PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Nicolas (ranked 333 p4p, 921 weight class) and Fedor Shabanov (ranked 53 p4p, 134 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nicolas
vs
Shabanov

187 cm
36
211
31 - 16 - 0

197 cm
30
206
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Nicolas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Shabanov!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Nicolas.

It looks like Fedor Shabanov has been cut.
Shabanov moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Shabanov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
An inside leg kick from Nicolas misses.
A big right from Shabanov misses.
Shabanov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nicolas's head backwards.
Shabanov looks to throw the jab but Nicolas is out of range.
Shabanov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shabanov.
Nicolas misses with a hook. Shabanov ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shabanov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nicolas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Nicolas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shabanov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nicolas.
A punch combination from Shabanov misses.
Shabanov throws a wild body kick that Nicolas sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Nicolas finds it's way through Shabanov's defenses.
Nicolas defending well as Shabanov loads up on a big left hand.
Shabanov connects with the punch.

It looks like Harold Nicolas has been cut.
Nicolas throws a hook to the side of Shabanov's head but Shabanov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shabanov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nicolas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shabanov throws a right hand that misses
and Nicolas counters with a three punch combo that has Shabanov backing up. Shabanov nods at Nicolas to acknowledge the strikes.
A head kick from Shabanov lands but Nicolas takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nicolas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shabanov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big right from Nicolas misses.
A jab from Nicolas does it's job there.
Nicolas looks to land a right hand but Shabanov moved out of range.
Nicolas thumps Shabanov with a low kick.
Nicolas takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nicolas looks to throw the jab but Shabanov is out of range.
A low kick from Nicolas is predictable there
and Shabanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nicolas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shabanov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shabanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shabanov throws a big shot that misses.
Shabanov misses the shot to the body.
Nicolas misses with a hook
and Shabanov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shabanov lands a jab to the head.
Nicolas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Shabanov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nicolas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shabanov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shabanov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A left and a right from Nicolas both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nicolas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Shabanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nicolas.
Nicolas throws a leg kick
and Shabanov makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Nicolas really felt that one!
Shabanov throws a lazy body kick
and Nicolas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nicolas staying out of range there.
Nicolas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shabanov thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Nicolas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shabanov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nicolas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Fedor Shabanov will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nicolas misses the shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Shabanov in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nicolas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shabanov checks it well.
Nicolas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nicolas scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shabanov in his tracks.
Shabanov connects with a nice looking jab.
Nicolas lands a jab to the nose.
Nicolas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nicolas takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Shabanov misses with a hook
and Nicolas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shabanov on the side of the head.

Shabanov is rocked!
Shabanov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nicolas walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Shabanov drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Nicolas swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Shabanov's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Nicolas!
A very excited looking Harold Nicolas 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.