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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Lucciola (ranked 2689 p4p, 2944 weight class) and Louis Sutherland (ranked 316 p4p, 345 weight class). Sutherland has chosen Pressure as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nelson Lucciola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Louis Sutherland!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucciola connects with a body shot that sends Sutherland's belly button to the back.
Lucciola throws a jab when Sutherland was well out of range.
Lucciola looks to land a left hand but Sutherland moved out of range nicely.
Lucciola scores with a head kick. Sutherland tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sutherland fails to land the takedown.
Sutherland bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sutherland lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lucciola is looking to reverse the position.
Sutherland scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lucciola takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lucciola struggling a bit here.
Sutherland throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sutherland looks up at the clock and then as Lucciola takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sutherland smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lucciola taking punishment in the form of punches.
Lucciola tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lucciola managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sutherland.
Sutherland tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lucciola on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lucciola tries to get out of the position.
Sutherland throws an elbow but Lucciola slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sutherland working the ground and pound.
Lucciola tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sutherland throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sutherland is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lucciola is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Lucciola looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucciola dodges the ground and pound from Sutherland.
Sutherland scoring with punches from side control.
Lucciola struggling a bit here.
Sutherland connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lucciola some visible discomfort.
Lucciola is looking for a sweep.
Sutherland working the ground and pound from side control.
Sutherland working the body and head with strikes.
Sutherland looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
You can see the frustration on Lucciola's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sutherland cracks Lucciola with a big right hand but Lucciola just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucciola takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Lucciola looks to move to half guard but instead Sutherland has passed into mount! Damn!
Sutherland tries to control but Lucciola wriggling away.
Sutherland looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sutherland jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Lucciola manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sutherland working the ground and pound from side control.
Lucciola dodges the ground and pound from Sutherland.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland cracks Lucciola with a big right hand but Lucciola just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sutherland creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sutherland lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sutherland working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lucciola can't do much from the bottom here.
Sutherland landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sutherland cracks Lucciola with a big right hand but Lucciola just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
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!
Lucciola is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sutherland scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Louis Sutherland dominated that round.
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.
Sutherland dives in and grabs Lucciola's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lucciola pushes down on Sutherland's head and hops out.
Sutherland shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sutherland lands a nice short elbow.
Sutherland scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sutherland slips a nice elbow through Lucciola's hands, connecting with Lucciola's forehead.
Sutherland seems to be looking for submissions.
Sutherland is nestled in close to Lucciola, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sutherland working over Lucciola with some ground and pound. Lucciola looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sutherland lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Louis Sutherland has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sutherland prevents Lucciola from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutherland lands with a punch from half guard.
Sutherland sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lucciola defending well though.
Sutherland scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sutherland working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lucciola wants to control but Sutherland is keeping busy.
Sutherland takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lucciola is trying to control but Sutherland passes into side control!
Sutherland working the ground and pound.
Lucciola tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland working the ground and pound.
Sutherland scoring with punches from side control.
Lucciola struggling a bit here.
Sutherland in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sutherland grinds an elbow into Lucciola's temple.
Sutherland works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sutherland is chipping away with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sutherland working away.
Sutherland lands a nice forearm strike.
Sutherland wants to control but Lucciola is keeping him busy.
Sutherland has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland cracks Lucciola with a big elbow.
Sutherland creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sutherland landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sutherland cracks Lucciola with a big elbow.
Sutherland working the ground and pound from side control.
Sutherland scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lucciola to see if he's OK.
Lucciola takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sutherland scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sutherland lands a few punches from side control.
Sutherland working the ground and pound.
Lucciola knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sutherland on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sutherland in side control lands a decent elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sutherland cracks Lucciola with a big right hand but Lucciola just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sutherland is trying to get an arm triangle but Lucciola is defending well.
Sutherland connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lucciola some visible discomfort.
Sutherland works to advance to full mount. Lucciola defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sutherland in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sutherland looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sutherland looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sutherland fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lucciola is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Louis Sutherland showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice straight punches there by Lucciola. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lucciola.
Lucciola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sutherland.
Sutherland feints the counter takedown.
Sutherland fails with the takedown.
Lucciola looks to score with a jab to the body but Sutherland is just out of range.
Sutherland is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nelson Lucciola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sutherland scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sutherland working the ground and pound but Lucciola is defending the strikes.
Lucciola trying to control but Sutherland flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Sutherland is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Lucciola up.
Sutherland landing with strikes.
Sutherland has Lucciola flattened out and is raining down punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutherland throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Lucciola!
Will Sutherland go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucciola trying to control the action but Sutherland just sinks the hooks in.
Lucciola tries to escape but Sutherland has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Sutherland scores with punches and elbows.
Sutherland lands shots from the back.
Lucciola trying to control the hands but Sutherland won't let him.
Sutherland has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Lucciola.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucciola is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Lucciola is trapped and Sutherland is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Sutherland lands with a hammerfist to the side of Lucciola's head.
Sutherland is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Sutherland throwing damaging strikes from the back! Lucciola could be in trouble here!
Sutherland lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sutherland connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Lucciola to escape the position.
Oh Lucciola is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sutherland scores with punches and elbows.
Sutherland throwing damaging strikes from the back! Lucciola could be in trouble here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutherland is punishing Lucciola with strikes - can he finish him?!
Sutherland is landing with strikes from the back.
Sutherland lands punches and elbows.
Sutherland connects with a couple of big shots that have Lucciola covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Lucciola! Sutherland fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Louis Sutherland!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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