PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Casillas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tor Nansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nansen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Prodigy - Thunder kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jacob Casillas has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Casillas
vs
Nansen

180 cm
22
164 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

176 cm
21
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Casillas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tor Nansen!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nansen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Casillas looks to land a combination but Nansen avoids it well.
Nansen slips a jab from Casillas.
A head kick misses from Nansen.
Casillas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nansen lands a nice hook to Casillas's body. Casillas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nansen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Casillas fails to land the takedown.
Nansen scores with a push kick.
Casillas is breathing heavily.
Casillas shoots in for a double leg but Nansen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Casillas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nansen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nansen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nansen.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Casillas avoids the head kick by Nansen.
Nansen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Nansen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Casillas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nansen.
Nansen throws a lazy right hand but Casillas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Casillas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Casillas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Nansen moves into the clinch.
Nansen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Casillas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nansen is keeping busy.

Nansen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casillas tries to clinch up.
Nansen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Casillas at a distance.
Casillas throws a sloppy body shot

and Nansen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nansen.

Nansen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Casillas tries to clinch there but Nansen circles away.
Nansen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Casillas backs up against the cage.
Nansen swinging wilding here.
Nansen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Casillas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nansen finds it's way round the side to connect with Casillas's head.
Casillas doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nansen counters with a series of strikes. Casillas will be more careful next time no doubt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nansen is leaning against Casillas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Nansen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Casillas misses with a double jab
and Nansen counters with a two punch combo.

Casillas is rocked!
Jab by Nansen.
Oh Casillas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Casillas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nansen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casillas.
Casillas seems to have got his legs back now.
Jacob Casillas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nansen scores with the left hand. Casillas knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Casillas tries to move into range but Nansen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casillas throws a hook to the side of Nansen's head but Nansen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nansen slips a jab and a cross from Casillas.
Casillas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Nansen.
Casillas is looking for a sweep.

Nansen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nansen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Casillas manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nansen's best efforts.
Casillas tries to roll over but Nansen keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nansen wants to free his trapped foot but Casillas is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nansen wants to take a breather but Casillas is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Casillas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Casillas wants to get back to his feet but Nansen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Casillas has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nansen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Casillas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nansen stands and throws Casillas's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Casillas tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nansen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Casillas strikes from the bottom but Nansen takes advantage and advances to full mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nansen dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nansen swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Casillas is now in Nansen's guard. A big mistake from Nansen there, giving up the dominant position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tor Nansen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Casillas misses with a two punch combination.
Jacob Casillas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Casillas misses with a combination
and Nansen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A head kick misses from Nansen.
Casillas misses with a double jab.
Casillas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tor Nansen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nansen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nansen throws a head kick that Casillas semi-blocks.
Casillas takes a jab right on the kisser.
Casillas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Casillas moves in looking to clinch but Nansen pushes him off.
Nansen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Casillas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Casillas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nansen throws a series of punches but Casillas avoids them all with ease.
Nansen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nansen lands with a kick to the ribs.
A lazy left from Nansen finds it's target.
Nansen works Casillas's body with a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Nansen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nansen connects with a jab.

Nansen moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nansen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Casillas walks into a straight right hand from Nansen.
Nansen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nansen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Casillas's sensitive parts.
Casillas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nansen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Casillas lands a nice looking body shot.
Casillas misses with a right hand
and Nansen counters with a straight right hand.
Nansen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Casillas tries a head kick but it misses.
Nansen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nansen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nansen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tor Nansen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick from Casillas lands but Nansen takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Casillas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nansen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Casillas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nansen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nansen jabs at Casillas's body.
Casillas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nansen.
Casillas looks to land a combination but Nansen avoids it well.
Nansen lands with a hook. Casillas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Casillas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nansen throws out the jab.
No joy there for Casillas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nansen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nansen's corner calls for a 1-2. Nansen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casillas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Casillas throws a series of punches but Nansen avoids them all with ease.
Nansen punishes Casillas's body with a nice straight punch.
Casillas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nansen.
Nansen lands a jab to Casillas's midsection.
Nansen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nansen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Casillas doesn't seem bothered though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Nansen breaks from the clinch.
Nansen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Nansen has Casillas up against the cage in a clinch.
Nansen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Casillas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nansen misses with a knee to the head.
Casillas tries to pull guard but Nansen won't allow it.

Nansen breaks the clinch.
Casillas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nansen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nansen stalks Casillas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Casillas's face. Casillas staggers backwards, shaken.

Nansen rushes Casillas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Casillas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Casillas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good body shot from Nansen.

Nansen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nansen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nansen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Casillas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nansen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jab, jab by Nansen - just one landing.
Nansen digs a good hook to Casillas's body.
Casillas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nansen moves away.
Casillas tries to bum rush Nansen with a series of wild strikes but Nansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Casillas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Casillas sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Nansen to the ground! Casillas dives into full mount looking to finish!

