PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noob Crusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noob Crusher has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Timothy Nilsson's chin.

Nilsson
vs
Crusher

177 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Timothy Nilsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Noob Crusher!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nilsson looks to land a combination but Crusher avoids it well.
Nilsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Crusher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nilsson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Crusher clinches with his opponent.
Crusher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crusher jumps guard but Nilsson stands there with Crusher around his waist. Crusher gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Crusher keeps control of Nilsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crusher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nilsson walks away with a smile on his face. Crusher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nilsson tries to bum rush Crusher with a series of wild strikes but Crusher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nilsson throws a sloppy head kick and Crusher moves out of range easily.
Nilsson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nilsson throws a series of punches but Crusher moves out of range.
Crusher lands with a thumping leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Nilsson.
Nilsson wants to clinch.
Nilsson misses with the combination.
Crusher tries for a takedown but Nilsson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Timothy Nilsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noob Crusher.

Nilsson moves into the clinch.

Nilsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crusher throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nilsson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crusher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crusher blocks a jab.
Nilsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Crusher buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crusher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crusher throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Crusher fails to land the takedown.
Crusher scoring well with a low kick there.
Crusher shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nilsson as he jumps to the side.

Crusher pushes Nilsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Nilsson stops a takedown attempt from Crusher.
Crusher wants a takedown.
A short body shot lands from Nilsson as the two fighters clinch.

Nilsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crusher dips to his left and cracks Nilsson with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crusher.
Nilsson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crusher as he jumps to the side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crusher fails to pull guard.
Nilsson is working for takedown but Crusher is calmly controlling the position for now.
Crusher keeps control of Nilsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crusher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nilsson keeps control of Crusher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crusher fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nilsson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crusher.
Crusher is trying to drag Nilsson to the mat but Nilsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Crusher prevents a takedown attempt there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crusher tries for a takedown but Nilsson manages to get underhooks.
Nilsson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crusher prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusher fails to pull guard.
Nilsson stops a takedown attempt from Crusher.

Nilsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nilsson misses with a few strikes there.
Crusher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crusher throws a combination that misses

and Nilsson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Crusher keeps control of Nilsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crusher drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Nilsson manages to break the clinch.
Crusher shoots in but Nilsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Nilsson moves into range and clinches up with Crusher.
Nilsson wants to break free but Crusher has control.
Crusher tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nilsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusher wants to break free but Nilsson has control.
Crusher fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Crusher is trying to break the clinch but Nilsson has him pressed against the cage.
Nilsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crusher goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nilsson prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nilsson.
Crusher tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Crusher wants a takedown.
Crusher tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nilsson smiles and moves away.
A punch combination from Nilsson misses.

Nilsson pushes Crusher up against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crusher tries to pull guard but Nilsson holds him up against the cage and eventually Crusher drops back down to his feet.
Nilsson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Crusher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Crusher throws a sloppy head kick and Nilsson moves out of range easily.
Nilsson wants to clinch up but Crusher keeps it at a distance.
Nilsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crusher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nilsson lands a jab to Crusher's midsection.
Nilsson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crusher counters with a low kick, right behind Nilsson 's knee.

Nilsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nilsson goes for a takedown attempt but Crusher pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nilsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crusher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Timothy Nilsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crusher tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nilsson swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nilsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crusher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crusher looks to clinch

and Nilsson counters by clinching up.
Crusher fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nilsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nilsson is trying to drag Crusher to the mat but Crusher just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson is pressed up against the cage. Crusher has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nilsson down to the mat. Nilsson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Timothy Nilsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noob Crusher.
Crusher has a takedown stuffed.
Nilsson moves in looking to clinch but Crusher pushes him off.
Crusher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crusher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nilsson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nilsson shoots in and drives through. Crusher sprawls well.
Crusher throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nilsson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nilsson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Crusher misses with a head kick.
Crusher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nilsson shoots for a takedown but Crusher saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nilsson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crusher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crusher tries to clinch there but Nilsson circles away.
Nilsson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nilsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crusher lands a head kick!
Crusher looks to clinch
and Nilsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Nilsson rushes Crusher and presses him up against the cage.
Nilsson wants to break free but Crusher has control.
Crusher changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nilsson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Crusher tries a head kick but it misses.
Nilsson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nilsson wants to clinch.
Crusher wants to clinch but Nilsson slips to the side
and Nilsson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Crusher scores with a head kick.
Nilsson tries to clinch but Crusher moves out of range.
Crusher throws a head kick that misses

and Nilsson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson prevents the takedown attempt.
Crusher wants to get back to striking at distance but Nilsson won't allow it.
Nilsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crusher tries to pull guard but Nilsson won't allow it.

Nilsson manages to break the clinch.
Nilsson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crusher counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Nilsson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Crusher is looking to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Crusher.
Nilsson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Crusher tries to clinch but Nilsson moves away
and Nilsson counters with a left to the body.
Crusher fails to land the takedown.
Nilsson scores with a body shot.
Crusher misses with a head kick.
Nilsson looks to land a combination but Crusher avoids it well.

Crusher closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nilsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crusher tries to clinch but Nilsson moves away
and Nilsson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Crusher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crusher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nilsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crusher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crusher tries for a takedown but Nilsson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Crusher fails with a takedown attempt.
Nilsson lunges at Crusher with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crusher's hand.
Crusher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crusher, right into the meat.
Nilsson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Crusher connects with a high kick.
Nilsson tries to clinch up.
Nilsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crusher. Crusher obviously looking to wear him down.
Crusher scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Nilsson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nilsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crusher lands a nice hook to Nilsson's body. Nilsson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Crusher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crusher tries a head kick but it misses.

Nilsson has closed the distance and engaged Crusher in a clinch.
Nilsson is trying to drag Crusher to the mat but Crusher just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Crusher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nilsson tries to break the clinch but Crusher is controlling the position.
Crusher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nilsson walks away with a smile on his face. Crusher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Crusher misses with a head kick.
Crusher blocks a head kick by Nilsson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nilsson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Crusher keeps the fight on the outside.
Crusher throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nilsson's head.
Nilsson tries to clinch there but Crusher circles away.
Nilsson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Nilsson drives through and clinches with Crusher against the cage.
Crusher fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nilsson manages to break the clinch.
Crusher closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nilsson thows a body shot but no joy.
Crusher goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Horrible takedown by Nilsson or perhaps it was just good defense by Crusher which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timothy Nilsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nilsson misses with the combination.
Crusher misses with a head kick.
Nilsson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Crusher fails with the takedown.

Nilsson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nilsson trying to control the action but Crusher is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusher controlling the position for now.

Nilsson stands up and beckons Crusher to join him on the feet.
Nilsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nilsson.
Crusher darts in trying to clinch

and Nilsson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Nilsson drags the fight down to the ground.
Crusher stands and throws Nilsson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Crusher tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nilsson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson manages to get to full guard.
Crusher trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Crusher drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Nilsson dives on top into guard.

Crusher looking for a guillotine here but Nilsson defends easily.
Crusher keeping moving, preventing Nilsson from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nilsson stopping the sweep attempt from Crusher.
Nilsson postures up.
Nilsson stands and throws Crusher's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nilsson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Crusher down.
Nilsson is looking to take a break and control but Crusher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Crusher is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Timothy Nilsson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nilsson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timothy Nilsson!