PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Nichols (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Revengedanger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nichols
vs
Revengedanger

191 cm
22
157 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
157 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benjamin Nichols!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Revengedanger!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revengedanger looks to land a right hand but Nichols moved out of range.

Nichols rushes Revengedanger and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Revengedanger tries to work over Nichols's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Revengedanger avoiding damage as Nichols throws knees to the body.
Nichols lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Revengedanger.
Revengedanger trying to land knees to the body.
Revengedanger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Revengedanger throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Revengedanger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nichols has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Revengedanger.
Revengedanger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nichols makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Nichols.
Revengedanger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Revengedanger is pushing Nichols up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nichols tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Revengedanger misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Revengedanger.
Revengedanger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Revengedanger missing with knees to the body.
Nichols lands a body punch.
Revengedanger lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Revengedanger.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nichols just misses with a elbow thrown towards Revengedanger's brow.
Revengedanger avoids the elbow strike from Nichols, against the cage.
Revengedanger lands a knee to the body.
Nichols really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A knee to the head by Revengedanger.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Revengedanger obliges.
Revengedanger throws an elbow but it misses.
Revengedanger blocks a body shot from Nichols.
Revengedanger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Revengedanger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nichols's defenses.
We've been informed that Revengedanger has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Revengedanger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Nichols.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revengedanger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Revengedanger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Revengedanger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nichols blocks it with crossed arms.
Nichols tries to throw a body punch but Revengedanger avoids it by throwing Nichols back against the cage.
Revengedanger is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Revengedanger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nichols connects with a nasty looking knee right to Revengedanger's face.
Revengedanger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nichols lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Revengedanger tries to land knees in the clinch but Nichols avoids the damage to the body.
Revengedanger has a couple of punches blocked by Nichols.
Nichols throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Revengedangers head.
Revengedanger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nichols digs a right hand into Revengedanger's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Revengedanger's gas tank.
Revengedanger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Revengedanger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Revengedanger takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revengedanger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Revengedanger lands an elbow just above Nichols 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nichols.
A shot in the inside from Nichols.
Nichols softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Revengedanger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Revengedanger lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Revengedanger.
Revengedanger throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nichols blocks it with crossed arms.
Revengedanger tries a knee to the head but Nichols blocks it.
Revengedanger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Revengedanger.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nichols misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nichols managing to block the knees to the body from Revengedanger.
Revengedanger blocks an uppercut.
Revengedanger gets through Nichols's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Revengedanger landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revengedanger scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nichols.
Nichols scores with a shoulder strike.
Revengedanger lands a good knee to the midsection. Nichols won't want to take too many of those.
Nichols has a couple of punches blocked by Revengedanger.
Revengedanger tries to land a knee to the head but Nichols blocks with his arms.
Revengedanger blocks a body shot from Nichols.
Revengedanger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nichols misses with some punches.
Revengedanger stalling.
Revengedanger landing knees to the head.
Nichols fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nichols lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Revengedanger.
A head punch on the inside from Nichols fails to land.
Revengedanger tries to land a knee to the head but Nichols blocks with his arms.
Revengedanger lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Revengedanger dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Revengedanger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot by Nichols.
Revengedanger throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Revengedanger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nichols fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Revengedanger.
Revengedanger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nichols throws out the jab.
Revengedanger looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Revengedanger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Revengedanger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nichols blocks the body kick.
Nichols avoids the head kick by Revengedanger.
Nichols feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Revengedangers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Revengedanger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nichols slips a jab from Revengedanger.
Nichols is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Revengedanger tries a low kick but Nichols avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Revengedanger lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nichols has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nichols and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nichols throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nichols has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Revengedanger finds it's way round the side to connect with Nichols's head.
Nichols throws a head kick that misses.
Revengedanger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nichols was well out of range. Poor timing from Revengedanger.
Nichols swats away the attempt to clinch by Revengedanger.
Revengedanger swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Revengedanger looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nichols connects with a solid leg kick.
Nichols throws a head kick that misses.
Nichols waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Revengedanger.
Nichols lands a nice shot to the body.
Nichols is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Revengedanger crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nichols - the referee stops the clock and Revengedanger gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nichols. Revengedanger manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nichols looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nichols swinging wildly here.
Revengedanger throws a head kick but Nichols moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Revengedanger blocks the leg kick.
Revengedanger slips under a jab from Nichols.

