PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evil Nixon (ranked 18 p4p, 3 weight class) and Joey Kocur (ranked 52 p4p, 8 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nixon
vs
Kocur

188 cm
34
211 lbs
37 - 8 - 2

183 cm
40
220 lbs
38 - 18 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
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Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Evil Nixon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Kocur!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kocur scores with a sloppy right hand. Nixon should have avoided that one.
Kocur throws a hook to the side of Nixon's head but Nixon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nixon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kocur doesn't seem bothered though.
Nixon tests Kocur's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nixon checks a low kick from Kocur.
Kocur sizes up Nixon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kocur takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nixon throws a jab when Kocur was well out of range.
Nixon moves away from the strike by Kocur.
Nixon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kocur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nixon.
Kocur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nixon.
Nixon looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nixon just misses with a punch to the body.
Nixon backing away here, and Kocur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nixon misses with an uppercut. Kocur saw that one coming.
Nixon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
Nixon thows a body kick. Kocur tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nixon lands a lovely overhand right.
Kocur throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nixon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kocur backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon thuds his right hand into Kocur's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nixon takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kocur takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kocur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nixon's sensitive parts.
Nixon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kocurs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Joey Kocur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nixon scores with a sloppy right hand. Kocur should have avoided that one.
Kocur misses with a wild body shot.
Kocur throws a body shot but no joy.
Nixon scores with a spinning back kick!
Nixon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nixon misses the shot to the body.
Kocur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nixon.
Kocur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nixon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kocur has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kocur there as he acknowledges the shot.
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!
Kocur steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nixon.
Kocur looks to land a left hand but Nixon moved out of range nicely.
Nixon on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur lands a nice looking body shot.
Kocur has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kocur looks to score with a jab to the body but Nixon is just out of range.
Kocur misses with a hook. Nixon ducked under it nicely.
Kocur wants to land a leg kick but Nixon is out of range.
Nice jab there from Kocur.
Nixon throws a solid leg kick but Kocur takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nixon.
Nixon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nixon throws a body punch but Kocur moves out of range.
Kocur keeps Nixon at a distance using the push kick.
Nixon slips under a jab from Kocur.
Nixon misses with a looping right.
Kocur throws a leg kick
and Nixon counters with a stiff right hand.
Kocur lands a lovely overhand right.
Nixon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kocur throws out the jab.
Nixon misses with the body kick
and Kocur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nixon looks for the body kick but Kocur saw that one coming.
Kocur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Nixon misses the target.
Kocur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kocur takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nixon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kocur connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nixon scrambles back to his feet.
Nixon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kocur looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nixon connects with an inside leg kick.
Nixon missing with a left hand there. Kocur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kocur throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kocur misses with a body kick.
Kocur misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Kocur.
Nixon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nixon connects with the punch.
Good leg kick by Nixon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kocur throws a shot from downtown. Nixon moves away and avoids it.
Nixon thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nixon is looking for a counter combo.
Nixon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kocur misses with an uppercut.
Nixon wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nixon throws a poor cross that misses
and Kocur counters with a big head kick but Nixon shrugs it off.
Nixon loads up on a big right hand but Kocur slips the punch.
Nixon misses with a kick to the body.
Nixon is looking to land body kicks.
Kocur thows a body kick. Nixon tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Kocur fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nixon, pushing him back against the cage.
Nixon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kocur's elbow.
Kocur lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nixon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kocur lands a hook that snaps the head of Nixon backwards.
Kocur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nixon lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Nixon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nixon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kocur throws a looping overhand right but Nixon ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Evil Nixon will probably get the nod.
That's time! Nixon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kocur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nixon throws out the jab.
Kocur misses with a leg kick.
Evil Nixon is winning the standup battle so far.
Kocur fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nixon on the side of the head.
Kocur throws a body shot but no joy.
Nixon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kocur scores with a hook to the body. Nixon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kocur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kocur turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nixon slips under a jab from Kocur.
Nixon throws a hook but Kocur avoids it easily.
Kocur lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kocur bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kocur throws out a loose jab but Nixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kocur lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kocur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kocur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kocur tries to clinch up.
Nixon cracks Kocur with an open hand slap.
Nixon throws a front kick aimed at Kocur's knee but Kocur avoids it well.
Kocur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kocur throws a front kick aimed at Nixon's knee but Nixon avoids it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kocur trying to land knees to the body.

