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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Hudson (ranked 3679 p4p, 465 weight class) and Lando Nallo (ranked 1261 p4p, 199 weight class). Nallo has chosen Fort Battle - Trevor Jones as his entrance music. Morgan Hudson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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212 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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209 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morgan Hudson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lando Nallo!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nallo misses the shot to the body.
Hudson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lando Nallo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hudson leaves Nallo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hudson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hudson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hudson lands a front kick.
Hudson misses with an uppercut
and Nallo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nallo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nallo prevents Hudson from getting back to his feet.
Nallo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hudson wants to stand and escape but Nallo is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nallo looking to pass the guard.
Hudson is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Holding Cell that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Hudson wants to stand but Nallo is controlling the position.
Nallo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hudson has his feet on Nallo's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Hudson stuffs the takedown attempt from Nallo. Nallo gets slowly back to his feet.
Hudson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nallo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hudson as he jumps to the side.
Morgan Hudson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lando Nallo.
Nallo fails to land the takedown.
A punch combination from Nallo misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nallo moves in looking to clinch but Hudson pushes him off.
Nallo closes the distance and clinches.
Nallo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nallo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hudson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hudson misses with a head kick.
Nallo throws a combination that misses
enabling Hudson to counter with a crisp jab.
Nallo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hudson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hudson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hudson tries to land a body kick
and Nallo counters with a shoot takedown. Hudson fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hudson manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Hudson crunches a lovely knee into Nallo's ribcage.
Hudson missing with knees to the body.
Hudson misses with a knee strike.
Nallo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hudson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nallo avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hudson looking to throw knees to the head but Nallo is blocking nicely.
Nallo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nallo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hudson looking to throw knees to the head but Nallo is blocking nicely.
Nallo is trying to trip Hudson. He has hold of a leg but Hudson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nallo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Nallo stops Hudson from standing up.
Hudson wriggles free and stands up.
Hudson throws a sloppy body shot
and Nallo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nallo is looking to clinch but Hudson is avoiding it.
Hudson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nallo works Hudson's body with a nice hook.
Nallo gets a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hudson misses with a body punch.
Nallo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hudson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hudson missing with knees to the body.
Nallo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hudson is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hudson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nallo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hudson tries to land knees in the clinch but Nallo avoids the damage to the body.
Nallo wants a takedown but no success here.
Nallo managing to block the knees to the body from Hudson.
Nallo managing to block the knees to the body from Hudson.
Hudson misses with a knee strike.
Hudson lands a nice knee to the body.
Nallo lands with a left to the head.
Nallo is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hudson breaks the clinch.
Nallo shoots in and drives through. Hudson sprawls well.
Hudson lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Nallo looks winded!
Nallo shoots in and drives through. Hudson sprawls well.
Nallo misses with a takedown attempt - Hudson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hudson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Morgan Hudson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nallo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hudson manages to avoid it.
Nallo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hudson avoids it really well and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nallo.
Hudson lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Morgan Hudson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nallo shoots in and drives through. Hudson sprawls well.
Hudson throwing a counter right hand but Nallo manages to avoid it.
Morgan Hudson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lando Nallo.
Nallo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nallo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nallo throws a punch but it's blocked by Hudson.
Hudson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nallo avoiding damage as Hudson throws knees to the body.
Nallo avoiding damage as Hudson throws knees to the body.
Nallo has clasped his hands together around Hudson's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Hudson is pushing Nallo's head away, looking to escape. Nallo manages to hold on to the position though.
Nallo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hudson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nallo has hold of Hudson's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Hudson seems comfortable defending it but Nallo has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Hudson is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Hudson is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Nallo couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lando Nallo!
Lando Nallo is the new light heavyweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Lando Nallo made sure he mentioned Dr. Dogood (160 quality for $135), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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