PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boscos Setrakian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Setrakian has chosen Frame By Frame - King Crimson as his entrance music. Boscos Setrakian has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bukholt Nielsen
vs
Setrakian

173 cm
22
167 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

177 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boscos Setrakian!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Setrakian throws a body punch but Nielsen moves out of range.
Setrakian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nielsen moves away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nielsen.

Nielsen clinches.
Nielsen crunches a lovely knee into Setrakian's ribcage.
Setrakian is working for takedown but Nielsen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nielsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nielsen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nielsen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nielsen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Setrakian's face.
Nielsen has Setrakian pushed against the cage.
Nielsen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boscos Setrakian.
Setrakian wants a takedown but no success here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nielsen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nielsen effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nielsen has picked Setrakian up - he's going for a ride! Nielsen dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Nielsen tries to pass to full mount but Setrakian defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nielsen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Setrakian actively working from the bottom here.
Setrakian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Nielsen seems to be working for a kimura but Setrakian defends the submission attempt.

Nielsen seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Setrakian is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mikkel Bukholt Nielsen made sure he mentioned [GTI] Divine Clothing , along with how happy he was to win his fight.