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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolaos Prouxontas (ranked 1128 p4p, 118 weight class) and Paul Beecher (ranked 1953 p4p, 199 weight class). Prouxontas comes to the cage accompanied by Σταμάτης Γονί&#. Paul Beecher will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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240 lbs
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285 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Insanely flexible |
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikolaos Prouxontas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Beecher!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Prouxontas misses
enabling Beecher to counter with a crisp jab.
Beecher takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Prouxontas is looking to land body kicks.
Prouxontas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Prouxontas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Prouxontas misses with a combination
and Beecher counters with a nice uppercut.
Prouxontas throws a front kick that sends Beecher stumbling back into the cage.
Prouxontas misses with a head kick.
Beecher doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beecher. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prouxontas looks for the body kick but Beecher saw that one coming.
Beecher is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Prouxontas with a body shot.
Prouxontas tries to clinch but Beecher is having none of it.
Beecher looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Beecher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Prouxontas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prouxontas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Prouxontas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Prouxontas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beecher takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Prouxontas darts in and clinches Beecher up against the cage.
Beecher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prouxontas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beecher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beecher throws out a counter right but Prouxontas avoids it with no problem.
Prouxontas darts in trying to clinch
and Beecher counters with a nice body shot.
Prouxontas misses with a lunging right hand
and Beecher counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beecher. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beecher misses with a shot to the body
and Prouxontas counters with a left and a right that stings Beecher.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Prouxontas throws a nice head kick!
Beecher throws a series of punches but Prouxontas avoids them all with ease.
Prouxontas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beecher lands a right hook to the body.
Prouxontas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Beecher, pushing him back against the cage.
Beecher breaks from the clinch.
Prouxontas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Prouxontas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beecher is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Prouxontas takes one on the button.
No joy there for Beecher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Prouxontas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Decent striking displayed by Prouxontas there.
Beecher takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas misses with a straight right.
Prouxontas moves away from the strike by Beecher.
Prouxontas scores with a push kick.
Prouxontas lands with an overhand left.
Beecher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Prouxontas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Beecher misses with a body punch
and Prouxontas counters with a crisp one two that drops Beecher! Prouxontas thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Beecher to his feet! Beecher is in big trouble!
Beecher is rocked!
Beecher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beecher is still on wobbly legs! Can Prouxontas finish him?
Beecher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Beecher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prouxontas was well out of range. Poor timing from Beecher.
Beecher seems to have recovered his senses.
Prouxontas avoids the body shot from Beecher.
Prouxontas lands a leg kick that knocks Beecher off balance momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prouxontas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beecher misses with a body shot.
Prouxontas thows a body kick. Beecher tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Beecher uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Prouxontas tries to clinch but Beecher moves out of range.
Nikolaos Prouxontas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beecher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prouxontas moves away.
Beecher avoids the head kick by Prouxontas.
Beecher has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Prouxontas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Prouxontas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beecher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beecher misses with a jab to the body
and Prouxontas counters with a solid body kick.
Prouxontas throws a nice head kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prouxontas throws an overhand right that lands on Beecher's shoulder, as Beecher tries to avoid the shot.
A nice side step and Beecher releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolaos Prouxontas dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Prouxontas darts in and clinches Beecher up against the cage.
Prouxontas misses with the head strike.
Beecher controlling the action here for a moment.
Prouxontas lands a body punch.
Beecher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Prouxontas misses with a kick to the body.
Prouxontas throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Beecher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Prouxontas misses with a kick to the body.
Beecher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Prouxontas. Prouxontas obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prouxontas misses with a looping left.
Beecher throws a series of punches but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Prouxontas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Prouxontas lands a leg kick that knocks Beecher off balance momentarily.
Beecher takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prouxontas throws a lazy right hand but Beecher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Prouxontas's corner calls for a 1-2. Prouxontas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Prouxontas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Beecher on the side of the head.
Prouxontas throws a sloppy head kick
and Beecher counters with a nice body shot.
Beecher throws a series of strikes that have Prouxontas backpedaling.
Prouxontas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beecher can do to turn this around?
