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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikora Tama (ranked 1663 p4p, 1560 weight class) and Rodrigo Duterte (ranked 182 p4p, 174 weight class). Tama kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Haka War Dance. Rodrigo Duterte has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nikora Tama's chin.
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikora Tama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodrigo Duterte!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tama shoots in and gets a takedown into Duterte's guard.
Duterte has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tama can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tama wants to control from the top but Duterte keeps moving.
Duterte is controlling Tama's posture.
Tama lands a couple of digs.
Duterte is trying to keep Tama in close.
Tama works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Duterte is defending against the submission attempts here by Tama.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tama wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duterte keeps working.
Tama performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tama lands strikes from half guard.
Duterte felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Tama wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duterte keeps working.
Duterte won't allow Tama to pass to mount.
Duterte has hold of Tama's hands but Tama slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tama uses his free foot to push down on Duterte's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Duterte.
Tama landing punches.
Duterte is working to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tama 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.
Duterte is bucking up trying to escape but Tama cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duterte is looking to get to half guard.
Duterte keeps trying to improve his position.
Duterte is squirming around, avoiding Tama's attempts to control the action.
Tama lands a big elbow.
Duterte tries to reverse the position but Tama maintains control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tama is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tama trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tama looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tama working for a submission but Duterte is keeping him at bay.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duterte wants to hold on but Tama pushes him away.
Tama prevents Duterte from getting the reversal.
Tama landing shots from mount.
Duterte is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tama is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tama cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tama punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tama postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Duterte looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duterte is desperately trying to improve his position but Tama has a good base and remains in mount.
Duterte is squirming around, avoiding Tama's attempts to control the action.
Duterte is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tama raining down hammerfists from mount.
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!
Duterte has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Tama's lack of action.
Tama wants to pass to mount but Duterte is defending the position.
Tama landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tama wants to pass the guard but Duterte is defending well.
Duterte looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Duterte is trying to maintain the position but Tama is very close to passing his half guard.
Tama wants to free his trapped foot but Duterte is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Duterte tries to get to full guard but Tama has control of the leg.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikora Tama dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tama darts in looking for a takedown but Duterte gets double underhooks and turns Tama into the cage.
Duterte is trying to pull guard but Tama has him pressed against the cage.
Tama is trying to pull guard but Duterte turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duterte is looking to take this one to the mat.
Duterte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duterte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duterte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tama.
Tama tries to clinch there but Duterte circles away.
Despite the aggression on Duterte's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rodrigo Duterte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tama works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Duterte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tama slips a jab and a cross from Duterte.
Duterte gets caught napping as Tama dives in and scores a takedown. Duterte manages to retain guard.
Tama trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tama wants to control from the top but Duterte keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tama lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Duterte is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tama is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tama is working Duterte over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tama controls from within his opponent's guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tama here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Duterte has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tama can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Duterte being controlled here, momentarily.
Duterte working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tama doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tama manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tama lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Duterte has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tama can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tama looking to pass the guard.
Tama wants to control from the top but Duterte keeps moving.
Duterte being controlled here, momentarily.
Tama is in close to Duterte's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duterte looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tama preventing the sweep.
Tama wants to control from the top but Duterte keeps moving.
Tama distracts Duterte with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tama trying to control the position from guard on top but Duterte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duterte looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Duterte keeping moving, preventing Tama from controlling successfully.
Tama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duterte can do to turn this around?
Tama scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tama is in close to Duterte's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tama throwing strikes but missing.
Tama lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tama cracks Duterte with a solid left hand.
Tama trying to control but Duterte is working from the bottom.
Tama postures up and lands a big shot to Duterte's brow.
Tama trying to control the position from guard on top but Duterte is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tama is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tama got a little sloppy there for a moment and Duterte has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tama has managed to get both his arms back between Duterte's legs - danger averted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikora Tama dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Tama dives in and grabs Duterte's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duterte pushes down on Tama's head and hops out.
Tama scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Duterte takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Duterte tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Tama moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Tama wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duterte keeps working.
Tama cracks Duterte with a big right hand but Duterte just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tama passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Duterte!
Tama tries to control but Duterte wriggling away.
Tama working the ground and pound effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tama can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Duterte is looking to escape.
Duterte slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Duterte has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tama is working away from the top position though.
Nikora Tama overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ground and pound from Tama.
Duterte trying to control here.
Tama is keen to just control but Duterte is a slippery customer.
Duterte trying to control but Tama postures up.
Tama 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duterte taking some punishment here, with Tama in his half guard.
Tama is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duterte is refusing to be controlled, as Tama sits in half guard.
Tama is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duterte trying to hold on to Tama's head to control him but Tama postures up.
Duterte is not content to let Tama control the position.
Tama is taking a breather. Duterte says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Duterte is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tama scores with a couple of nice shots.
Duterte looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tama blocks the strikes from Duterte.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duterte looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Duterte gets full guard.
Duterte keeping moving, preventing Tama from controlling successfully.
Duterte has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tama can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tama is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Duterte looking for a sweep. Not yet Duterte, not yet.
Tama is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Duterte looking for subs off his back but Tama has passed one foot through into half guard.
Rodrigo Duterte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tama lands with a punch from half guard.
Tama scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tama lands with a punch from half guard.
Tama tries to pass the half guard into mount. Duterte knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tama is looking for a kimura but Duterte is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tama to get the leverage.
Duterte tries to get to full guard but Tama has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tama scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tama looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nikora Tama is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tama is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Duterte has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikora Tama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tama, 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikora Tama!
Rodrigo Duterte spoke after the fight, saying 'Don't worry I will be back!!'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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