PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Nicholson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik Tison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nicholson
vs
Tison

221 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

178 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dominick Nicholson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Malik Tison!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tison darts in and clinches Nicholson up against the cage.
Nicholson stalls.
Tison misses with a punch to the body.
Nicholson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tison up against the cage.
Nicholson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tison is trying to push Nicholson away but Nicholson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tison is trying to push Nicholson away but Nicholson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nicholson stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicholson stalling against the cage.
Nicholson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Nicholson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tison fails to land with a series of punches.

Tison clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nicholson stalling the fight.
Tison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nicholson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nicholson prevents Tison from breaking the clinch.
Nicholson stalling in the clinch.

Nicholson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Nicholson manages to break the clinch.

Nicholson darts in and clinches Tison up against the cage.
Nicholson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tison letting Nicholson take a breather here.
Nicholson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tison prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nicholson is working for takedown but Tison is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominick Nicholson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nicholson slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dominick Nicholson.
Tison misses with a body shot.

Tison closes the distance and pushes Nicholson back into the cage.
Nicholson tries to score a body lock takedown but Tison shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tison working aggressively here.
Tison misses with the head strike.
Nicholson tries for a takedown but Tison manages to get underhooks.
Tison prevents the takedown attempt.
Nicholson is breathing heavily.
Nicholson wants a takedown but no success here.
Nicholson tries to score a body lock takedown but Tison shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tison throws a punch but it's blocked by Nicholson.

Tison breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tison misses with a body shot.
A combination from Tison does no damage.
Nicholson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nicholson prevents Tison from breaking the clinch.
Tison swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Nicholson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tison swinging wildly here.

Tison drops Nicholson with a beautiful combination! Nicholson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tison is looking for the KO!

Nicholson is rocked!

It looks like Dominick Nicholson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Tison moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Nicholson! Tison continues to tee off on Nicholson, landing with a left and a right! Tison connects with a right hand that leaves Nicholson sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Tison!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Malik Tison!