PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chip Nickel (ranked 13 p4p, 136 weight class) and Roger Michael Stanley (ranked 3 p4p, 18 weight class). Nickel comes to the cage accompanied by TISM - Greg the Stop Sign. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Nickel
vs
Stanley

189 cm
33
186
30 - 10 - 0

190 cm
29
191
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chip Nickel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roger Michael Stanley!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickel throws a hook but Stanley blocks it.
Nickel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nickel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nickel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stanley checks a low kick from Nickel.
Stanley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stanley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nickel connects with a right hand. Stanley shakes it off.
Nickel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A bone on bone clash there as Stanley blocks the leg kick.
Nickel thuds his shin into the meat of Stanley's side.
Nickel throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Stanley counters with a straight right hand.
Crunch! Nickel slams his shin into Stanley's torso.
Stanley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Stanley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stanley duly obliges.
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!
Stanley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nickel's sensitive parts.
Stanley takes a swing at Nickel's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel misses with a head kick.
Nickel misses with the combination.
Nickel works Stanley's body with a nice hook.
Nickel throws a sloppy head kick and Stanley moves out of range easily.
Nickel throws a leg kick which misses Stanley's front leg but catches the back leg as Stanley tries to avoid it.
Nickel throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stanley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nickel.
Stanley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nickel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nickel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Stanley misses.
Nickel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stanley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nickel.
A swing and a miss from Nickel.
It seemed like Stanley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Stanley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickel misses with a kick to the body.
Stanley throws a hook but Nickel blocks it.
Stanley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
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!
Nickel misses with a body shot.
As Nickel backs off Stanley throws a huge counter combo but Nickel manages to avoid it all.
Jab, jab by Nickel - just one landing.
Nickel throws a hook to the side of Stanley's head but Stanley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chip Nickel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nickel throws a leg kick which misses Stanley's front leg but catches the back leg as Stanley tries to avoid it.
Nickel tries to score with a low kick but Stanley moves his leg out of the way.
Stanley scores with a hook to the body. Nickel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stanley misses with a hook.
Nickel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nickel throws a leg kick
and Stanley makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Nickel really felt that one!
Nickel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stanley.
Nickel throws a hook but Stanley avoids it easily.
A jab from Stanley finds it's way through Nickel's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickel moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Nickel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nickel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stanley lands with a good body shot.
That kick from Stanley tenderised Nickel's leg. Nickel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nickel connects with an inside leg kick.
Nickel throws a lazy right hand but Stanley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stanley ducks under a wild hook from Nickel.
Nickel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Stanley needs to keep his hands up - Nickel had a free shot at his head there.
Stanley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nickel misses with a looping left.
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!
Nickel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nickel blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Stanley as he checks the leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Stanley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stanley just misses with a punch to the body.
Stanley misses with a looping left.
Nickel misses the shot to the body.
Stanley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nickel.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nickel.
Stanley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nickel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stanley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stanley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A lazy left from Stanley finds it's target.
Stanley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stanley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stanley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nickel lands with a nice body punch.
Stanley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nickel tried to counter with a leg kick but Stanley avoided it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stanley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stanley avoids a kick to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Stanley might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nickel has got the better of the exchanges.
Stanley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nickel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stanley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nickel tries a low kick but Stanley avoids it.
Stanley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nickel.
A little feinted left hand from Nickel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stanley looks to land a combination but Nickel avoids it well.
Nickel lands a right hook to the body.
Stanley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nickel lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanley moves away from the strike by Nickel.
Stanley slips under a jab from Nickel.
Nickel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanley.
Stanley misses with a body kick.
Nickel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stanley manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel throws a push kick but Stanley slaps the foot to one side.
Stanley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nickel throws a body shot but no joy.
Nickel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Stanley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A counter left hand to the body from Nickel misses its target.
Nickel just misses with a punch to the body.
Stanley slips a jab from Nickel.
Nickel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stanley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nickel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanley.
Nickel misses with an uppercut
and Stanley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab by Nickel.
Nickel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nickel looks to score with a jab to the body but Stanley is just out of range.
Stanley misses with a straight right.
