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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nasir Prince (ranked 2951 p4p, 2618 weight class) and Zigor Azarola (ranked 176 p4p, 158 weight class). Prince's entrance music is Nas- N.Y. State of Mind. A fine choice. Azarola has chosen Million Shattered Swords by Witchrot as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasir Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zigor Azarola!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Azarola.
Prince misses with a series of wild punches.
Prince throws a right hand that Azarola ducks under and follows up with a left that Azarola also avoids with ease.
A low kick lands for Azarola.
Prince has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Azarola digs a good body shot into Prince's ribs.
Azarola has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Azarola there as he acknowledges the shot.
Azarola connects with a right hand. Prince shakes it off.
Azarola misses with a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Prince blocks the leg kick.
Azarola tries to land a leg kick but Prince saw it coming and moves away.
Prince lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azarola attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A jab from Prince does it's job there.
Nice uppercut there from Azarola.
Azarola takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Azarola connects with a right hand. Prince shakes it off.
Prince takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Prince throws a big shot that misses.
Zigor Azarola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Azarola.
Prince with a jab.
Azarola misses with a hook to the body
and Prince counters with a series of strikes. Azarola will be more careful next time no doubt.
Azarola looks to land a right hand but Prince moved out of range.
Azarola throws a lazy head kick
and Prince counters with a straight right hand.
Nice shot by Prince.
Prince throws a right hand that Azarola ducks under and follows up with a left that Azarola also avoids with ease.
Azarola throws a quick inside leg kick.
Prince bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prince throwing a counter right hand but Azarola manages to avoid it.
Azarola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prince comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Azarola loads up on a big right hand but Prince slips the punch.
Prince throws a hook but Azarola avoids it easily.
Azarola misses with a leg kick
and Prince counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Prince is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Azarola missing with a left hand there. Prince was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Azarola, right into the meat of the thigh.
Azarola takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Prince jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Prince.
Prince scores with a nice strike.
Azarola thumps Prince with a low kick.
Azarola scores with a jab to the body.
Azarola avoids a punch combination nicely.
Prince looks to land a right hand but Azarola moved out of range.
Prince throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Azarola.
Azarola ducks under a wild hook from Prince.
Prince clobbers Azarola with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Azarola misses with a looping right.
Prince avoids the body shot from Azarola.
Good shot there by Azarola.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prince. Azarola does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Azarola.
A slow jab from Prince misses its intended target.
Prince connects with a good right hand that stumbles Azarola. Azarola circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Prince lands with a straight right. Azarola didn't see that one coming.
A big left from Prince misses.
A low kick lands for Azarola.
Azarola throws a body punch but Prince moves out of range.
Azarola throws a leg kick but Prince checks it.
Prince just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Azarola misses.
Prince swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Prince is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Azarola ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Azarola connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Azarola misses with a low kick as Prince jumps back.
A leg kick checked by Azarola.
Azarola lands a nice hook to Prince's body. Prince takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Azarola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Prince.
A swing and a miss from Azarola.
Azarola has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Azarola throws a hook but Prince blocks it.
Prince is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Prince attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Prince connects with a crisp jab.
Prince moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Prince connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Prince connects with a single shot there.
An inside leg kick lands from Azarola.
Azarola misses with a body shot.
It looked like Prince wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Prince lands with an overhand left.
Azarola scores with the left hand. Prince knows he should have avoided that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azarola misses the shot to the body.
Azarola feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Princes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Prince connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Prince throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nasir Prince will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Azarola throws the left hand but Prince avoids the punch easily.
Azarola misses with an uppercut
and Prince counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Azarola throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab, jab by Prince - just one landing.
Prince fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to the liver by Azarola. Beautiful body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Prince checks a leg kick.
Azarola misses with an uppercut.
Prince swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Prince has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Azarola.
Azarola throws a leg kick that misses.
Prince is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Azarola slips a straight right by Prince.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azarola misses the shot to the body.
Prince scores with a crisp jab that stopped Azarola in his tracks.
Prince throws a hook but Azarola avoids it easily.
Azarola misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Azarola scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince blocks a jab.
Azarola has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Prince loads up on a big right hand but Azarola slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Azarola.
Nice defenses there by Azarola.
Azarola tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Azarola throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azarola moves into range and clinches up with Prince.
Prince lands with a left to the head.
Prince lands a shoulder strike.
