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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Nikkoms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Lerna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Nikkoms has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Victor Nikkoms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randy Lerna!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikkoms bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lerna's head.
Lerna looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
It looks like Randy Lerna has been cut.
Nikkoms drops Lerna with a right and a left! Nikkoms comes rushing in but Lerna regains his composure and manages to keep Nikkoms in guard.
Lerna is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nikkoms wanted to stand there but Lerna had control of the position.
Lerna is still in real trouble! Can Nikkoms finish him?
Nikkoms is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Lerna is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Lerna has escaped and now he's on top!
Nikkoms isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lerna stacks Nikkoms on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lerna!
Lerna seems to have recovered his senses.
Nikkoms is trying to improve his position.
Nikkoms sneaks back into half guard.
Nikkoms wants to improve his position but Lerna is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikkoms is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lerna pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lerna stops Nikkoms from getting back to his feet.
Nikkoms wants to improve his position but Lerna is controlling well.
Lerna looks gassed!
Nikkoms is trying to stand back up but Lerna is controlling him
Nikkoms is looking for a sweep. Lerna is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lerna trying to control the action but Nikkoms is working from the bottom.
Nikkoms is looking for a sweep. Lerna is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nikkoms is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lerna pulls his head out easily.
Lerna wants to take a breather but Nikkoms is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikkoms looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nikkoms is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lerna pulls his head out easily.
Lerna gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Nikkoms's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nikkoms duly obliges.
Lerna moves into the clinch.
Lerna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice sprawl there from Nikkoms as Lerna shoots in.
Nikkoms will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nikkoms.
Nikkoms throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lerna.
Nikkoms is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Victor Nikkoms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nikkoms works over Lerna's head and body with a nice combination.
Nikkoms cracks Lerna with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lerna is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lerna wants to clinch up but Nikkoms keeps it at a distance.
Nikkoms lands a really nice looking cross but Lerna seems unphased.
Lerna needs to keep his hands up - Nikkoms had a free shot at his head there.
Nikkoms lands a jab to the head.
Nikkoms throws a shot to the body.
Lerna drives through with a takedown into Nikkoms's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Nikkoms is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nikkoms looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Nikkoms is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lerna doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nikkoms.
Nikkoms is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lerna looking for submissions off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nikkoms connects with a nice short shot to Lerna's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Nikkoms dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Lerna's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nikkoms lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lerna at a distance.
Nikkoms punishes Lerna's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice straight punches there by Nikkoms. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nikkoms.
Victor Nikkoms is winning the standup battle so far.
Nikkoms scores with a hook to the body. Lerna takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nikkoms tests Lerna's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nikkoms works the jab nicely.
Oooh a lovely combination from Nikkoms sends Lerna down but not out. Nikkoms dives into side control looking to finish.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nikkoms working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nikkoms is trying to get an arm triangle but Lerna is defending well.
Lerna is looking for a sweep.
Victor Nikkoms overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikkoms tries for a kimura but Lerna is defending well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lerna can do anything to dispel that myth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nikkoms has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Lerna!
Nikkoms wants to finish this one by submission but Lerna is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Nikkoms.
Nikkoms stands up from mount. Strange move.
Nikkoms lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lerna backs up against the cage.
Victor Nikkoms is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nikkoms lands with a good body shot.
Some wild striking there from Nikkoms.
Nikkoms digs a good hook to Lerna's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikkoms scores with a nice strike.
Nikkoms shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lerna eats them both and turns towards Nikkoms to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lerna closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Nikkoms quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nikkoms wants to get back to his feet.
Lerna is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Nikkoms trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Nikkoms throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Nikkoms manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikkoms is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lerna pulls his head out easily.
Lerna stands up from half guard.
Lerna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nikkoms.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nikkoms.
Lerna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nikkoms connects with a body shot.
Nikkoms throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lerna on the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Nikkoms - just one landing.
Nice sprawl there from Nikkoms as Lerna shoots in.
Nikkoms is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lerna can do to turn this around?
Nikkoms moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lerna takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lerna will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nikkoms throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lerna dodges the punch combination from Nikkoms.
Some wild striking there from Nikkoms.
Lerna has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice sprawl there from Nikkoms as Lerna shoots in.
Victor Nikkoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Lerna.
Nikkoms wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nikkoms stuns Lerna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nikkoms throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lerna counters with a shoot takedown. Nikkoms fights it but they end up in guard.
Nikkoms is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Nikkoms dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Lerna's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Lerna tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lerna shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nikkoms lands with a nice combination. Lerna backs away looking to recover.
Nikkoms blocks the body kick.
Nice combo by Nikkoms! Oh, that's hurt him - Lerna falls to the canvas and Nikkoms follows him into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nikkoms decides to stand up, so the ref orders Lerna to his feet.
Nikkoms lands with a hook. Lerna tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A punch combination from Nikkoms misses.
Lerna takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nikkoms lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nikkoms.
Nikkoms bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lerna walks into a straight right hand from Nikkoms.
Lerna pushes Nikkoms up against the cage in a clinch.
Lerna fails to pull guard.
Lerna looking for a takedown.
Victor Nikkoms has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Lerna.
Nikkoms is trying to break free.
Nikkoms can't break the clinch.
Lerna has Nikkoms pressed against the cage, preventing Nikkoms from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nikkoms tries to break the clinch but Lerna is controlling the position.
Nikkoms tries to break the clinch but Lerna is controlling the position.
Lerna has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nikkoms is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nikkoms is trying to break the clinch but Lerna has him pressed against the cage.
Nikkoms has had enough of the clinch but Lerna keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Nikkoms's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lerna pulls guard successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lerna preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lerna throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Nikkoms would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Nikkoms drops back, looking for a kneebar! Lerna looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Lerna looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Lerna!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nikkoms struggling a bit here.
Nikkoms wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikkoms tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nikkoms is working hard here to advance position.
Nikkoms looking for a sweep but Lerna has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Nikkoms tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nikkoms looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Nikkoms can't escape the position.
Lerna working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Victor Nikkoms is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikkoms trying to control the action but Lerna just sinks the hooks in.
Nikkoms is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Nikkoms just trying to survive but Lerna is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Nikkoms breaks Lerna's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Lerna controls Nikkoms momentarily but Nikkoms frees himself.
Lerna wants to get back to his feet but Nikkoms is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nikkoms trying to control the position from guard on top but Lerna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Nikkoms showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nikkoms has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Nikkoms!
Victor Nikkoms decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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