PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Volya Nikolaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikolaev has chosen Fever as his entrance music. Timothy Robinson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Volya Nikolaev's chin.

Robinson
vs
Nikolaev

173 cm
28
169 lbs
20 - 13 - 2

170 cm
32
165 lbs
25 - 20 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill
Hellbent

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 20 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Timothy Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Volya Nikolaev!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Robinson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nikolaev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nikolaev stuns Robinson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A slow jab from Nikolaev misses its intended target.
Robinson walks into a left hand.
Nikolaev misses with a low kick.
Nikolaev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nikolaev uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Robinson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut there from Nikolaev.
Nikolaev scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robinson throws a sloppy head kick and Nikolaev moves out of range easily.
Nikolaev feints a jab promting Robinson to slip. Nikolaev then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Robinson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nikolaev cracks Robinson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Robinson connects with a body shot.
Robinson misses with a leg kick
and Nikolaev counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Nikolaev is just out of range.
A left lands for Nikolaev.

Robinson is rocked!
Robinson misses with a wild body shot.
Nikolaev swinging wildly here.
Robinson throws a leg kick which misses Nikolaev's front leg but catches the back leg as Nikolaev tries to avoid it.
Nikolaev just misses with a punch to the body.
Nikolaev checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Nikolaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Robinson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nikolaev takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nikolaev throws a series of punches but Robinson avoids them all with ease.
Nikolaev throws out a loose jab but Robinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nikolaev scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Robinson backs up against the cage.
Nikolaev 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Nikolaev.
Robinson lands a slapping body shot.
Nikolaev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robinson.
Robinson throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nikolaev avoids it.
Robinson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Robinson staying out of range there.
Robinson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nikolaev blocks a head kick by Robinson.
Nikolaev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Robinson.
Robinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nikolaev.
Volya Nikolaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nikolaev misses with an uppercut.
Robinson takes a swing at Nikolaev's ribcage but misses.
Robinson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nikolaev misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev misses with a right hand
and Robinson counters with a nice leg kick.
Nikolaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Robinson.
Robinson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nikolaev misses with a wild body shot.
Nikolaev throws a hook to the side of Robinson's head but Robinson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Robinson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Nikolaev blocks the leg kick.
Nikolaev blocks a leg kick.
Robinson is looking to wear down Nikolaev with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Robinson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nikolaev checks it well.
Robinson tries to land a front kick but Nikolaev steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Robinson slips a jab from Nikolaev.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Nikolaev.
Nikolaev cracks a nice hook into Robinson's ribs.
Robinson throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev misses with a straight left.
Good shot there by Nikolaev.
Nikolaev lands a nice hook to Robinson's body. Robinson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A leg kick checked by Nikolaev.
Robinson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Robinson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Robinson throws a head kick but Nikolaev moves out of range.
Nikolaev throws out a counter right but Robinson avoids it with no problem.
Robinson misses with a low kick as Nikolaev jumps back.
Robinson slips a straight right by Nikolaev.
Nikolaev with a jab.
Nikolaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Robinson.
As Nikolaev backs away, Robinson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nikolaev cracks Robinson with a good jab.
Robinson slips under a jab.
Nikolaev blocks a leg kick.
Nikolaev throws a looping overhand right but Robinson ducks down to avoid it.
Robinson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Nikolaev just manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Volya Nikolaev dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nikolaev throws a jab when Robinson was well out of range.
Nikolaev throws a big shot that misses.
Robinson attempts a counter takedown but Nikolaev avoids it well and moves away.
Robinson slips a jab and a cross from Nikolaev.
As Nikolaev backs away, Robinson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nikolaev checks the leg kick nicely there.
It seemed like Nikolaev was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Robinson throws a jab but it's blocked by Nikolaev.
Robinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Robinson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nikolaev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Robinson scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Nikolaev misses.
Nikolaev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Robinson is looking to counter with a body kick.
Robinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson tries to work over Nikolaev's front leg with a kick but Nikolaev checks it.
Robinson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nikolaev.
Robinson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Volya Nikolaev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nikolaev swings for the body but Robinson moves out of range.
Nikolaev loads up on a big right hand but Robinson slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Nikolaev does it's job there.
Nikolaev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robinson.
Robinson misses with a low kick.
Nikolaev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A combination from Nikolaev does no damage.
Robinson lands a high kick!
Robinson throws a low kick but Nikolaev avoids it.
Nikolaev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Robinson has time to react.
Nikolaev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nikolaev paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nikolaev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Robinson's hands.
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!
Robinson misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Nikolaev.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a low kick as Nikolaev jumps back.
