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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daisuke Nikita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 cm
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193 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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189 cm
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190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Daisuke Nikita! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Quinton Liddell! The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nikita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liddell takes one to the chin there. Nikita misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daisuke Nikita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Liddell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nikita. Liddell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Liddell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Nikita tries to hold on but Liddell postures up. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Nikita is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Nikita sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Nikita has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Liddell is working away from the top position though. Nikita blocking the ground and pound attempt from Liddell. Nikita works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nikita has momentary wrist control but Liddell slips an elbow through the middle. Liddell looking to sit in guard and control but Nikita gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Liddell can do anything to dispel that myth. Liddell looks gassed! Nikita stopping the sweep attempt from Liddell. Nikita content to stall in guard here. Nikita stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nikita leaves Liddell with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Nikita misses with a wild combination.
Liddell throws the kick towards the body but Nikita avoids it. Liddell fails with a takedown attempt. Nikita keeps Liddell at a distance using the push kick. Nikita feints a jab promting Liddell to slip. Nikita then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Liddell slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. Nikita rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Liddell moves out of range and avoids them all easily. A punch combination from Nikita misses. Liddell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nikita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Liddell paws at him with a jab and circles away. Nikita pushes Liddell up against the cage in a clinch. Nikita working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Nikita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Nikita misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Liddell slips a jab and a cross from Nikita.
Nikita fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Nikita stalks Liddell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Liddell's face. Liddell staggers backwards, shaken. Nikita fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liddell thows a body shot but no joy. Some wild striking there from Nikita.
Nikita looks to land a combination but Liddell avoids it well. Liddell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Daisuke Nikita has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quinton Liddell. Liddell avoids the head kick by Nikita.
Nikita tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Nikita shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Nikita was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Nikita sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Nikita throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nikita throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Nikita unloads with some shots from mount but Liddell bucks and avoids them well.
Nikita looking to ground and pound but Liddell is blocking nicely. Liddell is in a horrible position here. Nikita smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nikita throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Liddell is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nikita content just to control the position here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daisuke Nikita 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.
Nikita throws a series of strikes that have Liddell backpedaling.
Liddell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nikita.
Nikita takes one to the chin there. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nikita, as that shot connected.
Nikita tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center. Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Liddell throws a series of punches but Nikita avoids them all with ease. Nikita looks for the body kick but Liddell saw that one coming. Nikita dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Liddell. That did some damage! Nikita misses with a two punch combination.
Daisuke Nikita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Nikita darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Nikita not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nikita throwing shots but Liddell is blocking nicely. Nikita 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. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Liddell trying to control here.
Liddell throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Nikita throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Nikita missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Nikita sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Liddell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nikita. Nikita content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
We're going to have a standup here because Daisuke Nikita wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Liddell slips a jab and a cross from Nikita.
Nikita is looking to clinch. Liddell dives in and grabs Nikita's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nikita pushes down on Liddell's head and hops out. Nikita shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Liddell pinned against the cage. Liddell gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Nikita stalks Liddell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Liddell's face. Liddell staggers backwards, shaken. Nikita throws a combination. Liddell tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's three minutes gone in the round. No joy there for Nikita, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nikita lands a jab-cross combination.
Liddell is rocked! Nikita lands with a right that hurts Liddell. Liddell looks to clinch but Nikita throws a short knee that drops Liddell. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Daisuke Nikita!
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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
57% |
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