PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Nickels (ranked 1693 p4p, 28 weight class) and Culver Crimson (ranked 4216 p4p, 40 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Nickels
vs
Crimson

190 cm
31
245 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

191 cm
40
244 lbs
27 - 31 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Nickels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Culver Crimson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crimson lands with a right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nickels.
Nickels looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nickels jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Crimson misses.
Crimson swings for the body but Nickels moves out of range.
Crimson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crimson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Nickels shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crimson's guard.
Crimson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nickels is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crimson has momentary wrist control but Nickels slips an elbow through the middle.
Nickels working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nickels postures up in Crimson's guard and throws a big left but Crimson blocks it.
Nickels is looking to work some ground and pound but Crimson has wrist control.
Nickels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crimson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Crimson wants to stand up but Nickels is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickels content to stall in guard here.
Nickels postures up in Crimson's guard and throws a big left but Crimson blocks it.
Crimson keeping moving, preventing Nickels from controlling successfully.
Crimson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nickels connects with a couple of short punches.
Nickels trying to control but Crimson is working from the bottom.
Nickels is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Crimson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crimson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nickels.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nickels takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nickels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nickels takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nickels connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nickels moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nickels tries to bum rush Crimson with a series of wild strikes but Crimson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crimson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nickels moves out of range as Crimson throws a body kick.
Jimmy Nickels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crimson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nickels catches Crimson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Crimson throws a head kick that misses.
Nickels went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickels lands with a nice combination. Crimson backs away looking to recover.
Crimson is looking to clinch.
Nickels clobbers Crimson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nickels listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nickels looks to land a body kick but Crimson moved away.
A jab lands there for Nickels.
Crimson tries to clinch but Nickels moves out of range.
Crimson blocks a head kick by Nickels.
Crimson tries to clinch but Nickels moves out of range.
Nickels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crimson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've been informed that Crimson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nickels swings for the body but Crimson moves out of range.
Nickels dodges the punch combination from Crimson.
Crimson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nickels was well out of range. Poor timing from Crimson.
Crimson wants to clinch.
Crimson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crimson tries to clinch up but Nickels circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nickels tries a head kick but it misses.
Nickels throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nickels moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
No joy there for Nickels, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crimson throws a right hand that Nickels ducks under and follows up with a left that Nickels also avoids with ease.
Crimson moves in looking to clinch but Nickels pushes him off.
Crimson fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Nickels on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nickels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nickels cracks Crimson with a good jab.
Nickels is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Crimson tries to clinch up.
Nickels lands with a straight right. Crimson didn't see that one coming.
Crimson tries to clinch up but Nickels circles away and keeps his distance.
Nickels is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Crimson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nickels manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nickels's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nickels duly obliges.
Crimson looks to land a right hand but Nickels moved out of range.
It appears Nickels was looking to counter with a kick there.
Crimson throws a nice head kick!
Crimson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nickels dips to his left and cracks Crimson with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Nickels dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Crimson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nickels avoids the body shot from Crimson.
Nickels explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nickels blocks a head kick by Crimson.
Nickels slips a jab from Crimson.
Nickels went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nickels connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crimson. Crimson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crimson throws a push kick but Nickels slaps the foot to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Nickels on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nickels loads up on a big right hand but Crimson slips the punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nickels.
Crimson walks into a straight right hand from Nickels.
A left and a right from Nickels both land. Nice combination.
Nickels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Crimson but Crimson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nickels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Crimson backs up against the cage.
Nickels scoring well with a low kick there.
Nickels misses with a two punch combination.
Nickels scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Crimson doesn't seem bothered though.
Crimson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crimson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickels digs a good hook to Crimson's body.
Jimmy Nickels is winning the standup battle so far.
Nickels pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Crimson back to the cage. Nickels follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nickels cracks Crimson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nickels throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crimson.
Nickels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Crimson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nickels shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crimson pinned against the cage. Crimson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nickels misses the shot to the body.
Nickels checks the leg kick nicely there.
Crimson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Nickels drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crimson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nickels.
Nickels not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Crimson has momentary wrist control but Nickels slips an elbow through the middle.
Nickels trying to control but Crimson is working from the bottom.
Nickels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crimson can do to turn this around?
Nickels throwing strikes but missing.
Nickels throws a big elbow that misses.
Nickels looking to sit in guard and control but Crimson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crimson wants to get up but he can't break Nickels's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Crimson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Nickels wants to sweep but no luck.
Crimson wants to stand but Nickels is controlling his posture from full guard.
Crimson being controlled here momentarily.

Crimson gets to his feet - Nickels follows without any prompting.
Nickels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nickels bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Crimson avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crimson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nickels rather than just go for the knockout.
Crimson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nickels pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nickels's corner calls for a 1-2. Nickels obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Crimson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crimson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crimson tries a head kick but it misses.
Crimson throws a sloppy head kick and Nickels moves out of range easily.
Jimmy Nickels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nickels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Crimson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crimson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nickels lands with a kick to the temple. Crimson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nickels stuns Crimson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crimson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crimson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nickels scores with a hook.
Crimson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nickels throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Nickels dominated that second round.
That's time! Nickels's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Crimson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nickels wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nickels lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nickels.
Crimson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crimson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nickels sizes up Crimson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nickels lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nickels.
Nickels misses with the combination.
Crimson wants to counter with a clinch but Nickels pushes him away.
Crimson walks into a straight right hand from Nickels.
Nickels throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crimson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nickels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Crimson's sensitive parts.
Nickels scoring well with a low kick there.
Nickels looks to land a body kick but Crimson moved away.
And Crimson responds with a good body kick, but Nickels manages to step out the way in time.
A right-left combo lands from Nickels.

Crimson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nickels to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Nickels landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crimson wants to get back to his feet but Nickels is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nickels wants to control from the top but Crimson keeps moving.
Nickels won't allow Crimson to get back to his feet.
Nickels throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nickels controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Crimson keeping moving, preventing Nickels from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nickels throws a body punch but Crimson moves out of range.
Nickels swats away the attempt to clinch by Crimson.
A right-left combo lands from Nickels.
A punch combination from Crimson misses.
Nickels lands a jab to the head.
Nickels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crimson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickels's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Crimson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nickels scrambles back to his feet.
Culver Crimson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crimson throws a solid leg kick but Nickels takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Crimson.
Nickels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crimson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Crimson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nickels checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Crimson connects with a leg kick. Nickels looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nickels thuds his shin into the meat of Crimson's side.
Crimson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nickels connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Culver Crimson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nickels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crimson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nickels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nickels looks to land a combination but Crimson avoids it well.
Nickels misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Nickels.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nickels.
Nickels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nickels seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nickels avoids the body shot from Crimson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickels cracks Crimson with an open hand slap.
Crimson tries to clinch up but Nickels circles away and keeps his distance.
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!
Nickels connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nickels goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nickels scores with a sloppy right hand. Crimson should have avoided that one.
Crimson moves in looking to clinch but Nickels pushes him off.
Nickels is looking to land body kicks.
Jab by Nickels.
Crimson motions for Nickels to come forward. Crimson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jimmy Nickels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crimson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nickels moves out of range of the body kick.
Crimson wants to clinch.
Crimson tries to clinch up but Nickels circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Crimson misses.
Crimson throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Nickels showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nickels has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Nickels!