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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachariah Nembia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gustavsson comes to the cage accompanied by nate dogg - regulators. Nembia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bankrobber by The Clash kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Gustavsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Zachariah Nembia!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustavsson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gustavsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gustavsson misses with a two punch combination.
Nembia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gustavsson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nembia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gustavsson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nembia. Nembia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gustavsson throws a push kick but Nembia slaps the foot to one side.
Gustavsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nembia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gustavsson connects with a jab.
Nembia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gustavsson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nembia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nembia closes the distance and clinches.
Gustavsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nembia keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gustavsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nembia won't allow it.
Nembia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nembia stalling in the clinch but Gustavsson improves position.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Nembia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nembia scores with a knee to the head.
Nembia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nembia leaning against his opponent.
Nembia prevents Gustavsson from breaking the clinch.
Nembia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nembia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nembia crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
Nembia is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gustavsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nembia won't allow it.
Gustavsson is breathing heavily.
Nembia landing knees to the body.
Nembia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nembia scores with a knee to the head.
Nembia has Gustavsson pushed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nembia.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch but Nembia keeps him there for the moment.
Nembia lands a nice knee to the body.
Nembia with a knee to the head.
Nembia's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nembia crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.
Nembia connects with a knee to the head.
Nembia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nembia lands a nice knee to the body.
Gustavsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nembia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nembia scores a nice knee to the body.
Nembia leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nembia stalling in the clinch but Gustavsson improves position.
Gustavsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nembia has him pressed against the cage.
Nembia keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gustavsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nembia won't allow it.
Nembia missing with knees to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Nembia has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nembia keeps control of Gustavsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gustavsson is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson is trying to break free.
Gustavsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nembia has him pressed against the cage.
Gustavsson wants to break free but Nembia has control.
Gustavsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Nembia has double underhooks.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Nembia has him pressed against the cage.
Gustavsson breaks the clinch.
Gustavsson darts in and clinches Nembia up against the cage.
Gustavsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gustavsson managing to block the knees to the body from Nembia.
Gustavsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Nembia has double underhooks.
Gustavsson breaks from the clinch.
Gustavsson throws a head kick that misses.
Gustavsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nembia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gustavsson looks to clinch
and Nembia holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knees to the body from Nembia.
Gustavsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nembia avoiding damage.
Nembia looking to throw knees to the head but Gustavsson is blocking nicely.
Gustavsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gustavsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Nembia won't allow it.
Nembia lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nembia lands an elbow that stopped Gustavsson in his tracks for a moment.
Gustavsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nembia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nembia landing knees to the body.
Nembia with a knee to the head.
Gustavsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nembia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nembia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Nembia has him pressed against the cage.
Nembia wants to stall.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.
Nembia misses with a knee to the head.
Gustavsson is trying to break the clinch but Nembia has him pressed against the cage.
Gustavsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nembia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.
Nembia is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gustavsson breaks from the clinch.
Nembia misses the body punch
and Gustavsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Gustavsson throws a head kick but Nembia moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zachariah Nembia dominated that round.
That's time! Gustavsson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A head kick misses from Gustavsson.
A swing and a miss from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nembia.
Gustavsson throws a right hand that Nembia ducks under and follows up with a left that Nembia also avoids with ease.
Nembia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nembia avoids the head kick by Gustavsson.
Alexander Gustavsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gustavsson scores with a head kick.
Gustavsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nembia manages to avoid it.
Nembia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gustavsson doesn't seem bothered though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nembia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick by Gustavsson misses
and Nembia counters with a nice body kick.
Nembia tries a head kick but it misses.
Alexander Gustavsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nembia throws a body kick that misses.
Gustavsson misses with a leg kick
and Nembia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gustavsson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nembia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gustavsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nembia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gustavsson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gustavsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nembia throws a head kick that misses.
Gustavsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gustavsson lands with a nice combination. Nembia backs away looking to recover.
Nembia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gustavsson throws an overhand right that lands on Nembia's shoulder, as Nembia tries to avoid the shot.
Gustavsson looks to land a combination but Nembia avoids it well.
Nembia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Alexander Gustavsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nembia takes a jab right on the kisser.
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!
A decent looking cross lands there for Gustavsson.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Nembia.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch but Nembia keeps him there for the moment.
Gustavsson has had enough of the clinch but Nembia keeps him there for the moment.
Gustavsson tries to break the clinch but Nembia is controlling the position.
Nembia lands a knee to the head.
Nembia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Nembia.
Gustavsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Nembia has double underhooks.
Nembia crunches a lovely knee into Gustavsson's ribcage.
Nembia tries to land knees in the clinch but Gustavsson avoids the damage to the body.
Nembia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gustavsson.
Nembia stalling in the clinch.
Gustavsson managing to block the knees to the body from Nembia.
Zachariah Nembia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nembia scores with a knee to the head.
Gustavsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nembia prevents Gustavsson from breaking the clinch.
Nembia stalling.
Nembia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nembia lands a high kick!
Nice jab there from Gustavsson.
Nembia rushes Gustavsson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gustavsson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gustavsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Nembia.
Nembia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Nembia - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gustavsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nembia has him pressed against the cage.
Nembia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gustavsson can't break the clinch.
Gustavsson tries to break the clinch but Nembia is controlling the position.
Nembia lands a damaging elbow.
Gustavsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gustavsson avoiding damage as Nembia throws knees to the body.
Gustavsson breaks the clinch.
A lazy body kick from Nembia
and Gustavsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson thuds a left hand into Nembia's body.
Nembia looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gustavsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nembia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gustavsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gustavsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gustavsson misses with an uppercut.
Gustavsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nembia scores with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gustavsson misses the body punch
and Nembia counters with a big head kick but Gustavsson shrugs it off.
Nembia looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nembia.
A low kick from Gustavsson misses
and Nembia counters with a leg kick.
Nembia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Gustavsson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gustavsson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gustavsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nembia counters with a solid body kick.
Gustavsson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nembia.
Gustavsson throws a sloppy head kick
and Nembia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gustavsson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gustavsson drops Nembia with a beautiful combination! Nembia stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gustavsson is looking for the KO!
Nembia is rocked!
It looks like Zachariah Nembia has been cut.
Gustavsson drops Nembia with a big left hand! Nembia is injured, injured bad! Gustavsson jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Gustavsson!
Alexander Gustavsson retains his light heavyweight title!
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