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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rasheed Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evangelista Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower. Nunes has chosen Never Be Alone as his entrance music. Evangelista Nunes will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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193 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rasheed Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evangelista Nunes!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis is looking to clinch but Nunes is avoiding it.
Nunes tries a head kick but it misses.
Willis checks a leg kick nicely.
Nunes lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Rasheed Willis has been cut.
Willis loads up on a big right hand but Nunes slips the punch.
Willis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Willis avoids a kick to the body.
Nunes cracks a nice hook into Willis's ribs.
A solid body kick from Nunes.
Willis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nunes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nunes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Willis's calf.
Willis shoots in looking for a takedown. Nunes tries to sprawl out of it but Willis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nunes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Willis is breathing heavily.
Willis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis tries to clinch up.
Willis 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.
Nunes stuns Willis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Willis misses with the combination.
Willis takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nunes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Willis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nunes is looking to slow Willis down with leg kicks.
Nunes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nunes cracks Willis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nunes lands with an uppercut that bounces Willis off the cage and back into range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Willis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nunes - the referee stops the clock and Willis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nunes. Willis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Willis.
Nunes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nunes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Willis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nunes connects with a leg kick. Willis looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nunes stuns Willis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nunes keeps Willis at a distance using the push kick.
Willis dodges the punch combination from Nunes.
Willis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nunes lands with a nice body punch.
Willis walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nunes.
Nunes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Willis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Willis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nunes throws a head kick but Willis moves out of range.
Nunes swats away the attempt to clinch by Willis.
Nunes explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Willis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Nunes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Willis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willis takes one to the chin there.
Nunes throws a leg kick which misses Willis's front leg but catches the back leg as Willis tries to avoid it.
Willis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes connects with a body shot that sends Willis's belly button to the back.
Willis 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.
Willis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nunes.
Nunes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willis. That did some damage!
Willis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nunes throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Willis is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab by Nunes.
Oh Willis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Willis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nunes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nunes, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evangelista Nunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rasheed Willis's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Willis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Willis seems to have got his legs back now.
Nunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willis. That did some damage!
Nunes throws a sloppy head kick and Willis moves out of range easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Nunes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Nunes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Willis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nunes.
Nunes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Willis doesn't seem bothered though.
Nunes throws a head kick that misses.
Nunes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nunes scores with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Nunes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Nunes finds it's way through Willis's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes scores with a head kick. Willis tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nunes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willis. That did some damage!
Nunes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Willis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Willis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nunes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Willis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nunes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Willis rather than just go for the knockout.
Nunes feints and then cracks Willis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Willis down.
Evangelista Nunes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nunes tries to bum rush Willis with a series of wild strikes but Willis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nunes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Nunes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nunes sends Willis crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Nunes is motioning to the referee to let Willis up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Nunes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Willis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nunes.
Nunes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nunes lands a big head kick that sends Willis tumbling to the mat! Nunes takes a step backwards and waves Willis back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Nunes steps in with a hook that catches Willis right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Nunes follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Willis looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evangelista Nunes!
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energy
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hype
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