Nixon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nixon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kocur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nixon backing away here, and Kocur unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kocur checks a leg kick.
Kocur swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Kocur misses.
Kocur looks to throw the jab but Nixon is out of range.
Nixon takes a swing at Kocur's ribcage but misses.
Nixon misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon tries to move into range but Kocur moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kocur slips under a jab from Nixon.
Kocur throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kocur misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nixon moves away from the strike by Kocur.
Nixon lands a body shot.
Kocur blocks a head kick by Nixon.
A little jabbing left from Kocur on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kocur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nixon.
Kocur throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Nixon to counter with a crisp jab.
Nixon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kocur lands with a nice body punch.
Nixon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kocur.
Nice defenses there by Kocur.
Nixon misses with an uppercut.
Kocur is looking to clinch but Nixon is avoiding it.
Kocur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon catches Kocur with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nixon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kocur lands with a nice body punch.
Nixon throws a big shot that misses.
Kocur takes one to the chin there.
Kocur takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nixon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kocur. That did some damage!
Nixon misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kocur! But no joy.
Nixon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kocur throws a head kick that misses.
Kocur shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Kocur takes the fight into the clinch.
Nixon managing to block the knees to the body from Kocur.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nixon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kocur moves away.
Kocur only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nixon.

Kocur moves into the clinch successfully.
Kocur scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nixon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kocur is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Nixon.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon lands with a light punch inside.
Nixon tries to work over Kocur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nixon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kocur tries a knee to the head but Nixon blocks it.

Nixon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kocur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nixon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kocur was well out of range. Poor timing from Nixon.
Nixon misses with a body shot.
Nixon slips a straight right by Kocur.
Nixon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joey Kocur will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nixon looks to throw the jab but Kocur is out of range.
Kocur walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kocur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nixon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kocur.
Nixon looks to land a combination but Kocur avoids it well.
Kocur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kocur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nixon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nixon ducks under a wild hook from Kocur.
Decent striking displayed by Nixon there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kocur throws a leg kick which misses Nixon's front leg but catches the back leg as Nixon tries to avoid it.
Nixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nixon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kocur.
Nixon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nixon fakes the leg kick and cracks Kocur in the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur misses the shot to the body.
Nixon throws a hook to the side of Kocur's head but Kocur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Kocur.
Kocur misses the shot to the body.
Kocur blocks the body kick.
Nixon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kocur can pounce on him.
Kocur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nixon throws a lazy right hand but Kocur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nixon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nixon throws a body shot but no joy.
Nixon blocks a low kick nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Nixon misses its target.
Nixon throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Kocur to counter with a crisp jab.
Nixon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kocur.
Nixon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon throws a body shot but no joy.
Nixon connects with a body shot that sends Kocur's belly button to the back.