Nansen is rocked!
Nansen blocking the ground and pound.
Nansen is still in real trouble! Can Casillas finish him?
Nansen wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Casillas.
Nansen seems to have recovered his senses.

Casillas working for a guillotine from mount but Nansen is in no mood to give up.
Casillas thowing shots but they're missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nansen can't escape the position.

Casillas is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Nansen has managed to escape the submission attempt.
A nice elbow there by Casillas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Casillas thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Casillas sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tor Nansen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nansen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nansen scores with a jab. Casillas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Casillas fails to land with a series of punches.
Casillas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice cross by Nansen.
Nansen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Nansen clinches with his opponent.
Casillas wants to break free but Nansen has control.
Casillas wants a takedown but no success here.
Nansen lands with a light punch inside.
Casillas gets through Nansen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Nansen manages to break the clinch.
Casillas shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Nansen counter with a right hand.
Casillas throws a looping overhand right but Nansen ducks down to avoid it.
Nansen lunges at Casillas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Casillas's hand.
Nansen misses with a double jab.
Nansen lands a nice hook to Casillas's body. Casillas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left lands for Nansen.
Nansen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Nansen rushes Casillas and presses him up against the cage.
Nansen scores with a shoulder strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nansen is stalling here.

Nansen manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nansen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Casillas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Casillas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Casillas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Casillas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Nansen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nansen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Casillas misses with a takedown attempt
and Casillas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Casillas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nansen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Casillas's sensitive parts.
Casillas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nansen looks to land a body kick but Casillas moved away.

Casillas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nansen, pushing him back against the cage.
Nansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Casillas's elbow.
Casillas trying to stall but Nansen improves his position.
Nansen works on Casillas's body with a couple of short punches.
Casillas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Nansen breaks from the clinch.
Casillas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Nansen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Casillas throws a right hand that misses
and Nansen counters with a straight right hand.
A cross from Nansen lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casillas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Casillas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Casillas with a poor takedown
and Nansen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Casillas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nansen lands a with a good body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nansen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nansen lands a nice shot to the body.
Nansen throws a sloppy head kick and Casillas moves out of range easily.
Nansen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Casillas at a distance.
Casillas throws a lazy uppercut
and Nansen counters with a stiff right hand.
Nansen throws a sloppy head kick and Casillas moves out of range easily.
Casillas misses with a combination
and Nansen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nansen scores with a hook.
Casillas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab by Nansen.
Nansen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Casillas throws a series of punches but Nansen avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Nansen does no damage.
Casillas looks to land a combination but Nansen avoids it well.
Casillas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nansen wants to clinch but Casillas slips to the side
and Casillas counters with a series of strikes. Nansen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Casillas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Casillas misses with a combination
and Nansen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casillas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Casillas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nansen as he avoids it easily.
Casillas slips a jab and a cross from Nansen.
Casillas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nansen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Casillas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nansen lands a right hook to the body.
Casillas doesn't manage to clinch there - Nansen circles away.
Casillas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nansen.
Casillas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nansen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nansen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nansen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Casillas's head.
Nansen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Casillas swinging wilding here.
Casillas looks to land a combination but Nansen avoids it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nansen.
Casillas misses with a lunging right hand
and Nansen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Casillas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Casillas swinging wilding here.
Casillas throws a nice looking combination but Nansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casillas tries to clinch but Nansen is having none of it.
Casillas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Casillas shoots in for a takedown but Nansen shows good takedown defense.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nansen checks a leg kick.
Nansen throws a head kick but Casillas moves out of range.
Casillas connects with a single shot there.
Casillas misses with a two punch combination.
Nansen tries a head kick but it misses.
Casillas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Casillas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nansen connects with a nice looking jab.

Nansen moves into range and clinches up with Casillas.

Nansen manages to break the clinch.
Casillas tries to clinch but Nansen is having none of it.
Casillas misses with a double jab.
Casillas misses with a series of wild punches.

Casillas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nansen wants to stand up but Casillas is controlling him.
Casillas wanted to stand there but Nansen had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tor Nansen really dominated that round.
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.

Casillas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Casillas darts in trying to clinch

and Nansen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Casillas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Casillas prevents a body shot from Nansen.
Nansen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Casillas wants to get back to striking at distance but Nansen won't allow it.
Nansen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Casillas is keeping busy.
Casillas fails to pull guard.
Casillas tries to break the clinch but Nansen is controlling the position.

Casillas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Casillas misses with the combination.
Casillas throws a right and a left that Nansen avoids nicely.
Nice shot by Nansen.
Casillas tries to bum rush Nansen with a series of wild strikes but Nansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nansen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nansen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nansen looks to land a combination but Casillas avoids it well.

