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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keat Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Nazareth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cullen comes to the cage accompanied by My way - Sid Vicious . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
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175 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Keat Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chad Nazareth!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazareth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cullen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cullen leaves Nazareth with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nazareth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nazareth tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nazareth darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nazareth wants to pass the guard but Cullen is defending well.
Cullen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cullen tries to roll over but Nazareth keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nazareth.
Nazareth trying to pass the guard but Cullen defending well.
Cullen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nazareth looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cullen gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nazareth throws a strike but Cullen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nazareth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nazareth is looking to stand up but Cullen isn't so interested in that idea.
Nazareth has his feet on Cullen's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Chad Nazareth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cullen lands a lovely overhand right.
Nazareth takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cullen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nazareth distracts Cullen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazareth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cullen controls Nazareth momentarily but Nazareth frees himself.
Nazareth throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nazareth with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nazareth is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cullen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nazareth controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cullen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nazareth trying to control but Cullen is working from the bottom.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Chad Nazareth wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nazareth wants to clinch.
Nazareth misses with a low kick.
Nazareth tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cullen swivels and escapes.
Cullen throws a sloppy head kick and Nazareth moves out of range easily.
Cullen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nazareth shoots in for a takedown but Cullen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Keat Cullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Nazareth.
Cullen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nazareth has a takedown stuffed.
Cullen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nazareth's sensitive parts.
Cullen misses with a low kick.
Nazareth dives in and grabs Cullen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cullen pushes down on Nazareth's head and hops out.
Cullen tries to close the distance and clinch but Nazareth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nazareth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Cullen as Nazareth shoots in.
Cullen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nazareth looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cullen is fending him off so far but Nazareth persists. Nope, Cullen circles away and we're back to standing.
Cullen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cullen tries to sprawl but Nazareth drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cullen wants to control but Nazareth is keeping busy.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cullen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cullen is pressing down on Nazareth's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Cullen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Nazareth pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cullen is keeping the position for now.
Nazareth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's eight 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.
Cullen wants to improve his position but instead Nazareth has moved into half guard.
Cullen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nazareth slips a nice elbow through Cullen's hands, connecting with Cullen's forehead.
Cullen won't allow Nazareth to pass to mount.
Cullen wants to get back to full guard but Nazareth has passed into side control.
Nazareth swings around for an armbar but Cullen sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Nazareth's guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cullen would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cullen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nazareth throws a head kick but Cullen moves out of range.
Nazareth feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cullen is trying to keep Nazareth in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nazareth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nazareth sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nazareth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Nazareth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nazareth has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Chad Nazareth!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Chad Nazareth!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Chad Nazareth!
Chad Nazareth wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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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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