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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andy Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacoby Nichalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nichalos has chosen Hallow Point Heroes- Calm Before The Storm as his entrance music. Andy Jr had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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156 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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140 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacoby Nichalos!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jr.
Jr throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Nichalos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jr is in Nichalos's guard.
Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jr is standing up over Nichalos. Nichalos looks to escape but Jr dives into side control.
Jr working the ground and pound but Nichalos is defending the strikes.
The ground and pound from Jr seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nichalos wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
We've been hearing that Jr has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jr working the ground and pound but Nichalos is defending the strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nichalos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nichalos wants to get back to his feet but Jr drags him back down.
Nichalos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nichalos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Nichalos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jr asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr working the body and head with strikes.
Nichalos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jr misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Nichalos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nichalos is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jr connects with a decent elbow.
Jr wants to control but Nichalos is keeping him busy.
Jr throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Nichalos some visible discomfort.
Nichalos is trying to get back to his feet.
An elbow from Jr crashes against the mat.
Nichalos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jr asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nichalos is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr wants to control but Nichalos is keeping him busy.
Nichalos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jr asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nichalos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nichalos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jr working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nichalos is trying to get back to his feet.
Jr looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nichalos is avoiding damage well.
Nichalos tries to escape but Jr is in control.
Jr landing a few strikes.
Jr looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nichalos is avoiding damage well.
Jr wants to control but Nichalos is keeping him busy.
Jr misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jr tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nichalos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jr is controlling him well.
Jr working the ground and pound from side control.
Jr prevents Nichalos from escaping the position.
Jr landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nichalos is trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jr throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jr prevents Nichalos from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nichalos tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Jr lands a shot to the head.
Nichalos is trying to stand back up.
Nichalos is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Jr off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Jr is punishing Nichalos with strikes - can he finish him?!
Nichalos is trying to stand back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jr throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Nichalos!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Jr dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jr closes the distance and clinches up with Nichalos, looking for a takedown. Jr pushes Nichalos against the cage but Nichalos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nichalos misses with a looping left.
Good work by Nichalos as he checks the leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nichalos throws a body punch but Jr moves out of range.
Nichalos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jr.
Jr scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nichalos is pushing Jr's head away, looking to escape. Jr manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Jr cracks Nichalos with a big elbow.
Jr is chipping away with strikes.
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!
Nichalos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jr asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jr in side control, throwing shots but Nichalos defends.
Jr tries to score with some ground and pound. Nichalos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Nichalos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jr creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nichalos is not content to let Jr control the position.
Check out the look on Jr's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jr grinds an elbow into Nichalos's temple.
Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nichalos can do to turn this around?
Nichalos wants to get back to his feet but Jr drags him back down.
Nichalos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jr landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jr prevents Nichalos from escaping the position.
Jr lands an elbow.
Jr prevents Nichalos from escaping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr working the ground and pound but Nichalos is defending the strikes.
Nichalos is trying to buck Jr off.
Jr is putting a hurting on Nichalos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nichalos tries to escape but Jr is in control.
Jr scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nichalos to see if he's OK.
Jr lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Nichalos tries to escape but Jr is in control.
Jr lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jr working the head and body with strikes.
Nichalos taking punishment in the form of punches.
Nichalos is rocked!
Jr working the head with strikes.
Nichalos is still in real trouble! Can Jr finish him?
Jr throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Nichalos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr lands a nice forearm strike.
Nichalos pushes Jr away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jr gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Jr is putting a hurting on Nichalos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jr misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jr sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nichalos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jr landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nichalos is trying to get back to his feet.
The ground and pound from Jr seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Andy Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nichalos parries the strikes from Jr easily there. Jr is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nichalos to escape.
Jr working the ground and pound.
Nichalos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nichalos tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Nichalos takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Jr lands a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nichalos is trying to get back to his feet but Jr has full control of the position and if anything, Nichalos has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Jr.
Nichalos is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jr connects with a big shot to the side of Nichalos's head.
Can Nichalos hold on?! Jr is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Will Jr go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Nichalos trying to get back to his feet but Jr is in full control for now.
Jr cracks Nichalos with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Nichalos from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Nichalos is trying to get back to his feet but Jr has full control of the position and if anything, Nichalos has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Jr throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Nichalos!
Nichalos wants to get back to his feet.
Jr is scoring with a succession of shots from the back. Nichalos is covering up - he's had enough and the ref steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Jr!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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