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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Phil Rivers (ranked 1766 p4p, 2209 weight class) and Nasir Prince (ranked 162 p4p, 193 weight class). Rivers comes to the cage accompanied by RUNNING IN THE 90’s. Prince is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nas- N.Y. State of Mind. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phil Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasir Prince!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Rivers misses.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Prince misses the target.
Prince moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Prince has managed to clinch.
Rivers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rivers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rivers lands a damaging elbow.
Rivers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Rivers.
Prince's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Prince rushes Rivers and presses him up against the cage.
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!
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Prince uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prince fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prince swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Rivers has been working on his elbows in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince avoids a wild elbow strike from Rivers.
Prince manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Rivers misses.
Prince rushes Rivers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Prince uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prince pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Prince moves out of range as Rivers strikes.
Prince clinches up against the cage.
Rivers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Prince backwards.
Rivers throws a punch but it's blocked by Prince.
Rivers will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Prince up against the cage.
Prince lands with a right to the head.
Prince lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prince blocks an elbow strike from Rivers.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prince has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rivers seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Prince can turn it around.
Rivers is looking to control Prince's arms but Prince gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rivers has his back to the cage.
Rivers lands a nice elbow.
Rivers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prince breaks the clinch.
Rivers forces Prince back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivers.
Rivers stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice left hand lands by Rivers.
Prince escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prince misses with a hook.
Rivers wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rivers forces Prince back against the cage and clinches.
Prince misses with some punches.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
Prince's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Prince closes the distance and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Prince.
Rivers pushes Prince back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rivers lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Prince or not.
Prince lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rivers has him pressed against the cage.
Rivers looking to slow down the pace here.
Prince swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Prince lands with a light punch inside.
Prince swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prince swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Prince just leaning against Rivers, taking a breather.
Prince prevents a body shot from Rivers.
The referee calls for Prince to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prince.
Prince lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rivers working aggressively here.
Prince blocks an uppercut.
Rivers lands with a light punch inside.
Prince scores with a shoulder strike.
Prince effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers lands an elbow inside that Prince shrugs off.
Rivers working aggressively here.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Prince uses good head movement to avoid it.
Prince lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
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!
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Prince blocks an uppercut.
Prince blocking some punches.
Prince blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prince tries to break the clinch but Rivers is controlling the position.
Prince lands a right hand.
Prince misses with a hook from the clinch.
Prince lands a shoulder strike.
Prince has a couple of punches blocked by Rivers.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers misses with some punches.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Prince misses with a hook from the clinch.
Prince blocking some punches.
Rivers lands with a left to the head.
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 Phil Rivers will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rivers throws a body shot but no joy.
Rivers moves into the clinch.
Rivers lands a nice uppercut.
Prince manages to break the clinch.
Rivers lands a really nice looking cross but Prince seems unphased.
Prince steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Rivers throws the left hand but Prince avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Prince misses.
Prince walks into a jab.
Prince throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prince fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Prince. That's going to slow Rivers down.
Rivers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Prince lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers scores with a jab. Prince acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Phil Rivers is winning the standup battle so far.
Rivers missing with a left hand there. Prince was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prince scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Prince keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivers misses with a straight left.
Rivers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivers misses with a hook.
Prince fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rivers, pushing him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince trying to stall but Rivers improves his position.
Prince misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Rivers fails to land.
Prince looking to stall.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivers lands with a right to the head.
Rivers misses with some punches.
Rivers misses with the head strike.
Prince working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Prince.
Prince lands a left hand.
Prince takes a shot to the head.
Prince just leaning against Rivers, taking a breather.
Rivers working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prince.
Rivers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Prince is trying to push Rivers away but Rivers has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Prince blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers is looking to control Prince's arms but Prince gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rivers has his back to the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Prince.
Phil Rivers has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Prince breaks from the clinch.
Prince throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers misses with a two punch combination.
Rivers drops his hands momentarily and Prince takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rivers forces Prince back against the cage and clinches.
Prince tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rivers.
Prince fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prince fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prince pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Prince swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Prince throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Rivers just misses with a punch to the body.
Prince throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rivers lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Prince backs up against the cage.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Prince.
Rivers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Prince is looking for the big counter here.
Nice defenses there by Prince.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a looping right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Prince.
Rivers takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rivers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Prince's head backwards.
A big right from Rivers misses.
A punch combination from Rivers misses.
Prince takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rivers looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
Prince looks to land a combination but Rivers avoids it well.
Prince dodges the punch combination from Rivers.
Rivers slips a jab from Prince.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Prince.
Prince smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prince clinches up against the cage.
Prince pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Rivers.
A slow jab from Prince misses its intended target.
Rivers lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rivers has Prince up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers lands a left hand.
Rivers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rivers is trying to maintain a safe position but Prince gets an underhook and turns Rivers into the cage.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Rivers.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
Rivers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rivers pushes off an throws an elbow but Prince leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Prince tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivers scores with a shot to the side of Prince's head.
Rivers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rivers - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rivers has a couple of punches blocked by Prince.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Prince.
Prince scores with a shoulder strike.
Rivers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Prince's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Rivers dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Prince with a jab.
Prince throws a series of punches but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
Rivers misses with a hook.
Prince lands a jab to the nose.
Prince lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fighters circle momentarily. Prince darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rivers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Prince.
Prince jabs at Rivers's body.
Rivers looks to throw the jab but Prince is out of range.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Prince moves away and avoids it.
Rivers moves into range and clinches up with Prince.
Prince blocks an uppercut.
Prince is struggling to control the position.
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
Prince lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
Prince takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Prince creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Prince has a couple of punches blocked by Rivers.
Prince stalling in the clinch but Rivers improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers lands an elbow inside that Prince shrugs off.
Rivers misses with the head strike.
Prince blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Rivers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Prince blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivers has a couple of punches blocked by Prince.
Prince tries to break the clinch but Rivers is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Prince makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Rivers.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Prince breaks the clinch.
Prince with a jab.
Prince digs a good body shot into Rivers's ribs.
Nasir Prince has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prince moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Prince lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rivers working aggressively here.
Rivers lands a shoulder strike.
Prince lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
Prince blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Prince blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rivers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rivers lands with a left to the head.
Rivers lands a hook that snaps the head of Prince backwards.
Prince is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rivers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Prince swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
Rivers misses with a body punch.
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivers blocking some punches.
A short right from Prince.
Rivers is rocked!
Prince lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Rivers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Prince effectively controlling the action here.
Prince scores with a shot to the side of Rivers's head.
Prince pushes Rivers against the cage. Prince is working some dirty boxing. Prince pushes off with a quick right hook! Rivers goes down! Rivers tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Prince moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nasir Prince!
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energy
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hype
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