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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Neo Till (ranked 2005 p4p, 3414 weight class) and Bugg Nevans (ranked 248 p4p, 377 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neo Till!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bugg Nevans!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Till lands a jab to the head.
Till misses the shot to the body.
Nevans doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Till shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nevans pinned against the cage. Nevans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A countering left hand to the body from Nevans misses.
Till digs a good body shot into Nevans's ribs.
Nevans drops his hands momentarily and Till takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nevans misses with a wild body shot.
Nevans takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Bugg Nevans has been cut.
Nevans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Till.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Till. That snapped Nevans's head back.
Nevans doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nevans ducks under a wild hook from Till.
Nevans steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Till connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nevans's hands.
Till dives in and scores a takedown into Nevans's guard.
Nevans working a defensive guard here.
Nevans utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Till postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Till postures up and lands a big shot to Nevans's brow.
Till is in close to Nevans's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nevans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Till. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Till trying to control but Nevans is working from the bottom.
Till working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Till distracts Nevans with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Till lands a couple of elbows.
Till lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Till with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Till missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nevans working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Till.
Till working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Till in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nevans is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Till lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nevans is trying to control the position but Till postures up.
Till postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Till is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Till looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Till trying to control the position from guard on top but Nevans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Till works over Nevans with some ground and pound from guard.
Till looking to pass the guard.
Till has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nevans controls Till momentarily but Till frees himself.
Till keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nevans's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Till throwing strikes from guard but Nevans blocks nicely.
Till missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Till postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Till postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Till postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Till wants to control from the top but Nevans keeps moving.
Till passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nevans can do anything to dispel that myth.
Till tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nevans can't do much from the bottom here.
An elbow from Till crashes against the mat.
Till misses with the ground and pound.
Till connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Nevans some visible discomfort.
Till trying to control the position but Nevans is working away.
Nevans can't do much from the bottom here.
Till landing strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Neo Till dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bugg Nevans's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Till shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nevans pinned against the cage. Nevans gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nevans counters with a body kick.
Till cracks Nevans with a right hand to the side of the head.
A lazy left from Till finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Till scores with a hook to the body. Nevans takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Till scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Till throws the left hand but Nevans avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Till scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nevans doesn't seem bothered though.
Till misses with a looping left.
Nevans looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Till misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nevans.
A nice side step and Nevans releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Neo Till is winning the standup battle so far.
Till misses with an uppercut. Nevans saw that one coming.
Nevans flicks out a counter leg kick but Till steps away.
It looks like Till has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Neo Till seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nevans looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nevans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Till sizes up Nevans with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Till swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nevans takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nevans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nevans looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till cracks a nice hook into Nevans's ribs.
Till throws an overhand right that lands on Nevans's shoulder, as Nevans tries to avoid the shot.
Nevans blocks a jab.
Nevans looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nevans moves out of range as Till strikes.
A slow jab from Till misses its intended target.
Nevans looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
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!
Nevans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Till thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nevans steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Till misses with an uppercut.
Nevans takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Till throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nevans's waist but Nevans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Till off to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Till throws the left hand but Nevans avoids the punch easily.
Nevans is trying to counter with his kicks.
Till jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Till lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nevans ducks under a wild hook from Till.
Till looks to score with a jab to the body but Nevans is just out of range.
Nevans is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Till with a body shot.
Till shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Till showed some decent athleticism there.
Till throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nevans moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Till is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Till postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Neo Till overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nevans trying to control the position.
Nevans wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Nevans controls Till momentarily but Till frees himself.
Till missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Till loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Till wants to control from the top but Nevans keeps moving.
Nevans trying to keep a closed guard but Till is proving a slippery customer.
Till scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Neo Till dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bugg Nevans's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nevans blocks a jab.
Bugg Nevans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Till throws a jab but it's blocked by Nevans.
A little jabbing left from Nevans on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nevans takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Till is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nevans sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nevans doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nevans takes one to the side of the head.
Till throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nevans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nevans looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Till misses with a left hand
and Nevans counters with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nevans displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Till.
Nevans throws a big counter head kick but Till avoids it with no problem.
Nevans ducks under a wild hook from Till.
Nevans throws a big counter head kick but Till avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Till lands with a good body shot.
Nevans takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nevans moves forwards but Till connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Till shoots in looking for a takedown. Nevans tries to sprawl out of it but Till keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nevans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A little jabbing left from Nevans on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neo Till. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Till tries for a takedown but Nevans sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nevans looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Till is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nevans can do to turn this around?
Till misses with a straight left.
Nevans thinks about the counter body kick.
Till jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nevans only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Till swings widly with a right hand
enabling Nevans to counter with a crisp jab.
Neo Till is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Till shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nevans defends it nicely.
Nevans doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Till lands with a straight right. Nevans didn't see that one coming.
Till connects with a single shot there.
Till shoots for a takedown but Nevans saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Till ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nevans moves away.
Nevans was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bugg Nevans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Till closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nevans did well to prevent Till getting side control.
Till wants to control but Nevans is keeping him busy.
Till looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nevans blocking the ground and pound attempt from Till.
Nevans is looking to improve his position.
Till is keen to just control but Nevans is a slippery customer.
Till with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nevans has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Till is working away from the top position though.
Nevans is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Till not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Till takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nevans wants to get back to full guard.
Nevans looking for submissions off his back.
Till seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Till throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Till seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nevans is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Till pulls his head out easily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Till lands a nice short elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Neo Till showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Till has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neo Till!
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