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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Price (ranked 4839 p4p, 5735 weight class) and Nacho Cheese (ranked 273 p4p, 323 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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186 cm 18 175 2 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm 18 170 1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Price! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nacho Cheese! The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cheese fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Price displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cheese throws out the jab. Cheese scores with a hook to the body. Price takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Price takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Cheese throws an overhand right that lands on Price's shoulder, as Price tries to avoid the shot. Good standup being displayed there by Cheese as he connects with a hook. Price is breathing heavily. Cheese connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Price takes a shot right to the bread basket. Cheese comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Cheese lands a body shot.
Price avoids the body shot from Cheese.
Price misses with a hook. Cheese ducked under it nicely. Cheese wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nice straight punches there by Cheese. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cheese. Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
Cheese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Price stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Cheese lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Price at a distance.
Cheese looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Nacho Cheese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Cheese walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Cheese connects with a crisp jab. Cheese throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cheese throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Price throws a hook to the side of Cheese's head but Cheese sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Cheese scores with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cheese. Price does a little dance to reset his feet. Cheese waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Price. Price throws a hook but Cheese avoids it easily. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cheese! But no joy. Cheese dips down and scores with a jab to the body. We've been told by Price's head coaches at Honu Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Cheese lands a slapping body shot.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range. Price pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Price doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Cheese lands a slapping body shot.
Cheese fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Price takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Cheese misses the shot to the body. Cheese throws a body punch but Price moves out of range. Price takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Cheese misses with a body shot.
Cheese is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Price rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cheese scores with a jab. Price acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Price misses the shot to the body. Cheese stuns Price with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Cheese works Price's body with a nice hook. Cheese scores with a jab. Price acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Cheese cracks Price with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Price's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cheese connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Price scrambles back to his feet. Cheese lands a jab to the nose. Price gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Price. Cheese swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Cheese lands with a good body shot. Price on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Cheese throws a shot to the body.
Price misses with a straight right. Cheese misses the shot to the body. Price moves out of range as Cheese strikes. Cheese is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Price had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. A looping hook to the body misses from Cheese. Price does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cheese throws a hook to the side of Price's head but Price sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Price takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Price misses with a wild body shot. Cheese swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Cheese jabs at Price's body. Price walks into a straight right hand from Cheese. Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range. Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Cheese lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. A punch lands to the side of Price 's head but he takes it in his stride. Cheese lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Price throws a jab but it's blocked by Cheese. Cheese looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Cheese fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Cheese listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Cheese fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Price looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Price misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Cheese lands an overhand right. Cheese is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Price. Cheese scores with a shot to the body.
Cheese ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
Price doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Price takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Price walks into a stiff left hand from Cheese. Cheese swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Price drops his hands momentarily and Cheese takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Cheese slips under a jab from Price. Cheese scores with a hook to the body. Price takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Cheese scores with a hook. Price looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A looping hook to the body misses from Cheese. Price does a little dance to reset his feet. Cheese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Price stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Cheese lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Price takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nacho Cheese dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Cheese jabs Price to the body, keeping him at a distance. Price gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Price keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheese moves away from the strike by Price. Cheese misses with a body shot.
Price swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Price takes one on the button. Good shot there by Cheese. Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Price. Cheese connects with a single shot there. Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Price is looking to counter punch. Cheese has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Cheese slips a jab from Price. Price throws a hook but Cheese blocks it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Cheese throws a sloppy body shot
and Price counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Price looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Cheese uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Price. Cheese is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Price with a body shot. Good standup being displayed there by Cheese as he connects with a hook. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Cheese fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Price takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cheese misses with a wild body shot. Price takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Price's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cheese connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Price scrambles back to his feet. Cheese thuds a left hand into Price's body. Price takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Cheese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Price stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Cheese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Price stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Cheese tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Price was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheese. Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range. Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cheese feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Prices jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Price on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Price throws a looping overhand right but Cheese ducks down to avoid it. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cheese. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Price lands a glancing blow to the side of Cheese's head. Price is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Cheese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Price.
Cheese catches Price with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cheese slips under a jab from Price. Cheese lands with an overhand left. Cheese scores with the left hand. Price knows he should have avoided that one. Price takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cheese fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Price manages to avoid it. Nacho Cheese seems to be getting the better of the standup. Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range. Cheese lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Cheese wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Cheese lands with a good body shot. Price moves away from the strike by Cheese. Cheese lands a nice looking body shot.
