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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Buck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Nurse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurse has chosen Neon Genesis Evangelion as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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177 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
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175 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Buck!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phil Nurse!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buck feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nurses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nurse is looking to clinch but Buck is avoiding it.
Nurse slips under a jab from Buck.
Buck throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buck misses with a straight right.
Buck keeps the fight on the outside.
Buck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nurse scores with a push kick.
Buck avoids the head kick by Nurse.
Nurse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Buck clobbers Nurse with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nurse uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse pushes Buck up against the cage in a clinch.
Buck lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Buck wants to break free but Nurse has control.
Nurse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buck is defending well for now.
Buck is looking to break free of the clinch but Nurse has double underhooks.
Buck is trying to break the clinch but Nurse is controlling him.
Buck tries to work over Nurse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Buck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nurse lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nurse comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Tim Buck has been cut.
Buck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Buck misses with an uppercut. Nurse saw that one coming.
Buck looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buck loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse wants to clinch but Buck slips to the side
and Buck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Buck jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Buck throws an off balance right hand
and Nurse counters with a head kick that drops Buck to the mat! Buck scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Buck is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oh Buck is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nurse looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Buck seems to have got his legs back now.
Nurse wants to clinch up but Buck keeps it at a distance.
Buck misses with an uppercut. Nurse saw that one coming.
Nurse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Buck misses.
Buck circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurse is looking to clinch but Buck is avoiding it.
Nurse blocks a jab.
Buck throws a series of strikes that have Nurse backpedaling.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nurse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nurse tries to clinch up.
Nurse moves away from the strike by Buck.
Buck is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nurse wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurse throws a head kick but Buck moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurse looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nurse slips under a jab from Buck.
Nurse uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buck.
Nurse moves in looking to clinch but Buck pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buck paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Phil Nurse will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tim Buck's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nurse keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nurse is looking to clinch.
Nurse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buck throws out a loose jab but Nurse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nurse clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Buck's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Come on Nurse - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Buck stalling in the clinch but Nurse improves position.
Nurse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Buck's defenses.
Buck tries to break free but Nurse pushes him back against the cage.
Buck is trying to force a seperation but Nurse has the dominant position.
Buck is trying to push Nurse away but Nurse has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nurse lands a knee to the body.
Nurse lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Buck's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nurse connects with a knee to the head.
Buck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nurse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Buck's defenses.
A short right from Nurse.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nurse obliges.
Nurse unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nurse obliges.
Nurse utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Buck takes an elbow to the temple.
Nurse unloads a knee to the mid-section. Buck lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Nurse.
Nurse has Buck pressed against the cage.
Nurse lands an elbow just above Buck 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nurse tries to clinch
and Buck counters with a three punch combo that has Nurse backing up. Nurse nods at Buck to acknowledge the strikes.
Nurse lands a nice looking body shot.
Buck fails to land with a series of punches.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nurse tries to clinch but Buck is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Nurse.
Nurse defending well as Buck loads up on a big left hand.
Nurse is looking to clinch but Buck is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurse closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Buck counter with a right hand.
Buck lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nurse tries to clinch but Buck moves out of range.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch but Buck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Buck stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nurse.
Nurse doesn't manage to clinch there - Buck circles away.
Nice defenses there by Nurse.
Nurse wants to clinch up but Buck keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buck loads up on a big right hand but Nurse slips the punch.
Nurse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Buck throws out a loose jab but Nurse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nurse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nurse takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nurse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nurse throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurse tries to clinch there but Buck circles away.
Buck misses with a left hand
and Nurse counters with a slapping leg kick.
Buck scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Nurse showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tim Buck's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Buck throws a hook but Nurse avoids it easily.
Nurse fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nurse fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Buck, pushing him back against the cage.
Buck tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nurse's elbow.
Nurse softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nurse comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Buck takes an elbow to the forehead.
Buck breaks the clinch.
Buck moves into range and connects with a jab.
Buck misses with a series of wild punches.
Nurse moves in looking to clinch but Buck pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurse tries to clinch but Buck is having none of it.
Buck avoids the head kick by Nurse.
Buck circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nurse tries to clinch but Buck is having none of it.
Nurse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nurse darts in and clinches Buck up against the cage.
Nurse has Buck pressed against the cage, preventing Buck from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nurse tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buck's elbow.
Nurse with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buck has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nurse lands a damaging elbow.
Nurse prevents a body shot from Buck.
Buck tries to break the clinch but Nurse is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurse lands an elbow inside that Buck shrugs off.
Buck is trying to break the clinch but Nurse is controlling him.
Nurse blocks a body shot from Buck.
Nurse scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nurse putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Buck in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Buck wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nurse has him pressed against the cage.
Buck is trying to break free.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on Buck's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nurse.
Nurse drops Buck with a big knee straight up the middle! Buck is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Tim Buck's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Buck looks to land a left hand but Nurse moved out of range nicely.
Nurse tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Buck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nurse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nurse tries to close the distance and clinch but Buck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Nurse! Buck is out on his feet! Nurse rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Buck is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Buck is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Nurse!
Phil Nurse is the new welterweight champion!
Phil Nurse decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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