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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Casanova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torbjorn Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Casanova comes to the cage accompanied by It's a Fight. Antonio Casanova looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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169 lbs
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185 cm
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Casanova !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Torbjorn Nilsson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nilsson ducks under a wild hook from Casanova .
Casanova looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Nilsson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Casanova is fending him off so far but Nilsson persists. Nope, Casanova circles away and we're back to standing.
Nilsson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nilsson landing a few strikes.
Nilsson tries to score with some ground and pound. Casanova controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nilsson working the body and head with strikes.
Nilsson controls the position.
Casanova on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Nilsson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nilsson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Nilsson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Nilsson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson controlling the position from side mount.
Nilsson working the ground and pound from side control.
Nilsson tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Nilsson working the ground and pound.
Nilsson is looking to take a break and control but Casanova is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Casanova gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Casanova doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nilsson.
Nilsson is stalling here. Casanova is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Nilsson seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Casanova has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Casanova is looking to take a break and control but Nilsson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nilsson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Nilsson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nilsson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Casanova is looking to improve his position.
Casanova taking some punishment here, with Nilsson in his half guard.
Nilsson winds up and cracks Casanova with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nilsson is working for a submission of some sort.
Casanova works his way to full guard. Good work.
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.
Casanova utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nilsson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Casanova keeping moving, preventing Nilsson from controlling successfully.
Nilsson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Casanova is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Torbjorn Nilsson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nilsson fails with a takedown attempt.
Casanova throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Nilsson.
Nilsson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nilsson working the ground and pound.
Nilsson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nilsson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nilsson goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Casanova rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Nilsson's guard! Nice work there by Casanova !
Nilsson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Casanova doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Casanova manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Casanova manages to get himself to full guard.
Nilsson postures up.
Casanova keeping full guard, as Nilsson tries to pass.
Nilsson drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Casanova manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Nilsson has Casanova in his guard.
Casanova stopping the sweep attempt from Nilsson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nilsson managing to control the position.
Nilsson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Nilsson controls Casanova momentarily but Casanova frees himself.
Nilsson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Nilsson managing to control the position.
Nilsson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casanova is fighting to break Nilsson's control of his arms but Nilsson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nilsson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Casanova 's guard.
Nilsson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nilsson looking to sit in guard and control but Casanova gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nilsson has an active guard here but Casanova has managed to pass into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nilsson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nilsson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nilsson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nilsson working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Casanova has passed into half guard!
Casanova is thwarting Nilsson's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Torbjorn Nilsson 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nilsson has a takedown stuffed.
Antonio Casanova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Casanova throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nilsson fails with the takedown.
Casanova swinging wilding here.
Nilsson shoots in and bounces Casanova off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nilsson wants to control from the top but Casanova keeps moving.
Nilsson pushing down on Casanova 's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nilsson is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Nilsson prevents Casanova from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Casanova swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nilsson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nilsson looking to pass the guard.
Nilsson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nilsson postures up in Casanova 's guard and throws a big left but Casanova blocks it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Casanova tries to bum rush Nilsson with a series of wild strikes but Nilsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nilsson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Casanova as he jumps to the side.
Antonio Casanova has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Torbjorn Nilsson.
Nilsson looks for a takedown but Casanova sprawls well.
Nilsson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nilsson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Casanova wants to get back to his feet but Nilsson drags him back down.
Nilsson swings around for an armbar but Casanova sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Nilsson's guard.
Nilsson working a defensive guard here.
Nilsson wants to improve his position but instead Casanova has moved into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson gets full guard.
Nilsson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Casanova manages to get himself to full guard.
Nilsson forces his way into half guard.
Nilsson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Casanova regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Nilsson.
Nilsson being controlled here momentarily.
Casanova keeping full guard, as Nilsson tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson postures up in Casanova 's guard and throws a big left but Casanova blocks it.
Nilsson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Casanova puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Nilsson is keen to just control but Casanova is a slippery customer.
Nilsson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Casanova !
Casanova wants to hold on but Nilsson pushes him away.
Nilsson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nilsson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Antonio Casanova has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nilsson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Casanova hang on?
And that's the end of the fight!
Torbjorn Nilsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nilsson 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Torbjorn Nilsson!
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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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