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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mateus Nunes (ranked 1573 p4p, 2336 weight class) and Joe Patterson (ranked 161 p4p, 240 weight class). Nunes comes into the arena with Nickelback - How You Remind Me blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mateus Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nunes connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nunes. That's going to slow Patterson down.
Nunes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patterson throws a counter combo.
Patterson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Patterson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nunes thumps Patterson with a low kick.
Nunes avoids a kick to the body.
Nunes connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nunes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nunes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nunes darts in and clinches Patterson up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunes looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes landing knees to the body.
Nunes crunches a lovely knee into Patterson's ribcage.
Nunes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nunes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nunes scores with a shot to the side of Patterson's head.
Patterson trying to control the position but instead, Nunes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Patterson into the cage.
Nunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patterson's face.
Patterson is trying to stall.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Nunes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Patterson prevents it.
Nunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Nunes has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Nunes scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Nunes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nunes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Patterson is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mateus Nunes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Patterson is trying to break free.
Nunes is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Patterson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nunes lands a nice knee to the body.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patterson struggles to land a body shot inside as Nunes controls his hands.
Nunes is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Patterson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Patterson blocks a body shot from Nunes.
Patterson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Patterson can't find room to land a body shot as Nunes controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes landing knees to the body.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Patterson tries to break free but Nunes pushes him back against the cage.
Patterson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nunes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nunes.
Nunes crunches a lovely knee into Patterson's ribcage.
A head punch on the inside from Patterson fails to land.
Patterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patterson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Patterson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nunes misses with a knee strike.
Nunes lands a knee to the body.
Patterson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nunes won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Nunes.
Nunes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Patterson prevents it.
Patterson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nunes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Patterson is defending well.
Patterson looking to slow down the pace here.
Nunes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nunes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nunes crunches a lovely knee into Patterson's ribcage.
Patterson takes a shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nunes obliges.
Nunes scores a nice knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mateus Nunes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A jab from Nunes does it's job there.
Nunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patterson can do to turn this around?
Nunes misses with a head kick.
Nunes pushes Patterson up against the cage in a clinch.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patterson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patterson's face.
Patterson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Patterson takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Joe Patterson has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Nunes.
Nunes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Patterson tries to break the clinch but Nunes is controlling the position.
Nunes is working for takedown but Patterson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Nunes is looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nunes scores with a knee to the head.
Patterson prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mateus Nunes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Patterson working hard to break the clinch.
Nunes pushes Patterson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nunes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Patterson gets underhooks to prevent Nunes's takedown attempt.
Patterson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nunes is keeping busy.
Patterson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nunes is keeping busy.
Patterson is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Nunes has denied him.
Patterson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nunes won't allow it.
Nunes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patterson backwards.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes misses with a knee strike.
Nunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes lands with a short shot to the head.
Nunes pushes Patterson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Nunes.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patterson misses with some punches.
Nunes gets through Patterson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nunes has Patterson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Patterson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Patterson looking to stall.
Nunes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Patterson is defending well.
Nunes landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson is looking to control Nunes's arms but Nunes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Patterson has his back to the cage.
Nunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nunes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Patterson struggles to land a body shot inside as Nunes controls his hands.
Patterson trying to control the position but instead, Nunes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Patterson into the cage.
Nunes misses with a knee to the head.
Nunes is struggling to control the position.
Nunes with a knee to the head.
Mateus Nunes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Patterson tries to work over Nunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nunes lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes misses with a body punch.
Patterson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Patterson taking a breather.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Nunes connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patterson.
Patterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nunes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nunes is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Patterson can't fight it off and eventually Nunes manages to take the fight to the floor. Patterson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson keeping moving, preventing Nunes from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mateus Nunes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Patterson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Patterson.
Nunes lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nunes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Patterson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nunes misses with a looping right.
Patterson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nunes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nunes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Patterson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patterson shapes to counter with a head kick.
Nunes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Patterson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nunes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A swing and a miss from Nunes.
A nice side step and Patterson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nunes with a hook.
Nunes with a nice calf kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes moves out of range as Patterson throws a body kick.
Nunes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nunes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nunes moves into the clinch.
Nunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Patterson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nunes won't allow it.
Nunes with a knee to the head.
Nunes missing with knees to the body.
Nunes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nunes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Patterson is defending well.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Patterson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nunes misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nunes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nunes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Patterson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Nunes.
Nunes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Patterson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patterson wants to break free but Nunes has control.
Nunes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Patterson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mateus Nunes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nunes lands a good knee to the midsection. Patterson won't want to take too many of those.
Nunes tries to land knees in the clinch but Patterson avoids the damage to the body.
Nunes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nunes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patterson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nunes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patterson blocks it with crossed arms.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nunes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nunes stalling against the cage.
Nunes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patterson is defending well for now.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but Patterson blocks with his arms.
Nunes misses with a knee strike.
Patterson is pushing Nunes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Patterson tries to circle away but Nunes has him pinned against the cage.
Nunes scores a nice knee to the body.
Patterson avoiding damage as Nunes throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunes looking to throw knees to the head but Patterson is blocking nicely.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nunes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Patterson's efforts to push away.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nunes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patterson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nunes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nunes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patterson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Joe Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nunes misses with a body punch.
Nunes landing knees to the head.
Patterson avoiding damage as Nunes throws knees to the body.
Patterson is trying to push Nunes away but Nunes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nunes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mateus Nunes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nunes 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mateus Nunes!
Mateus Nunes decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
The defeated Joe Patterson had this to say: 'Hats off to my opponent, I would hope to settle the score soon.'.
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hype
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