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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Estafire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Nova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Estafire comes to the cage accompanied by Guerilla Radio/Rage Against the Machine. Nick Nova is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rocky Estafire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Nova!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estafire moves into range and clinches up with Nova.
Estafire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nova backwards.
Nova lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Estafire backwards.
Nova looking to stall.
Estafire misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nova.
Nova wants to break the clinch but can't.
Estafire makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Estafire escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nova shoots in looking for a takedown. Estafire tries to sprawl out of it but Nova keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Estafire manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nova fails to land with a series of punches.
Estafire misses with a two punch combination.
Nova looks to land a body kick but Estafire moved away.
Nova shoots in but Estafire avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Estafire misses with a jab, cross combination.
Estafire throws a head kick but Nova moves out of range.
Nova dodges the punch combination from Estafire.
Estafire rushes Nova and presses him up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Estafire takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nova wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Estafire has him pressed against the cage.
Estafire throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nova blocks it with crossed arms.
Estafire escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Estafire keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nova on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Estafire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nova tries to clinch but Estafire is having none of it.
Nova is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Estafire tries to clinch but Nova is having none of it.
Nova shoots for a takedown but Estafire saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rocky Estafire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Nova.
Nova looks gassed!
Estafire stalks Nova and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nova's face. Nova staggers backwards, shaken.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Estafire, as that shot connected.
Nova dodges the punch combination from Estafire.
Nova gets the takedown into side control.
Estafire manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Estafire not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Estafire wants to take a breather but Nova is having none of it.
Estafire working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nova is refusing to be controlled, as Estafire sits in half guard.
Estafire prevents Nova from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nova is staying active underneath Estafire, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nova tries to get to full guard but Estafire has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Estafire forces Nova back against the cage and clinches.
Estafire misses with a knee to the head.
Estafire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nova breaks the clinch.
Estafire keeps the fight on the outside.
A left and a right from Estafire both land. Nice combination.
Nova shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Estafire clinches up against the cage.
Nova scores with a shot to the side of Estafire's head.
Nova jumps guard and drags Estafire to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nova wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Nova 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.
Estafire postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estafire preventing the sweep.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nova trying to control the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Estafire!
Nova shoots in for a double leg but Estafire sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nova closes the distance and clinches up with Estafire, looking for a takedown. Nova pushes Estafire against the cage but Estafire circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nova tries to clinch up but Estafire circles away and keeps his distance.
Estafire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nova paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Estafire slips a jab and a cross from Nova.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Estafire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nova is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Estafire gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Estafire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nova lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nova is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nova escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Estafire misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nova fails with the takedown.
Nova throws a series of punches but Estafire moves out of range.
Nova wants to clinch up but Estafire keeps it at a distance.
Nova moves into the clinch.
Estafire breaks the clinch.
Estafire misses with a double jab
and Nova counters with a thumping low kick.
Nova shoots in but no luck this time.
Estafire scores with a nice head shot.
Estafire lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nova backs up against the cage.
Nova is rocked!
Estafire swinging wilding here.
Nova is still on wobbly legs! Can Estafire finish him?
Estafire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nova counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nova is taking a breather. Estafire says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Estafire has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nova is working away from the top position though.
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 Rocky Estafire will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nova shoots in but Estafire avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nova seems to have recovered his senses.
Estafire lands with a hook. Nova tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Estafire throws a combination. Nova tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Estafire shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nova as he avoids it easily.
Estafire closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nova to the mat! Nova manages to get full guard.
Estafire is in close to Nova's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Estafire throws and elbow that misses. Nova uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Estafire's guard. Nice move by Nova!
Estafire keeping moving, preventing Nova from controlling successfully.
Nova won't allow Estafire to get back to his feet.
Nova slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Estafire wants to improve his position but Nova is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nova wants to control but Estafire is keeping him busy.
Estafire is trying to stand.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nova gets a takedown into half guard.
Estafire is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estafire is working hard here to advance position.
Estafire manages to get to full guard.
Estafire is looking to sweep but instead, Nova has passed into half guard.
Nova prevents Estafire from improving his position.
Nova decides to return to a standing position.
Estafire tries to clinch up.
Nova fails to land the takedown.
Estafire throws a series of punches but Nova avoids them all with ease.
Nova wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estafire throws a head kick that Nova semi-blocks.
Nova doesn't manage to clinch there - Estafire circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nova.
Rocky Estafire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Nova.
Estafire misses with a double jab.
Nova throws a half hearted mid kick.
Estafire shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Estafire was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nova can't escape the position.
Nova manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nova slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Estafire works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Estafire is taking a breather. Nova says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nova is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Estafire's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Estafire's back!
Nick Nova has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nova really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Estafire.
Estafire tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Estafire regains half guard.
Estafire has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nova is working away from the top position though.
Nova is pressing down on Estafire's thigh, looking to free his foot. Estafire is holding on for now.
Estafire moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Estafire dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nova keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nova looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Estafire moves into the clinch.
Estafire is looking to break free of the clinch but Nova has double underhooks.
Estafire is trying to maintain a safe position but Nova gets an underhook and turns Estafire into the cage.
Estafire pushes Nova back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nova is working for takedown but Estafire is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nova jumps into guard, dragging Estafire to the mat.
Estafire cracks Nova with a solid left hand.
Estafire lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nova looking for a sweep. Not yet Nova, not yet.
Estafire is pushing down on Nova's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nova is fighting to maintain full guard but Estafire has managed to sneak the leg through.
Estafire stops Nova from getting back to his feet.
Estafire trying to control the action but Nova is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nova manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estafire trying to control the position from guard on top but Nova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nova is on top in guard.
Nova preventing the sweep.
Estafire wants to hit a switch here but Nova passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Estafire there!
Nova landing strikes from the mount.
Estafire is trying to escape the mount.
Estafire wants to control but Nova is having none of it.
Estafire is desperately trying to improve his position but Nova has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nova looking to ground and pound but Estafire is blocking nicely.
Nova looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nova throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Estafire tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Estafire holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nova tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nova looking to finish Estafire with some ground and pound. This is bad for Estafire!
Nova throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Estafire because Nova loaded up on that one.
Estafire is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nova is working for a guillotine from mount but Estafire frees his head quite easily.
Nova throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nova looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Nova connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Estafire tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Estafire throwing hammer fists to the chest of Nova. What's that going to do exactly?
Estafire tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nova throwing strikes here but Estafire is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Nova throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Estafire is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nova breaks from Estafire's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nova looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Estafire is desperately trying to improve his position but Nova has a good base and remains in mount.
Nova unloads with some shots from mount but Estafire bucks and avoids them well.
Estafire swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Estafire is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nova looking to finish with strikes here!
Estafire is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Estafire is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nick Nova has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Nova comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Estafire has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Nick Nova!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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