Nickel lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nickel lunges at Stanley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stanley's hand.
A lazy left from Nickel finds it's target.
Stanley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickel.
Chip Nickel is winning the standup battle so far.
Stanley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stanley throws a looping overhand right but Nickel ducks down to avoid it.
Nickel throws out a loose jab but Stanley uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Stanley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nickel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stanley can do to turn this around?
Nickel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nickel tried to score with a low kick but Stanley checks it.
Nickel lands a nice shot to the body.
Stanley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stanley slips a jab from Nickel.
Nickel walks into a straight right hand from Stanley.
Nickel thumps Stanley with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Nickel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickel throws the kick towards the body but Stanley avoids it.
Nickel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stanley throws a body punch but Nickel moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Nickel.
Nickel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stanley checks a leg kick nicely.
Nickel lands a jab to the nose.
Stanley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nickel can pounce on him.
Nickel looks to score with a jab to the body but Stanley is just out of range.
Stanley tries a head kick but it misses.
Stanley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nickel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanley.
Stanley throws a sloppy head kick and Nickel moves out of range easily.
Stanley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nickel's sensitive parts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nickel, as that shot connected.
A head kick misses from Stanley.
A little feinted left hand from Nickel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stanley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nickel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stanley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nickel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stanley slips under a jab.
Stanley throws out a counter right but Nickel avoids it with no problem.
Nickel cracks Stanley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nickel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nickel lands a jab to the nose.
Stanley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nickel. Nickel obviously looking to wear him down.
A combination from Stanley does no damage.
Jab by Nickel.
Stanley throws the kick towards the body but Nickel avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chip Nickel dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stanley throws a lazy right hand but Nickel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nickel throws a hook but Stanley blocks it.
Nickel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanley was well out of range. Poor timing from Nickel.
Nickel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nickel connects with a looping right hand.
Stanley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Stanley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Stanley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Stanley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanley steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nickel. That one must have hurt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Stanley, as that shot connected.
Stanley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nickel throws a hook but Stanley avoids it easily.
Nickel slips a jab from Stanley.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nickel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stanley counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stanley throws a head kick that misses
and Nickel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nickel clobbers Stanley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nickel misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stanley! But no joy.
Nickel scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters circling - Stanley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nickel with a nice cross.
Stanley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stanley walks into a jab.
Nickel throws a leg kick but Stanley moved away.
A big right from Stanley misses.
Nickel misses the shot to the body.
Stanley swings widly with a right hand
and Stanley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stanley throws a push kick but Nickel slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickel scores with a three punch combo!
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!
Stanley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nickel wants to land a leg kick but Stanley is out of range.
Stanley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nickel connects with an inside leg kick.
Stanley misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Stanley.
Nickel feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Stanley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickel.
Nickel thuds a left hand into Stanley's body.
Nickel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Stanley.
Nickel throws a leg kick but Stanley checks it.
Nickel cracks Stanley with a good jab.
Nickel scores with a jab. Stanley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nickel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickel connects with a solid leg kick.
Stanley checks a leg kick.
Stanley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stanley throws a leg kick but Nickel moved away.
Nickel stuns Stanley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good exchange - Nickel coming out on top.
Nickel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanley.
It seemed like Stanley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nickel tries to work over Stanley's front leg with a kick but Stanley checks it.
Stanley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nickel.
Nickel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nickel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanley staying out of range there.
Stanley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stanley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanley staying out of range there.
Nickel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nickel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
Nickel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stanley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stanley bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nickel's head backwards.
Nickel misses with a low kick.
Nickel punishes Stanley's body with a nice straight punch.
Nickel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nickel misses with a lunging right hand
and Stanley makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nickel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nickel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Nickel.
Stanley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chip Nickel clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Stanley throws a looping overhand right but Nickel ducks down to avoid it.
Stanley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nickel was well out of range. Poor timing from Stanley.
Nickel misses with an uppercut. Stanley saw that one coming.
Nickel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stanley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jab from Nickel.
Nickel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stanley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nickel scoring well with a low kick there.
Stanley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanley throws a counter combo.
