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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergi Lutsenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Sergi Lutsenko has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sergi Lutsenko seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergi Lutsenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lutsenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown. Lutsenko tries to sprawl out of it but Nelson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lutsenko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nelson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lutsenko but Lutsenko pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lutsenko but Lutsenko pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sergi Lutsenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Nelson.
Nelson tries to keep at a distance but Lutsenko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nelson keeps control of Lutsenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nelson is trying to trip Lutsenko. He has hold of a leg but Lutsenko is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nelson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Lutsenko manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nelson manages to get himself to full guard.
Lutsenko wants to get up but he can't break Nelson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nelson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nelson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lutsenko controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lutsenko trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom.
Lutsenko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nelson on the ground.
Nelson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lutsenko can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lutsenko wants to get up but he can't break Nelson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Lutsenko won't allow Nelson to sweep him here.
Nelson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Lutsenko is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Nelson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Lutsenko's back instead.
Nelson looks gassed!
Lutsenko controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Nelson is hanging on to Lutsenko's back as he tries to escape.
Lutsenko turns into Nelson and is now in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lutsenko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lutsenko instigates a clinch.
Lutsenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson tries for a takedown but Lutsenko manages to get underhooks.
Nelson wants a takedown but no success here.
Lutsenko breaks the clinch.
Lutsenko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nelson.
Nelson walks into a straight right hand from Lutsenko.
Lutsenko tries to clinch up but Nelson circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lutsenko.
Lutsenko swinging wilding here.
Lutsenko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nelson, pushing him back against the cage.
Nelson keeps control of Lutsenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lutsenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lutsenko gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lutsenko prevents the takedown attempt.
Lutsenko is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lutsenko gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lutsenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nelson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Nelson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lutsenko!
Nelson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lutsenko hang on?
Nelson looking for a guillotine from mount but Lutsenko is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nelson cracks Lutsenko with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nelson landing shots from mount.
Nelson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lutsenko is rocked!
Nelson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Lutsenko is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nelson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Lutsenko has worked his arm free - good work by Lutsenko!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nelson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lutsenko seems to have got his legs back now.
Lutsenko is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nelson off and has taken his back!
Nelson breaks Lutsenko's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Lutsenko working a defensive guard here.
Nelson tries to free his leg and advance position but Lutsenko is retaining full guard.
Nelson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lutsenko has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nelson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lutsenko can't keep his opponent in guard - Nelson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Nelson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Horrible takedown by Nelson or perhaps it was just good defense by Lutsenko which made him look bad.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lutsenko.
Nelson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sergi Lutsenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lutsenko swinging wilding here.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lutsenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Lutsenko as Nelson shoots in.
Sergi Lutsenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Nelson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lutsenko clinches with his opponent.
Nelson wants a takedown but no success here.
Nelson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lutsenko prevents it.
Lutsenko goes for a takedown attempt but Nelson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lutsenko listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lutsenko throws a nice looking combination but Nelson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nelson misses with a takedown attempt - Lutsenko sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nelson tries to move into range but Lutsenko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lutsenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lutsenko cracks a nice hook into Nelson's ribs.
Lutsenko lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nelson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nelson tries for a takedown but Lutsenko sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lutsenko stuffs the takedown attempt from Nelson. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet.
Lutsenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nelson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lutsenko pinned against the cage. Lutsenko gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
No joy there for Lutsenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lutsenko.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Lutsenko shows good takedown defense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lutsenko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lutsenko closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nelson gets a takedown into half guard.
Nelson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nelson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nelson is working for a kimura but Lutsenko is defending it quite comfortably.
Nelson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lutsenko regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson thows a big elbow that misses.
Lutsenko keeping full guard, as Nelson tries to pass.
Nelson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carlos Nelson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nelson stands and throws Lutsenko's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nelson moves into full mount!
Nelson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Nelson has control of Lutsenko's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lutsenko regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Nelson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lutsenko working to try and regain half guard.
Nelson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lutsenko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nelson is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Lutsenko is in real trouble.
Nelson lands strikes to the head.
Nelson is not going to allow Lutsenko to sit and survive in this position.
You can see the frustration on Lutsenko's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lutsenko has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Lutsenko holding on to Nelson's left wrist, preventing the choke.
Lutsenko holding both Nelson 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Carlos Nelson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!
Lutsenko doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nelson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nelson prevents Lutsenko from getting back to his feet.
Nelson advances to half guard.
Nelson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nelson trying to advance position but Lutsenko counters by regaining guard.
Lutsenko working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nelson.
Lutsenko wants to stand up but Nelson is controlling him.
Nelson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nelson 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.
Nelson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lutsenko's guard.
Nelson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lutsenko wants to control but Nelson is keeping busy.
Lutsenko looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nelson is working for a submission of some sort.
Lutsenko tries to kick Nelson off but Nelson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lutsenko is trying to control but can't.
Nelson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lutsenko's head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lutsenko manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lutsenko manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nelson manages to get himself to full guard.
Nelson looking for a sweep. Not yet Nelson, not yet.
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.
Lutsenko working some strikes from top position.
Lutsenko preventing the sweep.
Nelson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lutsenko passes into side control.
Nelson is looking to regain half guard here but Lutsenko keeps moving and retains side control.
Nelson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Nelson gets back to full guard.
Nelson lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Lutsenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Nelson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nelson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nelson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lutsenko doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lutsenko manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lutsenko wanted to stand there but Nelson had control of the position.
Lutsenko won't allow Nelson to sweep him here.
Nelson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lutsenko passes into side control.
Lutsenko decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Lutsenko lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lutsenko.
Nelson shoots and misses
and Lutsenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson fails with the takedown
and Lutsenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Lutsenko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lutsenko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nelson is rocked!
Nelson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Lutsenko finish him?
Nelson shoots and misses
and Lutsenko counters with a one-two to the body.
Sergi Lutsenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Nelson.
Nelson tries to keep at a distance but Lutsenko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lutsenko is trying to break the clinch but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Nelson avoids the elbow strike from Lutsenko, against the cage.
Nelson tries to score a body lock takedown but Lutsenko shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lutsenko.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nelson thows a huge punch but Lutsenko dodges it nicely.
Sergi Lutsenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lutsenko pushes Nelson off looking to stand but Nelson dives back in and keeps control.
Nelson seems to be looking for submissions.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Carlos Nelson.
I've got Nelson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Nelson!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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