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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noriyuki Nayoui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Starship Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nayoui comes to the cage accompanied by nWo Theme. Pain has chosen Decisive Battle as his entrance music. Starship Pain told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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218 lbs
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279 lbs
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noriyuki Nayoui!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Starship Pain!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nayoui misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Nayoui misses.
Pain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nayoui in his tracks.
Pain throws a hook to the side of Nayoui's head but Nayoui sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nayoui slips a jab from Pain.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nayoui as he jumps to the side.
Pain fails with the takedown.
Nayoui throws a lazy right hand but Pain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain tries to clinch but Nayoui moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Nayoui.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pain. Nayoui does a little dance to reset his feet.
A lazy left from Nayoui finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Nayoui 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nayoui with a nice cross.
Pain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nayoui misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Nayoui misses its intended target.
Pain lands with a hook. Nayoui tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice shot by Pain.
Pain moves in looking to clinch but Nayoui pushes him off.
Noriyuki Nayoui is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pain is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nayoui sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Noriyuki Nayoui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Starship Pain.
Pain fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Nayoui sprawls well initially but Pain persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pain passes to side control.
Nayoui struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nayoui prevents Pain from improving position.
Pain working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ground and pound from Pain seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pain wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nayoui, who protects the arm well.
Nayoui wants to control but Pain postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to move into full mount but can't pass Nayoui's legs.
Nayoui on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nayoui tries to get out of the position.
Pain fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Nayoui misses.
Nayoui scores with a nice head shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nayoui!
Nayoui misses with a series of wild punches.
Nayoui cracks Pain with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nayoui in his tracks.
A slow jab from Nayoui misses its intended target.
Nayoui moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pain misses with an uppercut.
Pain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nayoui's hands.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but Nayoui swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pain decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pain not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pain throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pain is looking to advance position but Nayoui won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nayoui trying to hold on to Pain's head to control him but Pain postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nayoui blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Noriyuki Nayoui will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nayoui.
Pain connects with a body shot.
Pain slips under a jab.
Pain tries to clinch there but Nayoui circles away.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pain.
Pain shoots in for a takedown but Nayoui shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nayoui lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nayoui misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nayoui looks to land a right hand but Pain moved out of range.
Pain throws a jab when Nayoui was well out of range.
Nayoui moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pain looks to land a left hand but Nayoui moved out of range nicely.
Pain stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pain on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pain throws a big shot that misses.
Nayoui fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Nayoui, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nayoui.
A cross from Nayoui lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain shoots in for a double leg but Nayoui sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Noriyuki Nayoui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Starship Pain.
Nayoui misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circling - Nayoui throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt.
Pain slips under a jab.
Pain has a takedown stuffed.
Nayoui misses with a looping left.
Pain slips a straight right by Nayoui.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nayoui circles away.
Pain with a jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pain.
Pain has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nayoui takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pain in side control, throwing shots but Nayoui defends.
Nayoui struggling a bit here.
Nayoui tries to improve position but can't.
Nayoui is trying to buck Pain off.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Nayoui here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Pain.
Pain is chipping away with strikes.
Pain working the body and head with strikes.
Nayoui can't do much from the bottom here.
Pain tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Nayoui struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Starship Pain will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nayoui shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pain decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Nayoui tries to get to full guard but Pain has control of the leg.
Nayoui knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pain on the ground.
Nayoui is trying to stand back up but Pain is controlling him
Pain wants to work for an arm triangle but Nayoui is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Nayoui regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nayoui keeping full guard, as Pain tries to pass.
Pain throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nayoui works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain looking to pass the guard.
Nayoui is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nayoui leaves Pain with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pain takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nayoui misses with a wild body shot.
Pain ducks under a wild hook from Nayoui.
A swing and a miss from Nayoui.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Pain coming out on top.
Nayoui throws out a loose jab but Pain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nayoui avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nayoui misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Nayoui.
Horrible takedown by Pain or perhaps it was just good defense by Nayoui which made him look bad.
Pain is looking to clinch.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Noriyuki Nayoui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Starship Pain.
Nayoui defending well as Pain loads up on a big left hand.
Nayoui is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nayoui sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pain somewhat.
Nayoui misses with an uppercut.
Pain fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nayoui on the side of the head.
Pain misses with a wild body shot.
Pain tries to clinch up.
Nayoui gets caught flat footed, as Pain shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pain wants to pass the guard but Nayoui is keeping the position.
Pain postures up and lands a big shot to Nayoui's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nayoui is looking to stand up but Pain isn't so interested in that idea.
Nayoui is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pain looking for submissions off his back.
Pain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pain looking for submissions off his back.
Pain wants to get back to full guard.
Nayoui wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Starship Pain really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pain closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nayoui did well to prevent Pain getting side control.
Pain is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nayoui is pressing down on Pain's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pain won't allow Nayoui to sweep him here.
Pain trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pain slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nayoui wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Pain throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Nayoui is trying to buck Pain off.
Nayoui can't do much from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nayoui misses the jab.
Pain takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pain tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nayoui throws a right hand that Pain ducks under and follows up with a left that Pain also avoids with ease.
Noriyuki Nayoui is winning the standup battle so far.
Nayoui misses with a series of wild punches.
Nayoui keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nayoui misses with a few strikes there.
Nayoui just misses with a punch to the body.
No luck for Pain with that takedown attempt.
Nayoui throws the left hand but Pain avoids the punch easily.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt - Nayoui sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Noriyuki Nayoui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Starship Pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Nayoui scores with a four punch combination!
Nayoui misses with a double jab.
Nayoui lands a nice hook to Pain's body. Pain takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nayoui throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nayoui misses with a wild combination.
Pain clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from Pain - that landed with a thud.
Pain misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain misses with a punch to the body.
Pain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nayoui's elbow.
Nayoui tries to circle away but Pain has him pinned against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Pain.
Nayoui is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pain tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pain throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nayouis head.
Pain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nayoui is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pain tries to work over Nayoui's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noriyuki Nayoui had his way with Starship Pain in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Pain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nayoui throws a series of punches but Pain avoids them all with ease.
Pain takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pain moves in looking to clinch but Nayoui pushes him off.
Pain moves away from the strike by Nayoui.
Pain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nayoui swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Noriyuki Nayoui is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nayoui. Pain does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain moves out of range as Nayoui strikes.
Nayoui loads up on a big right hand but Pain slips the punch.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nayoui sprawls well. Nayoui wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pain gets slowly back to his feet.
Pain is looking to clinch but Nayoui is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain scores with a takedown into Nayoui's guard.
Pain stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nayoui swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nayoui utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nayoui working a defensive guard here.
Pain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two 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.
Pain won't allow Nayoui to sweep him here.
Nayoui is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pain is controlling him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pain drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pain tries to move to mount but Nayoui blocks the move with his legs.
Pain tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nayoui sneaks back into half guard.
Nayoui works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pain connects with a couple of short punches.
Nayoui trying to control the position.
Pain throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Starship Pain has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pain cracks Nayoui with a solid left hand.
Pain throwing strikes from guard but Nayoui blocks nicely.
Pain content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nayoui preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nayoui looking for a sweep. Not yet Nayoui, not yet.
Pain pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nayoui is keeping the position for now.
Pain loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pain wants to pass the guard but Nayoui is keeping the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice defenses there by Pain.
And that's the end of the fight!
Starship Pain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pain has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 47:48
Judge William Peck scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Starship Pain!
Starship Pain is the new heavyweight champion!
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hype
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