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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Salvatore (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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165 lbs
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Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilson Waters!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Salvatore!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salvatore stuns Waters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Waters on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Waters looks to land a right hand but Salvatore moved out of range.
Salvatore leaves Waters with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Salvatore misses with a body shot.
Waters misses with a wild combination.
Salvatore just misses with a punch to the body.
Salvatore throws out a loose jab but Waters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Waters throws a right hand that Salvatore ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvatore also avoids with ease.
Salvatore lands a right hook to the body.
Salvatore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Waters was well out of range. Poor timing from Salvatore.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvatore jabs Waters to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wilson Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salvatore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waters moves away.
Waters takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Salvatore throws a looping overhand right but Waters ducks down to avoid it.
Salvatore wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Waters moves away from the strike by Salvatore.
Waters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salvatore.
Waters slips under a jab.
Waters lands the left hand.
Salvatore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Waters was well out of range. Poor timing from Salvatore.
Salvatore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Waters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore thows a body shot but no joy.
Waters misses with a body shot.
Salvatore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nick Salvatore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Waters lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Waters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salvatore fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Waters on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Waters misses.
Salvatore fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Waters looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Waters takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Waters slips under a jab from Salvatore.
Salvatore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waters manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Salvatore lands with a nice body punch.
Waters swings widly with a right hand
and Salvatore counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Salvatore swings for the body but Waters moves out of range.
Waters swings widly with a right hand
and Salvatore counters with a two punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Salvatore.
Waters scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Salvatore throws a shot from downtown. Waters moves away and avoids it.
Salvatore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waters moves away.
Waters throws a right hand that misses
and Salvatore cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Salvatore misses
enabling Waters to counter with a crisp jab.
Waters misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Waters lands an impressive looking overhand right. Salvatore doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waters has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Waters there as he acknowledges the shot.
Waters uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salvatore.
Salvatore digs a good body shot into Waters's ribs.
Salvatore thows a left - swing and a miss!
Waters lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Waters.
Waters bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Waters misses with the ground and pound.
An elbow from Waters crashes against the mat.
The ground and pound from Waters seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Salvatore dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Salvatore thows a left - swing and a miss!
Salvatore cracks Waters with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Salvatore gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Waters showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Salvatore.
A telegraphed right hand from Waters misses the target.
Waters misses with a hook.
Salvatore throws a hook to the side of Waters's head but Waters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salvatore misses the shot to the body.
Waters takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sloppy strikes from Salvatore. Those never looked like landing.
Waters slips a jab from Salvatore.
Salvatore is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Waters rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvatore avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salvatore pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Waters back to the cage. Salvatore follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Salvatore throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Salvatore. Beautiful body shot.
Salvatore sizes up Waters with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Waters throws a right hand that Salvatore ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvatore also avoids with ease.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Salvatore, as that shot connected.
Waters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Salvatore lands a lovely overhand right.
Waters looks to land a right hand but Salvatore moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Waters.
Salvatore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waters.
Salvatore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Salvatore lands a head shot.
Waters throws a jab but it's blocked by Salvatore.
Waters misses with a right hand
and Salvatore counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salvatore lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nick Salvatore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Salvatore takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salvatore moves away.
Salvatore lands a jab to Waters's midsection.
Waters will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Waters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Salvatore.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salvatore throws a series of punches but Waters avoids them all with ease.
Salvatore throws a right hand that misses
enabling Waters to counter with a crisp jab.
Waters misses with a body shot.
A combination from Waters does no damage.
Salvatore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Waters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Waters drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters misses with a double jab.
Salvatore throws a leg kick but Waters checks it.
Waters avoids the body shot from Salvatore.
Salvatore misses with an uppercut.
Waters takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Salvatore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some wild striking there from Waters.
Salvatore throws a right and a left that Waters avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salvatore throws the left hand but Waters avoids the punch easily.
Salvatore works Waters's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Salvatore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A slow jab from Salvatore misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Waters.
Salvatore takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Salvatore lands with a straight right. Waters didn't see that one coming.
Waters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salvatore.
A jab from Waters finds it's way through Salvatore's defenses.
Salvatore just misses with a punch to the body.
Waters shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Salvatore digs a good hook to Waters's body.
Waters ducks under a wild hook from Salvatore.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salvatore.
Salvatore lands a nice looking body shot.
Waters misses with a right hand
and Salvatore counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salvatore dodges the punch combination from Waters.
Salvatore ducks under a wild hook from Waters.
Salvatore throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Waters looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Salvatore is fending him off so far but Waters persists. Nope, Salvatore circles away and we're back to standing.
