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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kebab Nurminen (ranked 211 p4p, 282 weight class) and Santino Lombardo (ranked 32 p4p, 46 weight class). Lombardo has chosen Illusions as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kebab Nurminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Santino Lombardo!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurminen tries to clinch up but Lombardo circles away and keeps his distance.
Nurminen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nurminen. Lombardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lombardo scores with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Lombardo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nurminen looks to land a left hand but Lombardo moved out of range nicely.
Lombardo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nurminen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nurminen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lombardo counters with a stiff right hand.
Nurminen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nurminen throws a leg kick but Lombardo sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've been informed that Lombardo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lombardo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nurminen has a takedown stuffed.
Nurminen slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nurminen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lombardo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nurminen cracks a nice hook into Lombardo's ribs.
Nurminen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lombardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Nurminen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurminen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Santino Lombardo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nurminen shoots for a takedown but Lombardo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nurminen dives in for a single leg takedown but Lombardo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
It seemed like Lombardo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kebab Nurminen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nurminen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lombardo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Nurminen.
Nurminen lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Lombardo.
Lombardo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lombardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Nurminen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Nurminen.
Lombardo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nurminen's elbow.
Lombardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lombardo pushes Nurminen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lombardo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nurminen's elbow.
Nurminen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lombardo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Lombardo - that landed with a thud.
Nurminen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lombardo misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lombardo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lombardo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nurminen backwards.
Lombardo tries to throw a body punch but Nurminen avoids it by throwing Lombardo back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lombardo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nurminen backwards.
Lombardo presses Nurminen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lombardo misses with the head strike.
Lombardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lombardo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nurminens head.
Lombardo working aggressively here.
Nurminen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lombardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lombardo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lombardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nurminen avoids a wild elbow strike from Lombardo.
A shot in the inside from Lombardo.
A nice left hand lands by Nurminen.
Nurminen tries to work over Lombardo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lombardo throws a punch but it's blocked by Nurminen.
Lombardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Nurminen controls his hands.
Nurminen lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nurminen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lombardo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nurminen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lombardo keeping hold of Nurminen's head, controlling as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nurminen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nurminen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nurminen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lombardo is positioning himself well to prevent Nurminen advancing to mount.
Nurminen thows a huge punch but Lombardo dodges it nicely.
Lombardo keeping control of the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lombardo manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nurminen throws an elbow that misses. Lombardo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nurminen's guard. Nice move by Lombardo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardo postures up.
Nurminen wants to sweep but no luck.
Lombardo wanted to stand there but Nurminen had control of the position.
Nurminen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lombardo trying to control the position from guard on top but Nurminen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nurminen is adopting a defensive guard.
Lombardo preventing the sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Santino Lombardo dominated that round.
That's time! Nurminen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nurminen misses with a body shot.
Nurminen throws an overhand right that lands on Lombardo's shoulder, as Lombardo tries to avoid the shot.
Nurminen shoots in for a takedown but Lombardo shows good takedown defense.
Nurminen connects with a right hand. Lombardo shakes it off.
Lombardo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nurminen shoots in but no luck this time.
Nurminen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lombardo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nurminen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lombardo.
Lombardo scores with a hook to the body. Nurminen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nurminen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lombardo connects with a body shot that sends Nurminen's belly button to the back.
Lombardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Nurminen is just out of range.
Nurminen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lombardo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nurminens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Lombardo.
Nurminen throws a leg kick which misses Lombardo's front leg but catches the back leg as Lombardo tries to avoid it.
Lombardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nurminen misses with a right hand
and Lombardo counters with a leg kick.
Santino Lombardo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurminen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Lombardo wants to improve his position but Nurminen is controlling well.
Nurminen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nurminen throwing shots but Lombardo is blocking nicely.
Lombardo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nurminen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lombardo is trying to get back to full guard.
Nurminen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kebab Nurminen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ground and pound from Nurminen.
Lombardo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nurminen.
Nurminen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nurminen thows a huge punch but Lombardo dodges it nicely.
Nurminen prevents Lombardo from improving his position.
Nurminen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nurminen working Lombardo over with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurminen is pressing down on Lombardo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lombardo is holding on for now.
Lombardo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nurminen is working away from the top position though.
Lombardo is controlling Nurminen's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Lombardo trying to control from the bottom.
Nurminen drops an elbow to the side of Lombardo's head.
Lombardo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nurminen.
Lombardo trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen slips a nice elbow through Lombardo's hands, connecting with Lombardo's forehead.
Nurminen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
It looks like Santino Lombardo has been cut.
Nurminen looks to land a strike but Lombardo avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Lombardo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Nurminen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nurminen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lombardo is rocked!
That has opened up Santino Lombardo's cut even more.
Nurminen cracks Lombardo with a solid left hand.
Lombardo is still in real trouble! Can Nurminen finish him?
Nurminen gets to his feet and stands over Lombardo, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Lombardo felt that one! Nurminen unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Lombardo from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kebab Nurminen!
Kebab Nurminen managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Conquer, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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