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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eric Jacquin (ranked 1285 p4p, 2623 weight class) and Emil Nikolov (ranked 173 p4p, 294 weight class). Emil Nikolov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eric Jacquin's chin.
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eric Jacquin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Emil Nikolov!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikolov throws a hook to the side of Jacquin's head but Jacquin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jacquin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nikolov sprawls well. Nikolov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jacquin gets slowly back to his feet.
Nikolov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jacquin avoids the body shot from Nikolov.
Nikolov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jacquin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nikolov did well to prevent Jacquin getting side control.
Jacquin controlling the pace.
Jacquin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jacquin controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jacquin thows a huge punch but Nikolov dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nikolov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jacquin with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jacquin wants to pass to mount but Nikolov is defending the position.
Jacquin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nikolov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jacquin.
Jacquin trying to pass the guard but Nikolov defending well.
Jacquin passes to full mount!
Jacquin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jacquin throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nikolov because Jacquin loaded up on that one.
Jacquin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacquin lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacquin throws some wild stikes that Nikolov manages to avoid easily.
Jacquin throws some wild stikes that Nikolov manages to avoid easily.
Nikolov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacquin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nikolov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jacquin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jacquin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jacquin landing strikes from the mount and Nikolov is in trouble!
Nikolov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jacquin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poor strikes thrown by Jacquin there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jacquin landing punches.
Nikolov blocking the ground and pound.
Jacquin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jacquin looking to ground and pound but Nikolov is blocking nicely.
Nikolov is bucking up trying to escape but Jacquin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Jacquin there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jacquin with the ground and pound from mount.
Jacquin looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Jacquin misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jacquin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jacquin looking to finish with strikes here!
Nikolov avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jacquin.
Jacquin looking to finish with strikes here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nikolov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jacquin throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nikolov because Jacquin loaded up on that one.
Nikolov avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jacquin.
Jacquin punching from mount but Nikolov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jacquin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nikolov's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nikolov is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Nikolov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jacquin throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nikolov because Jacquin loaded up on that one.
Nikolov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Jacquin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jacquin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jacquin lands a big elbow.
Jacquin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nikolov is rocked!
Jacquin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nikolov is still in real trouble! Can Jacquin finish him?
Jacquin lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Nikolov! Jacquin sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Nikolov and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Eric Jacquin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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