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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nils Norling (ranked 535 p4p, 706 weight class) and Hakeem Adderley (ranked 68 p4p, 94 weight class). Norling comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Go To Sleep. Adderley has chosen Genesis as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Norling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norling defending well as Adderley loads up on a big left hand.
Norling scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Adderley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Norling throws a leg kick that misses.
Norling backing away here, and Adderley unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Adderley misses.
Adderley ducks under a wild hook from Norling.
Adderley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Norling.
A nice side step and Adderley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Adderley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Adderley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Adderley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Adderley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norling.
Adderley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Norling!
Norling throws a shot from downtown. Adderley moves away and avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adderley moves away.
A jab from Norling misses.
It seemed like Adderley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Norling thuds his right hand into Adderley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Adderley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Norling under the eye.
Nice uppercut there from Adderley.
Adderley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norling.
Adderley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Norling.
Norling has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Adderley takes the fight into the clinch.
Norling misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adderley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Norling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adderley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Norling loads up on a big right hand but Adderley slips the punch.
Adderley is looking to clinch.
Adderley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adderley tries to close the distance and clinch but Norling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nils Norling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norling bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adderley's head backwards.
Norling throws a hook but Adderley avoids it easily.
Norling lunges at Adderley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Adderley's hand.
Norling scores with a jab to the body.
Adderley moves into range and clinches up with Norling.
Norling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Norling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norling can't break the clinch.
Adderley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Nils Norling has been cut.
Norling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norling misses with the head strike.
Adderley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adderley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Norling.
Norling was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Norling misses with a lunging right hand
and Adderley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adderley just misses with a punch to the body.
Adderley slips a jab from Norling.
Adderley moves away from the strike by Norling.
Adderley takes one on the button.
Adderley throws out a loose jab but Norling uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Norling was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Adderley.
A big right from Norling misses.
Norling keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Adderley.
Norling is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Norling blocks a leg kick.
A big left from Adderley misses.
Norling half committed to a counter leg kick.
Norling swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norling pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Norling looks to throw the jab but Adderley is out of range.
Adderley jabs Norling right on the nose. Norling blinks but takes it well.
Adderley slips a jab from Norling.
Norling misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Adderley.
Norling throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Adderley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Norling throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Norling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adderley tries to clinch but Norling moves out of range.
Norling connects with a single shot there.
Adderley cracks Norling with a good jab.
Adderley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Norling lands a lovely overhand right.
Adderley swinging wildly here.
Norling missing with a left hand there. Adderley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Adderley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Norling wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norling misses with a hook.
Norling looks to land a left hand but Adderley moved out of range nicely.
Adderley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Norling slips a jab and a cross from Adderley.
Norling throwing a counter right hand but Adderley manages to avoid it.
Adderley slips a straight right by Norling.
Adderley shapes to counter with a head kick.
Adderley missing with a left hand there. Norling was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Norling lands a jab-cross combination.
Adderley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Norling is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Norling misses with a left hand
and Adderley counters with a straight right hand.
Adderley staying out of range there.
It seemed like Adderley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Norling swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adderley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Norling misses with a shot to the body
letting Adderley counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Norling misses.
Adderley scores with a punch to the head.
Adderley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Norling.
Norling tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nils Norling dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nils Norling's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Adderley loads up on a big right hand but Norling slips the punch.
Norling swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Norling looks to throw the jab but Adderley is out of range.
Norling thows a left - swing and a miss!
Norling throws a leg kick but Adderley sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Norling scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Norling misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adderley.
Adderley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Norling.
Adderley ducks under a wild hook from Norling.
Adderley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Norling.
Norling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adderley.
Norling throws out a loose jab but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adderley throws out a counter right but Norling avoids it with no problem.
Norling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adderley takes one to the chin there.
Norling scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Adderley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Adderley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Norling finds it's way round the side to connect with Adderley's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling lands with a nice body punch.
Norling takes one on the button.
Norling with a hook.
A slow jab from Adderley misses its intended target.
Adderley sizes up Norling with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Norling throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Norling is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adderley can do to turn this around?
Adderley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot by Adderley.
A jab from Norling misses.
Adderley moves away from the strike by Norling.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adderley! But no joy.
Norling throws a lazy uppercut
and Norling takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adderley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Norling throws a lazy uppercut
and Adderley counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Norling misses with an uppercut. Adderley saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Adderley! But no joy.
Adderley blocks a jab.
Norling scores with a punch to the head.
Adderley tries to work over Norling's front leg with a kick but Norling checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adderley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Norling misses the shot to the body.
Adderley lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Norling plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Norling just misses with a punch to the body.
