PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Swole Ricky Martin (ranked 778 p4p, 952 weight class) and Casimiro Nicoletta (ranked 111 p4p, 145 weight class). Nicoletta has chosen For Once In My Life as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Martin
vs
Nicoletta

183 cm
27
208
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
210
17 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Swole Ricky Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casimiro Nicoletta!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicoletta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nicoletta 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.
Nicoletta lands with a kick to the temple. Martin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nicoletta loads up on a big right hand but Martin slips the punch.
Nicoletta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martin throws out the jab.
Nicoletta throws a poor cross that misses
and Martin counters with a straight right hand.
Nicoletta tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Casimiro Nicoletta has been cut.
Martin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martin throwing a counter right hand but Nicoletta manages to avoid it.

Nicoletta instigates a clinch.
Nicoletta lands an uppercut.
Nicoletta working aggressively here.
Martin pushes Nicoletta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Nicoletta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nicoletta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Martin blocks an elbow strike.
Nicoletta throws a head punch that misses.
Martin blocks an elbow strike.
Nicoletta managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
Martin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin throws a punch but it's blocked by Nicoletta.
Martin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nicoletta up against the cage.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as Nicoletta controls the action.
Martin blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nicoletta.
A hook to the body from Martin.
Martin avoids the elbow strike from Nicoletta, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nicoletta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nicoletta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nicoletta throws an elbow that misses.
I was talking to Martin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nicoletta throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin digs a right hand underneath Nicoletta's ribcage. Nicoletta let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nicoletta or not.
Martin blocking some punches.
Nicoletta letting Martin take a breather here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nicoletta has a couple of punches blocked by Martin.
Good body shot from Martin.
Nicoletta working aggressively here.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nicoletta's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Martin as the two fighters clinch.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin works on Nicoletta's body with a couple of short punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Martin.
Nicoletta looks winded!
Martin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Martin on the inside.
A short uppercut from Martin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta prevents a body shot from Martin.
Martin stalling in the clinch.
Martin lands with a left to the head.
Martin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nicoletta blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Martin.
Nicoletta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nicoletta's elbow.
A short uppercut from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nicoletta blocks a body shot from Martin.
Martin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nicoletta swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin throws an elbow but it misses.
Nicoletta has a couple of punches blocked by Martin.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Martin as the two fighters clinch.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin scores with a shot to the side of Nicoletta's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin misses with a punch to the body.
Nicoletta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nicoletta.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Nicoletta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martin lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nicoletta.
Martin throws a head punch that misses.
Nicoletta blocks a body shot from Martin.
A head punch on the inside from Nicoletta fails to land.
Nicoletta swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin lands with a left to the head.
Nicoletta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin gets through Nicoletta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martin pushes Nicoletta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Martin gets through Nicoletta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Swole Ricky Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Casimiro Nicoletta's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Nicoletta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Martin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Martin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nicoletta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nicoletta throws a sloppy head kick
and Martin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nicoletta throws a head kick but Martin moves out of range.
Martin staying out of range there.
It looked like Martin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nicoletta.
Martin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nicoletta.
A head kick misses from Nicoletta.
Martin lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicoletta throws a right hand that misses
and Martin counters with a straight right hand.

Nicoletta is rocked!
Martin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It seemed like Nicoletta was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nicoletta is still on wobbly legs! Can Martin finish him?
Nicoletta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martin is looking to counter punch.
Nicoletta seems to have recovered his senses.

Martin lands a big uppercut and Nicoletta crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Nicoletta looks OK. Martin waves Nicoletta back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicoletta digs a good body shot into Martin's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicoletta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martin counters with a right hand to the body.
Nicoletta scores with a head kick.

It looks like Swole Ricky Martin has been cut.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nicoletta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Nicoletta slips the punch.
Martin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nicoletta.
Martin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nicoletta is breathing heavily.
Martin throws a shot from downtown. Nicoletta moves away and avoids it.
Nicoletta swings widly with a right hand
and Martin counters with a left to the body.
Nicoletta throws the left hand but Martin avoids the punch easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Martin.
Martin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Martin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Nicoletta falls backwards - clearly groggy! Martin dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Swole Ricky Martin!
A relieved looking Swole Ricky Martin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.