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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Badr Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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136 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Badr Hari !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roger Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson thumps Hari with a low kick.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Hari .
Hari moves out of range of the body kick.
Nelson dodges the punch combination from Hari .
Nelson keeps Hari at a distance using the push kick.
Nelson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hari misses the shot to the body.
Hari blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Hari wants to land a leg kick but Nelson is out of range.
Nelson clinches.
Hari tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
Hari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nelson tries to clinch but Hari is having none of it.
Nelson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Hari moves out of range easily.
Nelson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hari .
Hari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nelson checks a low kick from Hari .
Nelson tries to land a front kick but Hari steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hari swings for the body but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick.
Nelson lands a head kick. Hari smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Hari moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hari .
Nelson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hari is out of range.
Hari looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Nelson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hari is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice jab there from Hari .
Nelson is rocked!
It looks like Roger Nelson has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson takes a swing at Hari 's ribcage but misses.
Hari thows a body shot but no joy.
Nelson misses with a low kick as Hari jumps back.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Hari fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nelson.
Hari throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hari motions for Nelson to come forward. Hari throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Hari blocks a leg kick.
Hari misses with a kick to the body.
Nelson connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Hari .
Nelson connects with a single shot there.
Nelson avoids the head kick by Hari .
A low kick from Nelson misses
and Nelson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Hari .
Hari thows a leg kick but Nelson checks it
and Nelson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Badr Hari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hari . That did some damage!
Nelson scores with a head kick.
Nelson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nelson lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson trying to control but Hari is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nelson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hari is proving hard to escape from.
Nelson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hari is keeping the position for now.
Hari wants to get back to his feet but Nelson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson wants to stand but Hari has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Badr Hari will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roger Nelson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nelson pushes Hari up against the cage in a clinch.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nelson stalling in the clinch.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hari avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson looking to stall.
Nelson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Hari wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Nelson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hari 's efforts to push away.
Nelson stalls.
Hari wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hari avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson is looking to control Hari 's arms but Hari gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the cage.
Nelson is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Hari has denied him.
Hari tries to break the clinch but Nelson is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hari avoids the damage to the body.
Hari avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Hari wants to break free but Nelson has control.
Hari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nelson has him pressed against the cage.
Hari blocks an elbow strike.
Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hari 's efforts to push away.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Hari is trying to break free.
Nelson stalling in the clinch but Hari improves position.
Hari has had enough of the clinch but Nelson keeps him there for the moment.
Hari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nelson is looking to score with low kicks.
Nelson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hari counters with a good low kick that Nelson was not able to check.
Hari stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nelson.
Nelson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nelson misses with a leg kick
and Hari counters with a low kick, right behind Nelson 's knee.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands a head kick!
Hari on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nelson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hari counters with an inside leg kick.
Nelson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Hari throws a right hand that Nelson ducks under and follows up with a left that Nelson also avoids with ease.
Hari lands a leg kick that knocks Nelson off balance momentarily.
Nelson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hari will feel that in the morning.
Nelson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hari avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nelson misses with a leg kick
and Hari counters with a good low kick that Nelson was not able to check.
Hari swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nelson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hari lands a leg kick that knocks Nelson off balance momentarily.
Nelson misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nelson misses with a body shot
and Hari counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hari throws a lazy head kick
and Nelson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hari 's knee momentarily.
Hari looks to land a body kick but Nelson moved away.
Hari dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nelson. That did some damage!
Hari misses with a head kick.
Nelson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nelson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hari is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hari thows a leg kick but Nelson checks it
and Nelson counters with a solid body kick.
Nelson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hari swivels and escapes.
Nelson tries to clinch
and Hari counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
Hari throws a lazy right hand but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hari on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hari throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nelson counters with a thumping low kick.
Hari throws a jab but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson wants to land a leg kick but Hari is out of range.
Nelson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hari tries to escape but Nelson is in control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson throwing strikes but Hari manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Nelson is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badr Hari dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roger Nelson's cut.
That's time! Hari 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Badr Hari is winning the standup battle so far.
Hari thows a leg kick but Nelson checks it
and Nelson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hari really felt that one!
Hari tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nelson can pounce on him.
Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hari . That did some damage!
Hari swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Nelson connects with an inside leg kick.
Nelson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nelson looks to clinch
letting Hari counter with a right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hari crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nelson - the referee stops the clock and Hari gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nelson. Hari manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hari manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nelson lands with a nice body kick.
Nelson throws a wild body kick that Hari sees coming a mile off.
Hari blocks a low kick nicely.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick.
Nelson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hari 's calf.
Hari keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hari fails to land with a series of punches.
Nelson lands a leg kick that knocks Hari off balance momentarily.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hari takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson cracks the inside of Hari 's front leg.
Hari ducks right into an uppercut from Nelson.
Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hari . That did some damage!
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
Nelson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nelson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nelson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hari momentarily.
Nelson scores with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nelson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hari .
Nelson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Hari shows good takedown defense.
Hari takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nelson tried to score with a low kick but Hari checks it.
Nelson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hari rather than just go for the knockout.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Hari throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nelson counters with an inside leg kick.
Nelson thows a body shot but no joy.
Hari throws a sloppy head kick
and Nelson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nelson throws a wild body kick that Hari sees coming a mile off.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Nelson throws a head kick that half lands.
Hari with a nice cross.
Hari takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nelson, right into the meat.
Roger Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari is looking to score with low kicks.
Roger Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Hari moves out of range easily.
Hari misses with a low kick.
Hari on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hari throws the kick towards the body but Nelson avoids it.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Hari .
Nelson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hari counters with a one-two to the body.
Hari will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nelson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hari checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hari throws a lazy body kick
and Nelson counters with a body kick that stops Hari in his tracks momentarily.
Hari takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Nelson blocks the leg kick.
Hari tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nelson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Nelson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hari 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 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Badr Hari !
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energy
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hype
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