Nils Norling is winning the standup battle so far.
Adderley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Norling.
Norling throws a right hand that misses
and Norling takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Norling walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Norling cracks Adderley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Adderley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adderley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Norling.
A big right from Adderley misses.
Norling with a nice cross.
A jab from Norling misses.
Adderley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Adderley has Norling up against the cage in a clinch.
Norling misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adderley is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adderley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Norling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adderley pushes Norling up against the cage in a clinch.
Adderley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norling swings wildly with an uppercut but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adderley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Adderley breaks the clinch.
Adderley misses with a looping left.
Adderley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Norling misses with a right hand
and Adderley counters with a three punch combo that has Norling backing up. Norling nods at Adderley to acknowledge the strikes.
Norling moves out of range of the body kick.
Adderley looks to throw the jab but Norling is out of range.
Norling looks to land a left hand but Adderley moved out of range nicely.
As Norling backs off Adderley throws a huge counter combo but Norling manages to avoid it all.
A punch lands to the side of Norling 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adderley lands a head kick. Norling smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Adderley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Norling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norling lands a nice shot to the body.
Adderley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Norling.
Adderley throws a head kick but Norling moves out of range.
Norling comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Adderley forces Norling back against the cage and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Norling.
Adderley lands a damaging elbow.
Norling blocks an elbow strike from Adderley.
Norling has a couple of punches blocked by Adderley.
Norling blocks an elbow strike from Adderley.
Norling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adderley's elbow.
Norling keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adderley's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Adderley throws an elbow but misses.
Adderley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Norling throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nils Norling will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nils Norling's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Norling uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Adderley tries a head kick but it misses.
Adderley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Good standup being displayed there by Adderley as he connects with a hook.
Adderley throws a hook to the side of Norling's head but Norling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adderley doesn't manage to clinch there - Norling circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Norling. Adderley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adderley moves out of range of the leg kick from Norling.
Norling connects with a single shot there.
Norling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Norling lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adderley looks for the body kick but Norling saw that one coming.
Norling misses with a hook.
A head kick misses from Adderley.
Adderley doesn't manage to clinch there - Norling circles away.
Norling lands a nice hook to Adderley's body. Adderley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Norling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Norling throws a shot from downtown. Adderley moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adderley.
Norling misses with a looping right.
Adderley raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Adderley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Adderley doesn't manage to clinch there - Norling circles away.
Norling throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Adderley to counter with a crisp jab.
Adderley goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Adderley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Norling to score with a decent uppercut.
Adderley tries to clinch but Norling moves out of range.
Adderley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norling blocks a low kick nicely.
Norling misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Norling. Adderley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adderley moves out of range as Norling strikes.
Adderley ducks under a wild hook from Norling.
Adderley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Adderley ducks under a wild hook from Norling.
Nils Norling is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norling misses with a straight right.
Adderley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Norling wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Norling smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Norling misses with an uppercut.
Norling throws a hook to the side of Adderley's head but Adderley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adderley looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norling throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Norling tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adderley was well out of range. Poor timing from Norling.
Adderley throws a fast counter high kick but Norling manages to duck under it in time.
Adderley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Adderley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Norling manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Adderley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Norling.
Norling just misses with a punch to the body.
Adderley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Adderley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Norling lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Norling staying out of range there.
Norling throws a right hand that Adderley ducks under and follows up with a left that Adderley also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norling ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Adderley walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Norling checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Norling on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Adderley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adderley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Norling throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adderley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Norling pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Norling throws a looping overhand right but Adderley ducks down to avoid it.
Adderley feints a counter leg kick.
Nice shot by Norling.
Adderley throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hakeem Adderley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adderley cracks Norling with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Norling looks to land a right hand but Adderley moved out of range.
Adderley looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Norling throws the left hand but Adderley avoids the punch easily.
Norling dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norling misses with a looping left.
Norling tries to move into range but Adderley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adderley throws a front kick aimed at Norling's knee but Norling avoids it well.
Adderley misses with a hook.
Adderley tries to clinch up but Norling circles away and keeps his distance.
Adderley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Adderley throws a hook to the side of Norling's head but Norling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Norling moves out of range as Adderley strikes.
Norling needs to keep his hands up - Adderley had a free shot at his head there.
Adderley misses with the combination.
Norling moves away from the strike by Adderley.
Norling misses with a body shot.
Norling thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adderley lands an overhand right.
Adderley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Adderley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Norling throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nils Norling showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Norling, 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nils Norling!
Post fight, Nils Norling stared into the camera and said 'Tick....tock...tick....tock...tick...tock...someone's time is slowly running out...someone will go to sleep for good.'.
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