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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nicholas Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Norman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio comes to the cage accompanied by Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop. The crowd seem to be enjoying Norman's choice of entrance music: Freaks. Nathan Norman will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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173 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nicholas Maggio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nathan Norman!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Norman. Maggio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maggio misses with a head kick.
Maggio seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Maggio displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Norman.
Maggio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Norman is out of range and Maggio settles back down.
Norman with the counter takedown but Maggio avoids it easily.
Maggio darts in and clinches Norman up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Norman fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Maggio.
It looks like Nathan Norman has been cut.
Norman looking for a takedown.
Maggio gets underhooks to prevent Norman's takedown attempt.
Nicholas Maggio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Norman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maggio.
Maggio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maggio scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
Norman looks winded!
Norman is trying to drag Maggio to the mat but Maggio just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
Norman is trying to force a seperation but Maggio has the dominant position.
Maggio landing knees to the body.
Maggio lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maggio.
Maggio lands an elbow inside that Norman shrugs off.
Maggio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Norman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maggio lands a nice elbow.
Maggio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Norman's ribcage.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Norman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maggio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maggio lands an elbow that stopped Norman in his tracks for a moment.
Maggio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Norman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maggio lands a nice elbow.
Maggio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Norman is rocked!
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Norman is still on wobbly legs! Can Maggio finish him?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maggio obliges.
Maggio stalling.
Maggio stalling the fight.
Maggio gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Maggio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Norman takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Nathan Norman's cut even more.
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maggio lands an elbow inside.
Maggio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maggio stalling in the clinch.
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maggio obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Norman! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Maggio.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicholas Maggio!
A relieved looking Nicholas Maggio thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Nathan Norman had this to say: 'I'd like to thank the fans even though I couldn't pull off the victory, I vs'd a great opponent and I wish him all the best. I will return in better form with more skills to win.'.
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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
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