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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ej Resparzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Summers kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Conflict-Disturbed. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Summers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ej Resparzo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Resparzo shoots in looking for a takedown. Summers tries to sprawl out of it but Resparzo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Summers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Summers misses with a few strikes there.
Resparzo staying out of range there.
Resparzo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Summers to score with a decent uppercut.
Summers scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Summers checks a leg kick.
Summers moves out of range of the strikes.
Resparzo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Summers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Summers throws a hook but Resparzo avoids it easily.
Summers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Resparzo manages to avoid it.
Summers throws a series of punches but Resparzo avoids them all with ease.
Summers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Summers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nathan Summers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Summers looks to score with a jab to the body but Resparzo is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Resparzo fakes the leg kick and cracks Summers in the body.
Resparzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Summers throws out the jab.
Resparzo connects with a body shot that sends Summers's belly button to the back.
Summers closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Resparzo's guard.
Resparzo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Resparzo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Resparzo controls Summers momentarily but Summers frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Summers drops back looking for a leg! Resparzo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Resparzo manages to kick Summers off! Summers jumps back into Resparzo's guard.
Summers is looking to work some ground and pound but Resparzo has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Summers wants to control from the top but Resparzo keeps moving.
Summers avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Summers got a little sloppy there for a moment and Resparzo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Summers has managed to get both his arms back between Resparzo's legs - danger averted.
Summers looking to sit in guard and control but Resparzo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Resparzo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Summers tries to bench press Resparzo off him but Resparzo keeps the position.
Summers looks to move to half guard but instead Resparzo has passed into mount! Damn!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Resparzo looking to control but Summers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Resparzo scoring with strikes but Summers is staying in there.
Resparzo trying to control but Summers is having none of it.
Summers is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Resparzo breaks from Summers's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Resparzo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Resparzo prevents Summers from getting the reversal.
Summers is squirming around, avoiding Resparzo's attempts to control the action.
Summers is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers is looking to get to half guard.
Summers is squirming around, avoiding Resparzo's attempts to control the action.
Resparzo lands a nice shot to the head.
Summers wants to control but Resparzo is having none of it.
Resparzo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Summers really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Summers is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Resparzo controlling from mount.
Resparzo landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ej Resparzo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Resparzo fails with the takedown.
Summers slips a straight right by Resparzo.
Summers misses with an uppercut.
Summers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Resparzo moves away.
Summers moves out of range of the leg kick from Resparzo.
Resparzo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Resparzo misses with a hook
so Summers counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Resparzo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Resparzo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Summers is aware though and is defending well.
Summers drops back looking for a leg! Resparzo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Resparzo manages to kick Summers off! Summers jumps back into Resparzo's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Summers scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers slips nicely into half guard.
Summers is working for a kimura but Resparzo is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Resparzo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Summers trying to control the position from guard on top but Resparzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Resparzo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Summers gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Summers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Resparzo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Summers trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Summers wants to stand but Resparzo is controlling his posture from full guard.
Resparzo working for submissions but it's allowed Summers to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers thows a huge punch but Resparzo dodges it nicely.
Resparzo trying to control but Summers postures up.
Summers prevents Resparzo from improving his position.
Resparzo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Summers scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Summers tries to pass the half guard into mount. Resparzo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Summers is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Resparzo sees it coming and defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo is trying to get back to full guard.
Summers looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Resparzo wants to control but Summers is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Resparzo is looking to improve his position.
Summers is working for a kimura but Resparzo is defending it quite comfortably.
Resparzo is looking to get back to full guard here but Summers has managed to pass to side control instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo holds on to Summers's head and controls the position momentarily.
Summers tries for a kimura but Resparzo is defending well.
Summers working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Summers is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Resparzo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Summers swings around for an armbar but Resparzo sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Summers's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Summers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Resparzo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Resparzo tries to free his leg and advance position but Summers is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Summers dominated that second round.
That's time! Summers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Summers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Resparzo manages to avoid it.
Summers misses with a left hand
and Resparzo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Summers escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Resparzo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Summers trying to keep a closed guard but Resparzo is proving a slippery customer.
Resparzo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Summers is looking to improve his position.
Ej Resparzo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Resparzo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Resparzo wants to work for an arm triangle but Summers is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Resparzo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Resparzo throwing shots but Summers is blocking nicely.
Resparzo is stalling here. Summers is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Resparzo seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Summers has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers tries to move to mount but Resparzo blocks the move with his legs.
Summers working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Resparzo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Resparzo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Summers's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Summers's back!
Resparzo looking for the choke from the back.
Summers just trying to survive but Resparzo is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Resparzo is trying to stick to Summers's back but Summers is turning into Resparzo. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Resparzo's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Summers.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Resparzo is on top in guard.
Summers trying to control the position.
