PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ice Lander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dynamite Nixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lander might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tribute. Nixon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fear is Our Tradition by Ignite kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Lander
vs
Nixon

190 cm
20
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

182 cm
20
202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ice Lander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dynamite Nixon!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nixon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lander misses with a combination
and Nixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lander takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lander misses with a wild body shot.
Lander steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nixon.
Lander lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Dynamite Nixon has been cut.
Lander avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nixon moves in looking to clinch but Lander pushes him off.
Nixon misses with a few strikes there.
Lander smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nixon misses with an uppercut.
Nixon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lander on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lander is looking to clinch but Nixon is avoiding it.
Nixon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nixon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lander.
A jab from Nixon misses.
Nixon slips a straight right by Lander.
Nixon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lander with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lander looks to throw the jab but Nixon is out of range.
Nixon throws an overhand right that lands on Lander's shoulder, as Lander tries to avoid the shot.
Lander closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nixon lands an overhand right.
Nixon misses the body punch
and Lander counters with a two punch combo.
Lander throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lander tries to bum rush Nixon with a series of wild strikes but Nixon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lander lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nixon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nixon looks to throw the jab but Lander is out of range.
Nixon lands with a nice combination. Lander backs away looking to recover.
Lander throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nixon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nixon scores with a one two! Lander had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nixon avoids the body shot from Lander.
Lander wants to clinch up but Nixon keeps it at a distance.
Nixon scores with a one two! Lander had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nixon is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lander wants to clinch
and Nixon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nixon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nixon lands a glancing blow to the side of Lander's head.
Lander throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nixon.
Nice jab there from Nixon.
Nixon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lander uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nixon.
Lander misses with a wild body shot.
Nixon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nixon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lander.
Lander throws a jab but it's blocked by Nixon.
Lander keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nixon.
Lander ducks under a wild hook from Nixon.
Lander swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nixon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Nixon.
Nixon on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lander throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lander tries to clinch but Nixon moves away
and Nixon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nixon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lander.
Lander misses with a looping left.
Lander misses with a looping right.
Nixon scores with a nice head shot.
Nixon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lander dodges the punch combination from Nixon.
Nixon misses with a jab to the body
and Lander counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Nixon finds it's way through Lander's defenses.
Nixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lander takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lander throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nixon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lander takes a swing at Nixon's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Lander.
Nixon slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lander connects with a body shot.
Lander throws a series of punches but Nixon avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Nixon misses the target.
Dynamite Nixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lander looks to throw the jab but Nixon is out of range.
Nixon connects with a single shot there.
A lazy left from Nixon finds it's target.
Lander throws a right and a left that Nixon avoids nicely.
Lander wants to clinch.
Nixon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lander.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nixon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lander throws an overhand right that lands on Nixon's shoulder, as Nixon tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lander takes one to the side of the head.
A big right from Nixon misses.
Lander throws a right hand that Nixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Nixon also avoids with ease.
Nixon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dynamite Nixon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dynamite Nixon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lander fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nixon manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Lander.
Lander throws a combination. Nixon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Lander moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Nixon fails to land.
Nixon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lander throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nixon blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Nixon on the inside.
Lander looking to stall.
Lander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lander looking to stall.
Nixon managing to block the knees to the body from Lander.
Lander looking to throw knees to the head but Nixon is blocking nicely.
Lander trying to control the position but instead, Nixon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lander into the cage.
Nixon works on Lander's body with a couple of short punches.
Nixon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nixon.
Nixon will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lander up against the cage.
Nixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nixon blocks the elbow strike.
Nixon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lander backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lander scores with a knee to the head.
Nixon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lander lands a knee to the head.
Nixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nixon gets through Lander's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Nixon.
Lander landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lander misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nixon.
Nixon gets through Lander's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nixon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nixon.
Lander with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nixon scores with a shoulder strike.
Nixon stalling in the clinch.
Nixon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nixon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lander lands a good knee to the midsection. Nixon won't want to take too many of those.

Nixon turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Nixon manages to end up in side control.
Nixon landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lander prevents Nixon from improving position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lander is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dynamite Nixon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dynamite 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!

Lander throws a jab but it's blocked by Nixon.
Lander tries to clinch but Nixon moves away
and Nixon counters with a straight right hand.
Ice Lander is winning the standup battle so far.
Nixon tries to clinch but Lander moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lander darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lander lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nixon backs up against the cage.
Nixon lands with a good body shot.
Nixon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lander's head.
Lander misses with a shot to the body
and Nixon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Nixon takes the fight into the clinch.
Nixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Lander.
Nixon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lander lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nixon backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lander misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nixon.
Nixon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lander gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lander tries to land a knee to the head but Nixon blocks with his arms.
Nixon tries to stall but Lander uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lander's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nixon works on Lander's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lander missing with knees to the body.
Lander creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lander is trying to maintain a safe position but Nixon gets an underhook and turns Lander into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lander seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Nixon is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon lands with a light punch inside.

Nixon is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Lander can't fight it off and eventually Nixon manages to take the fight to the floor. Lander looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lander working a defensive guard here.
Ice Lander has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lander is pulling down on Nixon's head. It's preventing any offense from Nixon, at least for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dynamite Nixon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nixon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dynamite Nixon!