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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Neilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Slick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neilson comes to the cage accompanied by Who Run This- 50 cent. Nick Slick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
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196 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Neilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Slick!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neilson stalks Slick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Slick's face. Slick staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Nick Slick has been cut.
Slick ducks under a wild hook from Neilson.
Slick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Neilson misses with a straight right.
Slick scores with a takedown into Neilson's guard.
Neilson keeping moving, preventing Slick from controlling successfully.
Slick throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Neilson pulls Slick in close to prevent any damage.
Neilson kicks Slick off and gets to his feet.
Slick shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Slick was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slick unloading with bombs!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Slick avoids the attempt from Neilson to control.
Neilson reaches up and holds on to Slick to control the position.
The referee warns Neilson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Slick putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Neilson tries to lock up and control but Slick gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Slick working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Neilson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Slick is looking for a triangle but Neilson pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neilson wants to stand but Slick is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neilson stopping the sweep attempt from Slick.
Slick keeping moving, preventing Neilson from controlling successfully.
Neilson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Neilson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slick is keeping the position for now.
Neilson is in close to Slick's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Neilson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Slick will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Slick keeping full guard, as Neilson tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick trying to control the position.
Neilson controlling from the top position.
Slick keeping moving, preventing Neilson from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Slick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Neilson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slick tries to clinch up.
Neilson waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Slick.
Slick ducks under a wild hook from Neilson.
Kevin Neilson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Neilson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slick.
Jab from Neilson.
A combination from Neilson does no damage.
Slick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Neilson.
Slick shoots for a takedown but Neilson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Neilson misses with a double jab.
Neilson lands the left hand.
Neilson takes a swing at Slick's ribcage but misses.
Neilson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Neilson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Neilson swings for the body but Slick moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slick ducks under a wild hook from Neilson.
Left hook, right uppercut from Neilson.
Slick throws a series of punches but Neilson avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Neilson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Slick's cut.
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.
A telegraphed right hand from Neilson misses the target.
Neilson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Slick sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neilson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Neilson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Slick decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Neilson's guard.
Slick throws a big right hand that misses.
Neilson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slick is one step ahead there.
Neilson has Slick pulled in close to control his posture.
Slick connects with a couple of short punches.
Neilson wants to sweep but no luck.
Slick wants to control from the top but Neilson keeps moving.
Slick wants to pass the guard but Neilson is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Neilson throws a shot to the body.
Neilson throws a combination that misses
and Slick counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Neilson wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Slick thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Neilson's head.
Slick not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Neilson wants to improve his position but Slick is controlling well.
Neilson controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Slick is looking to take a break and control but Neilson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Slick trying to pass the guard but Neilson defending well.
Slick slips a nice elbow through Neilson's hands, connecting with Neilson's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Slick takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Neilson rushes Slick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Slick blocks the elbow strike.
Neilson has had enough of the clinch but Slick keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Slick trying to land knees to the body.
Slick stalling in the clinch but Neilson improves position.
Neilson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slick backwards.
Neilson breaks the clinch.
Neilson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Neilson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Neilson catches Slick with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Neilson misses with an uppercut.
Neilson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Slick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neilson trying to control but Slick is having none of it.
Neilson controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick is trying to escape the mount.
Neilson wants to control the pace but Slick is squirming around nicely.
Neilson controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Neilson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Kevin Neilson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Neilson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Neilson throws a combination that misses
and Slick counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Neilson misses with an uppercut. Slick saw that one coming.
Neilson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Neilson throws a nice looking combination but Slick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Slick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neilson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Slick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Neilson!
Neilson swings for the body but Slick moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Neilson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Slick's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Neilson.
Kevin Neilson is winning the standup battle so far.
Slick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Neilson closes the distance but Slick moves to the side
and Slick counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Slick.
Neilson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Neilson tries to get out of the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Slick's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Neilson controls Slick momentarily but Slick frees himself.
Neilson pushes Slick off and scrambles back to his feet.
Neilson throws a hook but Slick avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Neilson.
Slick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neilson.
Slick shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Slick thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Neilson's head.
Slick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neilson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Slick uses his free foot to push down on Neilson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Neilson.
Neilson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Neilson tries to lock up and control but Slick gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Neilson is trying to escape the mount.
Slick working the ground and pound effectively.
Nick Slick has got the better of the ground game so far.
BOOM! Slick connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Neilson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Neilson is trying to get back to full guard.
Slick slips a nice elbow through Neilson's hands, connecting with Neilson's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Slick.
Neilson wants to get back to full guard.
Slick thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Neilson's head.
Neilson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Slick is working away from the top position though.
Neilson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Neilson.
Neilson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Neilson controlling his opponent.
Slick bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Neilson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Neilson looking for a sweep. Not yet Neilson, not yet.
Slick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Slick lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Neilson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Neilson working over Slick with some ground and pound. Slick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Slick wants to control but Neilson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Slick manages to get to full guard.
Slick controls Neilson momentarily but Neilson frees himself.
Neilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Slick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neilson stays in close to Slick's body and controls the position.
Nick Slick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slick wants to control the position but Neilson says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Neilson decides to stand up.
Kevin Neilson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A left lands for Neilson.
Neilson cracks Slick with a right hand to the side of the head.
Slick closes this distance looking for a takedown but Neilson circles away.
Nice cross by Neilson.
Neilson moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slick misses with a knee strike.
Neilson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Neilson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neilson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Slick walks into a straight right hand from Neilson.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kevin Neilson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Neilson, 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Neilson!
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energy
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hype
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