Price throws the left hand but Cheese avoids the punch easily. Cheese jabs Price to the body, keeping him at a distance. Cheese connects with a crisp jab. Price misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cheese.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Price takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cheese scores with a jab to the head.
Cheese throws a shot to the body.
Cheese connects with a body shot. Cheese just misses with a punch to the body.
Price swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Cheese is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Cheese scores with a jab to the body. Price tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheese was well out of range. Poor timing from Price. Price drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Cheese lands with a good body shot. Cheese lands a slapping body shot.
Cheese swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Cheese there. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Price loads up on a big right hand but Cheese slips the punch. Cheese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Price.
Cheese jabs Price right on the nose. Price blinks but takes it well. Price on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A shot to the liver by Cheese. Beautiful body shot. This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Price might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far. Price takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cheese wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Price looks to score with a jab to the body but Cheese is just out of range. Cheese ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Cheese moves in looking to clinch but Price pushes him off. Price takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Price takes one on the button. Cheese lands a right hook to the body.
Cheese dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Price takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cheese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Cheese throws a jab when Price was well out of range. Cheese throws out a loose jab but Price uses good head movement to avoid it. Price lands with an uppercut that bounces Cheese off the cage and back into range. Cheese lunges at Price with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Price's hand. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nacho Cheese showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round! Cheese misses with a wild body shot. Cheese connects with a body shot. Price keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Price tries to bum rush Cheese with a series of wild strikes but Cheese uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Cheese lands a right hook to the body.
Price takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Price shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Cheese ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Cheese looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range. Nice uppercut there from Cheese. Cheese throws an overhand right that lands on Price's shoulder, as Price tries to avoid the shot. Cheese throws a body shot but no joy. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Cheese bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Price's head. Cheese throws out a loose jab but Price uses good head movement to avoid it. Cheese connects with a body shot that sends Price's belly button to the back. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Price misses with an uppercut. Cheese saw that one coming. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Cheese fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Price looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round. A swing and a miss from Price. Cheese connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Price misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cheese.
A jab from Cheese finds it's way through Price's defenses. Price looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Price throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Cheese staying out of range there. Cheese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Price.
Cheese jabs Price right on the nose. Price blinks but takes it well. Cheese cracks a nice hook into Price's ribs. Cheese swings for the body but Price moves out of range.
Cheese cracks a nice hook into Price's ribs. Cheese connects with a crisp jab. Nice jab there from Cheese. Price throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cheese sees it coming and avoids it easily. 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! Cheese lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Price on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Cheese lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Price at a distance.
Price slips a straight right by Cheese. Cheese takes a swing at Price's ribcage but misses. Cheese moves out of range of the strikes. Cheese swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Price misses the target. Cheese throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Price stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Cheese fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Price on the side of the head. Nice body punch from Cheese. Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Price keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Price. Price throws a right hand that Cheese ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheese also avoids with ease. Cheese lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Price at a distance.
Cheese jabs at Price's body. Cheese jabs Price right on the nose. Price blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cheese ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Cheese jabs Price to the body, keeping him at a distance. A looping hook to the body misses from Cheese. Price does a little dance to reset his feet. Good standup being displayed there by Cheese as he connects with a hook. Cheese lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Cheese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cheese connects with a body shot. The fighters circle momentarily. Cheese darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. Price takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cheese cracks Price with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Cheese bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Price's head. Price throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Cheese lands a nice hook to Price's body. Price takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Price looks to land a left hand but Cheese moved out of range nicely. Cheese lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Price at a distance.
Cheese lands a jab to Price's midsection. Cheese throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Cheese throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Price. Price lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
James Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Price takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Cheese lands a jab to Price's midsection. Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cheese fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Cheese misses with a wild body shot. Cheese keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cheese dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Cheese takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Price takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A lazy left from Cheese finds it's target. Cheese throws out a powerful jab. Cheese misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Price.
Cheese has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cheese there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that's the end of the fight! Nacho Cheese comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Cheese has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 George Francis scores the fight 26:30 Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30 Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nacho Cheese! Nacho Cheese 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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