PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butch Nickerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ax Demolition (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nickerson
vs
Demolition

189 cm
26
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 Amsterdam, Butch Nickerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ax Demolition!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nickerson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Nickerson is trying to get an arm triangle but Demolition is defending well.
Nickerson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Nickerson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Nickerson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Demolition, who protects the arm well.
Demolition defending against the ground and pound.
Nickerson trying to control the position but Demolition is working away.
Nickerson cracks Demolition with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Nickerson lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nickerson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nickerson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Demolition takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nickerson lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickerson wants to control but Demolition is keeping him busy.

Nickerson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Nickerson cracks Demolition with a big right hand but Demolition just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The strikes coming from Nickerson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sloppy strikes there by Nickerson.

Nickerson tries for a kimura but Demolition is defending well.
Nickerson trying to control the action but Demolition is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nickerson throws an elbow but Demolition slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickerson looks up at the clock and then as Demolition takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nickerson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Demolition is looking to reverse the position.
Nickerson cracks Demolition with a big elbow.
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!

Nickerson tries for a kimura but Demolition is defending well.
The ground and pound from Nickerson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Nickerson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nickerson trying to control the action but Demolition is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nickerson fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickerson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Demolition is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nickerson connects with a decent elbow.
Nickerson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Nickerson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nickerson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nickerson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Demolition on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Nickerson 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.
Demolition avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nickerson.
Nickerson working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nickerson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Nickerson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Demolition some visible discomfort.

Demolition is rocked!
Nickerson looks up at the clock and then as Demolition takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nickerson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Demolition is still in real trouble! Can Nickerson finish him?
A big shot lands for Nickerson! That's hurt Demolition! Will he recover? Nickerson fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

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