Nansen closes the distance and clinches.
Nansen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Casillas has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nansen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Casillas lands a jab-cross combination.
Nansen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Casillas throws a series of punches but Nansen moves out of range.
Casillas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nansen counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Casillas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Nansen as he connects with a hook.
Casillas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nansen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Casillas misses with a kick to the body
and Nansen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Casillas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Casillas tries to clinch up.
Nansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Casillas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Casillas throws a right hand that Nansen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nansen also avoids with ease.
Casillas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Casillas shoots in and drives through. Nansen sprawls well.
Casillas throws a right and a left that Nansen avoids nicely.
Casillas tries to bum rush Nansen with a series of wild strikes but Nansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Casillas misses the shot to the body.
Casillas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nansen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casillas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Casillas misses with the combination.
Nansen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casillas.
Good leg kick by Casillas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Casillas with a poor takedown
letting Nansen counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Casillas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Casillas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nansen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Casillas lands with a nice body punch.
Nansen lands a slapping body shot.
Casillas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Casillas.
Nansen throws a combination. Casillas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Casillas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Casillas fails with the takedown
and Nansen counters with a stiff right hand.

Nansen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nansen prevents Casillas from breaking the clinch.
Casillas can't get the takedown.

Casillas manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casillas misses with a combination
and Nansen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Casillas misses with a wild combination.
Casillas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Casillas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nansen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Casillas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nansen as he avoids it easily.
Nansen slips a jab and a cross from Casillas.

Nansen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Casillas sprawls well initially but Nansen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Nansen is trying to control the action in half guard but Casillas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Casillas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Nansen escapes and gets back to his feet.
Jab, jab by Casillas - just one landing.
Casillas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nansen's waist but Nansen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Casillas off to one side.
Casillas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nansen counters with a stiff right hand.
Nansen loads up on a big right hand but Casillas slips the punch.
Casillas lands a right hook to the body.
Casillas throws the left hand but Nansen avoids the punch easily.
Casillas throws a right hand that Nansen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nansen also avoids with ease.
Casillas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nansen swivels and escapes.
Casillas misses with a jab to the body
and Nansen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casillas misses with a series of wild punches.
Nansen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Casillas. That did some damage!
Casillas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Casillas.
Nansen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Casillas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nansen manages to avoid it.
Nansen lands a head shot.
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!
Casillas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Casillas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nansen has Casillas pushed against the cage.

Casillas breaks from the clinch.
Nansen cracks Casillas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Casillas misses with a series of wild punches.
Casillas takes one to the chin there.
Nansen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casillas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Casillas has managed to clinch.
Nansen content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Nansen breaks from the clinch.
Casillas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nansen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nansen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tor Nansen dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Casillas misses with a right hand
and Nansen counters with a series of strikes. Casillas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nansen throws a right and a left that Casillas avoids nicely.
Casillas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nansen connects with a single shot there.
A punch combination from Nansen misses.
Nice straight punches there by Nansen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nansen.
An inside leg kick lands from Nansen.
Casillas avoids the head kick by Nansen.
Nansen scores with a nice right hand.
Nansen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Casillas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nansen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nansen works over Casillas's head and body with a nice combination.
Nansen throws a head kick that misses.

Nansen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Casillas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Nansen.
Nansen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Nansen manages to break the clinch.
Nansen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nansen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Casillas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nansen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Casillas throws a left and a right that both miss

and Nansen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nansen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Casillas looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Casillas breaks the clinch.

Casillas shoots in and bounces Nansen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Casillas is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Nansen is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Nansen has escaped and now he's on top!

Casillas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nansen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nansen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nansen passes Casillas's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casillas manages to get to full guard.

Casillas has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nansen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nansen wants to stand but Casillas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nansen stopping the sweep attempt from Casillas.
Casillas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Casillas throwing shots but Nansen is blocking nicely.
Nansen wants to sweep but Casillas has passed to side control!

Nansen throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Jacob Casillas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nansen misses the jab.
Nansen throws a head kick that misses.
Casillas looks to land a combination but Nansen avoids it well.
No joy there for Casillas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nansen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Nansen clinches up against the cage.
Casillas tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Casillas is trying to stall.
Good body shot from Nansen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nansen.
Casillas is trying to break the clinch but Nansen has him pressed against the cage.
Nansen is leaning against Casillas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nansen scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Nansen.
Nansen is trying to stall.
Casillas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nansen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nansen avoiding damage as Casillas throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tor Nansen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nansen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Tor Nansen!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Tor Nansen!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Tor Nansen!

Tor Nansen wins by unanimous decision!
Tor Nansen is the new lightweight champion!