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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yago Nascimento (ranked 2242 p4p, 1594 weight class) and Chris Travis (ranked 291 p4p, 215 weight class). Travis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chris Travis - Crunch Time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yago Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Travis!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento missing with a left hand there. Travis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nascimento lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Travis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Travis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Travis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nascimento throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Travis throws a looping overhand right but Nascimento ducks down to avoid it.
Nascimento ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Travis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nascimento takes one to the side of the head.
Nascimento takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nascimento takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nascimento misses with a kick to the body
and Travis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nascimento on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Travis needs to keep his hands up - Nascimento had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nascimento needs to keep his hands up - Travis had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Travis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Travis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Travis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nascimento paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nascimento scores with a nice right hand.
Travis scores with a hook to the body. Nascimento takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Travis 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.
Nascimento keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice defenses there by Nascimento.
Travis ducks under a wild hook from Nascimento.
Travis misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Nascimento misses
and Travis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nascimento ducks under a wild hook from Travis.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nascimento!
Travis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nascimento counters with a nice body kick.
We've been told by Nascimento's head coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento ducks under a wild hook from Travis.
Travis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nascimento.
Travis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nascimento had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Travis throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Travis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nascimento tries to move into range but Travis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Travis takes a swing at Nascimento's ribcage but misses.
Travis misses with a straight left.
Some bone on bone action there as Travis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nascimento ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nascimento ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Travis loads up on a big right hand but Nascimento slips the punch.
Travis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nascimento's head.
Travis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nascimento pushes Travis away with a front kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nascimento lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Travis at a distance.
Travis throws an off balance right hand
enabling Nascimento to counter with a crisp jab.
Travis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nascimento misses the jab.
Nascimento ducks under a wild hook from Travis.
Travis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a shot from downtown. Travis moves away and avoids it.
Nascimento avoids the body shot from Travis.
Nascimento moves forwards but Travis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nascimento throws a body kick that misses.
Travis throws an overhand right that lands on Nascimento's shoulder, as Nascimento tries to avoid the shot.
Nascimento jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Travis.
Travis has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Travis connects with a body shot that sends Nascimento's belly button to the back.
Travis connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nascimento takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Travis. That's going to slow Nascimento down.
Nascimento drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nascimento displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Travis throws out the jab.
Travis missing with a left hand there. Nascimento was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Travis throws a looping overhand right but Nascimento ducks down to avoid it.
Travis throws a jab but it's blocked by Nascimento.
Nascimento blocks a jab.
Travis checks a low kick from Nascimento.
A little jabbing left from Travis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nascimento misses with an uppercut. Travis saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Travis dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nascimento lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fighters circling - Nascimento throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nascimento walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nascimento keeps the fight on the outside.
Travis lands with a good body shot.
Nascimento throws a body punch but Travis moves out of range.
Nascimento tries to keep at a distance but Travis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Travis misses with a punch to the body.
Travis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Travis misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nascimento creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Travis pushes Nascimento back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nascimento has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Travis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Travis prevents a body shot from Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nascimento swings wildly with an uppercut but Travis uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis lands a nice uppercut.
Travis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nascimento has a couple of punches blocked by Travis.
Nascimento lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Travis.
Travis pulls guard.
Travis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nascimento is stalling in the full guard.
Travis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nascimento doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nascimento manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Travis has an active guard here but Nascimento has managed to pass into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis looking for submissions off his back.
Travis wants to control the action here but instead Nascimento manages to pass to full mount!
Nascimento takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Travis is trying desperately to improve position.
Nascimento takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Travis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Travis is desperately trying to improve his position but Nascimento has a good base and remains in mount.
Nascimento controlling from the full mount.
Travis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Travis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Travis is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nascimento looking to control and managing it successfully.
Travis tries to hold on but Nascimento pushes him away.
Travis is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Travis tries to hold on but Nascimento pushes him away.
Travis tries to improve his position but instead Nascimento has taken his back!
Travis just trying to survive but Nascimento is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yago Nascimento dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Travis throws a big shot that misses.
Nascimento was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Travis just misses with a punch to the body.
Nascimento uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Travis.
Travis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nascimento counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Travis checks a leg kick nicely.
Nascimento throws out a loose jab but Travis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Travis moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Travis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nascimento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Travis's elbow.
Nascimento works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Travis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Travis fails to land.
Travis lands a hook that snaps the head of Nascimento backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nascimento.
Nascimento throws a head punch that misses.
Travis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nascimento.
Nascimento fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Travis tries a body shot but Nascimento blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Travis.
Nascimento struggles to land a body shot inside as Travis controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Nascimento.
Nascimento blocks a body shot from Travis.
Nascimento throws a punch but it's blocked by Travis.
Travis blocks an uppercut.
Nascimento throws a punch but it's blocked by Travis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Travis.
Travis misses with some punches.
Nascimento tries to throw a body punch but Travis avoids it by throwing Nascimento back against the cage.
Nascimento blocks a body shot from Travis.
Nascimento fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Travis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Nascimento.
Travis is trying to stall.
Travis lands a right hand.
Nascimento blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nascimento swings wildly with an uppercut but Travis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nascimento has a couple of punches blocked by Travis.
Travis misses with a punch on the inside.
Travis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Travis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nascimento swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nascimento misses with the head strike.
Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Nascimento.
Travis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Travis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nascimento lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Travis or not.
Travis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Nascimento.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento working aggressively here.
Nascimento misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nascimento misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nascimento.
A right handed body shot lands from Nascimento.
Travis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right handed body shot lands from Nascimento.
Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Travis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nascimento blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nascimento goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Travis.
Nascimento lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Travis backwards.
Travis tries to work over Nascimento's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nascimento prevents a body shot from Travis.
Travis lands a body punch.
Travis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Travis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yago Nascimento has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Nascimento on the inside.
Nascimento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Travis's elbow.
Travis blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nascimento.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nascimento swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nascimento softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nascimento swings wildly with an uppercut but Travis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nascimento makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nascimento fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento digs a right hand underneath Travis's ribcage. Travis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nascimento lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nascimento throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nascimento scores with a hook to the body.
Nascimento lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Nascimento.
Travis misses with a punch on the inside.
Travis misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yago Nascimento showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nascimento has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yago Nascimento!
Yago Nascimento decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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