PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Atticus Dylan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Nikolov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dylan comes to the cage accompanied by Refused - New Noise. The key to victory for Atticus Dylan has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Dylan
vs
Nikolov

194 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

194 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Atticus Dylan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Nikolov!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nikolov scores with a takedown into Dylan's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Nikolov with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nikolov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nikolov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nikolov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nikolov throws a big elbow that misses.
Dylan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nikolov is controlling him.
Nikolov cracks Dylan with a solid left hand.
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!
Nikolov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nikolov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dylan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dylan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nikolov is controlling him.
Nikolov throws a big right hand that misses.
Dylan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nikolov controlling from the top position.
Nikolov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nikolov postures up and lands a big shot to Dylan's brow.
Nikolov won't allow Dylan to get back to his feet.
Nikolov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dylan's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolov sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nikolov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nikolov is in close to Dylan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nikolov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nikolov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nikolov stands up over Dylan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nikolov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nikolov slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dylan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nikolov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nikolov wants to control from the top but Dylan keeps moving.
Nikolov won't allow Dylan to get back to his feet.
Nikolov throwing strikes from guard but Dylan blocks nicely.
Nikolov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Nikolov trying to control but Dylan is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ivan Nikolov was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Nikolov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dylan circles away.
Dylan tries to clinch there but Nikolov circles away.
Dylan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nikolov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dylan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dylan wants to clinch up but Nikolov keeps it at a distance.

Nikolov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dylan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nikolov connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dylan some visible discomfort.
Dylan dodges the ground and pound from Nikolov.
Nikolov is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nikolov lands a nice forearm strike.
Nikolov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nikolov landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Nikolov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nikolov closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dylan quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nikolov lands a nice short elbow.
Nikolov moves nicely into side control.
The strikes coming from Nikolov are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Nikolov working the ground and pound.
Dylan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nikolov lands an elbow.
Nikolov scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nikolov cracks Dylan with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Dylan is rocked!
Dylan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Oh Dylan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nikolov cracks Dylan with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Nikolov immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Dylan is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Nikolov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Nikolov!
A relieved looking Ivan Nikolov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.