PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Nilsen (ranked 2808 p4p, 369 weight class) and Jean Pierre Papin (ranked 4363 p4p, 534 weight class). Jean Pierre Papin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Nilsen
vs
Pierre Papin

185 cm
29
223 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

202 cm
33
211 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dennis Nilsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jean Pierre Papin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nilsen misses with an uppercut.
Papin dips to his left and cracks Nilsen with an uppercut!

It looks like Dennis Nilsen has been cut.
Nilsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nilsen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nilsen defending well as Papin loads up on a big left hand.
Papin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nilsen walks into a stiff left hand from Papin.
Jean Pierre Papin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nilsen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Papin.
Nilsen takes one to the side of the head.
Nilsen has a takedown stuffed.
Nilsen tests Papin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nilsen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Papin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papin scores with a jab to the jaw.

Nice combo by Nilsen! Oh, that's hurt him - Papin falls to the canvas and Nilsen follows him into side control.

Papin is rocked!
Papin wants to control but Nilsen postures up.
Papin is still in real trouble! Can Nilsen finish him?

Nilsen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nilsen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
A big shot lands for Nilsen! That's hurt Papin! Will he recover? Nilsen fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dennis Nilsen!
After the fight, Dennis Nilsen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.