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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Romulo Nascimento (ranked 994 p4p, 121 weight class) and Chrisopher Ball (ranked 1614 p4p, 197 weight class). Chrisopher Ball has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Romulo Nascimento's chin.
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191 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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186 cm
26
192 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Romulo Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chrisopher Ball!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento moves out of range of the strikes.
Ball keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nascimento shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ball as he avoids it easily.
Ball moves in looking to clinch but Nascimento pushes him off.
Nascimento half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ball looks to land a right hand but Nascimento moved out of range.
Ball moves into range and clinches up with Nascimento.
Nascimento tries to pull guard but Ball holds him up against the cage and eventually Nascimento drops back down to his feet.
Nascimento has been working on his balance at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Ball.
Nascimento's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ball lands with a right to the head.
Nascimento jumps guard.
Nascimento had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ball defends it easily.
Nascimento tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ball manages to get himself to full guard.
Nascimento drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nascimento jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nascimento engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Nascimento wants to control from the top but Ball keeps moving.
Nascimento drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nascimento jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nascimento drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nascimento jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nascimento pushes down on Ball's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ball pushes Nascimento off and gets back to his feet.
Nascimento misses with a left hand
and Ball connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nascimento throws a leg kick
and Ball counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Romulo Nascimento has been cut.
Ball jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ball tries to clinch up but Nascimento circles away and keeps his distance.
A clash of legs there as Ball blocks the low kick.
Ball throws out a counter right but Nascimento avoids it with no problem.
Ball tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nascimento fails with the takedown
enabling Ball to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romulo Nascimento. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento misses with a hook. Ball ducked under it nicely.
Nascimento gets tackled into the cage by Ball. Ball maintains the clinch.
Ball misses with the head strike.
Nascimento looking to slow down the pace here.
Nascimento wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nascimento breaks from the clinch.
Nascimento shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ball connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ball looks to score with a jab to the body but Nascimento is just out of range.
Nascimento uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ball.
Ball connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ball fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ball scores with a jab to the head.
Nascimento has his takedown stuffed
and Ball connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nascimento is rocked!
Nascimento misses with a right hand
and Ball counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nascimento thinking.
Ball avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nascimento misses with a low kick.
Ball throws a big shot that misses.
Romulo Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nascimento closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ball circles away.
Ball lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ball looks to land a combination but Nascimento avoids it well.
Nascimento is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chrisopher Ball dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Romulo Nascimento's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nascimento misses with a straight right.
Nascimento jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ball wants to clinch.
Nascimento misses with a body punch
and Ball counters with a straight right hand.
Ball has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Ball moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nascimento manages to break the clinch.
Ball tries to close the distance and clinch but Nascimento swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ball has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nascimento misses with a hook
and Nascimento takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nascimento will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ball throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nascimento misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ball.
A punch lands to the side of Nascimento 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Oh Nascimento is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nascimento swats away the attempt to clinch by Ball.
Nascimento seems to have got his legs back now.
Ball throws a series of punches but Nascimento avoids them all with ease.
Ball looks to land a right hand but Nascimento moved out of range.
Chrisopher Ball seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ball misses with a hook.
Nascimento looks to score with a jab to the body but Ball is just out of range.
Nascimento misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ball is looking to clinch.
Ball with a nice cross.
Nascimento misses with a straight right.
Ball uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nascimento.
As Nascimento backs off Ball throws a huge counter combo but Nascimento manages to avoid it all.
A big right from Ball misses.
Nascimento tries to counter with a takedown but Ball is quick to defend against it.
Nascimento throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ball now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ball clinches with his opponent.
Nascimento is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nascimento wants a takedown.
Nascimento breaks the clinch.
Ball might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ball defending well as Nascimento loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ball fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nascimento tries to keep at a distance but Ball has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ball lands a shot to the body.
Nascimento looking to slow down the pace here.
Ball lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nascimento backwards.
Nascimento breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ball misses with a looping right.
Nascimento misses with a hook
and Ball counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ball avoids the body shot from Nascimento.
Ball throws out a counter right but Nascimento avoids it with no problem.
Nascimento swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ball moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nascimento just misses with a punch to the body.
Nascimento throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nascimento gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Ball gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Nascimento is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chrisopher Ball!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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