Kocur has Nixon up against the cage in a clinch.
Nixon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kocur is keeping busy.
Nixon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kocur takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nixon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kocur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kocur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nixon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nixon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kocur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Nixon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kocur moves out of range of the body kick from Nixon.
Nixon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Nixon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kocur uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kocur lands a nice shot to the body.
Kocur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nixon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nixon ducks under a wild hook from Kocur.
Kocur doesn't manage to clinch there - Nixon circles away.
Nixon connects with an inside leg kick.
Nixon throws an overhand right that lands on Kocur's shoulder, as Kocur tries to avoid the shot.
Kocur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kocur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nixon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nixon throws a low kick but Kocur avoids it.
Kocur throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nixon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kocur.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon scores with a punch to the head.
Kocur digs a good hook to Nixon's body.
Kocur slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kocur throws a body kick that misses.
Nixon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kocur.
Kocur has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kocur will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nixon tries to counter by clinching up but Kocur breaks away and moves out of range.
Nixon scoring well with a low kick there.
Nixon misses with a hook.
Kocur moves away from the strike by Nixon.
Nixon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kocur takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nixon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kocur.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kocur.
Kocur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nixon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Evil Nixon did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kocur connects with a crisp jab.
Kocur throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kocur walks into a left hand.
Kocur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Nixon misses the target.
Kocur flicks out a counter leg kick but Nixon steps away.
Nixon looks to throw the jab but Kocur is out of range.
Nixon scores with a nice right hand.
Kocur lands the left hand.
Nixon tries to land a leg kick but Kocur saw it coming and moves away.
Kocur misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nixon connects with the punch.
Kocur connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kocur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nixon tries to counter by clinching up but Kocur breaks away and moves out of range.
Nixon takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A clash of legs there as Nixon blocks the low kick.
Kocur looks to land a right hand but Nixon moved out of range.
Kocur scores with a leg kick.
Nixon slips a straight right by Kocur.
Nixon ducks right into an uppercut from Kocur.
Kocur looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kocur slips under a jab from Nixon.
A swing and a miss from Nixon.
Nixon swats away the attempt to clinch by Kocur.
Nixon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kocur.
Nixon looks to land a right hand but Kocur moved out of range.
Nixon missing with a left hand there. Kocur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nixon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kocur doesn't manage to clinch there - Nixon circles away.
Kocur throws a big shot that misses.
Kocur blocks a jab.
Kocur lands with a hook. Nixon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Kocur has closed the distance and engaged Nixon in a clinch.
Nixon scores with a shoulder strike.
Kocur tries to throw a body punch but Nixon avoids it by throwing Kocur back against the cage.
Nixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Kocur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nixon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joey Kocur seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kocur unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kocur has a couple of punches blocked by Nixon.
Nixon avoiding damage as Kocur throws knees to the body.
Kocur tries to land knees in the clinch but Nixon avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon trying to control the position but instead, Kocur has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nixon into the cage.
Nixon avoiding damage as Kocur throws knees to the body.
Kocur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nixon.
Nixon tries to work over Kocur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kocur blocks an uppercut.
Nixon prevents a body shot from Kocur.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kocur.
Nixon lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nixon.
Kocur with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nixon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nixon tries to throw a body punch but Kocur avoids it by throwing Nixon back against the cage.
Kocur misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kocur connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Evil Nixon has been cut.
Kocur connects with a knee to the head.
Kocur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nixon lands a nice shot to the body.
Nixon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nixon tries to throw a body punch but Kocur avoids it by throwing Nixon back against the cage.
Nixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Kocur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kocur with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kocur blocking some punches.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Kocur's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kocur lands a shot to the body.
Kocur blocking some punches.
Kocur tries to land knees in the clinch but Nixon avoids the damage to the body.
Kocur misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Joey Kocur will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Evil Nixon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Kocur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A lazy left from Kocur finds it's target.
Nixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nixon moves out of range of the body kick.
Nixon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An inside leg kick from Kocur misses.
Nixon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nixon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nixon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kocur steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nixon.
Nixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kocur manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kocur manages to avoid it.
Kocur attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kocur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nixon can pounce on him.
Nixon throws a right hand that Kocur ducks under and follows up with a left that Kocur also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nixon moves out of range of the leg kick from Kocur.
A counter left hand to the body from Nixon misses its target.
Kocur ducks right into an uppercut from Nixon.

Kocur clinches up against the cage.
Nixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nixon avoiding damage as Kocur throws knees to the body.

Nixon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kocur moves in looking to clinch but Nixon pushes him off.
Kocur misses with a low kick.
Nixon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kocur has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kocur wants to slow Nixon down by chopping away at his legs.
A clash of legs there as Kocur blocks the low kick.
Nixon swinging wildly here.

Kocur gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kocur.
Kocur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kocur lands with a short shot to the head.
Nixon working aggressively here.
Nixon tries to work over Kocur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Nixon manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nixon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kocur.
Nixon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nixon thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nixon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kocur throws out a counter right but Nixon avoids it with no problem.
Nixon blocks a jab.
Nixon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kocur ducks under a wild hook from Nixon.
Kocur sizes up Nixon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kocur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur swings widly with a right hand
and Nixon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kocur misses with a hook.
Kocur misses the body punch
and Kocur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nixon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice defenses there by Nixon.
Nixon misses with a left hand
and Kocur counters with a nice uppercut.
A lazy body kick from Nixon
and Kocur counters with a stiff right hand.
Kocur loads up on a big right hand but Nixon slips the punch.
A head kick from Nixon lands but Kocur takes it in his stride.
Kocur connects with an inside leg kick.
Kocur blocks a head kick by Nixon.
Kocur defending well as Nixon loads up on a big left hand.
Kocur ducks under a wild hook from Nixon.
Nixon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Nixon misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kocur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nixon.
A jab from Kocur misses.
Kocur connects with an inside leg kick.
Kocur needs to keep his hands up - Nixon had a free shot at his head there.
Nixon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kocur cracks Nixon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nixon throws a hook but Kocur avoids it easily.
A jab from Kocur does it's job there.
Kocur takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kocur lands a nice shot that snaps Nixon's head back.
Nixon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kocur is looking to clinch.
Nixon misses with a looping left.
Nixon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joey Kocur.
I think Kocur has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 48:47
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:49
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Joey Kocur!
Joey Kocur is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Joey Kocur thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.