Robinson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Nikolaev blocks the leg kick.
Nikolaev throws a poor cross that misses
and Robinson counters with a two punch combo.
Nikolaev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nikolaev blocks a head kick by Robinson.
Robinson ducks right into an uppercut from Nikolaev.
Nikolaev blocks a head kick by Robinson.
Nikolaev cracks Robinson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Robinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Robinson walks into a stiff left hand from Nikolaev.
Robinson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nikolaev throws a hook to the side of Robinson's head but Robinson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nikolaev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nikolaev checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Robinson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Nikolaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robinson.
As Nikolaev backs away, Robinson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Some wild striking there from Robinson.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Nikolaev.
Nikolaev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robinson on the side of the head.
A cross from Nikolaev lands.
Nikolaev lands a head shot.
That kick from Robinson tenderised Nikolaev's leg. Nikolaev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Robinson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A telegraphed right hand from Nikolaev misses the target.
Nikolaev scores with a jab.
Robinson throws a leg kick but Nikolaev checks it.
Nikolaev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nikolaev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Robinson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Robinson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Robinson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nikolaev finds it's way round the side to connect with Robinson's head.
Nikolaev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Robinson has time to react.
Nikolaev looks to land a combination but Robinson avoids it well.
Robinson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robinson. Nikolaev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nikolaev lands a jab.
Robinson slips under a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Robinson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Robinson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nikolaev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nikolaev lands with a hook. Robinson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nikolaev paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Volya Nikolaev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nikolaev misses with a wild combination.
Robinson avoids the body shot from Nikolaev.
Nikolaev takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nikolaev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Robinson counters with an inside leg kick.
Donk. Nikolaev catches Robinson right on the button with a cross.
Nikolaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robinson.
Nikolaev throws a lazy right hand but Robinson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick from Robinson misses.
Robinson tries to score with a low kick but Nikolaev moves his leg out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nikolaev.
Robinson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nikolaev.
Robinson lands a nice shot to the body.
Nikolaev takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolaev throws out a powerful jab.
Nikolaev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Robinson.
Nikolaev loads up on a big right hand but Robinson slips the punch.
Nikolaev takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Robinson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A low kick from Robinson misses
and Nikolaev counters with a stiff right hand.
Robinson throws a chopping leg kick but Nikolaev manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nikolaev blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Nikolaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Robinson throws a leg kick
and Nikolaev counters with a slapping leg kick.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nikolaev.
Robinson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Robinson throws a head kick but Nikolaev moves out of range.
Nikolaev connects with a body shot.
Robinson misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev checks a leg kick nicely.
Nikolaev goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robinson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Robinson swings for the body but Nikolaev moves out of range.
Robinson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Robinson tries a head kick but it misses.
Robinson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nikolaev lands a right hook to the body.
Nikolaev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nikolaev lands with a nice body punch.
Robinson swings for the body but Nikolaev moves out of range.
Nikolaev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nikolaev digs a good body shot into Robinson's ribs.
Robinson throws a leg kick
and Nikolaev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Robinson thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Robinson is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nice straight punches there by Nikolaev. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nikolaev.
A bone on bone clash there as Nikolaev blocks the leg kick.
Robinson connects with a solid leg kick.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Nikolaev.
Robinson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nikolaev misses with a straight left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nikolaev.
Robinson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nikolaev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Robinson tries to land a front kick but Nikolaev steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Robinson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nikolaev.
Nikolaev connects with a right hand. Robinson shakes it off.
Oh Robinson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nikolaev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Robinson.
Volya Nikolaev is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Robinson seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nikolaev connects with a single shot there.
Nikolaev checks a leg kick nicely.
Robinson throws a front kick aimed at Nikolaev's knee but Nikolaev avoids it well.
Good exchange - Nikolaev coming out on top.
Nikolaev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Robinson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nikolaev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nikolaev 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.
Good standup being displayed there by Nikolaev as he connects with a hook.
Robinson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Nikolaev. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Nikolaev misses.
Robinson lands with a kick to the temple. Nikolaev shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Timothy Robinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nikolaev with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Volya Nikolaev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nikolaev has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Volya Nikolaev!