Resparzo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Resparzo.
Summers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Summers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Summers keeping moving, preventing Resparzo from controlling successfully.
Summers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Summers being controlled here, momentarily.
Resparzo passes Summers's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Resparzo working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo is working for a kimura but Summers is defending it quite comfortably.
Resparzo lands with a punch from half guard.
Summers has a hand on Resparzo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Resparzo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Summers is in all sorts of trouble here.
Resparzo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Summers sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Summers is trying to control but can't.
Summers tries to roll over but Resparzo keeps him under control.
Summers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Resparzo.
Resparzo controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Resparzo is trying to control. Summers wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
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!
Summers actively working from the bottom here.
Resparzo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Summers looking for submissions off his back.
Resparzo wants to pass to mount but Summers is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ej Resparzo really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Summers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Summers lands an overhand right.
Resparzo misses with a body kick.
Resparzo lands a nice looking body shot.
Summers tries to bum rush Resparzo with a series of wild strikes but Resparzo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Resparzo is looking to land body kicks.
Summers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Resparzo was well out of range. Poor timing from Summers.
Summers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Resparzo can pounce on him.
Nice uppercut there from Resparzo.
Summers takes a swing at Resparzo's ribcage but misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Summers misses the shot to the body.
Resparzo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Summers with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Resparzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Summers misses with a hook. Resparzo ducked under it nicely.
Summers misses with a shot to the body
and Resparzo counters with a good low kick that Summers was not able to check.
Resparzo punishes Summers's body with a nice straight punch.
Ej Resparzo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Resparzo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Resparzo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Summers misses with a hook
and Resparzo counters with a nice body kick.
Summers needs to keep his hands up - Resparzo had a free shot at his head there.
Resparzo lands a leg kick that knocks Summers off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Resparzo.
Resparzo misses with a head kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Summers enables Resparzo to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Summers manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Resparzo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Summers keeping full guard, as Resparzo tries to pass.
Summers looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Resparzo passes into half guard.
Summers is refusing to be controlled, as Resparzo sits in half guard.
Resparzo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Resparzo wants to free his trapped foot but Summers is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Summers is trying to maintain the position but Resparzo is very close to passing his half guard.
Resparzo throwing shots but Summers is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers regains full guard. Nicely done.
Resparzo stands up over Summers, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Summers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Resparzo is one step ahead there.
Resparzo with a nice head shot there.
Resparzo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Resparzo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Summers is trying to control the position but Resparzo postures up.
Resparzo sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Resparzo looking to pass the guard.
Resparzo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Resparzo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Resparzo preventing the sweep.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Summers keeping moving, preventing Resparzo from controlling successfully.
Resparzo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Summers keeping moving, preventing Resparzo from controlling successfully.
Summers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ej Resparzo dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Resparzo thumps Summers with a low kick.
Resparzo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Summers works Resparzo's body with a nice hook.
Summers blocks the body kick.
Summers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Summers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Summers lands a right hook to the body.
Summers takes a swing at Resparzo's ribcage but misses.
Summers throws a right hand that misses
and Resparzo counters with a straight right hand.
Summers lands a nice shot that snaps Resparzo's head back.
Resparzo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Resparzo throws a head kick that half lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Resparzo tries to clinch there but Summers circles away.
Summers misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers throws the left hand but Resparzo avoids the punch easily.
Resparzo fails with a takedown attempt.
Summers clinches up against the cage.
Resparzo misses with a punch to the body.
Resparzo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Summers as Resparzo tries to tie him up.
A short body shot lands from Summers as the two fighters clinch.
Resparzo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Still in the clinch, Summers scores with a nice short uppercut.
Resparzo tries to throw a body punch but Summers avoids it by throwing Resparzo back against the cage.
Summers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summers digs a right hand into Resparzo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Resparzo's gas tank.
Ej Resparzo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers wants a takedown but no success here.
Resparzo misses with a punch on the inside.
Summers gets through Resparzo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summers misses with a punch to the body.
Resparzo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Summers.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Summers.
Summers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Resparzo's elbow.
Summers working aggressively here.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Resparzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nathan Summers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Summers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Resparzo lands a left hand.
Summers works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Resparzo trying to control the position here.
Resparzo keeping full guard, as Summers tries to pass.
Resparzo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Summers throwing strikes but missing.
Resparzo pulls Summers in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ej Resparzo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Resparzo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Summers looks to land a right hand but Resparzo moved out of range.
Resparzo scores with a head kick. Summers tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Summers throws an overhand right that lands on Resparzo's shoulder, as Resparzo tries to avoid the shot.
Resparzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horrible takedown by Resparzo or perhaps it was just good defense by Summers which made him look bad.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Resparzo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Summers misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Summers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Resparzo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 47:48
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ej Resparzo! Ej Resparzo retains his welterweight title!
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