PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Panagiotis Nikolau (ranked 357 p4p, 648 weight class) and Danyaal Zahedi (ranked 50 p4p, 86 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Nikolau
vs
Zahedi

190 cm
25
228
12 - 6 - 0

195 cm
25
270
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Panagiotis Nikolau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danyaal Zahedi!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikolau's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nikolau duly obliges.
Nikolau throws a leg kick
and Zahedi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nikolau throws a good cross that connects.
Zahedi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zahedi looks to land a right hand but Nikolau moved out of range.
Nikolau is looking to counter punch.
Nikolau throws a lazy uppercut
and Zahedi counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Panagiotis Nikolau has been cut.
Nikolau misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nikolau keeps Zahedi at a distance using the push kick.
Zahedi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Zahedi tries to work over Nikolau's front leg with a kick but Nikolau checks it.
Zahedi throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zahedi throws a right hand that misses
and Nikolau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nikolau ducks under a wild hook from Zahedi.
Nikolau swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Zahedi fails to land with a series of punches.
And Nikolau counters with a quick kick to the body but Zahedi blocks it.
Nikolau misses the body punch
letting Zahedi counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Nikolau.
Nikolau looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nikolau moves out of range of the body kick.
Zahedi misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Nikolau misses the target.
Zahedi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nikolau is out of range and Zahedi settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zahedi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A low kick from Zahedi misses

and Nikolau counters with a crisp one two that drops Zahedi! Nikolau thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Zahedi to his feet! Zahedi is in big trouble!
Zahedi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Zahedi backs away, Nikolau returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nikolau sends Zahedi crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Nikolau is motioning to the referee to let Zahedi up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Zahedi is rocked!
Nikolau circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Zahedi tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Nikolau wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Panagiotis Nikolau!
An out of breath Panagiotis Nikolau thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.