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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alex Brealey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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142 lbs
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136 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Brealey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roger Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brealey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Brealey circles away and keeps his distance.
Brealey throws a leg kick but Nelson moved away.
Nelson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brealey swivels and escapes.
Brealey connects with a crisp jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brealey looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nelson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brealey blocks it with crossed arms.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Brealey won't allow it.
Brealey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brealey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brealey jumps guard and drags Nelson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nelson trying to control but Brealey is working from the bottom.
Brealey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Brealey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brealey trying to keep a closed guard but Nelson is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nelson is looking to advance position but Brealey has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brealey tries to control but Nelson wriggling away.
Nelson wants to control but Brealey is having none of it.
Brealey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nelson taking shots to the head.
Brealey with a couple of short strikes.
Brealey cracks Nelson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nelson can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nelson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nelson is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Brealey is staying active.
Brealey scoring with strikes but Nelson is staying in there.
Brealey looking to ground and pound but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Brealey controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brealey wants to control the pace but Nelson is squirming around nicely.
Brealey controlling his opponent.
Brealey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brealey looking to ground and pound but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Brealey throwing strikes here but Nelson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Brealey controlling from the full mount.
Nelson taking shots to the head.
Nelson is trying desperately to improve position.
Brealey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nelson wants to hold on but Brealey pushes him away.
Brealey working Nelson over with strikes here.
Nelson tries to hold on but Brealey pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brealey looking to control but Nelson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brealey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Nelson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nelson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nelson is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brealey throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Brealey is stalling here but it's allowed Nelson to get half guard.
Brealey is stalling here. Nelson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Brealey seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nelson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Brealey dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Brealey throws a body punch but Nelson moves out of range.
Brealey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nelson throws a leg kick
and Brealey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brealey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Brealey slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Brealey.
Brealey looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Nelson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brealey checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Brealey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nelson tried to score with a low kick but Brealey checks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nelson.
Brealey throws a looping overhand right but Nelson ducks down to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Brealey checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nelson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brealey tests Nelson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nelson shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brealey throws a hook but Nelson avoids it easily.
Nelson thows a body shot but no joy.
Brealey missing with a left hand there. Nelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nelson throws a leg kick
and Brealey connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brealey lands a glancing blow to the side of Nelson's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nelson.
Brealey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brealey blocks the body kick.
Brealey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Brealey takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nelson misses with a wild body shot.
Nelson tries for a takedown but Brealey circles away easily
enabling Brealey to counter with a crisp jab.
Brealey misses with a hook. Nelson ducked under it nicely.
Brealey checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson cracks the inside of Brealey's front leg.
A left lands for Brealey.
Brealey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brealey misses with an uppercut.
Brealey scores with a jab. Nelson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nelson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Brealey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nelson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brealey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nelson.
Brealey misses with a few strikes there.
Brealey just misses with a punch to the body.
Brealey throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Brealey moves out of range of the leg kick from Nelson.
Brealey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brealey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brealey shoots in for a double leg but Nelson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brealey. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alex Brealey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Nelson or perhaps it was just good defense by Brealey which made him look bad.
Alex Brealey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Nelson.
Brealey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brealey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brealey manages to avoid it.
Nelson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nelson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brealey.
Nelson moves into range and clinches up with Brealey.
Brealey tries to pull guard but Nelson holds him up against the cage and eventually Brealey drops back down to his feet.
Brealey tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
Brealey breaks the clinch.
Brealey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body.
Brealey lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brealey misses with a straight right.
Brealey keeps the fight on the outside.
Alex Brealey is winning the standup battle so far.
Nelson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brealey throws a solid leg kick but Nelson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brealey.
Nelson clinches up against the cage.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses.
Brealey lands with a light punch inside.
Brealey managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
Brealey wants to get back to striking at distance but Nelson won't allow it.
Brealey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nelson or not.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brealey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brealey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nelson.
Brealey moves out of range of the body kick from Nelson.
Brealey lands a jab to Nelson's midsection.
Nelson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Brealey dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Brealey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nelson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nelson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nelson throws a head kick but Brealey moves out of range.
Brealey connects with a single shot there.
Nelson is rocked!
Brealey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nelson.
Nelson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick
and Brealey counters with a thumping low kick.
Brealey misses with a shot to the body
and Nelson counters by clinching up.
Brealey ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Brealey no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Brealey escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nelson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nelson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nelson stopping the sweep attempt from Brealey.
Brealey keeping moving, preventing Nelson from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brealey has a closed guard, preventing Nelson from standing up.
Nelson won't allow Brealey to sweep him here.
Nelson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Brealey wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Roger Nelson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Brealey as he jumps to the side.
Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brealey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nelson. Nelson obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nelson throws a head kick but Brealey moves out of range.
Brealey is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Nelson.
Nelson blocks a jab.
That kick from Brealey tenderised Nelson's leg. Nelson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brealey.
Nelson slips a straight right by Brealey.
Nelson thows a leg kick but Brealey checks it
and Brealey counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nelson's knee momentarily.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brealey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
A low kick from Nelson misses
and Brealey counters with an inside leg kick.
Brealey looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Nelson throws a push kick but Brealey slaps the foot to one side.
Brealey misses with a straight left.
Brealey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brealey lands a jab to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brealey.
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Brealey finish him?
Brealey misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brealey connects with a solid leg kick.
Nelson seems to have recovered his senses.
Brealey throws a jab but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson takes the fight into the clinch.
Brealey changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nelson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nelson clinches up with Brealey and pushes him back against the cage.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brealey is trying to break the clinch but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Brealey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brealey.
Nelson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brealey blocks the elbow strike.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brealey is defending well for now.
Brealey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brealey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nelson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brealey sprawls well. Brealey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet.
Roger Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nelson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Brealey blocks the low kick.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Brealey misses with a straight right.
Brealey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brealey clobbers Nelson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brealey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nelson doesn't seem bothered though.
Nelson throws a solid leg kick but Brealey takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nelson.
Brealey throws a hook but Nelson avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brealey.
Nelson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brealey shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brealey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Brealey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brealey, 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Brealey!
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