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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nik Ita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Says (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
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185 cm
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nik Ita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Says!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Ita lands an impressive looking overhand right. Says doesn't seem phased though.
Ita slips a jab and a cross from Says.
Says has managed to clinch.
Says pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ita lands a body shot.
Ita attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Says misses with a double jab
and Ita counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Says displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ita.
Ita fails to land the takedown.
Ita closes the distance and pushes Says back into the cage.
Ita looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Says breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ita shoots in looking for a takedown but Says manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ita's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nik Ita. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Says clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ita working hard to break the clinch.
Says breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ita shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Says pinned against the cage. Says gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Says rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ita moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Says tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ita manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ita moves into range and clinches up with Says.
Says has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ita is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Says breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ita rushes Says and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ita wants to stall.
Ita tries to circle away but Says has him pinned against the cage.
Ita fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ita tries to pull guard but Says forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Says taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Says gets underhooks to prevent Ita's takedown attempt.
Ita tries to circle away but Says has him pinned against the cage.
Says breaks the clinch.
Ita throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Says moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Says pushes off an throws an elbow but Ita leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ita tries to pull guard but Says won't allow it.
Says's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Says shoots in but no luck this time.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Says breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ita forces Says back against the cage and clinches.
Says misses with a knee strike.
Says breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Says moves in looking to clinch but Ita pushes him off.
Says gets tackled into the cage by Ita. Ita maintains the clinch.
Ita is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Says prevents Ita from breaking the clinch.
Says is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Says jumps into guard, dragging Ita to the mat.
Ita tries to free his leg and advance position but Says is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itais looking to pass into half guard but Says pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Says is in guard.
Ita has Says pulled in close to control his posture.
Says showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Says slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Says wants to control but Ita is keeping him busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ita tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Says wants to control the pace but Ita is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nik Ita will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Says fails to land the takedown.
Says fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ita, pushing him back against the cage.
Ita goes for a takedown attempt but Says pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Says is looking to clinch.
Ita fails with the takedown.
Ita shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nik Ita. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Says is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ita sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Says avoids the head kick by Ita.
Says instigates a clinch.
Ita takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Nik Ita has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Says pulls guard.
Says looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Says had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ita defends it easily.
Says looking for a guillotine here but Ita defends easily.
Ita with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Says throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ita looking to sit in guard and control but Says gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Says wants to control from the top but Ita keeps moving.
Ita wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Says stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nik Ita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Says throws a right hand that Ita ducks under and follows up with a left that Ita also avoids with ease.
Ita shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Says sprawls well. Says wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ita gets slowly back to his feet.
Ita looks for a takedown but Says sprawls well.
Ita fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Says, pushing him back against the cage.
Ita is trying to break the clinch but Says is controlling him.
Says throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Says's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ita swats away the attempt to clinch by Says.
Ita moves into range and clinches up with Says.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Says scores a nice knee to the body.
Says landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Says drags the fight down to the ground.
Ita wants to stand and escape but instead Says has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Says works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Says decides to stand and escape the position.
Says tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ita shoots in but Says avoids the takedown attempt easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Says fails with an attempt to clinch.
Says gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Says showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nik Ita'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. This is the final round!
Ita circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ita throws a head kick that misses.
Says tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ita swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ita tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Says swivels and escapes.
Ita swats away the attempt to clinch by Says.
Says has managed to clinch.
Ita looking to stall.
Ita tries to pull guard but Says holds him up against the cage and eventually Ita drops back down to his feet.
Says missing with knees to the body.
Says throws a knee to the head but misses.
Says misses with a knee strike.
Ita jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Says walks away with a smile on his face. Ita gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nik Ita. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Says instigates a clinch.
Says misses with a knee to the head.
Ita wants to break free but Says has control.
Ita letting Says take a breather here.
Ita takes a knee to the side of the body.
Says manages to break the clinch.
Says tries to clinch up but Ita circles away and keeps his distance.
Ita avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Says drives through and clinches with Ita against the cage.
Says breaks from the clinch.
Says checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ita closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ita is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Says is defending well.
Ita has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Simon Says seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ita is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Says to keep the fight standing.
Says pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Says clinches up with Ita and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Says escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ita takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
No luck for Ita with that takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Says stuffs the takedown.
Says displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ita.
The fight stays on the outside here - Says looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Says stuns Ita with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ita thows a body shot but no joy.
Says throws a right hand that Ita ducks under and follows up with a left that Ita also avoids with ease.
Says tries to clinch there but Ita circles away.
Says tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ita paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Says is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ita has managed to clinch.
Says is pressed up against the cage. Ita has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Says down to the mat. Says avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Says tries to clinch but Ita is having none of it.
Ita fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ita closes the distance and pushes Says back into the cage.
Says breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Says throws a right hand that Ita ducks under and follows up with a left that Ita also avoids with ease.
Ita shoots in for a double leg but Says sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Says throws a nice looking combination but Ita bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Says wants to clinch up but Ita keeps it at a distance.
Ita lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Says circles away quickly and effectively.
Ita looks for a takedown but Says sprawls well.
Says darts in and clinches Ita up against the cage.
Says throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Itas head.
Ita has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Says after a bit of a struggle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Says lands a knee to the body.
Says tries to score a body lock takedown but Ita shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Says.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Says comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Says 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Says!
Simon Says really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that AMPLIFY logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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