PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taromaru Momoji (ranked 806 p4p, 897 weight class) and Paul Nichols (ranked 98 p4p, 105 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Momoji
vs
Nichols

178 cm
31
165
9 - 3 - 0

187 cm
27
170
14 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Pulling Guard

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Taromaru Momoji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Nichols!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Momoji catches Nichols right on the button with a cross.
Nichols keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Momoji.
Momoji moves away from the strike by Nichols.
Nichols 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.
Nichols throws a series of punches but Momoji avoids them all with ease.
A counter left hand to the body from Momoji misses its target.
Momoji swings for the body but Nichols moves out of range.
Nichols throws a hook but Momoji blocks it.
Nichols moves away from the strike by Momoji.
Paul Nichols seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Momoji shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nichols looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nichols is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Momoji content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Momoji thows a huge punch but Nichols dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Momoji trying to control the pace.
Momoji trying to control the action but Nichols is working from the bottom.
Momoji has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Momoji wants to control the pace but Nichols is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Momoji looking to control and managing it successfully.
Momoji with good strikes from the mount here!
Momoji controlling from the full mount.
Nichols tries to hold on but Momoji postures up.
Momoji controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Momoji looking to control but Nichols is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Momoji controlling his opponent.
Momoji throws some wild stikes that Nichols manages to avoid easily.
Nichols avoids a series of strikes thrown by Momoji.
Momoji lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Momoji sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Momoji with good strikes from the mount here!
Momoji misses with a head shot.
BOOM! Momoji connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Momoji scoring with strikes but Nichols is staying in there.
Momoji trying to control but he's not successful this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Momoji tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Momoji looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Momoji lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Nichols is rocked!
Nichols really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Momoji. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Momoji with a couple of short strikes.
Nichols is still in real trouble! Can Momoji finish him?
Momoji takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Momoji drops a big elbow. That's hurt Nichols! More shots from Momoji and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taromaru Momoji!