PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vasilios Nicko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Sarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarus has chosen T.I. - What Up, What's Happenin as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Vasilios Nicko has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nicko
vs
Sarus

176 cm
23
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

165 cm
21
159 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vasilios Nicko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anton Sarus!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Sarus.
Sarus throws a shot from downtown. Nicko moves away and avoids it.

Nicko drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nicko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sarus is keeping the position for now.
Nicko advances to half guard.

Sarus is defending against the submission attempts here by Nicko.
Nicko trying to mount his opponent but Sarus defends it.
Nicko works his way into side control.

Nicko thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nicko tries for a kimura but Sarus is defending well.

Nicko thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Nicko tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nicko has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Nicko is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sarus has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nicko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Nicko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sarus keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nicko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sarus knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Nicko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sarus knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nicko is breathing heavily.

Nicko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Nicko looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nicko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sarus knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Nicko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sarus, who protects the arm well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Nicko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vasilios Nicko dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sarus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nicko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sarus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sarus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nicko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sarus misses the jab.
Anton Sarus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nicko drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Nicko advances position into side control!
Nicko wants to control but Sarus is keeping him busy.
Sarus is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicko is really struggling to control Sarus but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Nicko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sarus, who protects the arm well.

Nicko in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Sarus is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vasilios Nicko!