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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Nixon (ranked 4639 p4p, 4508 weight class) and JJ Olatunji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olatunji has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. JJ Olatunji has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Nixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JJ Olatunji!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nixon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nixon wants it to stay on the feet.
JJ Olatunji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Olatunji with that takedown attempt.
Nixon throwing a counter right hand but Olatunji manages to avoid it.
Olatunji pushes Nixon up against the cage in a clinch.
Nixon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nixon can't break the clinch.
Nixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Nixon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Olatunji backwards.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon is trying to push Olatunji away but Olatunji has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Olatunji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Olatunji with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon working aggressively here.
Nixon is trying to break the clinch but Olatunji is controlling him.
Olatunji misses with an elbow over the top.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Nixon is trying to push Olatunji away but Olatunji has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Olatunji misses with a knee strike.
Nixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nixon tries to work over Olatunji's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Olatunji prevents a body shot from Nixon.
Olatunji tries to land a knee to the head but Nixon blocks with his arms.
Nixon misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olatunji blocks an uppercut.
Nixon can't break the clinch.
Nixon breaks from the clinch.
Olatunji closes the distance and clinches.
Nixon tries to break the clinch but Olatunji is controlling the position.
Olatunji is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Olatunji looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nixon working hard to break the clinch.
Nixon lands with a light punch inside.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Olatunji misses with a knee to the head.
Nixon wants to get back to striking at distance but Olatunji won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Olatunji tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nixon takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like David Nixon has been cut.
Nixon is trying to break the clinch but Olatunji is controlling him.
Nixon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nixon lands a right hand.
A frustrated look appears on Nixon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nixon is trying to break free.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Olatunji.
Nixon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Olatunji lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon has had enough of the clinch but Olatunji keeps him there for the moment.
Olatunji throws an elbow but it misses.
Olatunji tries a knee to the head but Nixon blocks it.
Olatunji tries a knee to the head but Nixon blocks it.
Nixon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nixon working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nixon.
Olatunji looking to throw knees to the head but Nixon is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Olatunji throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nixon blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Nixon.
Olatunji misses with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that David Nixon will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Nixon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Olatunji has taken the fight to the clinch.
Olatunji misses with a knee strike.
Nixon is trying to break the clinch but Olatunji is controlling him.
Olatunji blocking some punches.
Olatunji throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nixon blocks it with crossed arms.
Olatunji looking to throw knees to the head but Nixon is blocking nicely.
Nixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Olatunji misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Olatunji has him pressed against the cage.
Olatunji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Olatunji blocks an uppercut.
Nixon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon wants to get back to striking at distance but Olatunji won't allow it.
Olatunji keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nixon's efforts to push away.
Olatunji tries to land a knee to the head but Nixon blocks with his arms.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon is trying to break free.
Nixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Olatunji uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olatunji tries a knee to the head but Nixon blocks it.
Nixon is trying to force a seperation but Olatunji has the dominant position.
Olatunji misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Olatunji looking to throw knees to the head but Nixon is blocking nicely.
Olatunji keeps control of Nixon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olatunji with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Olatunji prevents a body shot from Nixon.
Olatunji throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nixon is looking to break free of the clinch but Olatunji has double underhooks.
Nixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Olatunji controls his hands.
Olatunji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Olatunji controls his hands.
Nixon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Olatunji backwards.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Olatunji.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olatunji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Olatunji misses with a knee to the head.
Olatunji with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nixon scores with a shot to the side of Olatunji's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olatunji.
Nixon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nixon.
Olatunji tries a knee to the head but Nixon blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Olatunji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nixon lands a right hand.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Olatunji.
Olatunji blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nixon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nixon can't break the clinch.
David Nixon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Olatunji tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nixon lands with a light punch inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
David Nixon dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nixon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Olatunji's head backwards.
Nixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olatunji wants to clinch
and Nixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Olatunji fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olatunji has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Olatunji there as he acknowledges the shot.
Olatunji tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olatunji misses with a takedown
and Nixon counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Olatunji tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nixon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Olatunji tries to clinch up
letting Nixon counter with a right hand.
Olatunji drives through and clinches with Nixon against the cage.
Olatunji with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nixon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Olatunji connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nixon's face.
Nixon scores with a shot to the side of Olatunji's head.
Olatunji has Nixon pressed against the cage, preventing Nixon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nixon is looking to break free of the clinch but Olatunji has double underhooks.
Olatunji with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nixon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Olatunji tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Olatunji tries to land a knee to the head but Nixon blocks with his arms.
Nixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Olatunji controls his hands.
JJ Olatunji has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nixon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Olatunji.
Nixon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olatunji can do to turn this around?
Nixon working aggressively here.
Nixon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Olatunji.
Nixon is trying to push Olatunji away but Olatunji has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Olatunji tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Olatunji misses with a knee strike.
Nixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Olatunji.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Olatunji.
Nixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Olatunji.
David Nixon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nixon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nixon working aggressively here.
Olatunji with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olatunji keeps control of Nixon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olatunji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nixon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Olatunji tries to land a knee to the head but Nixon blocks with his arms.
Olatunji misses with a knee strike.
Olatunji misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Olatunji with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nixon tries to break the clinch but Olatunji is controlling the position.
Olatunji misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Nixon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nixon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Nixon!
During a confident post fight interview, David Nixon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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