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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Bracks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nadir comes to the cage accompanied by M.A.S.H Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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217 lbs
3 - 1 - 1 |
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187 cm
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205 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Good knees
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abed Nadir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Bracks!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadir moves into the clinch.
Bracks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nadir just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nadir throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nadir missing with knees to the body.
Nadir tries to land knees in the clinch but Bracks avoids the damage to the body.
Bracks jumps guard but Nadir turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nadir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bracks is trying to pull guard but Nadir has him pressed against the cage.
Abed Nadir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Bracks.
Nadir taking a breather.
Nadir missing with knees to the body.
Nadir missing with knees to the body.
Bracks jumps guard and drags Nadir to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bracks keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nadir lands a couple of digs.
Bracks is looking to stand up but Nadir isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nadir is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir tries to free his leg and advance position but Bracks is retaining full guard.
Nadir stands up over Bracks, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nadir scoring with some ground and pound.
Nadir gets to his feet. Bracks looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nadir throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nadir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bracks.
Nadir moves in looking to clinch but Bracks pushes him off.
Nadir throws a nice looking combination but Bracks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nadir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bracks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bracks shoots in for a takedown but Nadir shows good takedown defense.
Abed Nadir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bracks misses with a series of wild punches.
Nadir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nadir tries to clinch up.
Bracks takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bracks misses with a two punch combination.
Bracks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nadir.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bracks throws a series of punches but Nadir avoids them all with ease.
Bracks needs to keep his hands up - Nadir had a free shot at his head there.
Nadir fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bracks, pushing him back against the cage.
Nadir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nadir tries to land a knee to the head but Bracks blocks with his arms.
Nadir landing knees to the head.
Nadir misses with a knee to the head.
Nadir is stalling here.
Bracks managing to block the knees to the body from Nadir.
Nadir unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nadir landing knees to the head.
Bracks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nadir after a bit of a struggle.
Nadir misses with an elbow over the top.
Nadir misses with a knee to the head.
Bracks wants a takedown but no success here.
Nadir lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bracks drags the fight down to the ground.
Nadir trying to control but Bracks is working from the bottom.
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nadir lands a couple of digs.
Nadir won't allow Bracks to sweep him here.
Bracks has his foot on Nadir's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nadir works his way back into a safe position though.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nadir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nadir 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.
Bracks had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nadir defends it easily.
Bracks looks gassed!
Nadir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bracks works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bracks tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nadir wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nadir cracks Bracks with a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nadir cracks Bracks with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bracks tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nadir wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nadir cracks Bracks with a big right hand but Bracks just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nadir works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abed Nadir dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bracks jumps guard but Nadir stands there with Bracks around his waist. Bracks gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nadir tries a body shot but Bracks blocks it.
Nadir is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nadir misses with a knee strike.
Bracks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nadir obliges.
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!
Nadir is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nadir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bracks can do to turn this around?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nadir obliges.
Nadir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bracks takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nadir unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bracks is breathing heavily.
Nadir with a knee to the head.
Nadir with a knee to the head.
Abed Nadir has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bracks tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nadir just stands there and leans against the cage.
Abed Nadir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Bracks.
A knee to the head by Nadir.
Nadir using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bracks takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nadir content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nadir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nadir is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bracks is defending well for now.
Bracks tries to pull guard but Nadir holds him up against the cage and eventually Bracks drops back down to his feet.
Bracks is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nadir to keep the fight standing.
Nadir landing knees to the head.
Nadir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bracks blocks it with crossed arms.
Nadir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bracks tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nadir smiles and moves away.
Bracks tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nadir swivels and escapes.
Nadir wants to clinch.
Nadir swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bracks fails to land with a series of punches.
Bracks shoots in for a takedown but Nadir shows good takedown defense.
Nadir is looking to clinch but Bracks is avoiding it.
Nadir misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abed Nadir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nadir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nadir misses with a double jab.
Bracks throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nadir's waist but Nadir gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bracks off to one side.
Nadir clinches.
A short left from Nadir.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bracks is trying to pull guard but Nadir has him pressed against the cage.
Bracks jumps guard but Nadir stands there with Bracks around his waist. Bracks gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bracks fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bracks dodges an elbow strike from Nadir.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir scores with a knee to the head.
Bracks fails to pull guard.
Nadir putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bracks in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nadir taking a breather.
Nadir lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bracks backwards.
Nadir trying to land knees to the body.
Bracks tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bracks takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nadir landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nadir lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadir lands strikes from half guard.
Nadir passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Bracks!
Nadir with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir scoring with strikes but Bracks is staying in there.
Nadir lands a heavy elbow.
Nadir lands a heavy elbow.
Bracks is rocked!
Nadir trying to control but Bracks is having none of it.
Nadir dominating with strikes here.
Bracks is looking to get to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bracks can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nadir unloading with bombs!
Bracks is still in real trouble! Can Nadir finish him?
Nadir looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Bracks covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abed Nadir!
An out of breath Abed Nadir thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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