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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristof Nikitin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Williams might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire. Nikitin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Arch Enemy - My Apocalypse. Jonathan Williams has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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272 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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192 cm
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243 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonathan Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kristof Nikitin!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nikitin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Williams in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Nikitin is looking to reverse the position.
Nikitin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Williams thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Nikitin is trying to improve his position.
Nikitin is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Williams is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nikitin has managed to free his arm - good work.
Williams 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.
Nikitin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikitin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Williams stopping the sweep attempt from Nikitin.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nikitin keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Williams drops back, looking for a kneebar! Nikitin looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Nikitin looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Nikitin!
That's two 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.
Williams is not content to let Nikitin control the position.
Nikitin tries to move to mount but Williams blocks the move with his legs.
Nikitin throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Nikitin lands some shots froms side control.
Nikitin wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Nikitin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikitin looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Williams is avoiding damage well.
Nikitin advances to full mount.
Nikitin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nikitin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nikitin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Nikitin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nikitin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikitin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Williams avoids a series of strikes thrown by Nikitin.
Williams has left one of his arms exposed and Nikitin doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Williams screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kristof Nikitin!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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