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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zach Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalti Nioka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nioka has chosen Yellow submarines as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Zach Morgan has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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275 lbs
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282 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zach Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kalti Nioka!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Nioka. No joy for Morgan on that attempt.
Nioka scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nioka tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morgan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nioka is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nioka working the head and body with strikes.
Morgan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nioka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Nioka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nioka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Nioka is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Nioka postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morgan looks a forlorn figure.
Nioka throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Nioka looking to ground and pound but Morgan is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nioka lands a heavy elbow.
Morgan tries to lock up and control but Nioka gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nioka landing strikes from the mount.
Nioka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nioka punching from mount but Morgan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Nioka breaks from Morgan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nioka avoids the attempt from Morgan to control.
Morgan is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Morgan suckers Nioka into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Morgan is now in Nioka's guard!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan throws and elbow that misses. Nioka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morgan's guard. Nice move by Nioka!
Nioka thows a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nioka throwing strikes from guard but Morgan blocks nicely.
Nioka looking to pass the guard.
Morgan wants to stand up but Nioka is controlling him.
Morgan controls Nioka momentarily but Nioka frees himself.
Morgan had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Nioka is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Morgan Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Nioka's back instead.
I really don't envy Nioka right now.
Nioka breaks Morgan's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nioka looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Nioka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.
Morgan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nioka wants to pass the guard but Morgan is keeping the position.
Nioka landing some decent shots from guard.
Nioka thows a big elbow that misses.
Nioka trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morgan working for a triangle but Nioka defends it easily.
Nioka wants to pass the guard but Morgan is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nioka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nioka working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morgan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nioka gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nioka thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nioka throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morgan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nioka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nioka throws a strike but Morgan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalti Nioka dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zach Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan misses with a takedown attempt
and Nioka counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nioka throws and elbow that misses. Morgan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nioka's guard. Nice move by Morgan!
Nioka looking for a sweep. Not yet Nioka, not yet.
Morgan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nioka wants to sweep but no luck.
Morgan throwing strikes but missing.
Morgan throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morgan misses with a series of wild punches.
Morgan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nioka closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morgan circles away.
Nioka tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morgan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nioka somewhat.
Morgan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nioka.
Zach Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalti Nioka.
Nioka is breathing heavily.
Morgan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Kalti Nioka has been cut.
Morgan gets caught flat footed, as Nioka shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nioka is looking to work some ground and pound but Morgan has wrist control.
Morgan is looking to stand up but Nioka isn't so interested in that idea.
Nioka avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Nioka forces his way into half guard.
Nioka is thwarting Morgan's attempts to control the position.
Morgan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nioka works his way into side control.
Nioka working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Nioka are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Nioka drags him back down.
Nioka lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nioka working the body and head with strikes.
Nioka landing a few strikes.
Morgan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nioka tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morgan's legs.
Nioka misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nioka tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Morgan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Morgan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nioka.
Morgan tries to buck Nioka off but Nioka is having none of it.
Morgan can't do much from the bottom here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nioka fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morgan displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kalti Nioka will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kalti Nioka's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nioka looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Nioka persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Morgan scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan misses with a takedown
and Nioka counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nioka wants to pass to mount but Morgan is defending the position.
Nioka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Morgan is trying to maintain the position but Nioka is very close to passing his half guard.
Morgan actively working from the bottom here.
Morgan manages to get to full guard.
Nioka got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morgan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nioka has managed to get both his arms back between Morgan's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nioka.
Nioka must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nioka looking to pass the guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morgan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nioka.
Nioka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nioka decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Nioka uses his free foot to push down on Morgan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Morgan.
Morgan tries to hold on but Nioka postures up.
Kalti Nioka has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nioka looking to finish with strikes here!
Morgan tries to hold on but Nioka postures up.
Nioka throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Morgan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morgan is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Nioka landing strikes from the mount.
Nioka looking to ground and pound but Morgan is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nioka landing strikes from the mount and Morgan is in trouble!
Nioka scoring with strikes but Morgan is staying in there.
Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nioka with the ground and pound from mount.
Nioka prevents Morgan from getting the reversal.
Nioka misses with a head shot.
Nioka thowing shots but they're missing.
Morgan is trying to stand up.
Nioka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nioka unloading with bombs!
Morgan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nioka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nioka throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Morgan because Nioka loaded up on that one.
Kalti Nioka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nioka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Morgan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nioka looking to control but Morgan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morgan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Morgan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nioka looking to control but Morgan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morgan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nioka.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nioka wants to control the pace but Morgan is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kalti Nioka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nioka 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalti Nioka!
Kalti Nioka is the new heavyweight champion!
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energy
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