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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Umble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Nicholson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Umble comes to the cage accompanied by Anvil of Crom. Nicholson has chosen Tori Amos-The Power of Orange Knickers as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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244 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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240 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Umble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Nicholson!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umble throws the kick towards the body but Nicholson avoids it.
Nicholson tries to clinch but Umble is having none of it.
Umble throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nicholson tries to clinch but Umble moves out of range.
Nicholson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nicholson tries to clinch but Umble moves out of range.
Nicholson tries to clinch but Umble is having none of it.
Umble forces Nicholson back against the cage and clinches.
Umble lands an elbow just above Nicholson 's eye.
It looks like Scott Nicholson has been cut.
Nicholson misses with a knee strike.
Nicholson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Umble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nicholson looks gassed!
Umble managing to block the knees to the body from Nicholson.
Umble lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nicholson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Umble lands an elbow that stopped Nicholson in his tracks for a moment.
Nicholson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Umble gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Umble comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Umble.
Umble softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nicholson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Umble blocks it with crossed arms.
Nicholson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nicholson misses with a knee to the head.
Umble unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Umble lands an elbow that stopped Nicholson in his tracks for a moment.
Umble scores with a knee to the head.
Umble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Umble tries to land knees in the clinch but Nicholson avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Umble.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umble is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nicholson is defending well for now.
Umble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nicholson's defenses.
Umble lands a damaging elbow.
Umble tries a knee to the head but Nicholson blocks it.
Umble scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Umble has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Nicholson regains guard immediately.
Umble slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Umble scores with a couple of short elbows.
Umble works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Umble has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Nicholson!
Nicholson is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Umble landing strikes from the mount and Nicholson is in trouble!
Umble looking to finish Nicholson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nicholson!
The referee warns Nicholson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Umble is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nicholson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Umble is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nicholson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Umble prevents Nicholson from getting the reversal.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Umble breaks from Nicholson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nicholson is trying to escape the mount.
Umble working Nicholson over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umble jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Nicholson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Nicholson is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nicholson trying his best to control but Umble has mounted him.
Umble landing strikes from the mount and Nicholson is in trouble!
Nicholson is squirming around, avoiding Umble's attempts to control the action.
Umble landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicholson tries to hold on but Umble pushes him away.
Nicholson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Umble.
Nicholson tries to hold on but Umble postures up.
A nice elbow there by Umble.
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!
Nicholson tries to lock up and control but Umble gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nicholson is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nicholson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Umble unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Umble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Nicholson's cut.
That's time! Umble's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nicholson wants to clinch but Umble slips to the side
and Umble counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Umble trying to control but Nicholson is working from the bottom.
Nicholson keeping full guard, as Umble tries to pass.
Nicholson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Umble.
Nicholson working for a triangle but Umble defends it easily.
Umble lands a couple of digs.
Nicholson is breathing heavily.
Umble sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nicholson's guard.
Umble will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicholson looking for submissions off his back.
Nicholson wants to control but Umble is keeping busy.
Umble passes to side control.
Umble lands a few punches from side control.
Umble lands an elbow.
Nicholson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Umble connects with a decent elbow.
Umble looks up at the clock and then as Nicholson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Umble smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Umble lands a nice forearm strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicholson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Umble is looking to take a break and control but Nicholson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nicholson is trying to improve his position.
Umble advances to full mount.
Umble lands with some strikes.
Umble working the ground and pound effectively.
Nicholson is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umble putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Umble lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Umble lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Umble avoids the attempt from Nicholson to control.
Umble scoring with strikes but Nicholson is staying in there.
Umble landing shots from mount.
Umble lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Umble lands a nice shot to the head.
Nicholson is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicholson is trying to stand.
Umble lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nicholson hang on?
Nicholson tries to reverse the position but Umble maintains control.
Nicholson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Umble controlling from the full mount.
Nicholson is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Umble dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Scott Nicholson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A solid leg kick lands there for Umble.
Umble darts in and clinches Nicholson up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nicholson.
Nicholson takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nicholson throws an elbow but misses.
Nicholson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nicholson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Umble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nicholson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gabriel Umble has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nicholson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Umble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nicholson.
Umble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nicholson's defenses.
Umble lands a nice shot to the body.
Umble lands an elbow that stopped Nicholson in his tracks for a moment.
Umble lands a knee to the head.
Umble creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nicholson's defenses.
Umble lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nicholson is trying to force a seperation but Umble has the dominant position.
Umble working Nicholson over with knees to the body.
Umble lands an elbow that stopped Nicholson in his tracks for a moment.
Umble turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Umble manages to end up in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Umble cracks Nicholson with a big right hand but Nicholson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nicholson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Umble presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicholson is trying desperately to improve position.
Nicholson wants to control but Umble is having none of it.
Umble landing punches.
Gabriel Umble overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nicholson is in a horrible position here. Umble smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nicholson is squirming around, avoiding Umble's attempts to control the action.
Umble putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicholson wants to hold on but Umble pushes him away.
Nicholson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Umble kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Umble scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nicholson?
Nicholson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nicholson taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Umble cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nicholson tries to lock up and control but Umble gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Umble working Nicholson over with strikes here.
Nicholson can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umble raining down shots from the mount!
Umble connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Umble.
Umble pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nicholson taking shots to the head.
Nicholson tries to reverse the position but Umble maintains control.
Nicholson wants to hold on but Umble pushes him away.
Nicholson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Umble pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gabriel Umble is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umble controlling from mount.
Nicholson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Umble controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Umble has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Umble showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Umble 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Umble!
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energy
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