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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arnfinn Nesset (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nesset might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Psycho Killer. Youngblood has chosen Eminem - Crack A Bottle as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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191 cm
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201 lbs
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182 cm
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189 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Arnfinn Nesset! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jordan Youngblood! The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Youngblood looks to land a combination but Nesset avoids it well. Nesset tries to bum rush Youngblood with a series of wild strikes but Youngblood uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Youngblood slips a jab from Nesset. Nesset just misses with a punch to the body.
Youngblood misses with a head kick.
Youngblood slips a straight right by Nesset. Nesset connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Youngblood misses. Nesset drops his hands momentarily and Youngblood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Youngblood staying out of range there. Youngblood throws a series of punches but Nesset avoids them all with ease. Youngblood tries to bum rush Nesset with a series of wild strikes but Nesset uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Youngblood walks into a straight right hand from Nesset.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nesset lands with a nice combination. Youngblood backs away looking to recover. Nesset bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Youngblood's head. Nesset connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. A looping hook to the body misses from Nesset. Youngblood does a little dance to reset his feet. Nesset swings for the body but Youngblood moves out of range.
A combination from Youngblood does no damage. Nesset scores with a sloppy right hand. Youngblood should have avoided that one. Youngblood tries a head kick but it misses.
Nesset lands with an uppercut that bounces Youngblood off the cage and back into rage. Nesset throws a series of punches but Youngblood moves out of range. Arnfinn Nesset seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nesset lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nesset misses with a wild combination.
Nesset is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Some wild striking there from Youngblood.
Good exchange - Nesset coming out on top. Nesset scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Nesset scores with a nice head shot. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Nesset tries to bum rush Youngblood with a series of wild strikes but Youngblood uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Youngblood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nesset moves out of range as Youngblood strikes. Nesset fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Youngblood manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Youngblood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nesset lunges at Youngblood with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Youngblood's hand. Nesset tries to bum rush Youngblood with a series of wild strikes but Youngblood uses good footwork to avoid the assault. A big right from Youngblood misses. Nesset just misses with a punch to the body.
Nesset's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Nesset duly obliges. A slow jab from Nesset misses its intended target. Nesset throws a body punch but Youngblood moves out of range. Nesset closes the distance and lands a one-two. Youngblood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nesset. Nesset throws a left and a right that both miss
and Youngblood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nesset listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Nesset lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Nesset misses the body punch and Nesset takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Nesset swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Nesset scores with a three punch combo!
Nesset scores with a hook. Youngblood throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Nesset throws a right and a left that both miss. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. The fighters circling - Nesset throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Youngblood swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nesset cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Youngblood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nesset.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnfinn Nesset dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nesset moves into range and connects with a jab. Youngblood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nesset. Nesset misses with a double jab.
Nesset looks to score with a jab to the body but Youngblood is just out of range. Youngblood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Nesset missing with a left hand there. Youngblood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Youngblood throws a hook but Nesset avoids it easily. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Nesset takes a swing at Youngblood's ribcage but misses. Nesset closes the distance and lands a one-two. Nesset fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nesset. Nesset takes a swing at Youngblood's ribcage but misses. Nesset lands with a shot to the body. Nesset getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Nesset avoids the head kick by Youngblood.
Nice defenses there by Youngblood. Nesset throws a left and a right that both miss
and Youngblood counters with a lovely straight right hand! Nesset lands with a nice body punch. Nesset darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Youngblood moves out of range of the strikes. Nesset digs a good hook to Youngblood's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nesset stalks Youngblood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Youngblood's face. Youngblood staggers backwards, shaken. Nesset throws a body punch but Youngblood moves out of range. A cross from Nesset lands. Youngblood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nesset connects with a crisp jab. Youngblood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nesset.
Nesset punishes Youngblood's body with a nice straight punch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A jab from Nesset does it's job there. Youngblood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nesset.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Youngblood might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nesset has got the better of the exchanges. Youngblood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nesset misses with a hook. Youngblood ducked under it nicely. Nesset is working the combinations to good effect here. Youngblood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nesset wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Youngblood lands the left hand. Youngblood scores with a one two! Nesset had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Nesset throws a series of punches but Youngblood avoids them all with ease. Nesset works Youngblood's body with a nice hook. A telegraphed right hand from Nesset misses the target. Nesset throws out a powerful jab. Arnfinn Nesset is winning the standup battle so far. Nesset fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Youngblood on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nesset misses with a combination
and Youngblood counters with a flying knee. Nice. Youngblood misses with a few strikes there.
Nesset fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Youngblood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Nesset misses with a hook to the body
letting Youngblood counter with a right hand. Nesset clobbers Youngblood with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Youngblood throws a jab but it's blocked by Nesset. Youngblood throws a nice looking combination but Nesset bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Nesset throws a right hand that Youngblood ducks under and follows up with a left that Youngblood also avoids with ease. Youngblood throws a combination that misses and Nesset makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnfinn Nesset dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Youngblood avoids the body shot from Nesset.
Youngblood drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Arnfinn Nesset is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Nesset connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Nesset misses with the combination.
Nesset ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away. Nesset lands a jab to the head.
Nesset fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Youngblood manages to avoid it. Nesset ducks under a wild hook from Youngblood. Nesset swings and misses with a shot to the body and Youngblood counters with a two punch combo. Nesset misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Youngblood moves away from the strike by Nesset. Nesset lands a nice shot to the body.
Nesset avoids the head kick by Youngblood.
Nesset misses the body punch and Youngblood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Nesset fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Youngblood throws a right and a left that both miss. Youngblood walks into a left hand. Nesset misses with a shot to the body and Youngblood counters with a lovely straight right hand! Nesset throws a looping overhand right but Youngblood ducks down to avoid it. Nesset ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Jordan Youngblood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nesset scores with a one two! Youngblood had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Nesset misses with a hook. Youngblood ducked under it nicely. Nesset swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Youngblood gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nesset. Nice uppercut there from Nesset. Nesset will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nesset moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Nesset with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nesset stalks Youngblood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Youngblood's face. Youngblood staggers backwards, shaken. Nesset scores with a nice right hand.
Youngblood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Nesset takes a swing at Youngblood's ribcage but misses. Youngblood might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Nesset cracks Youngblood with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Nesset lands a nice hook to Youngblood's body. Youngblood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Youngblood has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Good exchange - Nesset coming out on top. Jab from Nesset. Youngblood goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Nesset avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nesset misses with a two punch combination.
Nesset thuds a left hand into Youngblood's body. The fighters circling - Youngblood throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Youngblood throws a right hand that Nesset ducks under and follows up with a left that Nesset also avoids with ease. Nesset scores with a one two! Youngblood had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. A jab from Youngblood misses. Nesset misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Youngblood.
Youngblood slips a jab from Nesset. Nesset stalks Youngblood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Youngblood's face. Youngblood staggers backwards, shaken.
And that's the end of the fight! Arnfinn Nesset showed his dominance in that final round. Well Nesset has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27 Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27 Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arnfinn Nesset!
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energy
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pop
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