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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Nicolas (ranked 710 p4p, 891 weight class) and Fanta Coco (ranked 107 p4p, 140 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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 34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harold Nicolas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 27 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fanta Coco!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicolas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nicolas.
Coco takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nicolas throws a right and a left that Coco avoids nicely.
Despite the aggression on Coco's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Coco defending well as Nicolas loads up on a big left hand.
Coco with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Coco tries to clinch there but Nicolas circles away.
Coco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Coco listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Coco fails to land with a series of punches.
Coco misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nicolas throws a hook to the side of Coco's head but Coco sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coco tries to close the distance and clinch but Nicolas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Nicolas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Coco tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nicolas is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolas throws a body shot but no joy.
Coco misses with an uppercut. Nicolas saw that one coming.
Nicolas fires out a quick counter leg kick but Coco just manages to avoid it.
Fanta Coco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nicolas throws a sloppy body shot
letting Coco counter with a right hand.
Coco throws a sloppy head kick and Nicolas moves out of range easily.
Nicolas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Coco tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Nicolas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice uppercut lands for Nicolas. That snapped Coco's head back.
Coco throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nicolas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nicolas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nicolas jabs Coco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Coco throws a nice outside leg kick.
Coco misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coco.
Nicolas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coco lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nicolas will feel that in the morning.
Nicolas misses with a wild body shot.
Coco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicolas can pounce on him.
Nicolas avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Coco misses.
Coco clinches up with Nicolas and pushes him back against the cage.
Nicolas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nicolas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
Coco misses with a body punch.
Nicolas is leaning against Coco and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Nicolas.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nicolas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nicolas lands a left hand.
Nicolas lands with a short shot to the head.
Nicolas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Fanta Coco has been cut.
Coco makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Coco misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nicolas.
A left hand lands to the body for Nicolas.
Coco looks winded!
Nicolas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nicolas lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicolas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
Nicolas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicolas gets through Coco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nicolas is working Coco over against the cage.
Nicolas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nicolas avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas scores with a nice strike.
Coco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nicolas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nice uppercut lands for Coco. That snapped Nicolas's head back.
Coco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nicolas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Coco looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nicolas throws a leg kick but Coco sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nicolas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Coco takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Coco throws the left hand but Nicolas avoids the punch easily.
Coco tries to clinch there but Nicolas circles away.
Nicolas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Harold Nicolas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fanta Coco's cut.
That's time! Nicolas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nicolas jabs Coco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nicolas misses with a looping right.
Coco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Coco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Coco connects with a single shot there.
Coco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nicolas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Coco connects with a body shot.
Nicolas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coco gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nicolas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Coco looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Coco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nicolas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicolas throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coco.
Nicolas misses with a series of wild punches.
Nicolas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coco.
Coco takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Coco shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Coco is rocked!
That has opened up Fanta Coco's cut even more.
and Nicolas counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Coco! He's just covering up as Nicolas starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Nicolas!
Our winner, Harold Nicolas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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