PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sven Kristian Nielsen (ranked 5287 p4p, 177 weight class) and Hannibal Lyons (ranked 3867 p4p, 142 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nielsen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wardruna - Fehu. Hannibal Lyons will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Kristian Nielsen
vs
Lyons

191 cm
35
275 lbs
12 - 16 - 0

209 cm
42
300 lbs
30 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sven Kristian Nielsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hannibal Lyons!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nielsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Nielsen. Those never looked like landing.
Lyons uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nielsen.
Lyons scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Sven Kristian Nielsen has been cut.

Lyons gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nielsen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lyons is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nielsen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nielsen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nielsen trying to stall but Lyons improves his position.
Lyons lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lyons.
Lyons works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nielsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nielsen misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lyons as Nielsen tries to tie him up.
Lyons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lyons misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lyons tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Lyons as the two fighters clinch.
Nielsen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lyons up against the cage.
Nielsen is trying to stall.
Lyons blocks an uppercut.
Nielsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Lyons.
Nielsen stalling against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lyons.
Nielsen swings wildly with an uppercut but Lyons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nielsen throws a punch but it's blocked by Lyons.
Nielsen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nielsen lands a body shot.
Lyons prevents a body shot from Nielsen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lyons - that landed with a thud.
Nielsen is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Lyons.

Sven Kristian Nielsen's cut is getting worse.
Lyons goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nielsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lyons has a couple of punches blocked by Nielsen.
Lyons taking a breather.
Nielsen misses with a punch to the body.
Lyons can't find room to land a body shot as Nielsen controls the action.
Lyons digs a right hand underneath Nielsen's ribcage. Nielsen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nielsen wants to stall.
Nielsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Nielsen trying to stall but Lyons improves his position.
Nielsen is trying to maintain a safe position but Lyons gets an underhook and turns Nielsen into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maybe Nielsen would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A body shot lands from Lyons.
Nice body punch from Lyons - that landed with a thud.
Lyons scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lyons.

Lyons turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lyons manages to end up in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyons remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Lyons works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nielsen tries to buck Lyons off but Lyons is having none of it.
The ground and pound from Lyons seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lyons scoring with punches from side control.
Nielsen parries the strikes from Lyons easily there. Lyons is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nielsen to escape.
Lyons just content to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lyons tries to advance to mount but Nielsen denies him.
Nielsen is trying to improve his position.
Lyons in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lyons is working Nielsen over with some ground and pound from side control.
Lyons scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nielsen to see if he's OK.

Sven Kristian Nielsen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nielsen tries to bench press Lyons off him but Lyons keeps the position.
A lull in the action here.
Nielsen gets back to half guard.
Lyons landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lyons is pressing down on Nielsen's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nielsen is holding on for now.
Lyons drops an elbow to the side of Nielsen's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannibal Lyons dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sven Kristian Nielsen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lyons fails to land the takedown.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sven Kristian Nielsen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hannibal Lyons!
A very excited looking Hannibal Lyons made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.