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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Panagiotis Nikolau (ranked 5405 p4p, 5318 weight class) and Freddie Hart (ranked 626 p4p, 619 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Panagiotis Nikolau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freddie Hart!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Nikolau.
Nikolau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Hart was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nikolau closes the distance and pushes Hart back into the cage.
Hart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nikolau tries a body shot but Hart blocks it.
Nikolau pushes Hart back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hart lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nikolau.
A short body shot lands from Nikolau as the two fighters clinch.
Nikolau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hart backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nikolau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hart misses with some punches.
Nikolau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hart has a couple of punches blocked by Nikolau.
Hart is trying to force a seperation but Nikolau has the dominant position.
Nikolau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hart struggles to land a body shot inside as Nikolau controls his hands.
Nikolau digs a right hand into Hart's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hart's gas tank.
I was talking to Nikolau's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nikolau digs a right hand into Hart's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hart's gas tank.
Hart looks winded!
Good body shot from Nikolau.
Nikolau lands with a left to the head.
Nikolau lands a nice shot to the body.
Nikolau lands a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nikolau.
A shot in the inside from Nikolau.
Nikolau lands with a light punch inside.
Hart is rocked!
Good body shot from Nikolau.
Hart is still on wobbly legs! Can Nikolau finish him?
Nikolau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nikolau throws a big uppercut that drops Hart! More strikes from Nikolau and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hart lies dazed against the cage as Nikolau celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Panagiotis Nikolau!
A victorious Panagiotis Nikolau thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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