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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pittsburgh Steelers (ranked 285 p4p, 559 weight class) and Naiki Nekele (ranked 11 p4p, 20 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pittsburgh Steelers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Naiki Nekele!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nekele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nekele checks a leg kick.
Nekele lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nekele connects with a body shot that sends Steelers's belly button to the back.
Steelers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nekele misses with a wild body shot.
Steelers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nekele.
A lazy body kick from Nekele
and Steelers counters with a good low kick that Nekele was not able to check.
Steelers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nekele counters with a leg kick.
Nekele takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nekele uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steelers.
A big right from Nekele misses.
Nekele throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nekele throws a body punch but Steelers moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Nekele.
Steelers throws a head kick but Nekele moves out of range.
Nekele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steelers.
Nekele buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Nekele.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nekele throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Pittsburgh Steelers has been cut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nekele has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Naiki Nekele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steelers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nekele. Steelers shrugs it off though.
Nekele lands a right hook to the body.
Steelers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nekele manages to avoid it.
Steelers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nekele missing with a left hand there. Steelers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steelers went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Steelers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nekele lands a slapping body shot.
Nekele misses with a left hand
and Steelers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Steelers connects with a body shot that sends Nekele's belly button to the back.
Nekele misses with a wild body shot.
Steelers looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Steelers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nekele lands a nice shot to the body.
Nekele showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steelers.
Nekele smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steelers throws a sloppy head kick
and Nekele connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nekele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Steelers moves out of range as Nekele strikes.
Nekele connects with a single shot there.
Nekele just misses with a punch to the body.
Nekele scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steelers doesn't seem bothered though.
Steelers blocks a head kick by Nekele.
Steelers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Steelers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nekele to score with a decent uppercut.
Nekele tries to land a front kick but Steelers steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nekele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steelers misses with an uppercut. Nekele saw that one coming.
Steelers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steelers avoids the head kick by Nekele.
As Nekele looks to move away, Steelers throws a big counter combo but Nekele just gets out of the way.
Nekele connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nekele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nekele misses with a looping left.
Nekele throws a body shot but no joy.
Nekele misses the jab.
Steelers misses with an uppercut
and Nekele counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Steelers is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nekele has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice straight punches there by Nekele. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nekele.
Steelers is rocked!
Steelers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nekele is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Steelers with a body shot.
Oh Steelers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nekele throws a quick head kick that knocks Steelers silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Nekele is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Naiki Nekele!
Naiki Nekele is the new super heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Naiki Nekele was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Pittsburgh Steelers stepped up to the mic, saying 'I can not believe he beat me. Fuck!'.
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hype
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RATING
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