PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Nikolic (ranked 3067 p4p, 4994 weight class) and Pagen Power (ranked 336 p4p, 465 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Nikolic
vs
Power

194 cm
25
208
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
214
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandar Nikolic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pagen Power!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikolic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Power sprawls well. Power wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nikolic gets slowly back to his feet.
Nikolic looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Power drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Power is trying to get an arm triangle but Nikolic is defending well.

Power wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nikolic, who protects the arm well.

Power looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Power is trying to get an arm triangle but Nikolic is defending well.
Power throwing strikes but Nikolic manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Power is trying to get back to half guard.
Power misses with a strike from the bottom.
Power manages to get back to half guard.

Power looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Power gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nikolic is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Power has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Nikolic is looking to defend but Power has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Nikolic! Power pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Nikolic taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Pagen Power!