Jab by Salvatore.
Waters shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Waters misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Salvatore lands.
A jab lands there for Salvatore.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salvatore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Waters takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Waters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Waters looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Salvatore misses with a lunging right hand
and Waters counters with a nice uppercut.
Waters waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salvatore.
Waters misses with a hook
and Salvatore counters with a right hand to the body.
Wilson Waters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Waters walks into a stiff left hand from Salvatore.
Waters takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters takes a jab right on the kisser.
Waters takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Waters throws a right hand that misses
and Salvatore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Waters throws a body punch but Salvatore moves out of range.
Salvatore lands a jab to the nose.
Salvatore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Salvatore feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Waterss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Salvatore misses with a wild body shot.
Salvatore looks to score with a jab to the body but Waters is just out of range.
Waters scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore throws a right and a left that both miss.
Waters on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Salvatore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waters manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Waters 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Salvatore fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Salvatore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salvatore looks to score with a jab to the body but Waters is just out of range.
Salvatore stuns Waters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waters misses with the combination.
Salvatore comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Salvatore really dominated that round.
That's time! Waters's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Salvatore scores with a jab.
Salvatore throws a right and a left that Waters avoids nicely.
Waters tests Salvatore's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Waters misses with a looping right.
Salvatore moves out of range as Waters strikes.
Salvatore throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salvatore digs a good hook to Waters's body.
Salvatore takes the fight into the clinch.
Salvatore lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salvatore looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvatore is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Salvatore tries to work over Waters's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Salvatore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salvatore creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Salvatore cracks Waters with a nice body shot.
Waters drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Waters prevents a body shot from Salvatore.
Salvatore tries to work over Waters's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Salvatore on the inside.
Waters can't get the takedown.
Salvatore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Waters or not.
Salvatore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salvatore misses with a hook. Waters ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore misses the shot to the body.
Salvatore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waters.
Salvatore takes one to the chin there.
Salvatore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salvatore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waters manages to avoid it.
Salvatore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salvatore lands a glancing blow to the side of Waters's head.
Waters misses with a jab, cross combination.
Salvatore connects with a looping right hand.
Salvatore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Waters was well out of range. Poor timing from Salvatore.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Salvatore, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A lazy left from Waters finds it's target.
A swing and a miss from Waters.
Salvatore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right-left combo lands from Waters.
Salvatore blocks a jab.
Salvatore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waters.
Waters takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Salvatore.
Waters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salvatore.
Salvatore jabs Waters to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Salvatore pinned against the cage. Salvatore gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilson Waters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Salvatore lands a nice hook to Waters's body. Waters takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Salvatore lands a jab to the head.
Salvatore lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Waters at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Salvatore lands an impressive looking overhand right. Waters doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salvatore swings for the body but Waters moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Waters misses with a body shot
and Waters takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Waters ducks right into an uppercut from Salvatore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Salvatore dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Waters lands a really nice looking cross but Salvatore seems unphased.
Waters takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Waters fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Salvatore takes a swing at Waters's ribcage but misses.
Salvatore uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Waters throws a poor cross that misses
and Waters takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Salvatore thuds a left hand into Waters's body.
Waters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salvatore throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Waters stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Salvatore throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Salvatore throws a body punch but Waters moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters scores with a takedown into Salvatore's guard.
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.
Waters stands up over Salvatore, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Waters works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Waters seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Salvatore has recovered full guard.
Salvatore seems keen to control Waters's posture.
Salvatore is trying to keep Waters in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters throws an elbow that misses. Salvatore uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Waters's guard. Nice move by Salvatore!
Waters not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Salvatore throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waters is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waters wants to control but Salvatore is keeping him busy.
Ground and pound from Waters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore gets full guard.
Waters trying to control but Salvatore is working from the bottom.
Waters preventing the sweep.
Waters wants to control from the top but Salvatore keeps moving.
Wilson Waters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Waters content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Salvatore controlling Waters's posture.
Waters throws an elbow that misses. Salvatore uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Waters's guard. Nice move by Salvatore!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore trying to control the position from guard on top but Waters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nick Salvatore is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Salvatore passes Waters's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Salvatore frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Waters is desperately trying to improve his position but Salvatore has a good base and remains in mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salvatore controlling the pace for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nick Salvatore.
I've got Salvatore winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 45:50
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 46:50
Judge James Glass scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Salvatore!
Nick Salvatore is the new lightweight champion!
Nick Salvatore decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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