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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Wallace (ranked 953 p4p, 1556 weight class) and Caio Bottura (ranked 117 p4p, 184 weight class). Bottura has chosen Face The Pain as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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31 - 20 - 0 |
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173 cm
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146
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Caio Bottura!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bottura scores with a spinning back kick!
Wallace tries to land a front kick but Bottura steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wallace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An inside leg kick from Wallace misses.
A head kick misses from Bottura.
Bottura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wallace.
Bottura lands with a right hand.
Bottura has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bottura works Wallace's body with a nice hook.
Bottura takes a swing at Wallace's ribcage but misses.
Bottura fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bottura throws a leg kick which misses Wallace's front leg but catches the back leg as Wallace tries to avoid it.
Wallace lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bottura lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wallace at a distance.
Wallace does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wallace missing with a left hand there. Bottura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bottura scores with a leg kick.
Wallace checks the leg kick.
Wallace fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wallace throws a push kick but Bottura slaps the foot to one side.
Bottura defending well as Wallace loads up on a big left hand.
Bottura takes one to the side of the head.
Bottura turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottura moves out of range of the strikes.
Bottura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wallace has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wallace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bottura.
Wallace pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wallace lands with an uppercut that bounces Bottura off the cage and back into range.
Wallace tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jab, jab by Wallace - just one landing.
Wallace swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bottura throws a head kick that misses.
Bottura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bottura slips a straight right by Wallace.
Bottura feints a counter leg kick.
Wallace throws a body punch but Bottura moves out of range.
Wallace seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Bottura misses with a wild body shot.
Bottura fakes the leg kick and cracks Wallace in the body.
Bottura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice shot by Bottura.
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!
Bottura throws a hook to the side of Wallace's head but Wallace sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bottura is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Wallace rather than just go for the knockout.
Wallace plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bottura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bottura. Wallace shrugs it off though.
Wallace takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bottura looks to land a left hand but Wallace moved out of range nicely.
Wallace takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wallace scores with a push kick.
Wallace lands with a nice body punch.
Bottura with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wallace moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jab, jab by Bottura - just one landing.
Wallace tries to score with a low kick but Bottura moves his leg out of the way.
Bottura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bottura is looking to slow Wallace down with leg kicks.
Bottura checks a low kick from Wallace.
That kick from Bottura tenderised Wallace's leg. Wallace is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice defenses there by Wallace.
Bottura bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wallace's head.
Bottura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bottura throws a poor cross that misses
and Wallace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wallace takes a swing at Bottura's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottura scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wallace pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bottura throws a leg kick that misses.
Wallace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wallace misses with a low kick.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
Good leg kick by Bottura.
Wallace tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wallace. Bottura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bottura throws the kick towards the body but Wallace avoids it.
Wallace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bottura throws a head kick but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wallace scores with a head kick.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Bottura lands.
Wallace is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice defenses there by Wallace.
Bottura slips a straight right by Wallace.
Bottura moves out of range as Wallace throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bottura throws a leg kick but Wallace moved away.
Bottura fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wallace tried to score with a low kick but Bottura checks it.
Wallace throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bottura stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wallace misses with a hook.
Bottura checks a leg kick nicely.
Bottura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wallace has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wallace fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wallace gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bottura takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wallace is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bottura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bottura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bottura lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bottura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wallace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bottura throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Caio Bottura dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bottura tries to land a leg kick but Wallace saw it coming and moves away.
Wallace looks to score with a jab to the body but Bottura is just out of range.
Bottura looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wallace misses with a straight left.
A bone on bone clash there as Bottura blocks the leg kick.
Wallace has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wallace there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wallace throws the left hand but Bottura avoids the punch easily.
Bottura lands with a slapping head kick.
Wallace throws a hook but Bottura blocks it.
Bottura replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Wallace blocks it well.
Bottura steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Bottura blocks a head kick by Wallace.
Wallace lands with an uppercut that bounces Bottura off the cage and back into range.
Bottura's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wallace connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bottura scrambles back to his feet.
Bottura lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wallace's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bottura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
Wallace walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bottura checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bottura chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bottura throws a shot to the body.
Wallace on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace misses with an uppercut.
Wallace throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bottura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wallace takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wallace is looking to land body kicks.
Bottura lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wallace connects with a nice looking jab.
Bottura is rocked!
Wallace lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Bottura head around and knocks him out cold! Wallace hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nathan Wallace!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nathan Wallace made sure he mentioned Core Combat, 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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RATING
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