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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grant Plant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minotauro Nogeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogeira has chosen Pride Fc Entrance as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Grant Plant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Minotauro Nogeira!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogeira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Plant.
Nogeira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Plant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Plant looks to land a body kick but Nogeira moved away.
Plant closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nogeira circles away.
Nogeira paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nogeira!
Nogeira looks to clinch
and Plant counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nogeira closes the distance but Plant moves to the side
and Plant moves into the clinch.
Nogeira avoids the elbow strike from Plant, against the cage.
Nogeira keeps control of Plant as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Plant can't break the clinch.
Nogeira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nogeira successfully pulls guard.
Plant gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Plant fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Plant gets caught flat footed, as Nogeira shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant keeping full guard, as Nogeira tries to pass.
Plant is pulling down on Nogeira's head. It's preventing any offense from Nogeira, at least for the moment.
Nogeira sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nogeira is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Plant is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Plant has escaped and now he's on top!
That's two 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.
Nogeira has his hands on Plant's head, controlling the position.
Nogeira keeping moving, preventing Plant from controlling successfully.
Nogeira manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Plant manages to get himself to full guard.
Nogeira controls from within his opponent's guard.
Nogeira looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira stands and steps away. Plant gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Nogeira tries for a takedown but Plant circles away easily
and Plant counters with a single leg into guard. Nogeira didn't expect that.
Nogeira trying to control the position.
Plant trying to control the position from guard on top but Nogeira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nogeira is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Plant trying to control but Nogeira is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nogeira looking for a sweep. Not yet Nogeira, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plant decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Nogeira changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Plant looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Nogeira taking a breather here.
Nogeira is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Plant has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogeira moves into full mount!
Nogeira tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Despite being in the dominant position, Minotauro Nogeira just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Plant misses with a takedown attempt
and Nogeira counters with a shoot takedown. Plant fights it but they end up in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Minotauro Nogeira dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nogeira looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nogeira looks to land a combination. Plant sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Plant shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Nogeira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nogeira.
Nogeira slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Plant looking for a guillotine here but Nogeira defends easily.
Nogeira slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant controls Nogeira momentarily but Nogeira frees himself.
Nogeira postures up and lands a big shot to Plant's brow.
Nogeira not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
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.
Despite being in the dominant position, Minotauro Nogeira just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nogeira shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Plant's guard.
Nogeira wants to pass the guard but Plant is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogeira sitting in guard, not really doing much.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Plant holds on and takes a little breather.
Minotauro Nogeira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Plant looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Plant holds on and takes a little breather.
Nogeira wants to control from the top but Plant keeps moving.
Plant trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nogeira clinches up against the cage.
Nogeira decides to pull guard.
Nogeira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nogeira is controlling the pace.
Nogeira scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nogeira stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira trying to mount his opponent but Plant defends it.
Nogeira looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nogeira's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Nogeira frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Plant tries to reverse the position but Nogeira maintains control.
Nogeira controlling the position easily from mount.
Nogeira landing strikes from the mount.
Plant is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Minotauro Nogeira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Plant gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nogeira counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nogeira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Plant is keeping the position for now.
Nogeira is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nogeira controlling from the top position.
Plant keeping moving, preventing Nogeira from controlling successfully.
Nogeira stands and steps away. Plant gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Plant with a lazy takedown attempt
and Nogeira counters with a nice double leg into side control. Plant won't be happy with that.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Minotauro Nogeira just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nogeira looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Nogeira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nogeira is thwarting Plant's attempts to control the position.
Nogeira stalling.
Plant trying to control here.
Plant looking for submissions off his back.
Nogeira controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogeira prevents Plant from improving his position.
Nogeira stalling.
Nogeira wants to advance to full mount but Plant doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Nogeira is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Minotauro Nogeira just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Plant fails with the takedown
and Nogeira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nogeira.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grant Plant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Plant is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nogeira trying to stand up but can't free himself from Plant's guard.
Plant looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nogeira controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nogeira sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Plant's guard.
Nogeira keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plant wants to get back to full guard but Nogeira has mounted him!
Nogeira avoids the attempt from Plant to control.
Nogeira wants to take Plant's back here but Plant is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Nogeira controlling the position easily from mount.
Plant is squirming around, avoiding Nogeira's attempts to control the action.
Plant wants to hold on but Nogeira pushes him away.
Nogeira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nogeira looking to control but Plant is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Plant is looking to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Minotauro Nogeira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nogeira has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 26:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Minotauro Nogeira!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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