Prince lands a hook to the side of the head.
Prince blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince blocks an uppercut.
Azarola's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Azarola.
Azarola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Prince throwing a counter right hand but Azarola manages to avoid it.
Azarola with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Prince to score with a decent uppercut.
Nasir Prince is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the body from Azarola misses
enabling Prince to counter with a crisp jab.
Prince looks to land a right hand but Azarola moved out of range.
Prince misses with a straight left.
Azarola throws out a powerful jab.
Prince throws a lazy right hand but Azarola sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azarola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prince is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Prince avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Prince connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Zigor Azarola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Prince lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Prince swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Azarola slips under a jab.
Azarola throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Prince connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Azarola's hands.
Azarola walks into a stiff left hand from Prince.
Azarola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Prince has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Azarola on the side of the head.
Prince avoids the body shot from Azarola.
Prince keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Prince lands with a nice body punch.
Azarola throws a big shot that misses.
Azarola throws a low kick but it's checked well by Prince.
Azarola fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Prince.
Prince comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Prince looks to land a combination but Azarola avoids it well.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Prince misses with a few strikes there.
Azarola avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Prince lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Azarola throws a hook but Prince blocks it.
Azarola fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Prince looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azarola throws a hook but Prince avoids it easily.
Prince scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Azarola fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Prince, pushing him back against the cage.
Prince has a couple of punches blocked by Azarola.
Azarola tries to work over Prince's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Prince misses with some punches.
Azarola wants to stall.
Azarola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azarola has a couple of punches blocked by Prince.
Azarola tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prince.
Azarola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azarola working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azarola tries to throw a body punch but Prince avoids it by throwing Azarola back against the cage.
Prince lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nasir Prince will probably get the nod.
That's time! Prince's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A shot to the body from Azarola misses
letting Prince counter with a right hand.
Prince loads up on a big right hand but Azarola slips the punch.
A nice leg kick from Azarola, right into the meat of the thigh.
Azarola misses with a left hand
and Prince counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Azarola slips under a jab from Prince.
Prince attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Prince ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Prince checks a low kick from Azarola.
Prince lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Prince throws a hook to the side of Azarola's head but Azarola sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azarola throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Azarola misses.
Prince looks to throw the jab but Azarola is out of range.
Prince with a hook.
Prince throws a jab but it's blocked by Azarola.
Prince takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Prince swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prince swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prince throws a looping overhand right but Azarola ducks down to avoid it.
Azarola dodges the punch combination from Prince.
An inside leg kick from Azarola misses.
Azarola ducks right into an uppercut from Prince.
Azarola throws a head kick that misses
enabling Prince to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Prince there.
Azarola throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Prince throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Prince comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Prince lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azarola throws a head kick but Prince moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azarola looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Azarola throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prince misses with the combination.
Azarola throws a shot from downtown. Prince moves away and avoids it.
Azarola on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A head kick by Azarola misses
and Prince connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Azarola throws a hook to the side of Prince's head but Prince sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azarola misses the shot to the body.
Azarola scores with a nice strike.
Azarola checks a leg kick nicely.
Prince misses with a straight right.
Azarola tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Azarola has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Azarola there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince cracks Azarola with a good jab.
A nice leg kick from Prince, right into the meat of the thigh.
Azarola is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Azarola walks into a jab.
Azarola lands the left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Prince. That snapped Azarola's head back.
Prince slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Azarola misses with a body shot.
Prince misses with a few strikes there.
Azarola throws out a leg kick but Prince moves out of range and Azarola only half commits.
Azarola scores with a nice head shot.
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!
A combination from Prince does no damage.
Azarola thumps Prince with a low kick.
Prince thuds his right hand into Azarola's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Azarola throws a head kick but Prince moves out of range.
Prince swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azarola throws a head kick that misses.
Azarola cracks Prince with a good jab.
Prince throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Azarola.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Azarola lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Prince has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Prince and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azarola finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Azarola misses with a low kick as Prince jumps back.
Azarola lands with a kick to the temple. Prince shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Azarola takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Azarola displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Prince throws out the jab.
A lazy left from Azarola finds it's target.
Prince works the jab nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Prince misses.
A swing and a miss from Azarola.
Prince chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Azarola can pounce on him.
Nasir Prince is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Some wild striking there from Prince.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nasir Prince showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Prince, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nasir Prince!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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