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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tirion Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nuckin Futz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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160 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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158 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tirion Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nuckin Futz!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Futz avoids a kick to the body.
Jackson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Futz.
Futz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jackson.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Futz.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Futz is just out of range.
Futz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson lands with a kick to the ribs.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson looks to land a body kick but Futz moved away.
Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body
and Futz counters with a single leg into guard. Jackson didn't expect that.
Futz throws a big right hand that misses.
Futz prevents Jackson from getting back to his feet.
Jackson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Futz content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Futz trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nuckin Futz.
Jackson connects with a nice looking jab.
Jackson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Futz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tirion Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Futz misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jackson throws a leg kick
and Futz counters with a single leg into guard. Jackson didn't expect that.
Futz throws a big right hand that misses.
Jackson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Futz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Futz with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson wants to stand up but Futz is controlling him.
Futz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jackson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jackson has escaped and now he's on top!
Futz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jackson is aware though and is defending well.
Futz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Futz wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Futz trying to control the position.
Jackson tries to stand but Futz is controlling from the bottom.
Jackson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Futz trying to control from half guard but Jackson is working away.
Futz is looking for a kimura but Jackson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Futz to get the leverage.
Jackson trying to control here.
Futz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jackson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Futz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Futz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jackson's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jackson is trying to get back to full guard.
Futz throwing shots but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Futz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jackson defending well though.
Futz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Futz is looking to take a break and control but Jackson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jackson is defending against the submission attempts here by Futz.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Futz prevents Jackson from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuckin Futz 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.
Futz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Futz throws a sloppy body shot
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson throws a leg kick
and Futz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jackson!
Futz punching from mount but Jackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The referee warns Jackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jackson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Futz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Futz looking to finish Jackson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackson!
Futz lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Futz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Futz looking to finish Jackson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackson!
Jackson blocking the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound.
Futz trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Futz breaks from Jackson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Futz thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Nuckin Futz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jackson gets back to half guard.
Futz prevents Jackson from improving his position.
Jackson is working hard here to advance position.
Futz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Futz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Futz sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Jackson is not content to let Futz control the position.
Futz working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jackson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Futz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jackson is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Futz wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Futz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Futz wants to pass to mount but Jackson is defending the position.
Futz wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
Futz wants to pass to mount but Jackson is defending the position.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Futz wants to pass to mount but Jackson is defending the position.
Futz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
Futz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Futz passes to full mount!
Jackson gets back to half guard.
Futz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Futz is working for a kimura but Jackson is defending it quite comfortably.
Futz working Jackson over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuckin Futz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Nice uppercut there from Futz.
Futz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jackson can pounce on him.
Futz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Futz.
Jackson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Futz.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jackson, right into the meat.
Jackson misses with a leg kick
and Futz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big left from Jackson misses.
Jackson throws a leg kick but Futz sees it coming and moves out of range.
Futz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Futz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jackson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Futz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Futz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Jackson misses with a kick to the body
and Futz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jackson wants to stand and escape but Futz is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Futz.
Futz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jackson wants to stand but Futz is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Futz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Futz slips nicely into half guard.
Jackson tries to roll over but Futz keeps him under control.
Futz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Futz is pressing down on Jackson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jackson is holding on for now.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Futz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jackson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nuckin Futz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Futz not doing much here.
Futz tries to pass to full mount but Jackson defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Futz is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nuckin Futz has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Futz has his takedown stuffed
and Jackson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Futz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Futz moves out of range easily.
Futz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Futz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jackson throws a jab when Futz was well out of range.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Futz.
Jackson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jackson thows a leg kick but Futz checks it
and Futz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Futz lands a jab-cross combination.
Tirion Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jackson throws a head kick but Futz moves out of range.
A low kick from Jackson is predictable there
and Futz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jackson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jackson wants to improve his position but Futz is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Futz seems content to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nuckin Futz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Futz 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuckin Futz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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