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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregory Black has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gregory Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Black looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nelson is stalling here.
Nelson has Black pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Black manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nelson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nelson throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Nelson just leaning against Black, taking a breather.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Nelson.
Nelson is working for takedown but Black is calmly controlling the position for now.
Black wants to get back to striking at distance but Nelson won't allow it.
Black wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson looking for a takedown.
Gregory Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Nelson.
Nelson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nelson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Black tries to circle away but Nelson has him pinned against the cage.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nelson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Nelson has eaten all the pies!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black avoids a wild elbow strike from Nelson.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson has Black pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Black manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The referee calls for Nelson to work.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Nelson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nelson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Nelson stalling.
Nelson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson stalls.
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson controlling the action here for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Nelson.
A head kick misses from Black.
Black rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Black on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Black tries to get out of the position.
Nelson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nelson is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Black has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Black!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black wants to get up but he can't break Nelson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nelson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Black has passed into side control.
Nelson throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nelson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Nelson is looking for a sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nelson is pushing Black's head away, looking to escape. Black manages to hold on to the position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Nelson dominated that round.
That's time! Black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nelson shoots in but no luck this time.
Nelson looks for a takedown but Black sprawls well.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nelson.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nelson tries to clinch there but Black circles away.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Black goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Don Nelson has been cut.
Black slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nelson dodges the punch combination from Black.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Black shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gregory Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Nelson.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson closes the distance and clinches.
Nelson is struggling to control the position.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Black pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Black is avoiding it.
Nelson tries to clinch but Black moves out of range.
Nelson misses with the combination.
Gregory Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Black lands a jab-cross combination.
Gregory Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson moves into the clinch successfully.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson wants to stall.
Nelson tries to score a body lock takedown but Black shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nelson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Black tries to circle away but Nelson has him pinned against the cage.
Black is trying to break free.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Nelson keeps him there for the moment.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
Nelson has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nelson has Black pressed against the cage.
Nelson is looking to control Black's arms but Black gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the cage.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black has had enough of the clinch but Nelson keeps him there for the moment.
Nelson goes for a takedown attempt but Black pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gregory Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson shoots for a double leg takedown but Black sprawls well. He's pushed Nelson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Black stalks Nelson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nelson's face. Nelson staggers backwards, shaken.
Black scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black throws a series of punches but Nelson avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Black.
Nelson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That has opened up Don Nelson's cut even more.
Nelson dodges the punch combination from Black.
Black lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Black throws a sloppy head kick and Nelson moves out of range easily.
Black lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nelson circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a right and a left that both miss.
Black throws a sloppy head kick and Nelson moves out of range easily.
Nelson avoids a kick to the body.
Nelson avoids the head kick by Black.
Black throws a right hand that Nelson ducks under and follows up with a left that Nelson also avoids with ease.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Black was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Black.
Black misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nelson.
Black tries to bum rush Nelson with a series of wild strikes but Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nelson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Black swivels and escapes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Black misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregory Black dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Don Nelson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nelson shoots in for a double leg but Black sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Black leaves Nelson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Black looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Black lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nelson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Black pinned against the cage. Black gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gregory Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Nelson.
A left and a right from Black both land. Nice combination.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Black throws out a powerful jab.
Nelson misses with a leg kick.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson misses the body punch
and Black counters with a one-two to the body.
Black moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Black.
Black is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nelson can do to turn this around?
Nelson takes one to the side of the head.
Nelson misses with a series of wild punches.
Black lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black misses with a double jab.
Black jabs Nelson right on the nose. Nelson blinks but takes it well.
Nelson shoots for a takedown but Black saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black misses with a head kick.
Black catches Nelson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Black is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Black throws a nice looking combination but Nelson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Black misses with a double jab.
Nelson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Black counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gregory Black is winning the standup battle so far.
Black lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nelson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Black's waist but Black gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nelson off to one side.
Black dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Black scores with a four punch combination!
The cut above Don Nelson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nelson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Black.
Black lands a jab.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black catches Nelson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Black lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nelson backs up against the cage.
Black connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
Nelson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A jab from Black does it's job there.
Black throws a series of punches but Nelson avoids them all with ease.
Black is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Black swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Black is avoiding it.
Black throws a right and a left that Nelson avoids nicely.
Black displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nelson.
Black is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nelson shoots and misses
and Black cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson drives through and clinches with Black against the cage.
Nelson misses with an elbow over the top.
Nelson is stalling here.
Nelson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Black wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nelson throws an elbow but misses.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Black is trying to force a seperation but Nelson has the dominant position.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson has Black pressed against the cage, preventing Black from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gregory Black showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Black has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:26
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregory Black!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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