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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Nut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sandy McSouthers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McSouthers has chosen VNV Nation - Anthem as his entrance music. The key to victory for Sam Nut has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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192 lbs
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200 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Nut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sandy McSouthers!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nut tries to clinch but McSouthers is having none of it.
No joy there for McSouthers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nut gets a clinch.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Sandy McSouthers has been cut.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the temple.
McSouthers dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
McSouthers dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
Nut crunches a lovely knee into McSouthers's ribcage.
Nut scores with a knee to the head.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McSouthers blocks an elbow strike.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nut lands a damaging elbow.
Come on McSouthers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McSouthers takes a knee to the side of the body.
McSouthers looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Nut fails to land.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McSouthers's defenses.
Nut connects with a knee to the head.
McSouthers can't get the takedown.
McSouthers dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but McSouthers avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nut lands an elbow just above McSouthers 's eye.
McSouthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nut tries a knee to the head but McSouthers blocks it.
Nut unloads a knee to the mid-section. McSouthers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McSouthers blocks the elbow strike.
Nut landing knees to the head.
Nut creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McSouthers's defenses.
Nut lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nut landing knees to the body.
McSouthers blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nut.
Nut unloads a knee to the mid-section. McSouthers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but McSouthers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McSouthers blocks the elbow strike.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nut throws an elbow but misses.
Nut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the temple.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nut pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nut lands a nice knee to the body.
Nut creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A frustrated look appears on McSouthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nut working McSouthers over with knees to the body.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Nut utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nut lands an elbow inside that McSouthers shrugs off.
Nut throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McSoutherss head.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
Nut throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on McSouthers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McSouthers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Nut misses with a knee to the head.
McSouthers avoids a wild elbow strike from Nut.
Nut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nut working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers is working for takedown but Nut is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nut throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Nut tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McSouthers's elbow.
McSouthers's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McSouthers blocks the elbow strike.
Nut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McSouthers avoids it.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
McSouthers tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sam Nut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandy McSouthers.
Nut missing with knees to the body.
McSouthers gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Nut regains guard.
Nut looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nut looking to hit a scissor sweep but McSouthers is one step ahead there.
Nut working a defensive guard but McSouthers passes into half guard.
Nut keeping control of the position.
McSouthers prevents Nut from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nut trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Nut dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sandy McSouthers's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nut scores with a shot to the body.
Sandy McSouthers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nut moves into the clinch.
Nut looking to throw knees to the head but McSouthers is blocking nicely.
Nut lands a nice elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
Nut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from Nut.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
McSouthers blocks an elbow strike.
Nut lands an elbow that stopped McSouthers in his tracks for a moment.
Nut lands an elbow just above McSouthers 's eye.
McSouthers is trying to break the clinch but Nut is controlling him.
McSouthers lands a hook that snaps the head of Nut backwards.
McSouthers slows down the pace here.
Nut can't find room to land a body shot as McSouthers controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
McSouthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nut tries a knee to the head but McSouthers blocks it.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
McSouthers can't find room to land a body shot as Nut controls the action.
Nut tries to land a knee to the head but McSouthers blocks with his arms.
McSouthers gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nut is looking for a sweep. McSouthers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McSouthers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nut defending well though.
Nut on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nut tries to get out of the position.
McSouthers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
McSouthers is working for a submission of some sort.
McSouthers is breathing heavily.
Nut wants to get back to full guard.
Nut is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nut is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McSouthers misses with a double jab.
McSouthers misses with a body punch
and Nut counters with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sam Nut is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nut ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McSouthers throws a nice looking combination but Nut bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nut slips a straight right by McSouthers.
Nut is looking to clinch but McSouthers is avoiding it.
McSouthers throws a nice looking combination but Nut bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from McSouthers.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers shoots in looking for a takedown. Nut tries to sprawl out of it but McSouthers keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nut manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A shot to the body from McSouthers misses
and Nut counters with a flying knee. Nice.
McSouthers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nut pinned against the cage. Nut gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
McSouthers misses with a body shot
and Nut counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nut tries to clinch but McSouthers is having none of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but McSouthers avoids the damage to the body.
Nut trying to land knees to the body.
Nut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McSouthers blocks the elbow strike.
Nut missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Nut.
McSouthers blocking some punches.
Nut connects with a nasty looking knee right to McSouthers's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nut lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nut misses with the head strike.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but McSouthers avoids the damage to the body.
McSouthers avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
McSouthers avoiding damage as Nut throws knees to the body.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but McSouthers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nut connects with a knee to the head.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Nut throws an elbow that misses.
Nut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McSouthers avoids it.
Nut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nut gets underhooks to prevent McSouthers's takedown attempt.
Sam Nut has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sandy McSouthers.
McSouthers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McSouthers misses with a hook to the body
and Nut counters with a big head kick but McSouthers shrugs it off.
Nut throws a head kick that misses.
Nut fails in his attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from McSouthers misses
and Nut counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Nut dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sandy McSouthers'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. This is the final round!
Nut throws a leg kick which misses McSouthers's front leg but catches the back leg as McSouthers tries to avoid it.
Nut ducks right into an uppercut from McSouthers.
Nut needs to keep his hands up - McSouthers had a free shot at his head there.
McSouthers misses with a few strikes there.
McSouthers doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nut counters with a nice body kick.
Nut closes the distance and clinches.
McSouthers managing to block the knees to the body from Nut.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
Nut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McSouthers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McSouthers takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nut is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nut swings wildly with an uppercut but McSouthers uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nut tries a knee to the head but McSouthers blocks it.
Nut tries to land knees in the clinch but McSouthers avoids the damage to the body.
Nut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McSouthers is defending well for now.
McSouthers blocks an elbow strike.
Nut lands a knee to the body.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
A hook to the body from McSouthers.
McSouthers avoids the elbow strike from Nut, against the cage.
McSouthers will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nut up against the cage.
Nut lands an elbow just above McSouthers 's eye.
McSouthers dodges an elbow strike from Nut.
McSouthers blocks the elbow strike.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but McSouthers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McSouthers.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nut.
Nut pushes off an throws an elbow but McSouthers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nut pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sandy McSouthers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
McSouthers blocks an elbow strike.
Nut tries to land a knee to the head but McSouthers blocks with his arms.
McSouthers wants a takedown but no success here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nut just misses with a elbow thrown towards McSouthers's brow.
Nut lands an elbow inside.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
McSouthers working hard to break the clinch.
Nut misses with a knee strike.
Nut landing knees to the head.
McSouthers blocks an elbow strike from Nut.
McSouthers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Come on McSouthers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nut misses with an elbow strike.
McSouthers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sam Nut has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McSouthers is trying to break free.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nut misses with an elbow over the top.
Nut keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McSouthers's efforts to push away.
Nut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McSouthers is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McSouthers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice combination there by McSouthers.
McSouthers darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nut is trying to maintain the position but McSouthers is very close to passing his half guard.
McSouthers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nut with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nut holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
McSouthers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nut is trying to maintain the position but McSouthers is very close to passing his half guard.
McSouthers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McSouthers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nut wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McSouthers scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
McSouthers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sam Nut is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McSouthers is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nut tries to get to full guard but McSouthers has control of the leg.
Nut has hold of McSouthers's hands but McSouthers slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
McSouthers with the ground and pound but Nut uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Nut is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sandy McSouthers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nut has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Nut!
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hype
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