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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira has chosen Massacration - The Bull as his entrance music. Gabriel Nogueira has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brandon Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Davis throws and elbow that misses. Nogueira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Davis's guard. Nice move by Nogueira!
Nogueira throwing strikes from guard but Davis blocks nicely.
Nogueira decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Davis, up you get!
Nogueira shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nogueira showed some decent athleticism there.
Davis wants to improve his position but Nogueira is controlling well.
Davis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nogueira on the ground.
Nogueira drops an elbow to the side of Davis's head.
Davis wants to get back to full guard.
Nogueira looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nogueira wants to control but Davis is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira working the head and body with strikes.
Nogueira prevents Davis from improving his position.
Davis is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Nogueira jumps into side control!
Davis wants to get back to his feet but Nogueira drags him back down.
Davis is trying to control Nogueira's posture but Nogueira avoids it.
Nogueira trying to control the action but Davis is working from the bottom.
Davis is looking to reverse the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nogueira throws a front kick aimed at Davis's knee but Davis avoids it well.
Davis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nogueira but Nogueira pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Davis throws a right and a left that Nogueira avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nogueira takes the fight into the clinch.
Davis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davis fails to land the takedown.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Nogueira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nogueira tries for a takedown but Davis circles away easily
and Davis counters with a takedown into side control.
Nogueira manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nogueira should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Nogueira has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Davis is working away from the top position though.
Nogueira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nogueira gets back to full guard.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nogueira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nogueira is keeping the position for now.
Nogueira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Nogueira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nogueira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Davis wants to stand but Nogueira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Davis throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nogueira throws a nice outside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nogueira scores with a sloppy right hand. Davis should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Davis tries to reverse the position but Nogueira maintains control.
Nogueira with shots to the head and body - Davis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nogueira controlling his opponent.
Davis is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Nogueira dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Davis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Brandon Davis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nogueira is trying to control but can't.
Nogueira makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nogueira.
Davis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Davis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Davis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Davis chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Nogueira seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Davis wants to pass the guard but Nogueira is keeping the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Davis!
Nogueira with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Davis gets back to half guard.
Davis tries to roll over but Nogueira keeps him under control.
Davis is trying to stand back up but Nogueira is controlling him
Davis is not content to let Nogueira control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to roll over but Nogueira keeps him under control.
Davis gets back to full guard.
Davis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Davis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Davis moves into the clinch.
Nogueira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Davis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nogueira gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nogueira has him pressed against the cage.
Nogueira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but Nogueira has double underhooks.
Davis is trying to drag Nogueira to the mat but Nogueira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Davis smiles and moves away.
Davis feints and as Nogueira raises his hands in defense, Davis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Davis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Davis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Davis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Davis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nogueira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nogueira throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Davis postures up.
Davis wants to pass the guard but Nogueira is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davis shoots in and bounces Nogueira off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nogueira keeping full guard, as Davis tries to pass.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davis trying to control the position from guard on top but Nogueira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davis is looking to work some ground and pound but Nogueira has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Davis dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Davis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nogueira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Nogueira has eaten all the pies!
Nogueira is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Davis stands up over Nogueira, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Nogueira is retaining full guard.
Davis trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Davis tries to free his leg and advance position but Nogueira is retaining full guard.
Nogueira is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nogueira shoots in looking for a takedown. Davis tries to sprawl out of it but Nogueira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Davis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Davis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is chipping away with strikes.
Davis tries to move to mount but Nogueira blocks the move with his legs.
Davis has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Nice takedown defense from Nogueira. No joy for Davis on that attempt.
Brandon Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nogueira tries to avoid it but Davis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nogueira to the ground. Nogueira escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
A jab lands there for Nogueira.
Davis wants to clinch
and Nogueira counters with a three punch combo that has Davis backing up. Davis nods at Nogueira to acknowledge the strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Davis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Davis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nogueira regains half guard there - taking advantage of Davis's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Nogueira flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Nogueira taking some punishment here, with Davis in his half guard.
Davis trying to advance position but Nogueira counters by regaining guard.
Davis is pushing down on Nogueira's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nogueira is fighting to maintain full guard but Davis has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nogueira has his hands clasped together around Davis's back. He's all about the action.
Nogueira taking some punishment here, with Davis in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nogueira knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nogueira kicks Davis off and gets back to his feet.
Nogueira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Davis scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Davis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nogueira keeps working.
Davis working the head and body with strikes.
Nogueira is working to avoid the ground and pound but Davis connects with a decent elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira is trying to improve his position.
Davis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Davis wants to stand but Nogueira is controlling his arm.
Davis scores with punches from side control.
Nogueira is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Nogueira wants to get back to his feet.
Davis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Davis wants to free his trapped foot but Nogueira is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Davis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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