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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Nowka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulie Walnutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowka comes to the cage accompanied by I Get Knocked Down. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Nowka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulie Walnutz!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowka scores with a sloppy right hand. Walnutz should have avoided that one.
Walnutz walks into a left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walnutz.
Nowka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nowka works the jab nicely.
Nowka throws a combination. Walnutz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walnutz walks into a jab.
Walnutz is rocked!
Walnutz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Walnutz is still on wobbly legs! Can Nowka finish him?
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Walnutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walnutz tries to clinch up but Nowka circles away and keeps his distance.
Walnutz pushes Nowka up against the cage in a clinch.
Walnutz seems to have recovered his senses.
Walnutz crunches a lovely knee into Nowka's ribcage.
Nowka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nowka throws a body punch but Walnutz moves out of range.
Walnutz tries to clinch up but Nowka circles away and keeps his distance.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Nowka moves out of range.
Walnutz connects with a body shot.
Walnutz has managed to clinch.
Walnutz lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Walnutz.
Walnutz lands an elbow inside.
Walnutz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nowka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nowka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nowka throws a jab but it's blocked by Walnutz.
Nowka cracks Walnutz with an open hand slap.
Nowka lands with an uppercut that bounces Walnutz off the cage and back into rage.
Walnutz moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walnutz throws an elbow that misses.
Nowka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walnutz lands a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Walnutz.
Walnutz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nowka blocks it with crossed arms.
Nowka lands with a short shot to the head.
Nowka throws a head punch that misses.
Walnutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walnutz lands a nice elbow.
Walnutz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowka gets through Walnutz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nowka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walnutz prevents it.
Nowka is breathing heavily.
Nowka decides to pull guard.
Nowka throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Walnutz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nowka's guard.
Nowka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walnutz wants to get up but he can't break Nowka's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nowka is pulling down on Walnutz's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walnutz decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Nowka, up you get!
Walnutz is looking to score with low kicks.
Nowka connects with a looping right hand.
Walnutz wants to clinch.
Nowka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nowka throws a right hand that Walnutz ducks under and follows up with a left that Walnutz also avoids with ease.
Nowka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Walnutz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nowka, as that shot connected.
Walnutz clinches up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nowka.
Walnutz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Matt Nowka has been cut.
Nowka is trying to break free.
Nowka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walnutz prevents it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walnutz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walnutz tries to work over Nowka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walnutz looking to throw knees to the head but Nowka is blocking nicely.
Nowka takes an elbow to the temple.
Walnutz throws an elbow that misses.
Walnutz lands an elbow inside.
Walnutz lands an elbow that stopped Nowka in his tracks for a moment.
Walnutz trying to land knees to the body.
Nowka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walnutz prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Nowka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from Walnutz.
Nowka can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nowka.
A hook to the body from Walnutz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walnutz misses with a knee strike.
Walnutz throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walnutz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nowka's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nowka.
Walnutz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nowka backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Nowka on the inside.
Walnutz misses with some punches.
Nowka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nowka lands a right hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Nowka.
Walnutz misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Nowka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Nowka's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A jab from Nowka finds it's way through Walnutz's defenses.
Matt Nowka is winning the standup battle so far.
Walnutz wants to clinch up but Nowka keeps it at a distance.
Nowka scores with a shot to the body.
Nowka cracks Walnutz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nowka works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Walnutz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nowka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walnutz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walnutz throws a nice looking combination but Nowka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walnutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nowka connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nowka clobbers Walnutz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nowka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walnutz doesn't seem bothered though.
Nowka lands the left hand.
Nowka lunges at Walnutz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walnutz's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walnutz drives through and clinches with Nowka against the cage.
Nowka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nowka is working for takedown but Walnutz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nowka tries to score a body lock takedown but Walnutz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short left from Nowka.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nowka stalling in the clinch but Walnutz improves position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walnutz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nowka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walnutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walnutz with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walnutz throws an elbow but it misses.
Nowka scores with a shoulder strike.
Nowka tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walnutz smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Nowka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nowka throws a series of strikes that have Walnutz backpedaling.
Walnutz wants to clinch.
Nowka connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nowka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nowka keeps the fight on the outside.
Nowka scores with a nice right hand.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Nowka is having none of it.
Nowka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walnutz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Nowka is having none of it.
Nowka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nowka scores with a shot to the body.
Nowka lands a with a good body shot.
Nowka scores with a jab. Walnutz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Walnutz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nowka.
