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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
LKO International FW4
Date: Sep 10, 2016 |
#R1#
Nick just misses with a punch to the body.
A good leg kick by Mika.
Mika throws a nice looking combination but Nick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mika slips a straight right by Nick.
Nick takes a swing at Mika's ribcage but misses.
Mika misses with a looping left.
Nick lands a nice looking body shot.
Mika takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mika takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mika is breathing heavily.
Nick lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mika at a distance.
Nick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nick scores with a decent looking hook.#CUT2#
It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
Nick just misses with a punch to the body.
Mika swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nick ducks under a wild hook from Mika.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nick throws a shot to the body.
Mika misses with a combination
and Nick counters with a right hand to the body. #T1#
A jab from Nick finds it's way through Mika's defenses.
Nick scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nick misses with a wild body shot.
Nick throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mika stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nick changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nick is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mika rather than just go for the knockout.
Mika keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nick misses with a straight right.
Nick ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nick misses with a body shot.
Nick looks to land a right hand but Mika moved out of range.
Mika went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mika displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nick throws out the jab.
Nick misses with a body shot.
Nick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.#T2#
Nick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mika keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mika looks to land a right hand but Nick moved out of range.
Mika misses with a body shot
and Nick counters with a straight right hand.#CUT2#
Vaclav Mika's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Mika misses.
A shot to the body from Nick misses
and Mika counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nick misses with a wild body shot.
Nick takes one to the chin there.
Nick lands a body shot.
A big left from Mika misses.
A left lands for Nick.
A jab lands there for Nick.
Nick connects with a body shot that sends Mika's belly button to the back.
Nick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mika manages to avoid it.#T3#
Nick just misses with a punch to the body.
Mika misses with an uppercut
and Nick counters with a nice body shot.
Nick thuds a left hand into Mika's body.
Mika throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mika keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mika is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nick's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Mika takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mika avoids the body shot from Nick.
Nick scores with the left hand. Mika knows he should have avoided that one. #CUT2#
Vaclav Mika's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mika blocks a jab.
Mika doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mika tries to move into range but Nick moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mika manages to avoid it.#KD2#
Nick drops Mika with a beautiful combination! Mika stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nick is looking for the KO!#ROC2#
Mika is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nick scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mika doesn't seem bothered though.
Oh Mika is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nick is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.#T4#
Nick swings for the body but Mika moves out of range.
Nick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mika seems to have got his legs back now.
Nick misses with a wild body shot.
Nick throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
#CUT2#
Jeez, Vaclav Mika's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mika avoids the body shot from Nick.
Nick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mika moves away.
Mika throws a jab but it's blocked by Nick.
Nick slips a straight right by Mika.
Nick catches Mika with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vaclav Mika's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Saint Nick!
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Event:
LKO12 Debaser
Date: Jul 30, 2016 |
#R1#
Mika moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.#CUT#
It looks like Jesse McGulloch has been cut.
A jab from Mika misses.
McGulloch 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.
McGulloch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.#CUT2#
It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
Mika looks to land a combination but McGulloch avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McGulloch! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from McGulloch misses the target.
Mika swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGulloch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McGulloch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mika changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McGulloch misses with a head kick.
McGulloch misses with a lunging right hand
and Mika counters with a straight right hand.
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!
McGulloch scores with a spinning back kick!
Mika is breathing heavily.#KD2#
McGulloch lands a big head kick that sends Mika tumbling to the mat! McGulloch takes a step backwards and waves Mika back to his feet - he wants the finish!
and McGulloch counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Mika! He's just covering up as McGulloch starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse McGulloch!
An out of breath Jesse McGulloch thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
LKO Fight Night 1
Date: Jun 15, 2016 |
#R1##TD#
Jihad feints and as Mika raises his hands in defense, Jihad changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jihad is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jihad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mika looking to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jihad's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jihad advances to half guard.
Mika trying to control but Jihad postures up.
