PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Mike Butcher (ranked 5355 p4p, 3659 weight class) and Fred Nikolaou (ranked 523 p4p, 424 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Butcher
vs
Nikolaou

177 cm
19
155
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
146
0 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
Granite chin

Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fred Nikolaou!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butcher connects with an inside leg kick.
Nikolaou throws a lazy body kick
and Butcher counters with a low kick, right behind Nikolaou 's knee.
Butcher with a nice calf kick.
Nikolaou throws a head kick that misses.
Butcher throwing a counter right hand but Nikolaou manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Nikolaou.
Butcher lands a leg kick that knocks Nikolaou off balance momentarily.
Butcher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nikolaou connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nikolaou has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Butcher.
Butcher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nikolaou misses with a double jab
and Butcher counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nikolaou's knee momentarily.
Nikolaou pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Butcher tried to counter with a leg kick but Nikolaou avoided it.
Nikolaou throws a sloppy head kick
and Butcher counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Nikolaou misses.
Nikolaou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher throws a leg kick which misses Nikolaou's front leg but catches the back leg as Nikolaou tries to avoid it.
Nikolaou tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Butcher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nikolaou looks to throw a body kick
and Butcher counters with a straight right hand.
Butcher blocks a head kick by Nikolaou.
Butcher fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nikolaou thows a leg kick but Butcher checks it
and Butcher makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Butcher lands with a nice body kick.
Nikolaou looks winded!
Butcher fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nikolaou has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Butcher scores with the left hand. Nikolaou knows he should have avoided that one.
Butcher definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butcher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nikolaou swinging wildly here.
Butcher is looking to counter with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Butcher.
It appears Butcher was looking to counter with a kick there.
Nikolaou wants to clinch up but Butcher keeps it at a distance.
Nikolaou throws a leg kick
and Butcher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nikolaou's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Butcher connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nikolaou scrambles back to his feet.

Nikolaou is rocked!
Butcher throws a leg kick which misses Nikolaou's front leg but catches the back leg as Nikolaou tries to avoid it.
Nikolaou is still on wobbly legs! Can Butcher finish him?
Nikolaou walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Nikolaou is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mike Butcher!