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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Leonardo (ranked 1411 p4p, 2780 weight class) and Aingot Nofud (ranked 214 p4p, 382 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mario Leonardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aingot Nofud!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nofud fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Leonardo checks it well.
It looked like Leonardo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Leonardo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Leonardo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Tank Factory in the buildup to the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leonardo. Nofud does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Nofud on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nofud takes a swing at Leonardo's ribcage but misses.
Leonardo lands a slapping body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Leonardo misses the target.
Nofud bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nofud feints a counter leg kick.
Leonardo jabs Nofud right on the nose. Nofud blinks but takes it well.
Nofud ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leonardo moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Leonardo misses the target.
Nofud takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nofud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nofud throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leonardo punishes Nofud's body with a nice straight punch.
Leonardo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leonardo swings widly with a right hand
and Nofud counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nofud looks to land a left hand but Leonardo moved out of range nicely.
Leonardo scores with a hook to the body. Nofud takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nofud avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leonardo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nofud sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leonardo takes a swing at Nofud's ribcage but misses.
Nofud slips under a jab from Leonardo.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nofud! But no joy.
Leonardo cracks Nofud with a good jab.
Leonardo slips a jab from Nofud.
Leonardo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nofud looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nofud tries to close the distance and clinch but Leonardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leonardo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Leonardo misses with a right hand
and Nofud counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leonardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leonardo works Nofud's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leonardo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Leonardo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leonardo throws a poor cross that misses
and Nofud counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Leonardo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nofud cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Leonardo throws a series of punches but Nofud avoids them all with ease.
Good shot there by Nofud.
Leonardo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Leonardo throws a lazy uppercut
and Nofud counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nofud is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nofud motions for Leonardo to come forward. Nofud throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leonardo throws a body kick that misses
and Nofud counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leonardo is rocked!
Nofud waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Leonardo. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Leonardo to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Oh Leonardo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leonardo is controlling Nofud's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nofud advances to half guard.
Leonardo seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nofud not doing much here.
Nofud tries to pass the half guard into mount. Leonardo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nofud is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nofud frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Leonardo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nofud controlling from mount.
Nofud trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nofud looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aingot Nofud dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nofud moves out of range of the strikes.
Nofud misses the jab.
Aingot Nofud seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Leonardo fakes the leg kick and cracks Nofud in the body.
Leonardo lands a jab to the head.
Leonardo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nofud counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nofud throws a body shot but no joy.
Nofud misses with a hook. Leonardo ducked under it nicely.
Nofud uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonardo.
Leonardo throws a jab when Nofud was well out of range.
Nofud looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leonardo throws a looping overhand right but Nofud ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Nofud on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonardo lands with a hook. Nofud tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nofud jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leonardo misses with a body shot
and Nofud counters with a straight right hand.
Nofud takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nofud scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nofud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Nofud was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Leonardo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nofud.
Nofud takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Leonardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nofud feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Leonardos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nofud has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Leonardo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nofud follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Leonardo connects with a crisp jab.
Nofud takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nofud fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Leonardo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Leonardo throws a looping overhand right but Nofud ducks down to avoid it.
Nofud steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Leonardo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nofud lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Leonardo ducks under a wild hook from Nofud.
Nofud throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Nofud misses the target.
Nofud takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nofud gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Leonardo looks to throw the jab but Nofud is out of range.
Nofud swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leonardo throws the left hand but Nofud avoids the punch easily.
Nofud throws a chopping leg kick but Leonardo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leonardo misses with an uppercut.
Leonardo swings for the body but Nofud moves out of range.
Nofud throws out a counter right but Leonardo avoids it with no problem.
Leonardo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nofud was well out of range. Poor timing from Leonardo.
Leonardo moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromNofud.
Leonardo misses the shot to the body.
Leonardo swings for the body but Nofud moves out of range.
Leonardo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nofud in his tracks.
Leonardo throws a looping overhand right but Nofud ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo connects with a jab.
Nofud cracks Leonardo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nofud has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Leonardo finds it's way round the side to connect with Nofud's head.
Leonardo misses with a straight right.
Leonardo with a nice cross.
Nofud looks to land a left hand but Leonardo moved out of range nicely.
Leonardo looks to score with a jab to the body but Nofud is just out of range.
Nofud replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Leonardo blocks it well.
Nofud missing with a left hand there. Leonardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leonardo misses with a hook
and Nofud counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nofud scores with a hook.
Nofud steps into range and cracks Leonardo with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Leonardo flops backwards and Nofud dives into his guard looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonardo wants to improve his position but instead Nofud has moved into half guard.
Leonardo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Leonardo tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nofud passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Leonardo!
Nofud tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nofud trying to control but Leonardo is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Aingot Nofud will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Leonardo throws a looping overhand right but Nofud ducks down to avoid it.
Leonardo misses with a low kick.
Nofud digs a good hook to Leonardo's body.
Leonardo throws a head kick but Nofud moves out of range.
Leonardo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leonardo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nofud looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Leonardo scores with a shot to the body.
Leonardo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Leonardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leonardo throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Nofud counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonardo throws a head kick that half lands.
Nofud misses with a hook to the body
and Leonardo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Leonardo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonardo throws a jab but it's blocked by Nofud.
Nofud replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Leonardo blocks it well.
Mario Leonardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonardo misses with a shot to the body
and Nofud counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Nofud misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Leonardo.
Nofud fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nofud just misses with a punch to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nofud, as that shot connected.
Leonardo takes a swing at Nofud's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Leonardo.
Nofud fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leonardo manages to avoid it.
Leonardo checks a leg kick.
Leonardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leonardo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nofud's jab looks to have found its range, popping Leonardo under the eye.
A swing and a miss from Leonardo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Leonardo misses the target.
Nofud swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leonardo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nofud connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leonardo lands an overhand right.
Leonardo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nofud throws a hook but Leonardo avoids it easily.
Leonardo throws a big shot that misses.
Nofud finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nofud misses the shot to the body.
Nofud scores with the left hand. Leonardo knows he should have avoided that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Leonardo, as that shot connected.
Nofud has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A big right from Nofud misses.
It looked like Leonardo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nofud.
Nofud turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo misses with a hook. Nofud ducked under it nicely.
Nofud moves away from the strike by Leonardo.
Leonardo scores with the left hand. Nofud knows he should have avoided that one.
Nofud misses the shot to the body.
Leonardo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nofud swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheers as Leonardo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nofud doesn't seem phased though.
Nice shot by Leonardo.
Leonardo thumps Nofud with a low kick.
Leonardo throws a shot from downtown. Nofud moves away and avoids it.
Leonardo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Leonardo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nofud counters with a thumping low kick.
Leonardo throws a body shot but no joy.
Nofud throws a body shot but no joy.
Nofud throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mario Leonardo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nofud scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nofud tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Leonardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leonardo lands a jab to the head.
Leonardo misses with a hook
and Nofud counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Leonardo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leonardo ducks straight into an uppercut from Nofud and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Leonardo manages to regain guard straight away.
Nofud tries to free his leg and advance position but Leonardo is retaining full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leonardo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Nofud stacks Leonardo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Nofud!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aingot Nofud.
Well Nofud 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aingot Nofud!
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energy
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hype
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