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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Smelly Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bu Laia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Animal Crackers In My Soup by Sherly Temple. Laia has chosen ""E Ala E" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bu Laia was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Smelly Nelson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bu Laia!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laia.
Nelson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nelson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nelson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nelson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laia.
Nelson scores with a body shot.
Nelson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nelson wants to clinch up but Laia keeps it at a distance.
Nelson is looking to wear down Laia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nelson tries a low kick but Laia avoids it.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laia moves away.
Some wild striking there from Nelson.
Smelly Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Laia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Laia circles away.
Nelson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laia.
Nelson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Laia digs a right hand into Nelson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nelson's gas tank.
The is referee keeping an eye on Laia - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laia has managed to clinch.
Laia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Laia stalling.
Nelson wants to break free but Laia has control.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Laia slows down the pace here.
Laia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Smelly Nelson has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice body punch from Nelson - that landed with a thud.
Nelson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Laia or not.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Laia throws an elbow that misses.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laia tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Laia stalling against the cage.
Laia lands a knee to the body.
Laia prevents a body shot from Nelson.
A right hand to the body from Laia.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bu Laia.
Laia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laia lands with a kick to the ribs.
Laia thumps Nelson with a low kick.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laia was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
No joy there for Laia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Laia.
Laia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laia throws the kick towards the body but Nelson avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Laia.
Laia clinches up with Nelson and pushes him back against the cage.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Laia leaning against his opponent.
Laia missing with knees to the body.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laia is pushing Nelson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Laia won't allow it.
Laia tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Nelson avoiding damage as Laia throws knees to the body.
Laia looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bu Laia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Smelly Nelson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nelson misses with a wild body shot.
Nelson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Laia counters with a nice leg kick.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laia was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Nelson throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Nelson does it's job there.
Laia has Nelson up against the cage in a clinch.
Laia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laia avoiding damage.
Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nelson's calf.
Nelson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nelson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laia.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson jabs at Laia's body.
Laia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Laia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nelson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body.
Laia moves into range and clinches up with Nelson.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson scores with a shoulder strike.
Laia leaning his opponent against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laia tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Laia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Laia keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
Laia pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nelson can't break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Laia.
The referee calls for Laia to work.
Laia tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Laia prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Nelson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Laia is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Laia crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Nelson is looking to break free of the clinch but Laia has double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nelson wants to break free but Laia has control.
Nelson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nelson wants to break free but Laia has control.
Nelson is trying to break free.
Laia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Laia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laia throws an elbow but it misses.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Laia.
A bit of stalling here from Laia.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nelson as Laia tries to tie him up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bu Laia.
Nelson lands a jab to Laia's midsection.
Nelson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bu Laia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Smelly Nelson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nelson punishes Laia's body with a nice straight punch.
Laia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nelson. That did some damage!
Nelson looks to clinch
and Laia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A combination from Laia does no damage.
Laia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Laia misses with the combination.
Nelson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Laia counters with an inside leg kick.
Nelson throws out a powerful jab.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson looks to score with a jab to the body but Laia is just out of range.
Nelson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laia.
Laia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a body shot
and Laia counters with a nice leg kick.
Nelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laia.
Nelson swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nelson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Laia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Laia attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson tries to clinch but Laia moves away
and Laia counters by moving into the clinch.
The referee calls for Laia to work.
Laia looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Laia misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Laia is looking to control Nelson's arms but Nelson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Laia has his back to the cage.
Laia stalls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bu Laia.
Nelson digs a good hook to Laia's body.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laia was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Laia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laia was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Nelson throws a series of strikes that have Laia backpedaling.
Nelson lands a nice hook to Laia's body. Laia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nelson fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laia tries to clinch but Nelson is having none of it.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Laia blocks a jab.
Laia tries to clinch up.
Nelson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nelson looks to land a combination. Laia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nelson tries to clinch
and Laia counters with a good low kick that Nelson was not able to check.
Laia throws a hook to the side of Nelson's head but Nelson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laia circles away from the clinch attempt
and Laia counters by moving into the clinch.
Laia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nelson avoiding damage as Laia throws knees to the body.
Laia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bu Laia.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nelson looks to clinch
and Laia counters with a leg kick.
Nelson lands a with a good body shot.
Nelson throws the kick towards the body but Laia avoids it.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson lands a right hook to the body.
Nelson misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Nelson misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bu Laia really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Smelly Nelson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nelson keeps the fight on the outside.
Nelson lands with a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Laia.
Laia takes a swing at Nelson's ribcage but misses.
Laia misses with an uppercut.
Smelly Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A shot to the body from Nelson misses
and Laia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Laia throws and low kick but Nelson moves out of range easily.
Nelson throws a jab when Laia was well out of range.
Nelson throws a body punch but Laia moves out of range.
Nelson misses with a body shot
and Laia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nelson's knee momentarily.
Nelson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laia feints and then cracks Nelson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nelson down.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Laia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nelson.
Laia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nelson's calf.
Good leg kick by Laia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laia misses with a wild body shot.
Laia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nelson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laia can pounce on him.
Laia darts in and clinches Nelson up against the cage.
Laia digs a right hand into Nelson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nelson's gas tank.
Nelson avoiding damage as Laia throws knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Laia as the two fighters clinch.
Laia stalling against the cage.
Laia receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Laia keeps him there for the moment.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laia stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bu Laia.
Laia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Laia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nelson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nelson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A good leg kick by Laia.
Nelson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Laia misses with a knee strike.
Laia missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laia keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nelson wants to break free but Laia has control.
Laia connects with a knee to the head.
Laia missing with knees to the body.
Laia leaning against his opponent.
Laia lands an elbow inside.
Laia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nelson up against the cage.
Laia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laia scores a nice knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Laia.
Laia prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bu Laia dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Smelly Nelson's cut.
That's time! Nelson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nelson tries to clinch but Laia is having none of it.
Laia moves out of range of the body kick from Nelson.
Laia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laia misses with a series of wild punches.
Nelson misses with a wild body shot.
Laia wants to clinch up but Nelson keeps it at a distance.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Laia.
Laia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laia closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Laia tries to land a knee to the head but Nelson blocks with his arms.
Laia gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Laia is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Laia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Laia.
Laia lands a nice knee to the body.
Laia scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Laia.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Laia takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Laia.
Laia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nelson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Smelly Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bu Laia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laia darts in and clinches Nelson up against the cage.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Laia misses with a knee strike.
A bit of stalling here from Laia.
Laia prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Laia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laia is pushing Nelson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bu Laia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Laia.
Laia tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Laia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Laia keeps him there for the moment.
Nelson takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Laia lands a shot to the body.
Nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Laia has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nelson avoids the elbow strike from Laia, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Laia continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The crowd are getting on Laia's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nelson is trying to break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bu Laia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 45:50
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 45:50
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bu Laia! Bu Laia retains his lightweight title!
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