Revengedanger darts in and clinches Nichols up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nichols avoiding damage as Revengedanger throws knees to the body.
Nichols tries to work over Revengedanger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nichols doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Revengedanger pushes off an throws an elbow but Nichols leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Revengedanger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Revengedanger blocking some punches.
Nichols blocks an uppercut.
Revengedanger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nichols tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nichols lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Revengedanger backwards.
Nichols misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nichols.
A knee to the head by Revengedanger.
Nichols on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Revengedanger will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nichols up against the cage.
Revengedanger misses with a knee to the head.
Revengedanger trying to land knees to the body.
Nichols looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Revengedanger lands a nice elbow.
Nichols putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Revengedanger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nichols has a couple of punches blocked by Revengedanger.
A short uppercut from Nichols.
Nichols lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Revengedanger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nichols lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Revengedanger throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nichols.
Calvin Revengedanger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nichols landing knees to the head.
Revengedanger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nichols's face.
Revengedanger looking to throw knees to the head but Nichols is blocking nicely.
Nichols blocks an elbow strike from Revengedanger.
Revengedanger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Revengedanger lands a damaging elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Revengedanger.
Nichols scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nichols managing to block the knees to the body from Revengedanger.
Nichols doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Revengedanger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nichols goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Revengedanger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Revengedanger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nichols.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Benjamin Nichols will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nichols fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Revengedanger manages to avoid it.
Nichols lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nichols.
Revengedanger throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Revengedanger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nichols.
Nichols stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Revengedanger moves in looking to clinch but Nichols pushes him off.
A combination from Revengedanger does no damage.
Revengedanger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nichols moves away.
Nichols tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benjamin Nichols is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nichols avoids the head kick by Revengedanger.
Revengedanger throws a body kick that misses
and Nichols counters with a nice body shot.
Revengedanger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nichols connects with a right hand. Revengedanger shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nichols comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Revengedanger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nichols fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Revengedanger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nichols swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nichols fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Revengedanger manages to avoid it.
Revengedanger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nichols connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Revengedanger misses with a jab to the body
and Nichols counters with a nice leg kick.
Revengedanger tried to score with a low kick but Nichols checks it.
Revengedanger misses with a head kick.
Nichols moves out of range as Revengedanger throws a body kick.
Nichols misses with a body kick.
Nichols lands with a hook. Revengedanger tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Revengedanger misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revengedanger thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nichols if he has to take too many more of those.

Revengedanger moves into range and clinches up with Nichols.
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!
Nichols dodges an elbow strike from Revengedanger.
Revengedanger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nichols.
Revengedanger tries a knee to the head but Nichols blocks it.
Revengedanger throws an elbow that misses.
Nichols struggles to land a body shot inside as Revengedanger controls his hands.
Revengedanger lands a nice knee to the body.
Nichols managing to block the knees to the body from Revengedanger.
Revengedanger blocks a body shot from Nichols.
Revengedanger tries to land knees in the clinch but Nichols avoids the damage to the body.
Nichols tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Revengedanger working Nichols over with knees to the body.
Revengedanger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Revengedanger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nichols fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Revengedanger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nichols is defending well for now.
Revengedanger tries to land a knee to the head but Nichols blocks with his arms.
Nichols misses with a body punch.
Revengedanger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Revengedanger blocks the elbow strike.
Nichols lands with a right to the head.
Revengedanger blocks a body shot from Nichols.
Nichols blocks the elbow strike.
Revengedanger tries to land a knee to the head but Nichols blocks with his arms.
Revengedanger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Revengedanger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nichols is defending well for now.
Revengedanger lands a knee to the body.
Nichols lands a right hand that snaps the head of Revengedanger backwards.
Revengedanger stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revengedanger pushes off an throws an elbow but Nichols leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nichols managing to block the knees to the body from Revengedanger.
A shot in the inside from Nichols.
Revengedanger misses with an elbow strike.
Revengedanger blocks a body shot from Nichols.
Nichols lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nichols on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Revengedanger obliges.
Revengedanger misses with a knee to the head.
Revengedanger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Revengedanger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nichols has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short body shot lands from Nichols as the two fighters clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Revengedanger in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Revengedanger tries to land a knee to the head but Nichols blocks with his arms.
Revengedanger trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Benjamin Nichols.
I think Nichols has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Nichols!
Benjamin Nichols thanked the fans post fight for their support.