PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Antonio Laureana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Nickal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francisco Antonio Laureana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Antonio Laureana
vs
Nickal

180 cm
26
195 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

180 cm
25
188 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Francisco Antonio Laureana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bo Nickal !
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Nickal .
Nickal doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Laureana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nickal throws a lazy uppercut
and Laureana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab lands there for Nickal .
Laureana staying out of range there.
Laureana feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice shot by Nickal .
We've been hearing reports that Laureana has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nickal shoots in and drives through. Laureana sprawls well.

Nickal looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Laureana!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laureana tries to bench press Nickal off him but Nickal keeps the position.
Laureana is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nickal connects with a decent elbow.
Laureana gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laureana tries to get to full guard but Nickal has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Laureana looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Laureana moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Nickal stopping the sweep attempt from Laureana.

Laureana is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nickal defends well.

Laureana is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Laureana looking for a triangle here. Nickal is fighting it but it looks tight! Laureana pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Nickal is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Francisco Antonio Laureana!
Francisco Antonio Laureana thanked the fans post fight for their support.