Walnutz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Matt Nowka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowka scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowka throws a combination. Walnutz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nowka connects with the punch.
Walnutz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nowka connects with a nice looking jab.
Walnutz wants to clinch up but Nowka keeps it at a distance.
Nowka lands a really nice looking cross but Walnutz seems unphased.
Nowka slips a jab and a cross from Walnutz.
Walnutz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Nowka is having none of it.
Nowka cracks Walnutz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nowka connects with a single shot there.
Nowka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nowka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Walnutz tries a head kick but it misses.
Nowka lands with a cross.
Nowka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Walnutz needs to keep his hands up - Nowka had a free shot at his head there.
Walnutz tries to clinch up.
Walnutz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nowka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Walnutz takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowka lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Walnutz backs up against the cage.
Walnutz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walnutz lands a nice elbow.
Walnutz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walnutz as Nowka tries to tie him up.
Walnutz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowka blocking some punches.
Nowka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walnutz prevents it.
Nowka misses with some punches.
Walnutz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walnutz tries a body shot but Nowka blocks it.
Nowka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nowka manages to break the clinch.
Nowka moves out of range of the body kick from Walnutz.
Nowka moves out of range of the leg kick from Walnutz.
Walnutz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Walnutz throws a leg kick but Nowka checks it.
Nowka lunges at Walnutz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walnutz's hand.
Nowka lands with a straight right. Walnutz didn't see that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nowka.
Nowka ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch but Nowka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walnutz wants to clinch.
Walnutz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch but Nowka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Nowka.
Nowka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nowka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nowka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walnutz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nowka.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Nowka is having none of it.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch but Nowka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nowka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nowka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nowka lands a nice hook to Walnutz's body. Walnutz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nowka misses with a hook.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch but Nowka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nowka misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Nowka misses the target.
Walnutz pushes Nowka up against the cage in a clinch.
Walnutz lands a right hand.
Nowka misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Nowka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matt Nowka's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Walnutz tries to clinch but Nowka is having none of it.
Walnutz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nowka.
Nowka throws a shot from downtown. Walnutz moves away and avoids it.
Nowka throws an overhand right that lands on Walnutz's shoulder, as Walnutz tries to avoid the shot.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nowka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nowka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nowka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walnutz.
Nowka cracks Walnutz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Walnutz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nowka tries to keep at a distance but Walnutz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walnutz lands an elbow just above Nowka 's eye.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walnutz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walnutz gets underhooks to prevent Nowka's takedown attempt.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walnutz.
Nowka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walnutz misses with an elbow strike.
Walnutz with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short left from Nowka.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walnutz.
Walnutz gets through Nowka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Come on Nowka - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nowka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nowka fails to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walnutz lands a left hand.
Walnutz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Walnutz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nowka avoids a wild elbow strike from Walnutz.
Walnutz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nowka.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Nowka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walnutz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Walnutz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Walnutz with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Nowka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from Walnutz.
Walnutz lands a hook that snaps the head of Nowka backwards.
Walnutz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nowka wants a takedown.
Walnutz lands an uppercut.
Walnutz lands a damaging elbow.
Nowka takes an elbow to the temple.
Nowka dodges an elbow strike from Walnutz.
Walnutz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Walnutz lands an elbow inside.
Walnutz has a couple of punches blocked by Nowka.
Walnutz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nowka.
Walnutz prevents Nowka from breaking the clinch.
Nowka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nowka taking a breather.
Walnutz misses with some punches.
Nowka pulls guard.
Walnutz stopping the sweep attempt from Nowka.
Walnutz wants to stand but Nowka has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowka is striking from the bottom but Walnutz uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Nowka pushes Walnutz off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nowka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nowka scores with a jab to the body.
Nowka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nowka digs a good body shot into Walnutz's ribs.
Nowka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Walnutz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nowka throws a combination. Walnutz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nowka clobbers Walnutz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nowka throws a right and a left that Walnutz avoids nicely.
Nowka lands with a nice body punch.
Nowka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Nowka moves out of range.
Nowka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nowka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nowka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Walnutz needs to keep his hands up - Nowka had a free shot at his head there.
Nowka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch but Nowka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nowka throws the left hand but Walnutz avoids the punch easily.
Nowka scores with the left hand. Walnutz knows he should have avoided that one.
Paulie Walnutz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matt Nowka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walnutz thumps Nowka with a low kick.
Walnutz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nowka checks it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Nowka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nowka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Nowka!
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