Stanley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Stanley. Beautiful body shot.
Stanley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nickel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nickel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stanley moves away.
Nickel misses with a looping left.
Stanley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stanley misses with a wild body shot.
Nickel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nickel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stanley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stanley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big right from Stanley misses.
Nickel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nickel loads up on a big right hand but Stanley slips the punch.
Stanley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickel.
Stanley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nickel jabs at Stanley's body.
Nickel slips a jab from Stanley.
Nickel throwing a counter right hand but Stanley manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Nickel misses.
Nickel connects with a right hand. Stanley shakes it off.
Stanley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stanley moves out of range of the body kick.
Stanley scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nickel misses the shot to the body.
Roger Michael Stanley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stanley cracks Nickel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Stanley walks into a jab.
Nickel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stanley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stanley throws an off balance right hand
and Nickel counters with a straight right hand.
Nickel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stanley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nickel tests Stanley's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stanley is out of range.
Stanley misses with a straight right.
Nickel feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Stanley.
Stanley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stanley throws the left hand but Nickel avoids the punch easily.
Stanley throws a jab when Nickel was well out of range.
Nickel moves away from the strike by Stanley.
Stanley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stanley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nickel lands a nice looking body kick.
Nickel scoring well with a low kick there.
Stanley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nickel cracks Stanley with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Stanley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stanley.
Nickel looks to land a left hand but Stanley moved out of range nicely.
Stanley throws out a counter right but Nickel avoids it with no problem.
Stanley looks for the body kick but Nickel saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Stanley. That's going to slow Nickel down.
Stanley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stanley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nickel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nickel lands with a straight right. Stanley didn't see that one coming.
Stanley throws a looping overhand right but Nickel ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Nickel does it's job there.
Nickel slips under a jab.
Nickel was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nickel lunges at Stanley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stanley's hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Chip Nickel will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Nickel thuds a left hand into Stanley's body.
Nickel scoring well with a low kick there.
Nickel lands a leg kick that knocks Stanley off balance momentarily.
Stanley walks into a stiff left hand from Nickel.
Nickel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stanley.
Nickel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stanley.
Stanley is looking to score with low kicks.
Nickel scores with a leg kick.
Nickel misses with an uppercut. Stanley saw that one coming.
Stanley replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Nickel blocks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Stanley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stanley.
Stanley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nickel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nickel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nickel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stanley on the side of the head.
Stanley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nickel. Nickel obviously looking to wear him down.
Nickel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nickel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stanley under the eye.
Stanley misses with a double jab.
Nickel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Stanley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stanley misses with an uppercut.
Nickel is looking to chop away at Stanley's legs.
Nickel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stanley takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters circling a little - Nickel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nickel missing with a left hand there. Stanley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stanley avoids the body shot from Nickel.
Nickel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stanleys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stanley has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nickel.
Stanley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nickel misses with a hook
and Stanley counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid body kick from Nickel.
A clash of legs there as Nickel blocks the low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Nickel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nickel.
Nickel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nickel throws a leg kick which misses Stanley's front leg but catches the back leg as Stanley tries to avoid it.
Stanley scores with a spinning back kick!
Chip Nickel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nickel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stanley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nickel.
It looked like Nickel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stanley misses with a body kick.
Nickel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stanley manages to avoid it.
Stanley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stanley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nickel. Nickel obviously looking to wear him down.
Nickel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stanley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nickel throws a hook to the side of Stanley's head but Stanley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stanley looks to throw the jab but Nickel is out of range.
Nickel throws a shot to the body.
Nickel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stanley slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickel misses with a straight left.
Stanley misses with a wild combination.
Stanley ducks right into an uppercut from Nickel.
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!
Nickel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Nickel. That snapped Stanley's head back.
Nickel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stanley.
Nickel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stanley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nickel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stanley scrambles back to his feet.
Nickel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stanley throws out the jab.
Nickel throwing a counter right hand but Stanley manages to avoid it.
Nickel misses with an uppercut
and Stanley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nickel's knee momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chip Nickel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nickel 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chip Nickel!
Chip Nickel retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Chip Nickel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.