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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mc Jitus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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213 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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189 cm
27
212 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mc Jitus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jitus fails with the takedown.
Jitus throws a head kick but Nogueira moves out of range.
Jitus tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nogueira swivels and escapes.
Jitus throws a sloppy head kick
and Nogueira counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jitus's guard now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogueira is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jitus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nogueira doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nogueira manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nogueira trying to control but Jitus is working from the bottom.
Jitus is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nogueira defends well.
Jitus keeping full guard, as Nogueira tries to pass.
Nogueira postures up and lands a big shot to Jitus's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nogueira wants to control from the top but Jitus keeps moving.
Jitus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira trying to control but Jitus is working from the bottom.
Jitus had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nogueira defends it easily.
Nogueira throwing strikes but missing.
Nogueira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nogueira lands a couple of elbows.
Jitus keeping moving, preventing Nogueira from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nogueira's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nogueira accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nogueira throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jitus has his foot on Nogueira's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nogueira works his way back into a safe position though.
Nogueira is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogueira trying to control but Jitus is working from the bottom.
Jitus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nogueira controls from within his opponent's guard.
Nogueira wants to control from the top but Jitus keeps moving.
Ricardo Nogueira has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jitus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mc Jitus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good work by Nogueira as he checks the leg kick.
Jitus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jitus looks to throw the jab but Nogueira is out of range.
Nogueira bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jitus's head.
Jitus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Nogueira lands.
Mc Jitus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nogueira walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jitus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jitus throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nogueira scores with a sloppy right hand. Jitus should have avoided that one.
Jitus cracks Nogueira with a good jab.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Jitus.
Jitus tries to clinch
and Nogueira counters with an outside leg kick.
Jitus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jitus throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Ricardo Nogueira has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jitus throws a lazy head kick
and Nogueira counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jitus is breathing heavily.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Nogueira lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nogueira winds up and cracks Jitus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira prevents Jitus from improving his position.
Jitus works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jitus seems keen to control Nogueira's posture.
Nogueira landing some decent shots from guard.
Jitus keeping moving, preventing Nogueira from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nogueira postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jitus wriggles free and stands up.
Nogueira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jitus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Nogueira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Nogueira's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jitus throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nogueira's head.
Jitus with a poor takedown
and Nogueira counters with a nice body shot.
Nogueira just misses with a punch to the body.
Jitus fails with a takedown attempt.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Jitus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nogueira tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jitus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nogueira stuffs the takedown attempt from Jitus. Jitus gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mc Jitus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nogueira misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jitus.
Jitus shoots in for a takedown but Nogueira shows good takedown defense.
Jitus stuffs the takedown.
A head kick misses from Jitus.
Jitus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a leg kick which misses Jitus's front leg but catches the back leg as Jitus tries to avoid it.
Nogueira lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nogueira blocks a head kick by Jitus.
Nogueira scores with a hook.
Nogueira wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jitus gets tackled into the cage by Nogueira. Nogueira maintains the clinch.
Nogueira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nogueira works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nogueira landing some decent shots from guard.
Jitus looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Nogueira passes into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira lands a decent elbow from side control.
Check out the look on Nogueira's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nogueira lands some shots froms side control.
The referee asks Nogueira politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Nogueira prefers to stall for the moment though.
You can see the frustration on Jitus's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nogueira looks up at the clock and then as Jitus takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nogueira smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Nogueira advances to mount.
Ricardo Nogueira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nogueira connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
It looks like Mc Jitus has been cut.
Nogueira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jitus?
Jitus is rocked!
Mc Jitus's cut is getting worse.
Jitus takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh Jitus is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nogueira connects with a bit shot that sees Jitus covering up! More strikes from Nogueira and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Nogueira is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Nogueira!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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