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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fjodor Fedja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quick comes to the cage accompanied by Indestructible, by Disturbed. Fedja is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK . This should be fireworks!
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210 lbs
18 - 18 - 0 |
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215 lbs
22 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
18 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Quick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Fjodor Fedja!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedja misses the shot to the body.
Quick looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fedja is fending him off so far but Quick persists. Nope, Fedja circles away and we're back to standing.
Fedja misses with an uppercut
and Quick counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fedja!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Quick wants to control the pace but Fedja is squirming around nicely.
Fedja is trying to escape the mount.
Quick is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Fedja can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fedja tries to hold on but Quick pushes him away.
Quick has hold of Fedja's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Fedja manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Quick jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Fedja is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Fedja and Quick has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Quick sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Fedja is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedja is trying to get back to half guard.
Fedja is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Quick is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fedja has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fedja is trying to get back to his feet.
Fedja is looking for a sweep.
Quick avoids the strikes from the bottom by Fedja.
Fedja is looking for a sweep.
Quick is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fedja is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fedja wants to get back to his feet but Quick drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedja takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fedja is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Quick stands up.
Quick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fedja, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fedja wants the takedown. Quick is fighting it off but Fedja persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Quick's guard against the cage.
Fedja decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Quick will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fedja misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedja gets tackled into the cage by Quick. Quick maintains the clinch.
Fedja wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quick has him pressed against the cage.
Fedja breaks the clinch.
Fedja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quick forces Fedja back against the cage and clinches.
Fedja has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fedja pulls guard.
Fedja looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fedja keeping moving, preventing Quick from controlling successfully.
Fedja escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Quick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Quick decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedja lands a jab to the nose.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fedja on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quick feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fedja working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Quick has passed into half guard!
Quick is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fedja defends it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quick is trying to work for a kimura but Fedja is defending well.
Quick prevents Fedja from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Quick dominated that round.
That's time! Quick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Quick with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fedja counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick slips a jab from Fedja.
Quick clinches up against the cage.
Fedja ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Fedja no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Quick trying to control but Fedja is working from the bottom.
Nick Quick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fedja throws his legs up looking for a submission but Quick uses it to pass to side control.
Quick thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fedja is looking to reverse the position.
Quick stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Fedja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick takes a swing at Fedja's ribcage but misses.
Nick Quick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fedja sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quick somewhat.
Fedja looks to score with a jab to the body but Quick is just out of range.
Quick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fedja sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quick somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Quick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedja wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fedja tries to pull guard but Quick forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Quick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fedja backwards.
Fedja tries to pull guard but Quick forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Quick blocking some punches.
Fedja has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fedja can't get the takedown.
Quick scores with a shoulder strike.
Fedja tries for a takedown but Quick manages to get underhooks.
Quick breaks the clinch.
Fedja connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Quick momentarily.
Fedja on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fedja gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Quick has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Fedja is trying to keep an underhook but Quick manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Quick seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fedja does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fedja looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Quick postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Fedja to stand up.
Quick forces Fedja back against the cage and clinches.
Quick successfully pulls guard.
Fedja looking to pass the guard.
Quick pulls Fedja in close to prevent any damage.
Quick is trying to control the position but Fedja postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Quick is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Quick is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fedja throwing strikes but missing.
Fedja decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Quick, up you get!
Fedja thuds his right hand into Quick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fedja darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fedja closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
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 Nick Quick will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Fedja scores with a jab. Quick acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Quick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fedja.
Fedja works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fedja swings for the body but Quick moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Quick.
Fedja misses with a straight right.
Fedja misses with a right hand
and Quick counters with a left to the body.
Fedja misses the body punch
and Quick counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quick stands and throws Fedja's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Quick wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fedja, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedja can't do much from the bottom here.
Quick wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fedja, who protects the arm well.
Fedja taking a bit of punishment here - Quick scoring with strikes.
Quick tries for a kimura but Fedja is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quick tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Quick working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Fedja's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Quick trying to control the position but Fedja is working away.
Quick thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Quick tries for a kimura but Fedja is defending well.
Fedja gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedja is trying to stand.
Fedja looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Quick takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fedja keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fedja slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fedja working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Quick doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Quick manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fedja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fedja looking for subs off his back but Quick has passed one foot through into half guard.
Quick is trying to control the action in half guard but Fedja is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick trying to pass the guard but Fedja defending well.
Fedja pushes Quick off looking to stand but Quick dives back in and keeps control.
Quick trying to mount his opponent but Fedja defends it.
Fedja looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Quick seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Fedja is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Nick Quick!
Nick Quick retains his light heavyweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Nick Quick waved his t-shirt featuring Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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