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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boniface Randriamaholison (ranked 4399 p4p, 4428 weight class) and Rick Nick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randriamaholison comes to the cage accompanied by Careless Whisper (Remastered). Nick is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bones. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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 Tokyo, Boniface Randriamaholison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rick Nick!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randriamaholison wants to clinch.
Nick shoots for a double leg takedown but Randriamaholison sprawls well. He's pushed Nick's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Randriamaholison moves in looking to clinch but Nick pushes him off.
Randriamaholison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And Nick tries to counter it with a takedown but Randriamaholison pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick is having none of it.
Nick fails with the takedown.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randriamaholison moves into the clinch.
Nick jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Randriamaholison walks away with a smile on his face. Nick gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Boniface Randriamaholison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Nick.
Randriamaholison displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nick.
Randriamaholison moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nick fails to pull guard.
Nick can't get the takedown.
Nick drops down looking for an ankle pick but Randriamaholison pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nick shoots in for a double leg but Randriamaholison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Randriamaholison tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up but Nick circles away and keeps his distance.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nick replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Randriamaholison blocks it well.
Nick changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Randriamaholison tries to avoid it but Nick manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Randriamaholison to the ground. Randriamaholison escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Randriamaholison has managed to clinch.
Nick tries to stall but Randriamaholison uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nick is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Randriamaholison is keeping busy.
Nick is trying to pull guard but Randriamaholison has him pressed against the cage.
Randriamaholison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Randriamaholison tries a knee to the head but Nick blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randriamaholison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nick scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee calls for Nick to work.
Randriamaholison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Randriamaholison taking a breather.
Randriamaholison has Nick pressed against the cage, preventing Nick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Randriamaholison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nick is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Randriamaholison to keep the fight standing.
Randriamaholison misses with a knee strike.
Randriamaholison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Randriamaholison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Come on Nick - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Randriamaholison tries to land a knee to the head but Nick blocks with his arms.
Randriamaholison missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nick is trying to break the clinch but Randriamaholison has him pressed against the cage.
Nick gets through Randriamaholison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Randriamaholison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nick tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Randriamaholison smiles and moves away.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch there but Nick circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Randriamaholison looking to throw knees to the head but Nick is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Randriamaholison's brow.
Nick tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Randriamaholison looking to throw knees to the head but Nick is blocking nicely.
Randriamaholison misses with a knee to the head.
Randriamaholison letting Nick take a breather here.
Nick is struggling to control the position.
Nick pulls guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nick working for a triangle but Randriamaholison defends it easily.
Randriamaholison has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nick is proving hard to escape from.
Randriamaholison trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nick not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Boniface Randriamaholison dominated that round.
That's time! Randriamaholison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up.
Randriamaholison moves in looking to clinch but Nick pushes him off.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Randriamaholison wants to clinch up but Nick keeps it at a distance.
Nick misses with a few strikes there.
Nick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Randriamaholison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nick wants to counter with a clinch but Randriamaholison pushes him away.
Nick tries to clinch up but Randriamaholison circles away and keeps his distance.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randriamaholison tries to sprawl but Nick drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Randriamaholison is refusing to be controlled, as Nick sits in half guard.
Randriamaholison is trying to stand back up but Nick is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nick seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Nick thows a huge punch but Randriamaholison dodges it nicely.
Randriamaholison wants to get back to his feet.
Nick missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Randriamaholison is not content to let Nick control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Boniface Randriamaholison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nick shoots in for a double leg but Randriamaholison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Randriamaholison doesn't manage to clinch there - Nick circles away.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick moves out of range.
Nick feints the counter takedown.
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.
Randriamaholison is looking to clinch.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up.
Boniface Randriamaholison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nick shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Randriamaholison as he jumps to the side.
Randriamaholison drives through and clinches with Nick against the cage.
Randriamaholison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nick lands a right hand.
Nick wants to stall.
Nick goes for a takedown attempt but Randriamaholison pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Boniface Randriamaholison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Nick.
Nick scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nick is trying hard to land a takedown here. Randriamaholison sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Randriamaholison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nick throws a head kick but Randriamaholison moves out of range.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up.
Nick misses with a double jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nick is defended easily by Randriamaholison.
Randriamaholison closes the distance and clinches.
Nick is trying to pull guard but Randriamaholison has him pressed against the cage.
Randriamaholison gets underhooks to prevent Nick's takedown attempt.
Randriamaholison misses with an elbow strike.
Nick has Randriamaholison pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Randriamaholison manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randriamaholison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nick has a takedown stuffed.
Nick is breathing heavily.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick is having none of it.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick moves out of range.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up but Nick circles away and keeps his distance.
Nick will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nick tries a head kick but it misses.
Randriamaholison throws a big counter combination but Nick scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick is having none of it.
Randriamaholison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nick wants to clinch up but Randriamaholison keeps it at a distance.
Nick misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Randriamaholison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nick can do to turn this around?
Randriamaholison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rick Nick will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nick misses with a takedown attempt - Randriamaholison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Randriamaholison clinches.
Nick managing to block the knees to the body from Randriamaholison.
Randriamaholison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Randriamaholison is looking to clinch but Nick is avoiding it.
Nick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Randriamaholison.
Randriamaholison is looking to clinch.
Nick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randriamaholison wants to clinch.
Randriamaholison forces Nick back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nick looking for a takedown.
Randriamaholison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Randriamaholison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Randriamaholison stops a takedown attempt from Nick.
Boniface Randriamaholison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Nick.
Randriamaholison breaks the clinch.
Nick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nick tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Randriamaholison defends well and Nick ends up having to push Randriamaholison into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Randriamaholison throws a big counter combination but Nick scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Randriamaholison instigates a clinch.
Nick blocks a body shot from Randriamaholison.
Randriamaholison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nick avoids it.
Nick displaying some good clinch control by pressing Randriamaholison up against the cage.
Nick manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nick.
Randriamaholison wants to clinch up but Nick keeps it at a distance.
Nick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nick throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Randriamaholison's waist but Randriamaholison gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nick off to one side.
Randriamaholison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nick shoots for a double leg takedown but Randriamaholison sprawls well. He's pushed Nick's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Randriamaholison blocks a head kick by Nick.
Nick finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Randriamaholison throws a quick counter head kick but Nick was just out of range.
Randriamaholison has managed to clinch.
Nick is trying to push Randriamaholison away but Randriamaholison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randriamaholison misses with a knee to the head.
Nick drops down looking for an ankle pick but Randriamaholison pulls his leg out and moves away.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick is having none of it.
Nick is looking to clinch but Randriamaholison is avoiding it.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch up.
Nick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nick fails with a takedown attempt.
Randriamaholison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick moves out of range.
Randriamaholison is looking to clinch but Nick is avoiding it.
Nick tries to clinch but Randriamaholison moves out of range.
Randriamaholison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randriamaholison fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nick with the counter takedown but Randriamaholison avoids it easily.
Randriamaholison leaves Nick with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Randriamaholison wants to clinch up but Nick keeps it at a distance.
Randriamaholison tries to clinch but Nick is having none of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Randriamaholison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Randriamaholison tries a knee to the head but Nick blocks it.
Randriamaholison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nick is stalling here.
Randriamaholison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Randriamaholison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boniface Randriamaholison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Randriamaholison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boniface Randriamaholison!
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