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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giliath Gotty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ares Nikopolaidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ares Nikopolaidis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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25
280 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giliath Gotty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ares Nikopolaidis!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikopolaidis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gotty is trying to improve his position.
Gotty keeps Nikopolaidis under control for a moment.
Gotty might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nikopolaidis controlling the position from side mount.
Gotty sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Nikopolaidis moves into full mount! Gotty won't be happy about that!
Gotty really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nikopolaidis controlling his opponent.
Nikopolaidis looking to finish with strikes here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikopolaidis controlling from mount.
Gotty taking shots to the head.
Gotty is squirming around, avoiding Nikopolaidis's attempts to control the action.
Nikopolaidis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Gotty regains half guard.
Still in half guard, Nikopolaidis seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikopolaidis's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Ares Nikopolaidis hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nikopolaidis fails with the takedown
and Gotty counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nikopolaidis won't be happy with that.
Gotty creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
It looks like Ares Nikopolaidis has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nikopolaidis sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Nikopolaidis wants to get back to his feet.
Gotty throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nikopolaidis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gotty is working away from the top position though.
Nikopolaidis manages to get to full guard.
Gotty in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotty landing with the ground and pound.
Nikopolaidis escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gotty gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nikopolaidis has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Gotty doesn't defend quickly enough and Nikopolaidis has managed to lock this one up! Can Gotty escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Nikopolaidis on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ares Nikopolaidis!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
62% |
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