Prouxontas tries to clinch up.
Prouxontas cracks the inside of Beecher's front leg.
Prouxontas misses with a body kick.
Beecher just misses with a punch to the body.
Prouxontas looks for the body kick but Beecher saw that one coming.
Prouxontas lands with a nice body kick.
Prouxontas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beecher looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beecher lands with a nice body punch.
Beecher's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
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!
Prouxontas jabs Beecher to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Prouxontas lands a nice shot that snaps Beecher's head back.
Beecher takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Beecher throws a body shot but no joy.
Prouxontas misses with the body kick
and Beecher counters with a nice body shot.
Beecher has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Prouxontas.
Beecher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beecher takes one on the button.
Beecher blocks a head kick by Prouxontas.
Prouxontas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Beecher misses.
Beecher throws a predictable looking body shot
and Prouxontas counters with a nice uppercut.
Beecher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Prouxontas here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beecher moves out of range of the strikes.
Beecher blocks a low kick nicely.
Prouxontas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beecher counters with a left and a right that stings Prouxontas.
Prouxontas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Prouxontas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prouxontas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Prouxontas misses with a left hand
and Beecher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beecher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nikolaos Prouxontas is winning the standup battle so far.
Prouxontas misses with a body kick.
Beecher is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Beecher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy body kick from Prouxontas
letting Beecher counter with a right hand.
Prouxontas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Prouxontas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beecher scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Prouxontas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beecher is out of range and Prouxontas settles back down.
Good standup being displayed there by Prouxontas as he connects with a hook.
Beecher blocks a jab.
Beecher is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Prouxontas rather than just go for the knockout.
Prouxontas misses with a hook. Beecher ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beecher. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beecher just misses with a punch to the body.
Beecher scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Prouxontas doesn't seem bothered though.
Prouxontas misses with a kick to the body.
Prouxontas tries to land a body kick
and Beecher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Prouxontas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nikolaos Prouxontas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Prouxontas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Prouxontas scores with a kick to the body.
Beecher moves out of range as Prouxontas throws a body kick.
Prouxontas wants to clinch.
Beecher avoids a kick to the body.
Beecher throws a counter combo.
Prouxontas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beecher misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beecher blocks the body kick.
Beecher takes a swing at Prouxontas's ribcage but misses.
Beecher ducks under a wild hook from Prouxontas.
A combination from Beecher does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prouxontas scores with a leg kick.
Beecher throws a body punch but Prouxontas moves out of range.
Beecher walks into a left hand.
Prouxontas tries to land a front kick but Beecher steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Prouxontas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Prouxontas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Prouxontas throws a sloppy head kick and Beecher moves out of range easily.
Beecher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prouxontas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beecher misses the shot to the body.
Prouxontas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beecher throws a body shot but no joy.
Prouxontas quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beecher moves out of range of the body kick.
Prouxontas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A head kick from Prouxontas lands but Beecher takes it in his stride.
Prouxontas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Prouxontas drives through and clinches with Beecher against the cage.
Prouxontas pushes off an throws an elbow but Beecher leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Prouxontas misses with a hook to the ribs.
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!
Prouxontas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Prouxontas can't find room to land a body shot as Beecher controls the action.
Beecher breaks from the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Prouxontas.
Beecher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Prouxontas catches Beecher with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nikolaos Prouxontas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas connects with a solid leg kick.
Prouxontas throws a sloppy head kick and Beecher moves out of range easily.
Prouxontas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Beecher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prouxontas.
Prouxontas cracks Beecher with a right hand to the side of the head.
Beecher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beecher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beecher. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prouxontas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Decent striking displayed by Beecher there.
Prouxontas with a jab.
Paul Beecher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prouxontas misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beecher. Prouxontas does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the body from Beecher misses
and Prouxontas counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prouxontas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prouxontas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beecher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beecher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prouxontas moves away.
Prouxontas scores with a nice body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prouxontas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prouxontas dodges the punch combination from Beecher.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolaos Prouxontas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Prouxontas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolaos Prouxontas!
Nikolaos Prouxontas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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