PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio dos Nikkos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Hahar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

dos Nikkos
vs
Hahar

185 cm
29
190 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

190 cm
27
190 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabricio dos Nikkos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Hahar!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Nikkos dives in and grabs Hahar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hahar pushes down on dos Nikkos's head and hops out.
A telegraphed right hand from Hahar misses the target.
Hahar stuffs the takedown attempt from dos Nikkos. dos Nikkos gets slowly back to his feet.
dos Nikkos moves out of range of the body kick.
Hahar misses the jab.
Hahar stuns dos Nikkos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Horrible takedown by dos Nikkos or perhaps it was just good defense by Hahar which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabricio dos Nikkos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
dos Nikkos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Hahar gets caught flat footed, as dos Nikkos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
dos Nikkos won't allow Hahar to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
dos Nikkos tries to free his leg and advance position but Hahar is retaining full guard.
dos Nikkos advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hahar tries to escape but dos Nikkos is in control.
dos Nikkos working away.
Hahar is trying to get back to half guard.
dos Nikkos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hahar keeps working.

dos Nikkos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

dos Nikkos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hahar has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hahar is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

dos Nikkos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
dos Nikkos staying calm.

dos Nikkos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hahar knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hahar is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hahar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
dos Nikkos trying to control the action but Hahar is working from the bottom.
Hahar is trying to control dos Nikkos's posture but dos Nikkos avoids it.

dos Nikkos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no dos Nikkos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
dos Nikkos tries to advance position but instead Hahar slips a leg back in to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hahar is trying to maintain the position but dos Nikkos is very close to passing his half guard.
dos Nikkos wants to take a breather but Hahar is having none of it.
Hahar trying to hold on to dos Nikkos's head to control him but dos Nikkos postures up.

Hahar is defending against the submission attempts here by dos Nikkos.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
dos Nikkos works his way into full mount!
Hahar is squirming around, avoiding dos Nikkos's attempts to control the action.
Hahar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with dos Nikkos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hahar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hahar trying to control from the bottom.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hahar is trying to stand back up but dos Nikkos is controlling him

dos Nikkos is looking for a kimura here.
Hahar wants to get back to his feet.
dos Nikkos works his foot free and advances to mount.

dos Nikkos is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by dos Nikkos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Fabricio dos Nikkos!