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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hardeep Nijjar (ranked 5336 p4p, 4851 weight class) and Sub Zero (ranked 426 p4p, 394 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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168 cm 20 160 4 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm 20 160 4 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Excellent boxer Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hardeep Nijjar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sub Zero! The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nijjar misses with a left hand and Zero counters with a lovely straight right hand!
 It looks like Hardeep Nijjar has been cut. Nijjar connects with a body shot. Zero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nijjar's hands. Nijjar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Nijjar lands with a cross. Nijjar throws a hook but Zero blocks it. A countering left hand to the body from Zero misses. Nijjar swings for the body but Zero moves out of range.
Nijjar throws a lazy uppercut
and Zero counters with a lovely straight right hand! Zero slips a straight right by Nijjar. Zero throws out a counter right but Nijjar avoids it with no problem. Nijjar connects with a jab. Zero looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Nijjar ducks under a wild hook from Zero. Nijjar misses with an uppercut. Zero saw that one coming. A countering left hand to the body from Zero misses. Nice cross by Zero.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Zero looks to land a right hand but Nijjar moved out of range. Nijjar misses with a lunging right hand
and Zero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Nijjar slips under a jab from Zero. A swing and a miss from Nijjar. Zero swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Hardeep Nijjar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A swing and a miss from Nijjar. Zero digs a good body shot into Nijjar's ribs. Zero slips under a jab from Nijjar. Zero keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nijjar. Nijjar misses with a lunging right hand
and Zero counters with a left and a right that stings Nijjar. Zero slips a jab and a cross from Nijjar.
Nijjar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Nijjar misses with a right hand and Zero makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. 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! Nijjar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
 Hardeep Nijjar's cut is getting worse. Nijjar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zero sees it coming and avoids it easily. Zero throws a shot to the body.
Nijjar throws a jab when Zero was well out of range. Good standup being displayed there by Zero as he connects with a hook.
 Nijjar is rocked! Nijjar throws out a loose jab but Zero uses good head movement to avoid it. Nijjar misses with a lunging right hand
and Zero counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Oh Nijjar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zero lands a big shot that drops Nijjar! Can he finish him?
Zero works a leg free and moves into half guard. Zero controlling the action here.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Nijjar seems to have got his legs back now. Nijjar is in trouble now - Zero has advanced to mount! Nijjar holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Zero tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Nijjar wants to hold on but Zero pushes him away.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zero has hold of Nijjar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nijjar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Zero thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. A nice elbow there by Zero. Nijjar avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zero.
Nijjar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Zero wants to control the pace but Nijjar is squirming around nicely. Zero thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Zero there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sub Zero dominated that round. The cut man is working on Hardeep Nijjar's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Zero lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Sub Zero seems to be getting the better of the standup. Nijjar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zero looks to score with a jab to the body but Nijjar is just out of range. An attempted straight right counter from Nijjar misses the target. Nijjar throws a poor cross that misses
and Zero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Zero moves out of range as Nijjar strikes. Zero slips a jab from Nijjar. Nijjar misses with a body shot
enabling Zero to counter with a crisp jab.
 Hardeep Nijjar's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Nijjar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Zero throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nijjar on the side of the head. Nijjar throws a looping overhand right but Zero ducks down to avoid it. A little jabbing left from Zero on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Nijjar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zero counters with a big uppercut that knocks Nijjar off his feet! Zero dives into side control looking to finish!
 That's one minute gone in the round. Nijjar is letting Zero control him for a moment.
Zero working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Nijjar is being controlled here. Zero tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Zero misses with an attempted head punch from side control. The strikes coming from Zero are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Zero misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Zero advances to mount. Nijjar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Zero trying to control but he's not successful this time. Zero throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. Nijjar wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Zero.
Zero controlling the position easily from mount.
Zero is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Nijjar can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
 That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zero is working for a guillotine from mount but Nijjar frees his head quite easily.
Nijjar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zero on the ground. Zero throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Nijjar because Zero loaded up on that one. Zero throwing strikes here but Nijjar is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Nijjar is squirming around, avoiding Zero's attempts to control the action.
 That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zero looking for a guillotine from mount but Nijjar is having none of it. Zero controlling his opponent. Zero landing shots from mount.
Zero wants to finish this one by submission but Nijjar is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Zero. Zero unloads with some shots from mount but Nijjar bucks and avoids them well.
Zero looking to ground and pound but Nijjar is blocking nicely. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sub Zero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Hardeep Nijjar'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 hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nijjar swings widly with a right hand
and Zero counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Hardeep Nijjar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Nijjar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zero.
Zero avoids the body shot from Nijjar.
Nijjar misses with an uppercut
letting Zero counter with a right hand.
 Jeez, Hardeep Nijjar's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Zero misses the shot to the body. Zero has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Zero misses with a left hand and Nijjar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Nijjar tries to move into range but Zero moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hardeep Nijjar's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sub Zero! Sub Zero decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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