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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Castellanos (ranked 546 p4p, 1224 weight class) and Panagiotis Nikolau (ranked 85 p4p, 181 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Castellanos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Panagiotis Nikolau!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikolau throws out a loose jab but Castellanos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nikolau rushes Castellanos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nikolau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nikolau misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Nikolau.
Nikolau throws a head punch that misses.
Nikolau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castellanos misses with a punch on the inside.
Castellanos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nikolau blocks a body shot from Castellanos.
Nikolau throws a punch but it's blocked by Castellanos.
Castellanos trying to land knees to the body.
Nikolau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Nikolau.
I was talking to Castellanos's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Castellanos tries a body shot but Nikolau blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castellanos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Castellanos struggles to land a body shot inside as Nikolau controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nikolau.
Castellanos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castellanos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nikolau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Castellanos tries to throw a body punch but Nikolau avoids it by throwing Castellanos back against the cage.
Castellanos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castellanos scores with a shoulder strike.
Nikolau tries a body shot but Castellanos blocks it.
Nikolau working aggressively here.
Castellanos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nikolau blocks an uppercut.
Nikolau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Castellanos prevents a body shot from Nikolau.
Castellanos throws a punch but it's blocked by Nikolau.
Castellanos throws a head punch that misses.
Castellanos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Castellanos.
Castellanos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Castellanos swings wildly with an uppercut but Nikolau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nikolau working aggressively here.
Nikolau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nikolau working aggressively here.
Nikolau blocking some punches.
Castellanos misses with a punch to the body.
Nikolau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nikolau lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castellanos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Castellanos is breathing heavily.
Nikolau scores with a hook to the body.
Nikolau lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Nikolau.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nikolau.
Nice body punch from Nikolau - that landed with a thud.
Nikolau pushes Castellanos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nikolau.
Nikolau throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nikolau lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Castellanos or not.
Nikolau lands a shot to the body.
Nikolau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nikolau lands with a right to the head.
Nikolau can't find room to land a body shot as Castellanos controls the action.
Nikolau lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nikolau.
Nikolau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nikolau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nikolau has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Castellanos seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Nikolau can turn it around.
Castellanos throws a head punch that misses.
Castellanos misses with a punch on the inside.
Castellanos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Castellanos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nikolau tries a body shot but Castellanos blocks it.
Nikolau tries to throw a body punch but Castellanos avoids it by throwing Nikolau back against the cage.
Nikolau struggles to land a body shot inside as Castellanos controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castellanos struggles to land a body shot inside as Nikolau controls his hands.
Castellanos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Castellanos working aggressively here.
Nikolau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Castellanos backwards.
Nice body punch from Castellanos.
A nice left hand lands by Nikolau.
A short left from Nikolau.
Nikolau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Castellanos misses with a punch on the inside.
Nikolau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nikolau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Nikolau.
Castellanos is rocked!
A hook to the body from Nikolau.
Oh Castellanos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nikolau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nikolau lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikolau scores with a shoulder strike.
Nikolau lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nikolau throws a big uppercut that drops Castellanos! More strikes from Nikolau and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Castellanos lies dazed against the cage as Nikolau celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Panagiotis Nikolau!
Panagiotis Nikolau is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Panagiotis Nikolau thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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