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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casimiro Nicoletta (ranked 1862 p4p, 3468 weight class) and Edd Norton (ranked 282 p4p, 476 weight class). Nicoletta comes to the cage accompanied by For Once In My Life. 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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World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Casimiro Nicoletta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edd Norton!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicoletta pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Norton gets tackled into the cage by Nicoletta. Nicoletta maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Nicoletta fails to land.
Nicoletta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nicoletta pushes Norton up against the cage in a clinch.
Norton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nicoletta presses Norton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nicoletta as Norton tries to tie him up.
Norton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nicoletta is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicoletta has a couple of punches blocked by Norton.
Norton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Norton lands with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton is looking to clinch but Nicoletta is avoiding it.
Nicoletta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nicoletta throws a lazy uppercut
and Norton counters with a three punch combo that has Nicoletta backing up. Nicoletta nods at Norton to acknowledge the strikes.
Norton scores with a body shot.
Nicoletta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Norton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Norton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Norton tries to clinch but Nicoletta moves away
enabling Nicoletta to counter with a crisp jab.
Nicoletta throws a poor cross that misses
and Norton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Norton has managed to clinch.
Norton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nicoletta backwards.
Nicoletta misses with a punch to the body.
Nicoletta throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nicoletta misses with a punch to the body.
Nicoletta 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.
Nicoletta tries to throw a body punch but Norton avoids it by throwing Nicoletta back against the cage.
Nicoletta throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
Nicoletta lands with a short shot to the head.
Nicoletta tries to work over Norton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nicoletta misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Nicoletta - that landed with a thud.
Nicoletta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Norton has him pressed against the cage.
Nicoletta tries to work over Norton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nicoletta misses with a body punch.
Nicoletta throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
Norton blocks a body shot from Nicoletta.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nicoletta working aggressively here.
Norton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nicoletta.
Nicoletta misses with a punch on the inside.
Norton controlling the action here for a moment.
Nicoletta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norton's elbow.
Nicoletta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicoletta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Nicoletta has a couple of punches blocked by Norton.
Norton pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nicoletta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nicoletta throws a punch but it's blocked by Norton.
Nicoletta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Norton lands a right hand.
Norton is trying to maintain a safe position but Nicoletta gets an underhook and turns Norton into the cage.
Norton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norton walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A big left from Nicoletta misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Casimiro Nicoletta dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nicoletta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nicoletta's corner calls for a 1-2. Nicoletta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nicoletta misses with a leg kick
and Norton counters with a leg kick.
Nicoletta throws a looping overhand right but Norton ducks down to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Nicoletta. That snapped Norton's head back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nicoletta.
Norton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nicoletta throws a shot from downtown. Norton moves away and avoids it.
Casimiro Nicoletta is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crunch! Nicoletta slams his shin into Norton's torso.
Nicoletta closes the distance but Norton moves to the side
and Norton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicoletta misses with a body kick.
Nicoletta feints and then cracks Norton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Norton down.
Nicoletta looks to land a body kick but Norton moved away.
Nicoletta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norton.
A little jabbing left from Norton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nicoletta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norton can do to turn this around?
Nicoletta drives through and clinches with Norton against the cage.
Nicoletta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norton's elbow.
Nicoletta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nicoletta misses with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Nicoletta misses.
Nicoletta throws an off balance right hand
and Norton counters with a nice uppercut.
Nicoletta keeps the fight on the outside.
As Norton backs away, Nicoletta returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nicoletta.
Nicoletta misses with a left hand
and Norton counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A big left from Nicoletta misses.
Nicoletta with the inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nicoletta cracks Norton with a right hand to the side of the head.
Norton moves in looking to clinch but Nicoletta pushes him off.
Norton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Norton misses the jab.
Norton clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Norton's elbow.
Nicoletta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nicoletta tries to clinch up.
As Nicoletta backs off Norton throws a huge counter combo but Nicoletta manages to avoid it all.
Casimiro Nicoletta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicoletta throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Norton counters with a good low kick that Nicoletta was not able to check.
Norton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nicoletta throws out the jab.
Norton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Norton takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As Nicoletta backs off Norton throws a huge counter combo but Nicoletta manages to avoid it all.
Norton moves out of range of the strikes.
Norton is looking for the big counter here.
Norton takes one to the chin there.
Norton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nicoletta moves into the clinch successfully.
A body shot lands from Nicoletta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta misses with the head strike.
Norton trying to stall but Nicoletta improves his position.
Nicoletta tries to work over Norton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nicoletta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Nicoletta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Nicoletta.
Norton blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicoletta lands a hook that snaps the head of Norton backwards.
Nicoletta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nicoletta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Norton throws a leg kick
and Nicoletta finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nice body kick from Nicoletta.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Casimiro Nicoletta dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
Nicoletta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Norton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Norton checks a leg kick.
Nicoletta tries to score with a low kick but Norton moves his leg out of the way.
Nicoletta misses with a looping left.
Norton moves away from the strike by Nicoletta.
Nicoletta swats away the attempt to clinch by Norton.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nicoletta. Norton does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicoletta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Norton blocks the body kick.
Norton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nicoletta throws a body punch but Norton moves out of range.
Nicoletta throws a leg kick but Norton checks it.
Nicoletta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Norton moves away.
Norton throws a sloppy head kick and Nicoletta moves out of range easily.
Norton lunges at Nicoletta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nicoletta's hand.
Nicoletta fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Norton on the side of the head.
Nice cross by Nicoletta.
Norton avoids the head kick by Nicoletta.
Norton tries a quick counter leg kick but Nicoletta is wise to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nicoletta closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Norton counter with a right hand.
Nicoletta dips to his left and cracks Norton with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta tries to land a front kick but Norton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Norton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nicoletta keeps Norton at a distance using the push kick.
Nicoletta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Norton doesn't seem bothered though.
Nicoletta connects with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Norton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nicoletta.
Nicoletta closes the distance and clinches.
Nicoletta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nicoletta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Norton stalling against the cage.
Nicoletta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nicoletta tries a body shot but Norton blocks it.
Norton wants to stall.
Nicoletta can't find room to land a body shot as Norton controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nicoletta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Norton lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Edd Norton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nicoletta throws the left hand but Norton avoids the punch easily.
Nicoletta is looking to land body kicks.
Nicoletta takes the fight into the clinch.
Norton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Norton gets through Nicoletta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nicoletta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norton working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Casimiro Nicoletta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nicoletta has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Casimiro Nicoletta!
A relieved looking Casimiro Nicoletta thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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