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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Fjera (ranked 354 p4p, 16 weight class) and Arthur Curry (ranked 542 p4p, 19 weight class). Curry is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Molly Malone - The Dubliners. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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273 lbs
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263 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Nick Fjera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Curry!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fjera looks to score with a jab to the body but Curry is just out of range.
Curry misses with an uppercut. Fjera saw that one coming.
Fjera was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice shot by Fjera.
It looks like Arthur Curry has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fjera. Curry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fjera doesn't manage to clinch there - Curry circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fjera. Curry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fjera has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Nice cross by Curry.
Fjera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curry manages to avoid it.
Curry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fjera misses with a hook
and Curry counters with a stiff right hand.
Fjera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Curry's corner calls for a 1-2. Curry obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Curry works the jab nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fjera misses with a straight right.
Curry throws a hook to the side of Fjera's head but Fjera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fjera misses with a wild body shot.
Curry lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjera avoids a kick to the body.
Curry lands with a cross.
Curry scores with a jab. Fjera acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Curry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Curry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Curry slips a straight right by Fjera.
Fjera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Curry is looking to slow Fjera down with leg kicks.
Curry is looking to slow Fjera down with leg kicks.
Curry is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fjera swings for the body but Curry moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Curry.
Curry jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fjera connects with a right hand. Curry shakes it off.
A jab from Fjera does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fjera slips a straight right by Curry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry misses with an uppercut. Fjera saw that one coming.
Fjera throws a body punch but Curry moves out of range.
Fjera takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Curry has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fjera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Nick Fjera has been cut.
Fjera throws a body punch but Curry moves out of range.
Curry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fjera takes a swing at Curry's ribcage but misses.
Fjera throws a body punch but Curry moves out of range.
Curry lands with a hook. Fjera tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fjera tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Curry is able to avoid easily.
Curry works Fjera's body with a nice hook.
Fjera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Curry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Curry connects with a right hand. Fjera shakes it off.
Curry with a jab.
Curry looks to throw the jab but Fjera is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fjera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curry throws out the jab.
Curry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fjera connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Curry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fjera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fjera is looking to wear down Curry with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fjera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fjera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fjera there as he acknowledges the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Curry. That's going to slow Fjera down.
Fjera takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fjera cracks Curry with an open hand slap.
Fjera throws a left that rocks Curry and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Fjera dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Curry regain composure!
Curry is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee asks Fjera politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Fjera prefers to stall for the moment though.
Curry is still in real trouble! Can Fjera finish him?
Fjera tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
You can see the frustration on Curry's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Curry seems to have recovered his senses.
Curry regains half guard, as Fjera was trying to land strikes.
Fjera is keen to just control but Curry is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fjera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Curry defending well though.
Fjera is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Curry doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fjera.
Fjera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fjera is keen to just control but Curry is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fjera is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Curry sees it coming and defends easily.
Curry regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Fjera.
Curry keeping full guard, as Fjera tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Curry dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fjera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fjera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fjera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fjera connects with a body shot that sends Curry's belly button to the back.
Fjera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curry lands a glancing blow to the side of Fjera's head.
Curry throws a half hearted mid kick.
Curry moves out of range of the strikes.
Curry gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Fjera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Curry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fjera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Curry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Curry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fjera on the side of the head.
Fjera misses with a double jab
and Fjera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fjera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjera ducks right into an uppercut from Curry.
Curry scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fjera doesn't seem bothered though.
Fjera misses with an uppercut. Curry saw that one coming.
Curry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fjera.
Curry scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Curry.
Curry takes the fight into the clinch.
Curry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Curry manages to break the clinch.
Fjera scores with a sloppy right hand. Curry should have avoided that one.
Curry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fjera.
Curry throws a hook but Fjera avoids it easily.
Fjera tries to counter with a takedown but Curry is quick to defend against it.
Curry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fjera's calf.
Fjera walks into a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fjera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fjera has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fjera throws a body shot but no joy.
Curry swings widly with a right hand
and Curry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fjera swings for the body but Curry moves out of range.
Curry looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curry cracks Fjera with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fjera swings widly with a right hand
and Curry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Curry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fjera lands a glancing blow to the side of Curry's head.
Curry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fjera thows a leg kick but Curry checks it
letting Curry counter with a right hand.
Fjera throws a right hand that misses
and Curry counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fjera thinking.
Curry connects with a body shot that sends Fjera's belly button to the back.
Arthur Curry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fjera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curry.
Fjera has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Curry.
Curry throws a hook to the side of Fjera's head but Fjera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fjera looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry digs a good body shot into Fjera's ribs.
Fjera gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Curry.
Curry misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Fjera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curry moves away.
A little jabbing left from Curry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Curry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fjera.
Fjera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Curry throws a jab when Fjera was well out of range.
Fjera turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fjera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fjera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Curry.
Curry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fjera momentarily.
Curry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fjera blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fjera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Curry's elbow.
Fjera throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Curry throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fjera.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fjera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fjera blocks an uppercut.
Fjera works on Curry's body with a couple of short punches.
Fjera swings wildly with an uppercut but Curry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fjera lands a nice uppercut.
Curry struggles to land a body shot inside as Fjera controls his hands.
Curry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fjera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That has opened up Arthur Curry's cut even more.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Fjera tries to pull guard but Curry forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Curry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fjera lands with a short shot to the head.
Curry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curry lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Curry lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Curry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Curry takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Curry.
Fjera tries to throw a body punch but Curry avoids it by throwing Fjera back against the cage.
Curry prevents a body shot from Fjera.
Curry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fjera's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Fjera.
Fjera is working for takedown but Curry is calmly controlling the position for now.
Curry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fjera has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Curry.
Curry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fjera.
Fjera misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Curry misses the jab.
Curry wants to slow Fjera down by chopping away at his legs.
Fjera was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fjera misses with a lunging right hand
and Curry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fjera tries to clinch but Curry moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab-cross combination lands for Fjera and sends Curry crashing to the mat! Fjera follows him down to the mat - Curry regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Curry is refusing to be controlled, as Fjera sits in half guard.
Fjera is looking to pass Curry's guard but actually Curry recovers to full guard.
Curry wants to sweep but no luck.
Fjera trying to move into half guard but instead Curry has managed to sweep!
Fjera looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Curry has picked Fjera up and slammed him! Fjera can't keep hold of the triangle and Curry manages to pass to side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curry wants to stand but Fjera has his arm trapped.
Fjera manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nick Fjera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Fjera is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Fjera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fjera is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Curry is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fjera scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fjera tries to pass the half guard into mount. Curry knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fjera winds up and cracks Curry with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fjera is trying to work for a kimura but Curry is defending well.
Fjera misses with a head shot. Curry uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fjera looking to sit in guard and control but Curry gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fjera is looking for a triangle but Curry pushes his legs off easily.
Curry won't allow Fjera to sweep him here.
Fjera throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Fjera is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Curry defends well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Curry wants to get up but he can't break Fjera's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Fjera might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fjera is looking for a triangle but Curry pushes his legs off easily.
Fjera looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fjera bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Curry's guard.
Fjera throws a big right hand that misses.
Fjera in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fjera drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Curry dives on top into guard.
Curry has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Fjera is proving hard to escape from.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nick Fjera.
I think Curry has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Curry!
A victorious Arthur Curry thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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RATING
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