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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and José Nabijos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soprano comes to the cage accompanied by Got Yourself a Gun . Nabijos has chosen IF I DIE TONIGHT as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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24 - 8 - 1 |
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187 cm
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213 lbs
28 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Soprano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, José Nabijos!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabijos looks to score with a jab to the body but Soprano is just out of range.
Soprano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nabijos.
Nabijos moves out of range of the body kick.
Soprano misses with a hook.
Soprano throws a lazy uppercut
and Nabijos counters with a head kick. That will keep Soprano thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Nabijos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soprano.
Soprano bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Soprano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nabijos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Soprano thuds his right hand into Nabijos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nabijos misses with a low kick.
Soprano dodges the punch combination from Nabijos.
Soprano scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos defending well as Soprano loads up on a big left hand.
Soprano misses with a right hand
enabling Nabijos to counter with a crisp jab.
Nabijos connects with a looping right hand.
Soprano misses with a wild body shot.
Nabijos blocks a jab.
Nabijos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nabijos throws a leg kick but Soprano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Soprano throws an off balance right hand
and Nabijos counters with a nice body kick.
Tony Soprano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soprano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nabijos misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nabijos.
Soprano feints and then cracks Nabijos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nabijos down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos delivers a nice body kick.
Soprano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nabijos.
Nice body kick from Soprano.
Nabijos tries to land a leg kick but Soprano saw it coming and moves away.
Soprano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nabijos moves into the clinch successfully.
Soprano can't break the clinch.
Soprano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nabijos blocks an uppercut.
Soprano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nabijos backwards.
Soprano misses with some punches.
Nabijos looking to slow down the pace here.
Soprano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soprano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nabijos backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano has a couple of punches blocked by Nabijos.
Soprano managing to block the knees to the body from Nabijos.
Soprano gets through Nabijos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Nabijos fails to land.
A knee to the head by Nabijos.
It looks like Tony Soprano has been cut.
Nabijos pulls guard effortlessly.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nabijos looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Soprano is defending well. Nabijos quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Soprano has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Nabijos celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). José Nabijos!
José Nabijos is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking José Nabijos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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