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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikon Holm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chen Nagauker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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260 lbs
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219 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikon Holm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chen Nagauker!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagauker looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holm!
Holm could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Holm regains half guard.
Holm punching from the bottom.
Holm tries to roll over but Nagauker keeps him under control.
Holm trying to control from the bottom.
Holm keeping hold of Nagauker's head, controlling as best he can.
Holm gets full guard.
Holm tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nagauker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holm is keeping the position for now.
Nagauker trying to stand up but can't free himself from Holm's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holm trying to control the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Holm holds on and takes a little breather.
Holm looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nagauker is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagauker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holm is keeping the position for now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Holm shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Holm is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Holm postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nagauker is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Holm, into his guard.
Holm working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nagauker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nagauker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Holm is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagauker trying to control but Holm is working from the bottom.
Holm bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nagauker's guard.
Holm avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Holm throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Holm is pushing down on Nagauker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nagauker is fighting to maintain full guard but Holm has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nagauker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Holm wants to pass the guard but Nagauker is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holm looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Holm wants to control but Nagauker is keeping him busy.
Nagauker trying to control here.
Nagauker has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Holm escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Holm!
Nagauker is being controlled here.
Holm goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Nagauker has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Holm but great work by Nagauker.
Holm is looking for a sweep.
Nagauker decides to stand back up.
Holm moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holm breaks the clinch.
Holm darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Holm has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Holm tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Holm tries to control but Nagauker wriggling away.
Holm has hold of Nagauker's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nagauker manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Holm controlling from mount.
BOOM! Holm connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikon Holm dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Holm closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Holm tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Holm has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Holm tries to advance to mount but can't.
Holm scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nagauker is breathing heavily.
Holm tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Holm is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nagauker is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nagauker tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holm tries to move into full mount but can't pass Nagauker's legs.
Nagauker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Holm wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Holm works to advance to full mount. Nagauker defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Nagauker is desperately trying to improve his position but Holm has a good base and remains in mount.
Nagauker has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Nagauker has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Holm.
Holm missing with strikes.
Nagauker defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Holm's arms.
Nagauker covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Nikon Holm overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A lull in the action here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Holm controlling the positon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagauker preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Holm.
Holm is working the ground and pound. Can Nagauker escape?
Holm lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Holm.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holm tightening his grip on Nagauker, looking for the choke.
Holm is cranking Nagauker's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Nagauker! He's tightened the choke and Nagauker is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nikon Holm!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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