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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between T Challa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Nappa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nappa has chosen battery as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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13 - 6 - 0 |
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198 lbs
12 - 5 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, T Challa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Dirk Nappa!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nappa misses with a straight right.
Nappa throws a sloppy body shot
and Nappa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nappa throws a combination that misses
and Challa counters with a nice uppercut.
A cross from Nappa lands.
Challa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nappa. That did some damage!
Challa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Challa throws a leg kick which misses Nappa's front leg but catches the back leg as Nappa tries to avoid it.
Good exchange - Challa coming out on top.
Challa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nappa misses with a combination
and Challa counters with a three punch combo that has Nappa backing up. Nappa nods at Challa to acknowledge the strikes.
Nappa throws a poor cross that misses
and Challa counters with a nice body kick.
Nappa looks gassed!
Nappa takes one on the button.
Challa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Challa throws a nice head kick!
Nappa throws a lazy uppercut
and Challa counters with a body kick that stops Nappa in his tracks momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Challa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Challa cracks the inside of Nappa's front leg.
Nappa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Challa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Challa.
Challa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Challa lands a head kick!
Dirk Nappa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Challa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Challa connects with a leg kick. Nappa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
T Challa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Challa.
Nappa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Challa pushes Nappa away with a front kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nappa tries to keep at a distance but Challa has taken the fight into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Challa.
A short body shot lands from Challa as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Challa.
Challa slowing the pace effectively.
Challa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Challa connects with a leg kick. Nappa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Challa lands a body shot.
Challa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nappa takes a step back to recover.
Challa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Challa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Challa jabs Nappa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Challa lands with a cross.
Nappa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Challa.
Nappa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Challa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nappa's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challa keeps Nappa at a distance using the push kick.
Challa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nappa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Challa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Challa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Challa is pressed up against the ropes. Nappa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Challa down to the mat. Challa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Challa thuds his shin into the meat of Nappa's side.
Nappa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Challa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nappa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Challa. Challa obviously looking to wear him down.
Challa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Challa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nappa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A solid body kick from Challa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Challa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nappa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Challa. Challa obviously looking to wear him down.
Challa lands with an overhand left.
Challa tests Nappa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Challa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Challa.
An inside leg kick lands from Challa.
Challa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nappa's calf.
Challa misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Challa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nappa. That did some damage!
Challa fakes the leg kick and cracks Nappa in the body.
Nappa 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
T Challa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nappa drops his hands momentarily and Challa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Challa lands with a slapping head kick.
Dirk Nappa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Challa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nappa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nappa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Challa counters with a low kick, right behind Nappa 's knee.
Challa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Challa connects with a solid leg kick.
Challa has managed to clinch.
Challa lands a nice uppercut.
Challa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Challa.
Nice body punch from Challa - that landed with a thud.
Challa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Challa.
A short right from Challa on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Challa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Challa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nappa can do to turn this around?
Challa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nappa or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Challa lands with a short shot to the head.
Nappa wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice body punch from Challa.
Challa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nappa.
Good body shot from Challa.
Challa lands a nice uppercut.
Challa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nappa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Challa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A body shot lands from Challa.
Challa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Challa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Challa pushes Nappa back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Challa lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Challa.
Nappa takes a shot to the head.
Challa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Challa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Challa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nappa backwards.
Challa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nappa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Challa counters with a body kick that stops Nappa in his tracks momentarily.
Challa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A nice inside leg kick there by Challa. That's going to slow Nappa down.
Challa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nappa misses with a body punch
letting Challa counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Challa. That snapped Nappa's head back.
Challa throws a body punch but Nappa moves out of range.
T Challa is winning the standup battle so far.
Nappa misses with a body shot.
Nappa misses with an uppercut
and Challa counters with a stiff right hand.
Challa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nappa is out of range.
Challa scores with a push kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Challa.
Nappa misses with a hook
and Challa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nappa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Challa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nappa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challa can pounce on him.
Nappa misses with a left hand
and Challa counters with a nice leg kick.
Nappa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Challa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nappa scores with a shot to the body.
Challa misses with a looping left.
Challa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Challa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Challa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nappa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Challa counters with a series of strikes. Nappa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nappa shoots in looking for a takedown but Challa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nappa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
T Challa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Nappa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Challa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nappa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Challa closes the distance and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Challa.
Nappa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Challa gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Still in the clinch, Challa scores with a nice short uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nappa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nappa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Challa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Challa taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Challa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nappa backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Challa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Challa is working Nappa over against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Challa scores with a shoulder strike.
Challa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
T Challa dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Challa with a nice cross.
Nappa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Challa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nappa scrambles back to his feet.
Nappa throws an off balance right hand
and Challa counters with a series of strikes. Nappa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Challa tries a low kick but Nappa avoids it.
Challa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nappa is able to avoid easily.
Challa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Challa there as he acknowledges the shot.
A left lands for Challa.
Nappa misses the body punch
and Challa counters with a good low kick that Nappa was not able to check.
Challa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Challa throws a good cross that connects.
Dirk Nappa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Challa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nappa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nappa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nappa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Challa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Challa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nappas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nappa misses with a right hand
and Challa counters with a low kick, right behind Nappa 's knee.
Nappa catches Challa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Challa. Nappa shrugs it off though.
Nappa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Challa with a jab.
Nappa shoots in and drives through. Challa sprawls well.
Nappa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Challa as he jumps to the side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Challa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nappa if he has to take too many more of those.
Nappa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Challa lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nappa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challa can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Challa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nappa misses with an uppercut
and Challa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nappa thinking.
Nappa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Challa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nappa, pushing him back against the ropes.
Challa breaks from the clinch.
Challa keeps Nappa at a distance using the push kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Challa.
T Challa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Challa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Challa, right into the meat.
Nappa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Challa counters with a low kick, right behind Nappa 's knee.
Challa scores with a leg kick.
Nappa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Challa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nappa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Challa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nappa misses with an uppercut
and Challa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nappa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Challa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Challa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Challa with a hook.
Nappa throws an off balance right hand
and Challa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nappa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Challa counters by clinching up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nappa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Challa gets the underhooks and prevents it.
T Challa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dirk Nappa.
Challa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Challa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Challa.
A left hand lands to the body for Challa.
Challa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Challa.
Challa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nappa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nappa needs to keep his hands up - Challa had a free shot at his head there.
Nappa takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Challa connects with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Challa clinches up against the ropes.
Challa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Challa gets underhooks to prevent Nappa's takedown attempt.
Challa's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that's the end of the fight!
T Challa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Challa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... T Challa!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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