown but Nikolov sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Faspred throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nikolov's waist but Nikolov gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Faspred off to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Nikolov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've been informed that Faspred has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Faspred tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nikolov swivels and escapes.
Nikolov swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nikolay Nikolov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomy Faspred.
Faspred shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nikolov as he avoids it easily.
Nikolov connects with a crisp jab.
Nikolov looks to throw the jab but Faspred is out of range.
Nikolov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Nikolov. That snapped Faspred's head back.
Nikolov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Faspred. Faspred circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faspred walks straight into a right hand from Nikolov - that's dropped him! Nikolov jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Faspred from any more punishment! Faspred complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nikolay Nikolov!
Nikolay Nikolov is the new welterweight champion!
Nikolay Nikolov bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.