Jihad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jihad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jihad working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #T1#
Jihad working Mika over with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mika can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ground and pound from Jihad.
Jihad is looking to take a break and control but Mika is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jihad seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mika wants to get back to his feet.
Jihad has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jihad working Mika over with strikes. #CUT#
It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
Jihad lands strikes from half guard.
Mika has hold of Jihad's hands but Jihad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jihad lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jihad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mika is refusing to be controlled, as Jihad sits in half guard.
Jihad working the head and body with strikes.
Jihad 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.#T2#
Jihad seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. #CUT#
That has opened up Vaclav Mika's cut even more.
Mika is looking to improve his position.
Jihad winds up and cracks Mika with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #CUT#
The cut above Vaclav Mika's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jihad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jihad lands with a punch from half guard. #CUT#
Vaclav Mika's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vaclav Mika's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mohammed Jihad!
Mohammed Jihad thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
USFC 120
Date: May 29, 2016 |
#R1#
Traylor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Traylor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mika tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Traylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Mika.
Traylor lands a nice looking body kick.
Mika tries to land a leg kick but Traylor saw it coming and moves away.
A combination from Mika does no damage. #CL2#
Traylor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Traylor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Traylor.
A nice left hand lands by Traylor.
A short right from Traylor on the inside. #CUT2#
It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
Traylor scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Traylor.
Nice body punch from Traylor - that landed with a thud.
Traylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Traylor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mikas head.
Traylor throws a head punch that misses.
Traylor is working Mika over against the cage.
Mika is breathing heavily.
Mika's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mika doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Traylor lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Traylor.
Traylor lands a body shot in the clinch.
#T1#
A short left from Traylor.
A short left from Traylor. #CUT2#
Vaclav Mika's cut is getting worse.
Traylor lands a shot to the body.
Traylor lands an uppercut.
Mika takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mika.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Traylor.
Traylor gets through Mika's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Traylor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mika backwards.
Mika misses with a punch on the inside.
Traylor lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Traylor as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Traylor works on Mika's body with a couple of short punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Traylor.
Traylor has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mika seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Traylor can turn it around.
A short left from Traylor.
Traylor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Traylor scores with a shot to the side of Mika's head.
Traylor lands a big right hand that drops Mika! The killer instinct kicks in and Traylor finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Traylor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slade Traylor!
Slade Traylor is the new super heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Slade Traylor thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
USFC 119
Date: May 21, 2016 |
#R1#
Karelis is looking to clinch.
Mika throws out a counter right but Karelis avoids it with no problem.
Karelis moves in looking to clinch but Mika pushes him off.#CL#
Karelis has managed to clinch.
I was talking to Karelis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Karelis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mika blocks it with crossed arms.
Karelis misses with a knee to the head.
Mika misses with a knee to the head.
Mika misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karelis.
Mika tries to land knees in the clinch but Karelis avoids the damage to the body.
Mika tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karelis avoids it.
Karelis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mika misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis lands an uppercut.
Mika struggles to land a body shot inside as Karelis controls his hands.
Mika tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karelis lands a nice uppercut.#CUT#
It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mika is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karelis is breathing heavily.
Mika scores with a shoulder strike.
Mika lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mika lands with a short shot to the head.
Karelis managing to block the knees to the body from Mika.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mika.
Karelis has had enough of the clinch but Mika keeps him there for the moment.#T1#
A short uppercut from Mika.
Good body shot from Mika.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mika.
Mika missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mika.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mika.
Mika misses with a body punch.
Karelis working aggressively here.
Mika digs a right hand into Karelis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Karelis's gas tank.
Mika lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mika lands a shoulder strike.
Mika scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Mika.
Mika tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #KD2#
Mika drops Karelis onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Karelis is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!#ROC2#
Karelis is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mika throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oh Karelis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mika stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mika lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Karelis to his knees! Mika keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vaclav Mika!
In his post fight interview, Vaclav Mika started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Event:
USFC 115
Date: Apr 30, 2016 |
#R1#
Tigh misses with an uppercut
and Mika counters with an outside leg kick.
