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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demian Gaea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathanal Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaea comes into the arena with When I'm Gone (Remix) blaring out of the sound system. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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214 lbs
21 - 9 - 1 |
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190 cm
25
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Demian Gaea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nathanal Hughes!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes connects with a body shot.
Gaea looks for a takedown but Hughes sprawls well.
Hughes looks to land a right hand but Gaea moved out of range.
Gaea scores with a takedown into Hughes's guard.
Gaea is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gaea lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gaea postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gaea thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes wants to stand but Gaea is controlling the position.
Hughes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gaea trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaea stopping the sweep attempt from Hughes.
Hughes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gaea trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hughes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gaea accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hughes has his hands on Gaea's head, controlling the position.
Hughes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gaea. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gaea drops back looking for a leg! Hughes is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hughes manages to kick Gaea off! Gaea jumps back into Hughes's guard.
Gaea working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Gaea from controlling successfully.
Gaea postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gaea cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Gaea trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gaea stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hughes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gaea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gaea in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gaea's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Gaea pushing down on Hughes's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaea is trying to control. Hughes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hughes is looking to get back to is feet but Gaea passes into side control.
Gaea stands up and beckons Hughes to his feet.
Gaea scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes can't do much from the bottom here.
Gaea has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gaea punching from mount but Hughes doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gaea is working for a guillotine from mount but Hughes frees his head quite easily.
Gaea working Hughes over with strikes here.
Gaea fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gaea lands with some strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaea putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gaea trying to control but Hughes is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is in a horrible position here. Gaea smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hughes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gaea scoring with strikes but Hughes is staying in there.
Hughes can't escape the position.
Gaea connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Gaea putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gaea looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gaea with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gaea landing strikes from the mount and Hughes is in trouble!
Hughes tries to lock up and control but Gaea gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Gaea dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hughes throws an off balance right hand
and Gaea counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Gaea trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Gaea loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Gaea from controlling successfully.
Gaea preventing the sweep.
Hughes is trying to keep Gaea in close.
Gaea is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Demian Gaea overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gaea is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gaea with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gaea thows a big elbow that misses.
Hughes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gaea is looking to work some ground and pound but Hughes has wrist control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaea wants to pass the guard but Hughes is keeping the position.
Gaea working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaea passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gaea wants to control but Hughes is keeping him busy.
Gaea landing strikes.
Hughes is looking to regain half guard here but Gaea keeps moving and retains side control.
Gaea throws an elbow but Hughes slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gaea looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gaea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughes can do to turn this around?
Hughes defending against the ground and pound.
An elbow from Gaea crashes against the mat.
Hughes is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gaea connects with a decent elbow.
Gaea working the body and head with strikes.
Gaea tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gaea wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gaea off and has taken his back!
Gaea manages to reverse the position and now he's in Hughes's guard. Nice work there by Gaea.
Hughes is trying to keep Gaea in close.
Gaea is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gaea cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Gaea postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gaea postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gaea trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes wants to stand and escape but Gaea is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaea throwing strikes but missing.
Gaea landing with the ground and pound.
Gaea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gaea throws a big right hand that misses.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hughes is looking to stand up but Gaea isn't so interested in that idea.
Hughes is trying to keep Gaea in close.
Gaea cracks Hughes with a solid left hand.
Gaea is in close to Hughes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gaea loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to stand up but Gaea isn't so interested in that idea.
Gaea controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hughes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gaea stays in close to Hughes's body and controls the position.
Gaea scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaea is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Demian Gaea just wasn't active enough.
Gaea gets a double leg takedown into Hughes's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Gaea dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaea moves away.
Gaea shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hughes as he jumps to the side.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
Hughes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hughes throws a lazy uppercut
and Gaea counters with a single leg into guard. Hughes didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gaea distracts Hughes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hughes 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.
Hughes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaea landing some decent shots from guard.
Hughes wants to stand and escape but Gaea is having none of it.
Gaea has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hughes 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.
Gaea lands a couple of elbows.
Gaea is stalling in the full guard.
Hughes is looking to sweep but instead, Gaea has passed into half guard.
Gaea is working for a submission of some sort.
Hughes is trying to control but can't.
Nathanal Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaea is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gaea scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gaea is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hughes is just riding it out for now. Gaea eventually gives up the hold.
Gaea throwing shots but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Gaea prevents Hughes from standing back up.
Gaea is trying to control the action in half guard but Hughes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gaea is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes wants to control the action here but instead Gaea manages to pass to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is squirming around, avoiding Gaea's attempts to control the action.
Gaea controlling the pace for now.
Gaea raining down shots from the mount!
Gaea cracks Hughes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gaea working Hughes over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaea scoring with strikes but Hughes is staying in there.
Gaea lands with some strikes.
Hughes manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hughes is looking to escape.
Hughes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice strikes from Gaea there.
Gaea missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaea is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gaea seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hughes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hughes trying to hold on to Gaea's head to control him but Gaea postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gaea lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Gaea there.
Hughes trying to control but Gaea postures up.
Gaea 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.
Nice strikes from Gaea there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hughes is defending against the submission attempts here by Gaea.
And that's the end of the fight!
Demian Gaea showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gaea, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demian Gaea!
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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
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