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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Baltaretu (ranked 5555 p4p, 6110 weight class) and Kingsley Nasir (ranked 569 p4p, 606 weight class). Andrei Baltaretu had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrei Baltaretu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kingsley Nasir!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasir dives in and scores a takedown into Baltaretu's guard.
Nasir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Baltaretu keeping moving, preventing Nasir from controlling successfully.
Baltaretu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baltaretu is looking to stand up but Nasir isn't so interested in that idea.
Nasir sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Let's hope that Nasir has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nasir scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nasir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nasir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nasir lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasir lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nasir is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nasir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nasir is working Baltaretu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Baltaretu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baltaretu is breathing heavily.
Nasir scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nasir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nasir tries to free his leg and advance position but Baltaretu is retaining full guard.
Nasir cracks Baltaretu with a solid left hand.
Nasir slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nasir distracts Baltaretu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Baltaretu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nasir on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasir is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nasir with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nasir lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nasir connects with a couple of short punches.
Nasir chips away with some ground and pound.
Nasir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nasir connects with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baltaretu being controlled here, momentarily.
Nasir landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nasir's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nasir chips away with some ground and pound.
Nasir landing with the ground and pound.
Nasir sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nasir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nasir is working Baltaretu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Nasir working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Nasir sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nasir chips away with some ground and pound.
Nasir makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nasir cracks Baltaretu with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasir scoring with some ground and pound.
Nasir working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Baltaretu's head.
Nasir scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nasir is pushing down on Baltaretu's leg trying to pass to half guard. Baltaretu is fighting to maintain full guard but Nasir has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nasir tries to pass to full mount but Baltaretu defends it.
Nasir looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Baltaretu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nasir scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nasir working Baltaretu over with strikes.
Nasir landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nasir trying to control the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kingsley Nasir dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Nasir.
Baltaretu takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nasir cracks Baltaretu with a big elbow.
Nasir scoring with punches from side control.
Nasir lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Baltaretu down.
Nasir connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Baltaretu some visible discomfort.
Nasir grinds an elbow into Baltaretu's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baltaretu trying to remain calm as Nasir controls from the top position.
Nasir in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kingsley Nasir has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nasir remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nasir looks up at the clock and then as Baltaretu takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nasir smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasir working the ground and pound.
Baltaretu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nasir connects with a decent elbow.
Nasir cracks Baltaretu with a big elbow.
Baltaretu is rocked!
Nasir is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Nasir working the ground and pound.
Nasir working the head and body with strikes.
Nasir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nasir looks up at the clock and then as Baltaretu takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nasir smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Oh Baltaretu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A lull in the action here.
Baltaretu is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasir taking a breather here.
Baltaretu seems to have got his legs back now.
Baltaretu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nasir content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Nasir landing a few strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nasir connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Baltaretu some visible discomfort.
Baltaretu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nasir connects with a decent elbow.
Nasir scoring with punches from side control.
Nasir cracks Baltaretu with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Nasir immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Baltaretu is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Nasir!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kingsley Nasir!
During a confident post fight interview, Kingsley Nasir thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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