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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulus Nainggolan (ranked 3466 p4p, 3859 weight class) and Mohamed Samir (ranked 426 p4p, 462 weight class). Mohamed Samir will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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265
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulus Nainggolan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mohamed Samir!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samir scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Samir trying to control the pace.
Nainggolan wants to get back to his feet.
Samir trying to control from half guard but Nainggolan is working away.
Nainggolan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nainggolan wants to improve his position but Samir is controlling well.
Nainggolan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nainggolan tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nainggolan is refusing to be controlled, as Samir sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nainggolan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Samir postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Nainggolan is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Samir, into his guard.
Nainggolan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Samir is keeping the position for now.
Nainggolan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nainggolan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nainggolan wants to stand but Samir is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nainggolan is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nainggolan trying to control but Samir is working from the bottom.
Nainggolan passes into half guard.
Samir is trying to maintain the position but Nainggolan is very close to passing his half guard.
Nainggolan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan working over Samir with some ground and pound. Samir looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nainggolan looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Samir is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nainggolan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nainggolan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nainggolan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nainggolan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Samir taking some punishment here, with Nainggolan in his half guard.
Nainggolan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nainggolan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samir is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nainggolan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Samir looks winded!
Nainggolan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nainggolan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nainggolan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nainggolan 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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
It looks like Nainggolan is going to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulus Nainggolan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nainggolan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Samir defends well and Nainggolan ends up having to push Samir into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nainggolan jumps guard and drags Samir to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Samir is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Samir looking to sit in guard and control but Nainggolan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Samir can't keep his opponent in guard - Nainggolan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nainggolan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nainggolan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Samir wants to improve his position but Nainggolan is controlling well.
Well, if Nainggolan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nainggolan lands strikes from half guard.
Nainggolan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Samir can do to turn this around?
Nainggolan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Nainggolan is nestled in close to Samir, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nainggolan not doing much here.
Nainggolan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two 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.
Samir works his way to full guard. Good work.
Samir can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Nainggolan controls the pace.
Nainggolan working some strikes from top position.
Samir is breathing heavily.
Nainggolan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nainggolan stands up over Samir, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan stands and throws Samir's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Check out the look on Nainggolan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nainggolan is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Samir will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Nainggolan cracks Samir with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Nainggolan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Samir being controlled for a moment.
Paulus Nainggolan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nainggolan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nainggolan is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Samir's shoulder. That is not cool.
Nainggolan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nainggolan lands some shots froms side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nainggolan content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulus Nainggolan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Samir closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nainggolan to the mat! Nainggolan manages to get full guard.
Samir stops Nainggolan from standing up.
Nainggolan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Samir defends it easily.
Nainggolan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Samir can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nainggolan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nainggolan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samir preventing the sweep.
Nainggolan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Samir defends it easily.
Nainggolan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Samir's guard.
Samir is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nainggolan is controlling him.
Nainggolan landing some decent shots from guard.
Samir is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Samir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nainggolan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Samir's guard.
Samir is looking to improve his position.
Nainggolan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nainggolan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nainggolan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nainggolan works his way into side control.
Samir is trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nainggolan has hold of Samir's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Samir seems comfortable defending it but Nainggolan has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Samir is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Samir is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Nainggolan couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paulus Nainggolan!
Our winner, Paulus Nainggolan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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