PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Nicolosi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaladin Darkeyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nicolosi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A Fistful Of Dollars by Ennio Morricone. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Nicolosi
vs
Darkeyes

192 cm
31
276 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

188 cm
35
250 lbs
11 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 23 - 10 - 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 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaladin Darkeyes!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkeyes shoots in but Nicolosi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Darkeyes.
Darkeyes cracks a nice hook into Nicolosi's ribs.
Darkeyes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nicolosi counters with an inside leg kick.
Nicolosi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Kaladin Darkeyes has been cut.
Darkeyes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nicolosi moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDarkeyes.
Nicolosi throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolosi misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Darkeyes misses.
No joy there for Darkeyes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Darkeyes walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nicolosi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Darkeyes looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nicolosi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Darkeyes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Darkeyes throws a poor cross that misses
and Nicolosi counters with a leg kick.
Nicolosi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nicolosi throws a wild body kick that Darkeyes sees coming a mile off.
Darkeyes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nicolosi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Nicolosi rushes Darkeyes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nicolosi pushes Darkeyes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Nicolosi - that landed with a thud.
Darkeyes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nicolosi backwards.
Nicolosi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nicolosi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nicolosi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darkeyes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darkeyes pushes off an throws an elbow but Nicolosi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Darkeyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolosi misses with a knee to the head.
Darkeyes blocks a body shot from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi is trying to stall.
Nice elbow from Darkeyes.
A right hook to the body lands for Nicolosi.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nicolosi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Darkeyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nicolosi's elbow.
Good body shot from Darkeyes.
Darkeyes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Darkeyes.
Darkeyes pushes Nicolosi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nicolosi avoids the elbow strike from Darkeyes, against the cage.
Darkeyes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nicolosi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nicolosi blocks an uppercut.
Nicolosi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nicolosi blocks an elbow strike from Darkeyes.
Nicolosi throws a head punch that misses.
Nicolosi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolosi misses with an elbow over the top.
Nicolosi blocks the elbow strike.
Darkeyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Darkeyes misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi avoids the elbow strike from Darkeyes, against the cage.
Darkeyes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nicolosi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Darkeyes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolosi tries to work over Darkeyes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Darkeyes.
A head punch on the inside from Darkeyes fails to land.
Darkeyes has a couple of punches blocked by Nicolosi.
Nicolosi missing with knees to the body.
Nicolosi trying to land knees to the body.
Nicolosi misses with a punch on the inside.
Darkeyes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicolosi misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes misses with a knee strike.
Darkeyes lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Frank Nicolosi has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkeyes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darkeyes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nicolosi tries to land a knee to the head but Darkeyes blocks with his arms.
Nicolosi stalling.
Nicolosi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicolosi connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Nicolosi.
Nicolosi scores with a hook to the body.
Nicolosi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Darkeyes up against the cage.
Nicolosi with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Kaladin Darkeyes's cut even more.
Nicolosi lands with a light punch inside.
Darkeyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nicolosi's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darkeyes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkeyes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nicolosi scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Nicolosi 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.

Nicolosi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darkeyes blocks the body kick.
Nicolosi ducks under a wild hook from Darkeyes.
Darkeyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nicolosi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darkeyes.
Nicolosi lands a body shot.
We've been told by Nicolosi's head coaches at Heart Cave (8 elites, 4 double-elites, 1 triple) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Nicolosi has closed the distance and engaged Darkeyes in a clinch.
Darkeyes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Darkeyes struggles to land a body shot inside as Nicolosi controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nicolosi.
Darkeyes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolosi looking to throw knees to the head but Darkeyes is blocking nicely.
Nicolosi tries to land knees in the clinch but Darkeyes avoids the damage to the body.
Nicolosi lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Nicolosi - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nicolosi.
Darkeyes is breathing heavily.
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!
Nicolosi misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nicolosi drops Darkeyes onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Darkeyes is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Darkeyes is rocked!
The fighters are battling for dominant position up against the cage here. Nicolosi manages to get control of his opponent's head and throws a big knee - Darkeyes drops to the canvas! He's done! Nicolosi goes wild and celebrates with his corner - this is a big victory for him and to get the win in such devastating fashion will certainly boost his reputation amongst the fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). 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.