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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perry Winkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunnar Nelson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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199 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Nelson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Perry Winkle!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Winkle with a jab.
Winkle tries a head kick but it misses.
Winkle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson takes a swing at Winkle's ribcage but misses.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Winkle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gunnar Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson throws a low kick but Winkle moves out of range easily.
Winkle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Winkle lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nelson doesn't seem phased though.
Winkle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Winkle looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Nelson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Winkle slips a straight right by Nelson.
Nelson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Winkle can pounce on him.
A left lands for Nelson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Winkle tenderised Nelson's leg. Nelson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nelson throws a sloppy body shot
and Winkle counters with a stiff right hand.
Nelson gets tackled into the cage by Winkle. Winkle maintains the clinch.
A short right from Winkle on the inside.
Winkle can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Winkle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Winkle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Nelson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Winkle.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winkle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nelson's elbow.
Winkle lands a right hand.
Winkle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Winkle as Nelson tries to tie him up.
A short right from Winkle on the inside.
Winkle tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winkle misses with the head strike.
Nelson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Winkle up against the cage.
Nelson being controlled against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkle lands a right hand.
Winkle scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nelson dodges an elbow strike from Winkle.
Nelson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Winkle up against the cage.
Winkle stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkle is looking to control Nelson's arms but Nelson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Winkle has his back to the cage.
Winkle controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Perry Winkle.
Nelson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Winkle checks the leg kick.
Winkle stuffs the takedown.
Winkle 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winkle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nelson.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winkle.
Nelson feints and then cracks Winkle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Winkle down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Perry Winkle dominated that round.
That's time! Nelson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nelson tries to score with a low kick but Winkle moves his leg out of the way.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Winkle throws a lazy right hand but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Winkle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nelson connects with a solid leg kick.
Nelson scores with a body shot.
Winkle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nelson looks to score with a jab to the body but Winkle is just out of range.
Winkle scores with a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Winkle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Winkle throws a half hearted mid kick.
Winkle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Winkle takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Perry Winkle has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Winkle avoids the body shot from Nelson.
Nelson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Perry Winkle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Winkle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nelson.
Nelson fails with the takedown.
Winkle tries to clinch there but Nelson circles away.
Nelson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nelson throws a low kick, looking for Winkle's leg but Winkle calmly moves out of range.
Nelson thows a body shot but no joy.
Winkle changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson moves out of range of the leg kick from Winkle.
Winkle avoids the body shot from Nelson.
Nelson tries to keep at a distance but Winkle has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nelson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Winkle misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winkle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkle lands with a left to the head.
Winkle throws a head punch that misses.
Winkle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Winkle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nelson's elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Winkle.
Winkle scores with a hook to the body.
Winkle is trying to stall.
Winkle swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winkle trying to stall but Nelson improves his position.
Winkle lands a good knee to the midsection. Nelson won't want to take too many of those.
Winkle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Winkle.
Winkle stalling in the clinch.
Winkle swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winkle is struggling to control the position.
Perry Winkle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice left hand lands by Winkle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Perry Winkle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Perry Winkle's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Winkle throws a poor cross that misses
and Nelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nelson swings for the body but Winkle moves out of range.
Nelson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Winkle circles away.
An inside leg kick from Winkle misses.
Winkle throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nelson fails with a takedown attempt.
Nelson shoots for a double leg takedown but Winkle sprawls well. He's pushed Nelson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunnar Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winkle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winkle manages to avoid it.
Nelson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Winkle.
A leg kick checked by Nelson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Winkle as he jumps to the side.
Winkle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nelson is out of range.
Nelson is looking to wear down Winkle with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Winkle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Winkle thows a leg kick but Nelson checks it
and Nelson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Winkle!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Poor strikes thrown by Nelson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Nelson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Winkle is looking to get to half guard.
Nelson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Winkle working to try and regain half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Winkle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Winkle tries to lock up and control but Nelson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nelson working the ground and pound effectively.
Nelson punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkle wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nelson.
Nelson with a couple of short strikes.
That has opened up Perry Winkle's cut even more.
Winkle manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Winkle trying to control but Nelson postures up.
Nelson wants to work for an arm triangle but Winkle is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gunnar Nelson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nelson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nelson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nelson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Winkle is staying active underneath Nelson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nelson not doing much here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Winkle does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Nelson clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Perry Winkle's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nelson scores with a hook to the body. Winkle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A shot to the liver by Nelson. Beautiful body shot.
Nelson with a nice cross.
The cut above Perry Winkle's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Winkle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nelson throws a front kick aimed at Winkle's knee but Winkle avoids it well.
Winkle pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nelson back to the cage. Winkle follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Winkle manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nelson thuds a left hand into Winkle's body.
Winkle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nelson tried to score with a low kick but Winkle checks it.
Winkle throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Winkle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Winkle is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nelson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as Winkle blocks the leg kick.
Gunnar Nelson is winning the standup battle so far.
Winkle leaves Nelson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunnar Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson dives in and scores a takedown into Winkle's guard.
Nelson looking to sit in guard and control but Winkle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Winkle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson pushes a forearm under Winkle's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Winkle is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gunnar Nelson!
Gunnar Nelson retains his middleweight title!
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