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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Nielson (ranked 1944 p4p, 1974 weight class) and Luther Socippo (ranked 249 p4p, 255 weight class). Patrick Nielson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Nielson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luther Socippo!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nielson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Socippo.
Nielson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Socippo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Socippo throws a front kick aimed at Nielson's knee but Nielson avoids it well.
Nielson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Socippo - just one landing.
Socippo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nielson misses with a looping right.
Nielson swats away the attempt to clinch by Socippo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Socippo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Socippo.
Socippo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nielson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Socippo. Socippo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nielson drops his hands momentarily and Socippo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nielson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nielson slips a straight right by Socippo.
Nielson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nielson throws the left hand but Socippo avoids the punch easily.
Nielson slips a jab from Socippo.
Socippo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nielson misses with a looping left.
Socippo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nielson.
Socippo catches Nielson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Socippo throws a jab when Nielson was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nielson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been hearing reports that Nielson has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nielson misses with an uppercut.
Socippo wants to counter the offense by Nielson and move into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nielson misses with an uppercut. Socippo saw that one coming.
Socippo misses with an uppercut. Nielson saw that one coming.
Socippo throws an off balance right hand
and Nielson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nielson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Socippo.
Socippo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Socippo thuds his right hand into Nielson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nielson feints and as Socippo raises his hands in defense, Nielson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Socippo scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nielson lands a body shot.
Socippo has Nielson up against the cage in a clinch.
Socippo pushes off an throws an elbow but Nielson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nielson.
Socippo prevents the takedown attempt.
Nielson throws a head punch that misses.
Socippo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Socippo blocks an uppercut.
Socippo prevents a body shot from Nielson.
Nielson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Socippo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nielson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Socippo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Socippo tries to throw a body punch but Nielson avoids it by throwing Socippo back against the cage.
Socippo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nielson.
Nielson dodges an elbow strike from Socippo.
Nielson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Nielson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Socippo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Socippo avoids the elbow strike from Nielson, against the cage.
Nielson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Socippo backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nielson prevents a body shot from Socippo.
Socippo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Socippo tries to land knees in the clinch but Nielson avoids the damage to the body.
Nielson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Socippo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Socippo.
Nielson is leaning against Socippo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Socippo fails to land.
A short right from Nielson on the inside.
A short uppercut from Nielson.
Socippo tries to throw a body punch but Nielson avoids it by throwing Socippo back against the cage.
Socippo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Socippo misses with a punch to the body.
Socippo misses with the head strike.
Socippo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Socippo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Socippo throws a head punch that misses.
Nielson misses with a punch to the body.
Nielson misses with some punches.
Socippo swings wildly with an uppercut but Nielson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Socippo scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nielson misses with a punch on the inside.
Socippo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nielsons head.
Socippo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Nielson.
Nielson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nielson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Socippo.
Nielson tries to throw a body punch but Socippo avoids it by throwing Nielson back against the cage.
Socippo scores with a hook to the body.
Nielson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Nielson.
Nielson struggles to land a body shot inside as Socippo controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nielson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Socippo's brow.
Nielson misses with the head strike.
Nielson lands a hook that snaps the head of Socippo backwards.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nielson can't find room to land a body shot as Socippo controls the action.
Nielson wants a takedown.
Socippo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nielson goes for a takedown attempt but Socippo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nielson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Socippo tries to close the distance and clinch but Nielson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nielson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Socippo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Socippo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Socippo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nielson throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Socippo to counter with a crisp jab.
Socippo tries to clinch but Nielson is having none of it.
Nielson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Socippo lands with a straight right. Nielson didn't see that one coming.
A punch combination from Socippo misses.
Socippo just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromNielson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Socippo throws a hook to the side of Nielson's head but Nielson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Socippo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nielson.
Nielson lands the left hand.
Nielson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Socippo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Socippo connects with a single shot there.
Socippo loads up on a big right hand but Nielson slips the punch.
Nielson lands a head kick that stumbles Socippo and the fighters go to the mat.
Socippo is rocked!
It looks like Luther Socippo has been cut.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nielson pushing down on Socippo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Socippo is still in real trouble! Can Nielson finish him?
Nielson scores with a big shot! Socippo's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Socippo! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Nielson!
After the fight, Patrick Nielson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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