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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nasir Prince (ranked 1151 p4p, 1462 weight class) and Paul Stahl (ranked 83 p4p, 105 weight class). Prince kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Nas- N.Y. State of Mind. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasir Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Stahl!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prince keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stahl.
Prince checks a leg kick.
Stahl throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Prince jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stahl getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Prince bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prince ducks under a wild hook from Stahl.
Prince moves out of range as Stahl strikes.
Stahl defending well as Prince loads up on a big left hand.
Prince staying out of range there.
Stahl misses with a wild body shot.
Stahl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Prince lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stahl has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stahl and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Prince moves into the clinch.
Prince blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prince swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
Stahl blocks an uppercut.
Stahl misses with a punch on the inside.
Prince manages to break the clinch.
Stahl blocks a leg kick.
Prince throws out a loose jab but Stahl uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince throws a front kick that sends Stahl stumbling back into the cage.
Prince throws a head kick but Stahl moves out of range.
Stahl walks into a jab.
Prince lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stahl.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
An inside leg kick lands from Stahl.
Prince is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prince misses with a lunging right hand
and Stahl makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stahl throws a leg kick but Prince moved away.
Stahl jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stahl scores with a nice strike.
Stahl on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stahl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stahl blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stahl checks a low kick from Prince.
Jab, jab by Stahl - just one landing.
Prince is looking to clinch.
Prince lands a head shot.
Stahl thumps Prince with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl walks into a straight right hand from Prince.
Prince tests Stahl's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stahl avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stahl uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Prince has time to react.
Stahl throws a jab but it's blocked by Prince.
Prince scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stahl in his tracks.
Prince blocks a jab.
Prince is looking to counter punch.
Stahl misses with an uppercut.
Stahl tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Prince is able to avoid easily.
Stahl moves forwards but Prince connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Prince doesn't manage to clinch there - Stahl circles away.
A low kick from Prince is predictable there
and Stahl counters with a nice body kick.
Prince walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stahl digs a good body shot into Prince's ribs.
Nasir Prince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prince misses with an uppercut
and Stahl makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Prince throws out a loose jab but Stahl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stahl connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stahl blocks a jab.
Prince throws a big shot that misses.
Prince slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince tries to clinch but Stahl is having none of it.
Prince checks the leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Stahl blocks the leg kick.
Stahl throws out a leg kick but Prince moves out of range and Stahl only half commits.
Stahl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prince.
Stahl slips under a jab from Prince.
Prince looks for the body kick but Stahl saw that one coming.
Prince throws a looping overhand right but Stahl ducks down to avoid it.
Stahl let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Stahl takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stahl fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Prince ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stahl connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Prince throws a push kick but Stahl slaps the foot to one side.
Stahl looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stahl throws a hook to the side of Prince's head but Prince sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Prince throws the left hand but Stahl avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Stahl.
Good leg kick by Stahl.
Donk. Prince catches Stahl right on the button with a cross.
Prince lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prince throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince slips under a jab.
Stahl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Prince.
A bone on bone clash there as Stahl blocks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Stahl.
Prince avoids the body shot from Stahl.
Prince tries to score with a low kick but Stahl moves his leg out of the way.
Prince is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Prince scores with a punch to the head.
Prince takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Prince ducks under a wild hook from Stahl.
Prince avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stahl takes a swing at Prince's ribcage but misses.
Stahl looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prince looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Prince avoids the body shot from Stahl.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stahl avoids the head kick by Prince.
Stahl swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Prince takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Stahl blocks a low kick nicely.
Stahl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Prince throws a hook to the side of Stahl's head but Stahl sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Paul Stahl will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Stahl lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Stahl looks to land a right hand but Prince moved out of range.
Prince is looking to counter punch.
Prince keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stahl avoids the head kick by Prince.
Stahl throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A big left from Prince misses.
Prince's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stahl connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Prince scrambles back to his feet.
Stahl looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
Good leg kick by Prince.
That kick from Prince tenderised Stahl's leg. Stahl is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stahl lands with a straight right. Prince didn't see that one coming.
Prince waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stahl.
Prince tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Prince works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Paul Stahl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stahl moves away from the strike by Prince.
Prince attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A jab from Stahl misses.
Stahl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prince sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prince throws a hook but Stahl avoids it easily.
Stahl tries to score with a low kick but Prince moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prince with a jab.
Prince throws a solid leg kick but Stahl takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Prince.
Prince keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Prince gets a clinch.
Stahl lands a left hand that snaps the head of Prince backwards.
A right hand to the body from Stahl.
Prince escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Prince looks to throw the jab but Stahl is out of range.
Stahl on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big right from Prince misses.
Prince has taken the fight to the clinch.
Prince lands a shoulder strike.
Prince's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prince throws a head punch that misses.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Prince throws a head punch that misses.
Stahl swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Prince fails to land.
