PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Nickoson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nickoson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eye of the Tiger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bryan Nickoson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jones
vs
Nickoson

189 cm
20
195 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Zombie Nutrition - LOD

Affordable Quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bubba Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryan Nickoson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones scores with a three punch combo!
Jones misses with the combination.
Nickoson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones connects with a body shot.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Nickoson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nickoson lands in his opponent's guard.
Nickoson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jones is trying to keep Nickoson in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nickoson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jones scores with a one two! Nickoson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nickoson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones with a jab.
Nickoson looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones cracks a nice hook into Nickoson's ribs.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nickoson looking to score a takedown here. Jones is defending well but Nickoson drives through and ends up in Jones's guard.
Nickoson wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickoson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bryan Nickoson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jones stuns Nickoson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bubba Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nickoson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Nickoson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jones's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nickoson throws a big elbow that misses.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nickoson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Let's hope that Nickoson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Nickoson from controlling successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Bryan Nickoson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nickoson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones works Nickoson's body with a nice hook.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nickoson circles away quickly and effectively.
Nickoson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones.
Nickoson misses with a body shot.
Nickoson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nickoson shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Nickoson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nickoson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A slow jab from Nickoson misses its intended target.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Jones lands a big uppercut and Nickoson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Nickoson looks OK. Jones waves Nickoson back to his feet!

Nickoson is rocked!
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Nickoson is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones drops Nickoson with a huge uppercut! Nickoson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Jones is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bubba Jones!
Bubba Jones seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.