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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joey Nix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nix comes to the cage accompanied by Gorilla Militia by Bliss n Eso. Joey Nix has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Nix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Blanco!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco misses with a hook.
Nix half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nix goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Pablo Blanco has been cut.
Nix throws a wild body kick that Blanco sees coming a mile off.
Nix throws out a loose jab but Blanco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blanco's coach down at B.P.A.: BEST COACHES SPARRING 160 SUPPLEMENT IN LV was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Blanco's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Nix shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Blanco is trying to defend but Nix finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Blanco moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nix sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nix trying to control the position from guard on top but Blanco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nix will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nix is looking to work some ground and pound but Blanco has wrist control.
Nix won't allow Blanco to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nix is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Blanco is pulling down on Nix's head. It's preventing any offense from Nix, at least for the moment.
Blanco has a closed guard, preventing Nix from standing up.
Blanco working a defensive guard here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Blanco takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nix lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blanco takes one to the chin there.
A big left from Blanco misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Nix misses the target.
Nix scores with a sloppy right hand. Blanco should have avoided that one.
A jab lands there for Nix.
Blanco is rocked!
Nix tries to close the distance and clinch but Blanco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blanco throws out a counter right but Nix avoids it with no problem.
Pablo Blanco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blanco takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nix cracks Blanco with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blanco is still on wobbly legs! Can Nix finish him?
Blanco backs away from a small jab... but Nix lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Blanco crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Nix with a spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Joey Nix!
Joey Nix seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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