Mika tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tigh was well out of range. Poor timing from Mika.
Tigh throws a counter combo.
Tigh misses with a hook. Mika ducked under it nicely.
Saul Tigh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mika steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tigh.
Mika lands a really nice looking cross but Tigh seems unphased.
#CL#
Tigh gets tackled into the cage by Mika. Mika maintains the clinch.
Tigh avoiding damage as Mika throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Mika - that landed with a thud.
Mika tries a body shot but Tigh blocks it.
Mika throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tigh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mika has Tigh pressed against the cage, preventing Tigh from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tigh wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mika tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mika throws a punch but it's blocked by Tigh.
Tigh blocks a body shot from Mika.
Mika throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.#T1#
Mika struggles to land a body shot inside as Tigh controls his hands.
#BC2#
Tigh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tigh lands a nice shot to the body.
Tigh lands a jab.
Tigh throws a big shot that misses.
Tigh looks to land a combination but Mika avoids it well.
Tigh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mika connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tigh scrambles back to his feet.
Tigh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mika fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tigh just manages to avoid it.
Tigh works the jab nicely.#CUT2#
It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
Tigh looks to throw the jab but Mika is out of range.
Jab from Mika.
Nice defenses there by Mika.
Tigh throws a nice looking combination but Mika bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.#T2#
Mika fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Mika slips a straight right by Tigh.
Tigh misses with the combination.
Mika looks to land a right hand but Tigh moved out of range.
Tigh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tigh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mika throws a jab when Tigh was well out of range.
Mika moves in looking to clinch but Tigh pushes him off.
Tigh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tigh looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tigh throws a right and a left that Mika avoids nicely.
It looked like Mika wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tigh rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mika counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tigh throws a lazy right hand but Mika sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#T3#
Tigh looks to land a combination but Mika avoids it well.
Mika throwing a counter right hand but Tigh manages to avoid it.
Tigh misses the body punch
and Mika counters with a nice uppercut.
Mika misses with the combination.
Tigh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mika connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tigh misses with a combination
and Mika counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mika lands with a straight right. Tigh didn't see that one coming.
Mika fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tigh manages to avoid it.
Tigh connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mika's hands.
Tigh throws a nice looking combination but Mika bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tigh misses with a straight left. #T4#
Tigh misses with a double jab
and Mika makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tigh misses with a combination
and Mika counters with a straight right hand.
Good leg kick by Mika there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mika uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tigh.
Tigh misses with a left hand
and Mika makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tigh looks winded!
Tigh swings widly with a right hand
and Mika counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #ROC#
Tigh is rocked!
Tigh might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Tigh swings widly with a right hand
and Mika counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Tigh badly! He tries to strike back but Mika puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Tigh out cold! Oh man, Tigh will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vaclav Mika!
Vaclav Mika spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Event:
USFC 108
Date: Mar 30, 2016 |
#R1#
Nielsen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nielsen takes a swing at Mika's ribcage but misses. #TD#
Nielsen drives through with a takedown into Mika's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mika is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mika has momentary wrist control but Nielsen slips an elbow through the middle.#CUT#
It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
Mika controls Nielsen momentarily but Nielsen frees himself.
Mika utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mika told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Mika avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've been hearing good reports from Nielsen's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nielsen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nielsen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nielsen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nielsen working some strikes from top position.
Mika keeping moving, preventing Nielsen from controlling successfully.
Nielsen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nielsen lands a couple of decent looking shots.#CUT#
That has opened up Vaclav Mika's cut even more.#T1#
Nielsen working some strikes from top position.#CUT#
The cut above Vaclav Mika's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nielsen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nielsen stopping the sweep attempt from Mika.
Nielsen cracks Mika with a solid left hand.#CUT#
Vaclav Mika's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vaclav Mika's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sven Kristian Nielsen!
Our winner, Sven Kristian Nielsen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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