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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Uso (ranked 24467 p4p, 4692 weight class) and Nurlan Karim (ranked 551 p4p, 480 weight class). Nurlan Karim has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Uso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nurlan Karim!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karim throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Uso wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Uso closes the distance looking to clinch
and Karim counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jimmy Uso has been cut.
Karim sizes up Uso with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Karim misses with a head kick.
Uso is looking to clinch but Karim is avoiding it.
Uso is looking to clinch but Karim is avoiding it.
Karim lands a front kick.
Uso wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uso tries to clinch there but Karim circles away.
Karim is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Uso tries to clinch
and Karim counters with a good low kick that Uso was not able to check.
Karim looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Uso has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Uso tries to clinch up.
Karim throws a fast counter high kick but Uso manages to duck under it in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uso tries to clinch up but Karim circles away and keeps his distance.
Karim throws a sloppy head kick and Uso moves out of range easily.
Uso tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Karim counters with a nice leg kick.
Uso is looking to clinch but Karim is avoiding it.
Karim swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Uso tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karim is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Karim lands with a good body shot.
Karim scores with a punch to the head.
Karim misses with a head kick.
Karim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jimmy Uso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karim circles away from the clinch attempt
and Karim counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karim throws a head kick but Uso moves out of range.
Uso takes the fight into the clinch.
Uso misses with some punches.
Karim blocks an uppercut.
Uso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karim lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karim throws a head kick but Uso moves out of range.
Uso tries to clinch up
and Karim counters with a good, hard body kick but Uso shrugs it off.
Uso tries to clinch
and Uso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Uso gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karim breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uso wants to clinch.
Karim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Uso is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Karim misses.
Uso tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Karim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Uso fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Uso closes the distance looking to clinch
and Karim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Uso tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Uso tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Karim counters with a body kick that stops Uso in his tracks momentarily.
Uso wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uso wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Uso looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Uso takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Karim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karim has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Uso tries to clinch but Karim moves out of range.
Karim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Uso doesn't manage to clinch there - Karim circles away.
Karim is looking for the big counter here.
Karim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Uso tries to close the distance and clinch but Karim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uso is looking to clinch but Karim is avoiding it.
Karim misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Uso swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nurlan Karim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Uso's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Karim connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Karim keeps the fight on the outside.
Karim swats away the attempt to clinch by Uso.
Uso tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karim looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Karim. Uso shrugs it off though.
Karim swats away the attempt to clinch by Uso.
Karim throws a head kick that misses.
Karim lands a big head kick that sends Uso tumbling to the mat! Karim takes a step backwards and waves Uso back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Uso is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uso tries to clinch but Karim is having none of it.
Uso tries to clinch up.
Karim throws a head kick but Uso moves out of range.
Crack! A monster head kick from Karim and Uso falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Karim!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nurlan Karim!
Nurlan Karim decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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