Stahl misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prince misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl working aggressively here.
Prince breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prince checks a low kick from Stahl.
Stahl throws a leg kick but Prince moved away.
Prince gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stahl.
Prince is looking to clinch but Stahl is avoiding it.
Prince misses with a hook.
Stahl on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Prince throws a shot from downtown. Stahl moves away and avoids it.
A lazy left from Prince finds it's target.
Prince throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stahl feints and then cracks Prince's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Prince down.
Stahl lands with a straight right. Prince didn't see that one coming.
Stahl scores with a hook to the body. Prince takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stahl swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prince misses with a looping right.
Prince looks to throw the jab but Stahl is out of range.
Stahl fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Prince throws a head kick but Stahl moves out of range.
It seemed like Stahl was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Prince throws a shot from downtown. Stahl moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince throws an overhand right that lands on Stahl's shoulder, as Stahl tries to avoid the shot.
Prince lands a glancing blow to the side of Stahl's head.
Stahl throws the left hand but Prince avoids the punch easily.
Prince thinks about countering with a body kick.
Prince throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stahl connects with an inside leg kick.
Prince tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stahl swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stahl slips under a jab.
Prince slips under a jab from Stahl.
Prince uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stahl.
Stahl on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Prince misses the shot to the body.
Stahl comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Prince misses the jab.
Prince tries to clinch there but Stahl circles away.
Prince tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stahl manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Prince throws a jab but it's blocked by Stahl.
Prince moves in looking to clinch but Stahl pushes him off.
Prince tries to clinch but Stahl moves out of range.
Prince throws a looping overhand right but Stahl ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prince paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prince tries to clinch up.
Prince gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stahl lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Prince tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prince looks to throw the jab but Stahl is out of range.
A big right from Prince misses.
Stahl looks to throw the jab but Prince is out of range.
Stahl misses with a body shot.
Prince moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stahl throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stahl jabs at Prince's body.
Stahl lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stahl connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stahl has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Stahl swats away the attempt to clinch by Prince.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stahl throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stahl looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
Stahl throws a looping overhand right but Prince ducks down to avoid it.
Stahl throws a hook but Prince blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paul Stahl will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Prince throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Prince throws a jab but it's blocked by Stahl.
Stahl looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Stahl misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stahl.
A big left from Prince misses.
Prince is looking to clinch.
Stahl circles away from the clinch attempt.
Donk. Stahl catches Prince right on the button with a cross.
Stahl slips under a jab.
Prince uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stahl.
A nice leg kick from Stahl, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stahl misses with a leg kick
and Prince counters with an outside leg kick.
Stahl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Prince is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stahl misses with a straight left.
Prince missing with a left hand there. Stahl was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Prince jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stahl looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
Stahl swats away the attempt to clinch by Prince.
Prince misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stahl changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Stahl!
Stahl misses with a body shot.
Prince moves into the clinch.
Stahl blocks an uppercut.
Stahl misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prince blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stahl.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stahl goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stahl scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stahl tries to work over Prince's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stahl is trying to maintain a safe position but Prince gets an underhook and turns Stahl into the cage.
Prince trying to stall but Stahl improves his position.
A short uppercut from Prince.
Stahl misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stahl blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl misses with some punches.
Prince throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stahl as Prince tries to tie him up.
Stahl lands with a light punch inside.
Prince blocking some punches.
Stahl breaks from the clinch.
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!
Stahl blocks a head kick by Prince.
Stahl missing with a left hand there. Prince was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stahl stuns Prince with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Prince moves in looking to clinch but Stahl pushes him off.
Prince checks a leg kick.
Stahl takes a swing at Prince's ribcage but misses.
Prince lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stahl throws a jab but it's blocked by Prince.
Stahl throws a shot from downtown. Prince moves away and avoids it.
Prince slips a straight right by Stahl.
Prince fires out a quick counter leg kick but Stahl just manages to avoid it.
Stahl takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prince tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stahl paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Prince loads up on a big right hand but Stahl slips the punch.
Stahl takes a jab right on the kisser.
Prince moves out of range of the leg kick from Stahl.
Stahl is looking to slow Prince down with leg kicks.
Prince scores with a leg kick.
Stahl on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Prince takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Prince throws a low kick, looking for Stahl's leg but Stahl calmly moves out of range.
Paul Stahl is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Prince is looking to score with low kicks.
Prince clinches up against the cage.
Prince has a couple of punches blocked by Stahl.
Stahl's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stahl lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short uppercut from Prince.
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!
Prince blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stahl digs a right hand underneath Prince's ribcage. Prince let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nasir Prince has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Prince is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Prince working aggressively here.
Prince fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Stahl.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
Stahl blocks an uppercut.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Stahl.
Stahl blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prince misses with a short punch on the inside.
Prince misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Stahl.
I've got Stahl winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Stahl!
Paul Stahl thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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