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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Celsius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogers Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Celsius's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Prodigy - No Good. Nelson has chosen Housequake as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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164 lbs
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159 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kelvin Celsius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rogers Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson stuns Celsius with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nelson scores with a jab to the head.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Nelson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nelson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Celsius checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Celsius waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nelson.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Celsius misses with a body shot.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Celsius.
Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nelson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nelson misses with a wild combination.
Celsius takes a swing at Nelson's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Celsius throws the left hand but Nelson avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson scores with a leg kick.
Celsius misses with an uppercut
and Nelson counters with a three punch combo that has Celsius backing up. Celsius nods at Nelson to acknowledge the strikes.
Nelson lands a jab to the head.
Celsius takes one to the chin there.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Celsius if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Celsius looks for a takedown but Nelson sprawls well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nelson.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nelson lands a leg kick that knocks Celsius off balance momentarily.
Celsius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to the body from Nelson misses
and Celsius counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is looking for a sweep. Celsius is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nelson trying to control from the bottom.
Nelson tries to roll over but Celsius keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Celsius trying to control the action but Nelson is working from the bottom.
Nelson is trying to maintain the position but Celsius is very close to passing his half guard.
Celsius missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nelson wants to get back to full guard.
Celsius thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nelson's head.
Celsius is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nelson defends it well.
Nelson is refusing to be controlled, as Celsius sits in half guard.
Celsius not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson tries to roll over but Celsius keeps him under control.
Nelson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Celsius.
Nelson is trying to get back to full guard.
Celsius is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nelson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Celsius throwing shots but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Celsius wants to pass to mount but Nelson is defending the position.
Celsius thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nelson's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celsius lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nelson is looking to control Celsius's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nelson avoid being mounted?
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Celsius lands a nice short elbow.
Nelson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Celsius's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Celsius's back!
Celsius is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Nelson throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Celsius!
Nelson trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson is persistently looking for the submission but Celsius is defending it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Celsius turns into Nelson and is now in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogers Nelson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Celsius has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Nelson as the two fighters clinch.
Nelson lands a right hand.
Celsius trying to stall but Nelson improves his position.
Celsius tries to break free but Nelson pushes him back against the cage.
Celsius stalls.
Nelson prevents Celsius from breaking the clinch.
Nelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nelson cracks Celsius with a nice body shot.
Nelson stalling in the clinch but Celsius improves position.
Celsius blocks a body shot from Nelson.
A short right from Nelson on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Nelson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Celsius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nelson's elbow.
Celsius looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nelson.
Nelson misses with a body punch.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Celsius.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Celsius swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson gets through Celsius's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Celsius breaks the clinch.
Nelson avoids the body shot from Celsius.
Celsius fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nelson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nelson scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Celsius takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Celsius. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson lands with a slapping head kick.
Nelson feints and then cracks Celsius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Celsius down.
Nelson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nelson scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nelson scores with a hook to the body. Celsius takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Celsius blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Rogers Nelson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to the liver by Nelson. Beautiful body shot.
Nelson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nelson scores with a shot to the body.
Nelson lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Celsius does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nelson lands a front kick.
Celsius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Celsius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Celsius.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Celsius.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nelson throws a head kick but Celsius moves out of range.
Celsius throws out a loose jab but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson catches Celsius with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sloppy strikes from Nelson. Those never looked like landing.
Celsius misses with a body shot
and Nelson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Celsius waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nelson.
Nelson misses with an uppercut.
Celsius misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nelson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Celsius has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celsius takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nelson scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson looks for the body kick but Celsius saw that one coming.
Celsius throws a hook to the side of Nelson's head but Nelson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nelson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Celsius is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nelson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Celsius is rocked!
Nelson takes a swing at Celsius's ribcage but misses.
Oh Celsius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Celsius blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Celsius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Celsius staying out of range there.
Celsius seems to have got his legs back now.
Nelson throws a push kick but Celsius slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Celsius misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogers Nelson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nelson feints and then cracks Celsius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Celsius down.
Good work by Celsius as he checks the leg kick.
Nelson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nelson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nelson blocks a jab.
Nelson lands a really nice looking cross but Celsius seems unphased.
Nelson stuffs the takedown.
Nelson drops Celsius with a beautiful combination! Celsius stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Nelson is looking for the KO!
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!
Nelson cracks Celsius with a hook to the temple - Celsius is on wobbly legs here! Nelson swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Celsius falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Nelson wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rogers Nelson!
Rogers Nelson made sure to mention his sponsor, -OVERDOSE Factory- in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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