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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adan Mendoza (ranked 8238 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Nielsen (ranked 5746 p4p, 572 weight class). Adan Mendoza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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278 lbs
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241 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adan Mendoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Nielsen!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ron Honeybunn and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nielsen tries to clinch there but Mendoza circles away.
Nielsen wants to clinch.
Nielsen is looking to clinch but Mendoza is avoiding it.
Nielsen tries to clinch but Mendoza is having none of it.
Mendoza tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nielsen manages to circle out of the way.
Nielsen is looking to clinch but Mendoza is avoiding it.
Nielsen wants to clinch up but Mendoza keeps it at a distance.
Nielsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendoza walks into a straight right hand from Nielsen.
Mendoza really is a fat lump.
Nielsen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nielsen tries to clinch up.
Nielsen throws a low kick but Mendoza moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nielsen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mendoza seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nielsen moves into the clinch successfully.
Nielsen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nielsen.
Nielsen is trying to break the clinch but Mendoza is controlling him.
Nielsen is looking to break free of the clinch but Mendoza has double underhooks.
Nielsen misses with the head strike.
Nielsen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nielsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nielsen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza stalling the fight.
Nielsen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nielsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nielsen misses with the head strike.
Mendoza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mendoza jumps guard and drags Nielsen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Mendoza trying to control the position.
Mendoza is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Mendoza wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Nielsen is now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Mendoza is trying to maintain the position but Nielsen is very close to passing his half guard.
Mendoza wants to improve his position but Nielsen is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nielsen tries to stand and escape but Mendoza is controlling the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nielsen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mendoza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mendoza keeps the fight on the outside.
Nielsen darts in trying to clinch
and Mendoza finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nielsen doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendoza circles away.
Nielsen lands with a cross.
Nielsen tries to clinch there but Mendoza circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alexander Nielsen will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nielsen scores with a jab. Mendoza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nielsen throws a wild body kick that Mendoza sees coming a mile off.
Nielsen fails with the takedown.
Nielsen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mendoza is looking for a counter combo.
Mendoza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And Mendoza counters with a quick kick to the body but Nielsen blocks it.
Nielsen doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendoza circles away.
Nielsen wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nielsen wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielsen tries to clinch but Mendoza moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Nielsen scores with a four punch combination!
Mendoza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adan Mendoza is winning the standup battle so far.
Nielsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nielsen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice shot by Nielsen.
Nielsen tries to clinch but Mendoza moves out of range.
Nielsen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mendoza tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nielsen swivels and escapes.
Adan Mendoza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Nielsen.
Alexander Nielsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendoza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mendoza is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza keeps the fight on the outside.
As Nielsen looks to move away, Mendoza throws a big counter combo but Nielsen just gets out of the way.
Mendoza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nielsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mendoza drops down looking for a counter takedown but Nielsen sprawls and moves away.
Nielsen tries to clinch but Mendoza is having none of it.
Nielsen tries to clinch there but Mendoza circles away.
Nielsen doesn't manage to clinch there - Mendoza circles away.
Mendoza is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nielsen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendoza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mendoza tries to counter with a takedown but Nielsen is quick to defend against it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nielsen or perhaps it was just good defense by Mendoza, which made it look bad.
Nielsen tries to clinch but Mendoza moves away
and Mendoza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nielsen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mendoza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nielsen tries to clinch up.
Mendoza swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nielsen connects with a right hand. Mendoza shakes it off.
Mendoza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nielsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mendoza on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nielsen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nielsen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMendoza.
Nielsen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nielsen is looking to clinch but Mendoza is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Nielsen coming out on top.
Nielsen fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Mendoza was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nielsen wants to clinch.
Nielsen tries to clinch up
so Mendoza counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nielsen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mendoza is aware though and is defending well.
Mendoza thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendoza got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nielsen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mendoza has managed to get both his arms back between Nielsen's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alexander Nielsen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nielsen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendoza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mendoza moves into range and clinches up with Nielsen.
Nielsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nielsen tries to clinch there but Mendoza circles away.
Nielsen scores with a jab. Mendoza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mendoza avoids the head kick by Nielsen.
Nielsen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mendoza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Mendoza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nielsen tries to clinch up
and Mendoza counters with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nielsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza walks into a straight right hand from Nielsen.
Nielsen throws a head kick that misses
and Mendoza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mendoza jumps into guard, dragging Nielsen to the mat.
Mendoza has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Nielsen is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Mendoza.
Mendoza throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Mendoza throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendoza struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to buck Nielsen off but Nielsen is having none of it.
Nielsen has control of an arm but Mendoza manages to advance to Nielsen's back!
Mendoza looking for the choke but no joy.
Mendoza working for a choke but Nielsen is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nielsen is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Mendoza looking for the RNC.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nielsen trying to control but not successfully.
Nielsen tries to escape the position.
Mendoza tightening his grip on Nielsen, looking for the choke.
Nielsen preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Mendoza.
Nielsen tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Nielsen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nielsen tries to reverse the position but Mendoza maintains control.
Mendoza controlling from mount.
Nielsen tries to reverse the position but Mendoza maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nielsen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nielsen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mendoza scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Alexander Nielsen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mendoza lands a nice short elbow.
Nielsen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mendoza pulls his head out easily.
Mendoza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Nielsen is defending against the submission attempts here by Mendoza.
Adan Mendoza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nielsen looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Mendoza pushes past his half guard into mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Adan Mendoza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nielsen 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alexander Nielsen!
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FIGHT
RATING
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