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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Thiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Dangerous knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paulo Thiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roy Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thiago checks the leg kick.
Nelson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thiago closes the distance and clinches up with Nelson, looking for a takedown. Thiago pushes Nelson against the ropes but Nelson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thiago shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Thiago scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nelson wants to get back to his feet.
Nelson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Thiago is in close to Nelson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thiago postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Thiago defends it easily.
Thiago tries to free his leg and advance position but Nelson is retaining full guard.
Thiago trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thiago throwing strikes from guard but Nelson blocks nicely.
Nelson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Nelson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thiago takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nelson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thiago.
Thiago fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Thiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson moves into range and clinches up with Thiago.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Thiago jumps guard but Nelson stands there with Thiago around his waist. Thiago gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thiago tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nelson smiles and moves away.
Thiago tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thiago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thiago has a takedown stuffed.
Thiago shoots in for a takedown but Nelson shows good takedown defense.
Nelson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nelson lands with a hook. Thiago tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thiago scores with a takedown into Nelson's guard.
Nelson working a defensive guard here.
Thiago is in close to Nelson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nelson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Thiago defends well.
Thiago postures up.
Thiago is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thiago scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nelson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Thiago passes into half guard.
Nelson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thiago content to control rather than advance.
Thiago is looking for a kimura but Nelson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Thiago to get the leverage.
Nelson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Thiago lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nelson taking some punishment here, with Thiago in his half guard.
Thiago is trying to control. Nelson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Thiago slips a nice elbow through Nelson's hands, connecting with Nelson's forehead.
Nelson is looking to control Thiago's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nelson avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Thiago dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nelson lands a really nice looking cross but Thiago seems unphased.
Thiago checks a leg kick nicely.
Nelson swings for the body but Thiago moves out of range.
Nelson throws a chopping leg kick but Thiago manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Paulo Thiago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nelson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nelson wants it to stay on the feet.
Thiago moves forwards but Nelson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Thiago circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson looks to score with a jab to the body but Thiago is just out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thiago.
Nice body punch from Nelson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Thiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson cracks the inside of Thiago's front leg.
Nelson slaps away a takedown attempt from Thiago, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thiago on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nelson. Nelson obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Nelson.
Nelson digs a good body shot into Thiago's ribs.
Nelson catches Thiago with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thiago walks into a straight right hand from Nelson.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Thiago is avoiding it.
Nelson throws a low kick but Thiago moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thiago darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nelson actively working from the bottom here.
Nelson looking for submissions off his back.
Thiago is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thiago is controlling the pace.
Thiago lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Thiago is trying to control. Nelson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Thiago is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Thiago stalling.
Thiago drops an elbow to the side of Nelson's head.
Thiago trying to pass the guard but Nelson defending well.
Thiago looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nelson trying to hold on to Thiago's head to control him but Thiago postures up.
Nelson wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Thiago there.
Thiago 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.
Thiago winds up and cracks Nelson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nelson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Nelson taking some punishment here, with Thiago in his half guard.
Thiago working the head and body with strikes.
Thiago looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Thiago is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Thiago landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nelson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Thiago working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Thiago dominated that second round.
That's time! Thiago's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Thiago swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thiago tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nelson scores with a leg kick.
Thiago shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nelson but Nelson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thiago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson wants to land a leg kick but Thiago is out of range.
Nelson lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thiago is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thiago fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nelson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thiago misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Thiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tests Thiago's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nelson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nelson cracks Thiago with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson lands a jab to the nose.
Thiago chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nelson can pounce on him.
Nelson wants to clinch up but Thiago keeps it at a distance.
Nelson stuffs the takedown attempt from Thiago. Thiago gets slowly back to his feet.
Thiago circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Thiago is avoiding it.
Nelson scores with a body shot.
Nelson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nelson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nelson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thiago with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nelson to score with a decent uppercut.
A good leg kick by Nelson.
Nelson lunges at Thiago with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thiago's hand.
Thiago avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Thiago moved away.
Good exchange - Nelson coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Thiago throwing strikes but missing.
Thiago lands a couple of elbows.
Thiago avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thiago with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Thiago with a nice head shot there.
Thiago with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Thiago trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nelson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thiago.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thiago scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Thiago throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nelson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thiago with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nelson has momentary wrist control but Thiago slips an elbow through the middle.
Thiago trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nelson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Thiago is aware though and is defending well.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Thiago missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thiago is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Thiago lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nelson trying to control the position.
Thiago avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nelson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Thiago gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roy Nelson.
I think Thiago 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Paulo Thiago!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Paulo Thiago!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Paulo Thiago!
Paulo Thiago wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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