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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Apolo Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Apolo Nogueira has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Apolo Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Souza!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza lands with an uppercut that bounces Nogueira off the cage and back into rage.
Nogueira throws a jab but it's blocked by Souza.
Nogueira tests Souza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Souza misses with a straight left.
Souza throws a looping overhand right but Nogueira ducks down to avoid it.
Nogueira misses with a few strikes there.
Nogueira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nogueira scores with a nice right hand.
It looks like Vitor Souza has been cut.
Souza missing with a left hand there. Nogueira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Souza misses with a looping right.
Nogueira dips to his left and cracks Souza with an uppercut!
Nogueira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nogueira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nogueira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Souza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nogueira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Souza throws out the jab.
Souza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nogueira defending well as Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Nogueira thows a body shot but no joy.
Nogueira looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
Souza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nogueira.
Souza throws a hook but Nogueira avoids it easily.
Nogueira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Souza.
Souza 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 one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Souza.
Souza loads up on a big right hand but Nogueira slips the punch.
Nogueira defending well as Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Nogueira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Souza is rocked!
Nogueira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Souza.
Souza is still on wobbly legs! Can Nogueira finish him?
Nogueira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Souza seems to have recovered his senses.
Souza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nogueira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Nogueira.
Nogueira misses with a two punch combination.
Nice straight punches there by Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Souza.
Nogueira throws a combination that misses
and Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nogueira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Nogueira throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
Nogueira misses with a wild body shot.
Souza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nogueira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Nogueira throws a right and a left that Souza avoids nicely.
No joy there for Nogueira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Souza throws a hook but Nogueira blocks it.
Nogueira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Nogueira! Souza is backing up but he can't get away as Nogueira lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Souza and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Apolo Nogueira!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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