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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between The Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Leiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, The Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Nicolas Leiva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Leiva shoots in and drives through. Black sprawls well.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Leiva is defended easily by Black.
Leiva dodges the punch combination from Black.
Black has Leiva up against the cage in a clinch.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Leiva stalling in the clinch but Black improves position.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Leiva blocks with his arms.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Leiva blocks with his arms.
Leiva looking for a takedown.
The Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicolas Leiva.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leiva blocks it with crossed arms.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Leiva is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leiva blocks it with crossed arms.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leiva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Leiva is blocking nicely.
Leiva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leiva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leiva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leiva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leiva blocks it with crossed arms.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leiva blocks it with crossed arms.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leiva successfully pulls guard.
Black is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Black works over Leiva with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Black throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Black trying to control the position from guard on top but Leiva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black wants to get up but he can't break Leiva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Leiva trying to keep a closed guard but Black is proving a slippery customer.
Leiva is looking to stand up but Black isn't so interested in that idea.
Black looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Leiva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Black is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Black is adopting a defensive guard.
Black looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leiva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nice sprawl there from Black as Leiva shoots in.
Leiva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Black avoids it really well and circles away.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Leiva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leiva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Black as he jumps to the side.
Black tries to clinch up but Leiva circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nicolas Leiva will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Black misses with a wild body shot.
Black shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Leiva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Black taking a break here but Leiva is having none of it and regains half guard.
Black wants to control but Leiva is keeping him busy.
Black looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Black not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leiva wants to get back to his feet.
Leiva manages to get to full guard.
Leiva kicks Black off and gets to his feet.
Leiva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Black holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leiva blocks it with crossed arms.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leiva is trying to stall.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black is fighting off a takedown attempt but Leiva is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Black to the mat. Black regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Black working a defensive guard here.
Black seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Black keeping moving, preventing Leiva from controlling successfully.
Black is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Leiva puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Black wants to control but Leiva is keeping busy.
Leiva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Black is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Leiva stands up and beckons Black to join him on the feet.
Leiva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Black has taken the fight to the clinch.
Black tries a knee to the head but Leiva blocks it.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leiva blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leiva goes for a takedown attempt but Black pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Leiva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolas Leiva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Black tries to clinch but Leiva moves out of range.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Leiva misses with a takedown
and Black counters by moving into the clinch.
Black landing knees to the head.
Leiva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leiva has hold of one of Black's legs. Black is fighting the takedown attempt but Leiva gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Black trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leiva slips nicely into half guard.
Leiva stops Black from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black is trying to keep Leiva in close.
Leiva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Black looking for a guillotine here but Leiva defends easily.
Leiva trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Black is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Leiva misses with a takedown attempt
so Black counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicolas Leiva.
Black is in close to Leiva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Leiva wants to stand and escape but Black is having none of it.
Leiva keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leiva seems keen to control Black's posture.
Leiva being controlled here, momentarily.
Black wants to pass the guard but Leiva is keeping the position.
Black is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Leiva keeping moving, preventing Black from controlling successfully.
Leiva has his feet on Black's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nicolas Leiva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leiva.
And that's the end of the fight!
The Black showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Leiva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicolas Leiva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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