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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Demon Monkey (ranked 47 p4p, 78 weight class) and Samuel Nti (ranked 6 p4p, 14 weight class). Monkey kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bransjehora. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Demon Monkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Nti!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monkey cracks Nti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Monkey misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Nti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nti throws a jab but it's blocked by Monkey.
Nti jabs Monkey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Monkey with the inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monkey moves out of range of the strikes.
Monkey cracks Nti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti takes one to the side of the head.
Nti looks to land a right hand but Monkey moved out of range.
Monkey looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Monkey throws a leg kick
and Nti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Demon Monkey has been cut.
Nti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nti blocks a low kick nicely.
Nti throws out a counter right but Monkey avoids it with no problem.
Monkey shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nti eats them both and turns towards Monkey to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nti loads up on a big right hand but Monkey slips the punch.
Monkey throwing a counter right hand but Nti manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Nti.
Monkey throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nti drops his hands momentarily and Monkey takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Monkey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nti.
Nti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nti throws out a counter right but Monkey avoids it with no problem.
Monkey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monkey scores with a nice strike.
Nti takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A bone on bone clash there as Nti blocks the leg kick.
Monkey lands a jab-cross combination.
Monkey lands a front kick.
Monkey connects with a jab.
Monkey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nti in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monkey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Monkey lands the left hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nti crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Monkey - the referee stops the clock and Nti gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Monkey. Nti manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nti blocks the body kick.
Nti throws out a counter right but Monkey avoids it with no problem.
Monkey throws a hook but Nti avoids it easily.
It seemed like Nti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nti blocks the body kick.
Monkey moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromNti.
The crowd cheers as Monkey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nti doesn't seem phased though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Demon Monkey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demon Monkey's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nti looks to land a right hand but Monkey moved out of range.
Nti misses with a double jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Nti might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Monkey has got the better of the exchanges.
Monkey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Demon Monkey is winning the standup battle so far.
Nti's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Monkey connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nti scrambles back to his feet.
Nti scores with a hook to the body. Monkey takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nti avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Nti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Monkey throws a hook but Nti blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Nti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Monkey throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey throws a right hand that misses
and Nti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the body from Monkey misses
and Nti counters with a nice uppercut.
Nti dodges the punch combination from Monkey.
Nti throws out a counter right but Monkey avoids it with no problem.
Monkey is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Monkey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Monkey connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monkey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Monkey will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Monkey is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Monkey slips a jab from Nti.
Monkey swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Monkey's corner calls for a 1-2. Monkey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Monkey finds it's way round the side to connect with Nti's head.
Monkey moves into range and connects with a jab.
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!
Monkey finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nti loads up on a big right hand but Monkey slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Monkey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Monkey lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nti takes a step back to recover.
Nti misses with a looping left.
Nti misses with a looping left.
Monkey throwing a counter right hand but Nti manages to avoid it.
Monkey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nti misses with a looping left.
Monkey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nti 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nti takes one on the button.
Nti misses with a hook
and Monkey counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nti thinking.
Monkey throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Nti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Monkey.
Nti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Monkey.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Monkey moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Demon Monkey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Demon Monkey's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nti throws a head kick but Monkey moves out of range.
Monkey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nti momentarily.
Nti blocks the body kick.
Nti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Monkey throws a low kick but Nti moves out of range easily.
Nice shot lands for Monkey.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monkey misses with a straight right.
Monkey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nti on the side of the head.
Monkey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nti can do to turn this around?
Nti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti throws a hook but Monkey avoids it easily.
Nti defending well as Monkey loads up on a big left hand.
Nti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Monkey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Monkey swings widly with a right hand
and Nti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice straight punches there by Monkey. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Monkey.
Nti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Monkey.
Nti has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Monkey.
A jab from Nti misses.
Nti avoids the body shot from Monkey.
Nti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nti slips under a jab.
Nti now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Monkey ducks under a wild hook from Nti.
And Monkey counters with a quick kick to the body but Nti blocks it.
Monkey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nti.
A little jabbing left from Nti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Monkey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Nti backs away, Monkey returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Monkey.
Monkey throws a body kick that misses.
Nti looks to score with a jab to the body but Monkey is just out of range.
Monkey with the inside leg kick.
Monkey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nti throws a hook but Monkey avoids it easily.
Monkey looks to land a left hand but Nti moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monkey throws a jab but it's blocked by Nti.
Nti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Monkey tests Nti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Monkey cracks Nti with an open hand slap.
A big right from Monkey misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A lazy left from Monkey finds it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Demon Monkey clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Demon Monkey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Monkey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Monkey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Despite the aggression on Nti's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Monkey looks for the body kick but Nti saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nti! But no joy.
Nti misses with a hook to the body
enabling Monkey to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monkey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nti has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Monkey.
Monkey with the inside leg kick.
Monkey looks to score with a jab to the body but Nti is just out of range.
It seemed like Nti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jab by Monkey.
Nti is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Monkey cracks Nti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nti walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monkey looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nti throws a jab when Monkey was well out of range.
Demon Monkey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Monkey misses the target.
Nti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Monkey rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Monkey misses its intended target.
It seemed like Nti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Monkey throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monkey throws a low kick but Nti avoids it.
Nti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Monkey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Monkey throws a jab when Nti was well out of range.
Nti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Monkey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nti.
Monkey throwing a counter right hand but Nti manages to avoid it.
Monkey lands with an overhand left.
Nti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Monkey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nti takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Monkey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nti.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nti! But no joy.
Monkey scores with a jab to the body.
Nti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nti misses with a left hand
and Monkey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Monkey.
Demon Monkey's cut is getting worse.
Monkey misses with a shot to the body
and Nti counters with a nice right hand that sends Monkey toppling to the canvas! Monkey scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Nti finish him?!
Monkey is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Demon Monkey had his way with Samuel Nti in that round.
The cut man is working on Demon Monkey's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Nti missing with a left hand there. Monkey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As Nti backs away, Monkey returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nti cracks Monkey with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Nti has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Monkey to stand back up!
Oh Monkey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Demon Monkey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Monkey misses with a left hand
and Nti rattles Monkey with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Monkey tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Nti dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Monkey stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Samuel Nti!
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