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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kobe Riggs (ranked 5366 p4p, 477 weight class) and Abed Nadir (ranked 5688 p4p, 491 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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203 lbs
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Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kobe Riggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abed Nadir!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Nadir as he checks the leg kick.
It seemed like Nadir was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Abed Nadir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nadir ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riggs moves away.
Riggs throws a nice inside leg kick.
Riggs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nadir.
Nadir lands a nice shot to the body.
Riggs looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nadir lands with a good body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nadir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riggs looks for the body kick but Nadir saw that one coming.
Riggs on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Riggs slips under a jab from Nadir.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nadir connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nadir lands a nice hook to Riggs's body. Riggs takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nadir thuds his right hand into Riggs's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nadir scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Riggs doesn't seem bothered though.
Nadir changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nadir throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir works over Riggs's head and body with a nice combination.
Nadir has taken the fight to the clinch.
Riggs misses with a body punch.
Riggs misses with the head strike.
Riggs looking to stall.
Nadir is stalling here.
Riggs is trying to force a seperation but Nadir has the dominant position.
Nadir misses with a punch on the inside.
Nadir blocks a body shot from Riggs.
Riggs creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Riggs dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nadir misses with the head strike.
Riggs tries to throw a body punch but Nadir avoids it by throwing Riggs back against the cage.
Nadir lands a left hand.
Riggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nadir lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir blocks an uppercut.
Nadir throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Riggss head.
Nadir misses with some punches.
Nadir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nadir tries to throw a body punch but Riggs avoids it by throwing Nadir back against the cage.
Nadir swings wildly with an uppercut but Riggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nadir blocking some punches.
Nadir lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Riggs backwards.
Nadir has a couple of punches blocked by Riggs.
A head punch on the inside from Riggs fails to land.
Riggs misses with a punch on the inside.
Riggs misses with a punch to the body.
Nadir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nadir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Nadir on the inside.
Riggs is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nadir throws a punch but it's blocked by Riggs.
Riggs has a couple of punches blocked by Nadir.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nadir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Riggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Riggs fails to land.
Nadir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riggs.
Nadir blocks a body shot from Riggs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riggs.
Riggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nadir swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Riggs throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Riggs avoids the body shot from Nadir.
Nadir takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Riggs takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nadir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nadir checks a low kick from Riggs.
Nadir connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riggs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nadir is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Riggs rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir lands a nice hook to Riggs's body. Riggs takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nadir scores with a jab to the head.
Riggs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nadir to score with a decent uppercut.
Nadir doesn't manage to clinch there - Riggs circles away.
Riggs throws a leg kick but Nadir sees it coming and moves out of range.
Riggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riggs takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice body punch from Nadir.
Nadir takes a swing at Riggs's ribcage but misses.
Nadir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nadir digs a good hook to Riggs's body.
Nadir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nadir connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nadir throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Riggs on the side of the head.
Riggs is rocked!
Riggs takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oh Riggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nadir closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abed Nadir dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Riggs gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Nadir gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Riggs 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 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abed Nadir!
Post fight, Abed Nadir took to the microphone: 'Cool, cool, cool.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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