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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osobo Opasen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira comes to the cage accompanied by a. Osobo Opasen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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255 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
30
280 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osobo Opasen!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nogueira!
It looks like Osobo Opasen has been cut.
Nogueira's jab looks to have found its range, popping Opasen under the eye.
Opasen drives through with a takedown into Nogueira's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Opasen wants to pass the guard but Nogueira is keeping the position.
Nogueira 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.
Opasen looking to pass the guard.
Nogueira manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nogueira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nogueira unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Nogueira.
The referee warns Opasen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nogueira looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Opasen is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira with shots to the head and body - Opasen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nogueira 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.
Nogueira wants to control the pace but Opasen is squirming around nicely.
Nogueira working Opasen over with strikes here.
Nogueira with good strikes from the mount here!
Nogueira in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nogueira avoids the attempt from Opasen to control.
Nogueira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Opasen?
Nogueira working the ground and pound effectively.
Nogueira lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Opasen! Nogueira sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Opasen and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira!
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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
RATING
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