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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Numero Nueve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glenn Edwards has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Numero Nueve's chin.
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162 lbs
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158 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Numero Nueve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glenn Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nueve throws a nice outside leg kick.
Edwards moves to clinch but Nueve breaks away
and Nueve counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Nueve connects with a couple of short punches.
Edwards has momentary wrist control but Nueve slips an elbow through the middle.
Nueve throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Edwards works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Edwards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edwards will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Nueve preventing the sweep.
Nueve works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Edwards manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nueve stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Edwards swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nueve accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nueve works over Edwards with some ground and pound from guard.
Edwards tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nueve looking to pass the guard.
Edwards working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nueve.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nueve in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nueve postures up and lands a big shot to Edwards's brow.
Nueve is in close to Edwards's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Edwards not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Edwards will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Nueve throwing strikes but missing.
Nueve in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nueve connects with a couple of short punches.
Nueve postures up.
Nueve postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nueve passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Nueve working the body and head with strikes.
Nueve working the body and head with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards wants to get back to his feet but Nueve drags him back down.
Edwards takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nueve lands a few punches from side control.
Nueve tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nueve has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nueve lands a nice forearm strike.
Edwards can't do much from the bottom here.
The ground and pound from Nueve seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Edwards is trying to improve his position.
Nueve 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.
Nueve lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nueve throws a strike aimed at the side of Edwards's head but Edwards avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nueve in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Edwards taking a bit of punishment here - Nueve scoring with strikes.
Nueve working the head and body with strikes.
Nueve is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Edwards knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Edwards takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Edwards is looking to regain half guard here but Nueve keeps moving and retains side control.
Nueve is working Edwards over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nueve working the body and head with strikes.
Edwards tries to improve position but can't.
Nueve scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Nueve's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nueve working the ground and pound.
Nueve is working Edwards over with some ground and pound from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edwards takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Edwards is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nueve connects with a decent elbow.
Nueve works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nueve working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Edwards on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Edwards is looking to reverse the position.
Nueve cracks Edwards with a big right hand but Edwards just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nueve looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Nueve lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Edwards down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nueve works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nueve working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Numero Nueve dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Edwards moves in looking to clinch but Nueve pushes him off.
Edwards throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Nueve counters with a shoot takedown. Edwards fights it but they end up in guard.
Nueve tries to free his leg and advance position but Edwards is retaining full guard.
Edwards wants to sweep here but Nueve controlling him for the moment.
Nueve keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Edwards's head.
Nueve lands a couple of elbows.
Nueve scoring with some ground and pound.
Nueve postures up.
Edwards looking for a guillotine here but Nueve defends easily.
Nueve postures up and lands a big shot to Edwards's brow.
Nueve landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nueve with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nueve is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nueve stands up from Edwards's guard - Nueve perhaps looking for a knockout.
Edwards cracks Nueve with a right hand to the side of the head.
Edwards throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nueve counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nueve working Edwards over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Nueve.
Edwards is trying to maintain the position but Nueve is very close to passing his half guard.
Nueve is nestled in close to Edwards, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nueve thows a huge punch but Edwards dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nueve looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Edwards with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nueve takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Edwards is looking to improve his position.
Edwards is breathing heavily.
Nueve takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nueve lands strikes from half guard.
Edwards is trying to stand.
Edwards is trying to control but Nueve manages to pass to mount!
Nueve breaks from Edwards's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nueve is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nueve landing shots from mount.
Nueve working the ground and pound effectively.
Numero Nueve overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is bucking up trying to escape but Nueve cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Edwards sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Edwards trying to control from the bottom.
Nueve lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nueve landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Nueve.
Nueve scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nueve lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nueve 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.
Nueve is nestled in close to Edwards, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Nueve there.
Nueve drops an elbow to the side of Edwards's head.
Nueve is working for a submission of some sort.
Edwards wants to control but Nueve is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Edwards looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nueve looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Edwards with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nueve seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nueve working over Edwards with some ground and pound. Edwards looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edwards is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nueve scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Numero Nueve dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Nueve scores with a hook to the body. Edwards takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Glenn Edwards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A shot to the body from Edwards misses
and Nueve counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Edwards's guard now.
Nueve throws a big right hand that misses.
Nueve in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nueve wants to control from the top but Edwards keeps moving.
Edwards is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nueve preventing the sweep.
Nueve has gone for a leg lock! Edwards slips out almost immediately though and dives into Nueve's guard.
Nueve wants to sweep here but Edwards controlling him for the moment.
Edwards takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nueve is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nueve makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Edwards is wriggling around but Nueve manages to pass to half guard.
Edwards is looking for a sweep. Nueve is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nueve lands with a punch from half guard.
Nueve scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nueve is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Edwards pushes Nueve off looking to stand but Nueve dives back in and keeps control.
Nueve is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nueve 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nueve wants to control but Edwards is keeping him busy.
Edwards is trying to stand up here but Nueve is controlling him well.
Edwards has hold of Nueve's hands but Nueve slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Edwards trying to control but Nueve postures up.
Nueve looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nueve lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nueve seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nueve 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.
Edwards wants to control but Nueve is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nueve lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Edwards looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Nueve there.
Nueve scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nueve missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Glenn Edwards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edwards taking some punishment here, with Nueve in his half guard.
Edwards trying to control here.
Edwards looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Numero Nueve is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Nueve.
Nueve trying to pass the guard but Edwards defending well.
Nueve lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nueve is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Edwards tries to get to full guard but Nueve has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Nueve.
Still in half guard, Nueve seems content to control.
Nueve blocks the strikes from Edwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Numero Nueve showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nueve, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Numero Nueve!
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