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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio dos Nikkos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Make Smash Ya Tap! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Fabricio dos Nikkos has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Fabricio dos Nikkos seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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190 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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175 cm
28
185 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Experienced |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful |
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabricio dos Nikkos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre looking to score a takedown here. dos Nikkos is defending well but St Pierre drives through and ends up in dos Nikkos's guard.
dos Nikkos keeping full guard, as St Pierre tries to pass.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but dos Nikkos keeps moving.
dos Nikkos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
St Pierre trying to control but dos Nikkos is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dos Nikkos wants to sweep here but St Pierre controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
St Pierre thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
dos Nikkos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
dos Nikkos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Nikkos looking for a guillotine from mount but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
St Pierre looking to pass the guard.
St Pierre preventing the sweep.
St Pierre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
St Pierre got a little sloppy there for a moment and dos Nikkos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, St Pierre has managed to get both his arms back between dos Nikkos's legs - danger averted.
St Pierre is in close to dos Nikkos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
St Pierre works a leg free and moves into half guard.
dos Nikkos is looking for a sweep. St Pierre is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
dos Nikkos manages to get to full guard.
St Pierre pushing down on dos Nikkos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
dos Nikkos tries to get to full guard but St Pierre has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Nikkos looking for submissions off his back.
St Pierre seems to be working for a kimura but dos Nikkos defends the submission attempt.
dos Nikkos is trying to get back to full guard.
St Pierre is sneakily working for an arm triangle but dos Nikkos sees it coming and defends easily.
St Pierre is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. dos Nikkos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time St Pierre.
dos Nikkos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is thwarting dos Nikkos's attempts to control the position.
dos Nikkos is staying active underneath St Pierre, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
St Pierre tries to pass the half guard into mount. dos Nikkos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
dos Nikkos looking for submissions off his back.
dos Nikkos looking for submissions off his back.
St Pierre seems to be looking for submissions.
St Pierre is working for a kimura but dos Nikkos is defending it quite comfortably.
dos Nikkos is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands strikes from half guard.
St Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
dos Nikkos manages to get to full guard.
St Pierre got a little sloppy there for a moment and dos Nikkos has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, St Pierre has managed to get both his arms back between dos Nikkos's legs - danger averted.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on dos Nikkos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
St Pierre landing a few strikes.
dos Nikkos prevents St Pierre from improving position.
St Pierre working the ground and pound from side control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to take a break and control but dos Nikkos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
dos Nikkos is looking to reverse the position.
dos Nikkos is working hard here to advance position.
St Pierre throwing shots but missing, from side control.
dos Nikkos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
St Pierre wants to work for an arm triangle but dos Nikkos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
dos Nikkos is trying to get back to full guard.
dos Nikkos is staying active underneath St Pierre, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
dos Nikkos trying to control but St Pierre postures up.
St Pierre looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
dos Nikkos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
dos Nikkos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. dos Nikkos is keeping the position for now.
dos Nikkos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
St Pierre scoring with some ground and pound.
St Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but dos Nikkos is retaining full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Pierre passes into half guard.
dos Nikkos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for dos Nikkos.
dos Nikkos is breathing heavily.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but dos Nikkos keeps moving.
St Pierre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
dos Nikkos working a defensive guard here.
dos Nikkos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. St Pierre manages to get himself to full guard.
St Pierre is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and dos Nikkos defends well.
St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
dos Nikkos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
St Pierre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but dos Nikkos pulls his head out easily.
dos Nikkos seems to be looking for submissions.
dos Nikkos seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. St Pierre is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Fabricio dos Nikkos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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