PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mattia Nicoletti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Madsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Nicoletti
vs
Madsen

175 cm
24
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mattia Nicoletti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Madsen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicoletti throws a sloppy head kick and Madsen moves out of range easily.
Madsen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nicoletti swinging wildly here.
Mattia Nicoletti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicoletti looks for a takedown but Madsen sprawls well.
Madsen avoids the head kick by Nicoletti.
Nicoletti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nicoletti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nicoletti lands with a hook. Madsen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nicoletti scores with a head kick. Madsen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nicoletti misses with a low kick.
Nicoletti pushes Madsen away with a front kick.
Madsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nicoletti.
Madsen misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nicoletti.
Nicoletti misses with a two punch combination.
Nicoletti fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nicoletti lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nicoletti misses with a low kick.
Madsen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Mattia Nicoletti has been cut.
Madsen misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Madsen. Those never looked like landing.
Nicoletti misses with the combination.
A slow jab from Nicoletti misses its intended target.
Nicoletti throws a head kick that Madsen semi-blocks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madsen throws the left hand but Nicoletti avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nicoletti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Madsen lands the left hand.
Nicoletti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Nicoletti or perhaps it was just good defense by Madsen which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mattia Nicoletti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nicoletti throws a leg kick that misses.

Nicoletti closes the distance and pushes Madsen back into the cage.
Nicoletti misses with an elbow strike.
Nicoletti lands an elbow inside.
Madsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Madsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nicoletti scores a nice knee to the body.
Nicoletti lands a good knee to the midsection. Madsen won't want to take too many of those.
Nicoletti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nicoletti throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Nicoletti.
Nicoletti misses with a knee strike.
Madsen lands with a light punch inside.
Nicoletti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Madsen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nicoletti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nicoletti throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Madsen jumps guard.
Nicoletti trying to control the position from guard on top but Madsen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nicoletti passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Madsen tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nicoletti working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Madsen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Nicoletti's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Nicoletti works his foot free and advances to mount.
Madsen can't escape the position.

Nicoletti has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Madsen is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mattia Nicoletti!
An out of breath Mattia Nicoletti thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.