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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rowan Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Nickatina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nickatina comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Andre Nickatina ~ Blood In My Hair kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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195 cm
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rowan Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andre Nickatina!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickatina moves away from the strike by Savage.
Nickatina shoots in looking for a takedown but Savage manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nickatina's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nickatina tests Savage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nickatina slips under a jab from Savage.
Savage misses with a two punch combination.
Savage scores with a nice head shot.
Nickatina drives through with a takedown into Savage's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Savage is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savage tries to stand and escape but Nickatina is controlling the position.
Nickatina works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nickatina had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Savage defends it easily.
Savage tries to stand but Nickatina is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage trying to control but Nickatina is working from the bottom.
Savage knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nickatina on the ground.
Savage controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savage is looking to stand up but Nickatina won't let him.
Savage pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nickatina is keeping the position for now.
Nickatina is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Rowan Savage wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Savage leaves Nickatina with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickatina shoots for a takedown but Savage saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rowan Savage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Nickatina.
Savage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nickatina fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rowan Savage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nickatina finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Savage tries to bum rush Nickatina with a series of wild strikes but Nickatina uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nickatina feints and as Savage raises his hands in defense, Nickatina changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Savage wants to sweep here but Nickatina controlling him for the moment.
Nickatina trying to control but Savage is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickatina slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nickatina wants to lay and pray for a moment but Savage keeps working.
Nickatina tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nickatina has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nickatina is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Savage knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickatina in side control, throwing shots but Savage defends.
Savage manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nickatina's best efforts.
Savage is trying to maintain the position but Nickatina is very close to passing his half guard.
Nickatina sitting and controlling from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savage trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Nickatina dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Savage misses with a straight right.
Savage cracks the inside of Nickatina's front leg.
Nickatina throws a one two combo.
Savage throws an overhand right that lands on Nickatina's shoulder, as Nickatina tries to avoid the shot.
Savage throws a shot from downtown. Nickatina moves away and avoids it.
Savage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nickatina throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Savage's waist but Savage gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nickatina off to one side.
Savage misses with a head kick.
Savage on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nickatina. Nickatina obviously looking to wear him down.
Nickatina misses with a series of wild punches.
Nickatina misses with a takedown attempt - Savage sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Nickatina, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Savage throws a lazy uppercut
and Nickatina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Savage looks to land a combination but Nickatina avoids it well.
Nickatina slips a straight right by Savage.
Nickatina takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nickatina throws a nice looking combination but Savage bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Savage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickatina.
Savage scores with a three punch combo!
Nickatina shoots for a double leg takedown but Savage sprawls well. He's pushed Nickatina's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rowan Savage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Nickatina.
Nickatina is breathing heavily.
Savage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nickatina sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Savage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Nickatina does it's job there.
Nickatina scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nickatina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown by Nickatina or perhaps it was just good defense by Savage which made him look bad.
Savage looks to land a right hand but Nickatina moved out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Savage. No joy for Nickatina on that attempt.
Savage swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nickatina counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nickatina wants to pass to mount but Savage is defending the position.
Nickatina is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries to roll over but Nickatina keeps him under control.
Nickatina throwing shots but Savage is blocking nicely.
Nickatina passes to full mount!
Andre Nickatina has got the better of the ground game so far.
Savage tries to reverse the position but Nickatina maintains control.
Savage tries to hold on but Nickatina postures up.
Nickatina scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Savage?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage is squirming around, avoiding Nickatina's attempts to control the action.
Nickatina fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nickatina looking to finish with strikes here!
Nickatina jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Savage is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Savage and Nickatina has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nickatina is looking to take a break and control but Savage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Nickatina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nickatina avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savage missing with a left hand there. Nickatina was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Savage takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Savage looks to land a left hand but Nickatina moved out of range nicely.
Nickatina misses with a looping right.
Rowan Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick from Nickatina lands but Savage takes it in his stride.
Savage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Savage is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nickatina throws a right and a left that Savage avoids nicely.
Savage throws a jab but it's blocked by Nickatina.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickatina takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Savage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Savage throws a right and a left that Nickatina avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nickatina changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Savage looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Nickatina wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Savage, who protects the arm well.
Nickatina trying to control the action but Savage is working from the bottom.
Nickatina in side control, throwing shots but Savage defends.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage is trying to get back to half guard.
Savage managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Nickatina.
Nickatina controlling the position.
Savage gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickatina tries to control but Savage wriggling away.
Nickatina looking to finish Savage with some ground and pound. This is bad for Savage!
Andre Nickatina is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickatina content just to control the position here.
Nickatina avoids the attempt from Savage to control.
Savage is in a horrible position here. Nickatina smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savage tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rowan Savage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nickatina tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Nickatina comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nickatina has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Nickatina!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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