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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryu Hyabusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaatu Nicto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryu Hyabusa could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Klaatu Nicto's chin.
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192 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryu Hyabusa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Klaatu Nicto!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nicto stuffs the takedown attempt from Hyabusa. Hyabusa gets slowly back to his feet.
Hyabusa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hyabusa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hyabusa leaves Nicto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nicto.
Ryu Hyabusa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaatu Nicto.
Hyabusa's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hyabusa duly obliges.
Decent striking displayed by Hyabusa there.
Nicto dodges the punch combination from Hyabusa.
Hyabusa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nicto in his tracks.
Hyabusa throws a front kick aimed at Nicto's knee but Nicto avoids it well.
Nicto shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nicto showed some decent athleticism there.
Hyabusa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nicto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nicto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hyabusa's head.
Hyabusa manages to get to full guard.
Hyabusa keeping full guard, as Nicto tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyabusa is looking for a triangle but Nicto pushes his legs off easily.
Nicto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nicto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nicto thows a big elbow that misses.
Hyabusa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nicto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nicto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hyabusa is looking to control Nicto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hyabusa avoid being mounted?
Nicto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hyabusa trying to control but Nicto postures up.
Hyabusa is trying to stand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nicto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa wants to control but Nicto is keeping busy.
Nicto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nicto shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nicto showed some decent athleticism there.
Nicto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hyabusa taking some punishment here, with Nicto in his half guard.
Nicto looks gassed!
Hyabusa is trying to stand.
Nicto is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hyabusa sees it coming and defends easily.
Hyabusa tries to kick Nicto off but Nicto keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hyabusa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nicto is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hyabusa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nicto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nicto throwing shots but Hyabusa is blocking nicely.
Nicto looks to land a strike but Hyabusa avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Nicto postures up in Hyabusa's guard and throws a big left but Hyabusa blocks it.
Hyabusa is trying to control the position but Nicto postures up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nicto misses with a two punch combination.
Hyabusa lands a two punch combo.
Hyabusa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nicto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nicto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hyabusa scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hyabusa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Nicto.
Hyabusa is trying to control Nicto's posture but Nicto avoids it.
Nicto scores with punches from side control.
Nicto landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hyabusa struggling a bit here.
Nicto scores with punches from side control.
Nicto lands a nice forearm strike.
Nicto tries for a kimura but Hyabusa is defending well.
Nicto cracks Hyabusa with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klaatu Nicto dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hyabusa throws a one two combo.
Hyabusa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hyabusa stalks Nicto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nicto's face. Nicto staggers backwards, shaken.
Nicto swats away the attempt to clinch by Hyabusa.
Hyabusa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nicto to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nicto distracts Hyabusa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hyabusa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nicto postures up and lands a big shot to Hyabusa's brow.
Nicto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hyabusa wants to sweep but no luck.
Hyabusa pulls Nicto in to control the position.
Hyabusa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nicto is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hyabusa scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyabusa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nicto's hands.
Nicto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nicto blocks a head kick by Hyabusa.
Hyabusa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nicto checks it well.
Hyabusa lands a jab-cross combination.
Hyabusa defending well as Nicto loads up on a big left hand.
Nicto closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nicto throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hyabusa wants to control but Nicto postures up.
Nicto working the ground and pound.
Hyabusa is trying to control Nicto's posture but Nicto avoids it.
Nicto is chipping away with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hyabusa is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hyabusa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Nicto in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nicto has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Nicto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hyabusa looks a forlorn figure.
Nicto lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Nicto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hyabusa taking shots to the head.
Hyabusa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Klaatu Nicto has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicto misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Nicto looking to finish with strikes here!
Nicto landing punches.
Hyabusa wants to hold on but Nicto pushes him away.
Nicto landing strikes from the mount and Hyabusa is in trouble!
Nicto landing strikes from the mount and Hyabusa is in trouble!
Nicto is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hyabusa has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Nicto punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nicto goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Hyabusa turns into him and now he's in Nicto's guard.
Nicto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyabusa is looking to stand up but Nicto won't let him.
Nicto wants to sweep but no luck.
Hyabusa wants to control from the top but Nicto keeps moving.
Nicto looking for a sweep. Not yet Nicto, not yet.
Nicto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hyabusa's guard.
Nicto works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hyabusa gets full guard.
Hyabusa trying to keep a closed guard but Nicto is proving a slippery customer.
Nicto throws a big right hand that misses.
Hyabusa looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klaatu Nicto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hyabusa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hyabusa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ryu Hyabusa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hyabusa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hyabusa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nicto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nicto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nicto stopping the sweep attempt from Hyabusa.
Nicto postures up.
Nicto throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hyabusa wants to stand up but Nicto is controlling him.
Hyabusa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nicto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nicto maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Hyabusa could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Nicto has cracked it and Hyabusa is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Nicto!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Klaatu Nicto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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