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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Cave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Felipe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cave comes to the cage accompanied by Me And The Devil. Felipe is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ain't That A Kick In The Head. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Cave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Felipe!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felipe throws a leg kick that misses.
Cave keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cave slaps away a takedown attempt from Felipe, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Felipe pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cave is out of range and Felipe settles back down.
Felipe pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cave is out of range and Felipe settles back down.
Felipe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nick Cave seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felipe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cave lands with a good body shot.
Cave throws a quick inside leg kick.
Felipe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Felipe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Felipe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cave throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Felipe throws a body kick that misses
and Cave counters with a straight right hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Felipe.
Cave misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felipe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cave manages to avoid it.
Cave fails to land with a series of punches.
Cave connects with a leg kick. Felipe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cave's corner calls for a 1-2. Cave obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cave connects with a looping right hand.
Cave ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Felipe moves away.
Cave blocks a head kick by Felipe.
Cave throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Felipe.
Cave keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Felipe.
Nick Cave is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cave fails to land with a series of punches.
Cave's jab looks to have found its range, popping Felipe under the eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cave thows a body shot but no joy.
Cave with a nice cross.
No luck for Felipe with that takedown attempt.
Nick Cave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Felipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cave lands a nice leg kick that just misses Felipe's sensitive parts.
Cave avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cave takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Felipe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cave.
Cave with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Felipe looks winded!
Cave tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cave darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cave tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy body kick from Felipe
and Cave counters with a nice low kick that buckles Felipe's knee momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cave, right into the meat.
Nice shot lands for Cave.
Cave misses with a lunging right hand
and Felipe counters with a good, hard body kick but Cave shrugs it off.
Cave connects with a jab.
Cave misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cave throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Felipe shoots in looking for a takedown but Cave manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Felipe's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Felipe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cave.
Cave stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cave lands a jab.
Felipe wants to land a leg kick but Cave is out of range.
Cave swings for the body but Felipe moves out of range.
Felipe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cave with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cave cracks a nice hook into Felipe's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Felipe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Felipe there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Mickey Felipe has been cut.
Cave fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Felipe.
Cave ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felipe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cave.
Good leg kick by Cave there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cave cracks Felipe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Felipe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Some bone on bone action there as Felipe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Felipe closes the distance but Cave moves to the side
and Cave counters with a stiff right hand.
Cave throws a shot to the body.
Felipe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Felipe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cave sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Felipe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Felipe avoids the body shot from Cave.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Felipe throws a push kick but Cave slaps the foot to one side.
Felipe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Felipe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Felipe there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Cave dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mickey Felipe's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cave.
Cave with a jab.
Cave avoids the body shot from Felipe.
Cave misses with a body shot.
Cave throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Felipe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cave tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cave misses with a shot to the body
and Felipe counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cave!
Felipe controlling the position easily from mount.
Cave on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cave tries to get out of the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mickey Felipe wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice straight punches there by Cave. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cave.
Cave with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Felipe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Felipe is breathing heavily.
Cave swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cave, right into the meat.
Felipe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cave.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Felipe shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cave but Cave pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Felipe throws out a loose jab but Cave uses good head movement to avoid it.
Felipe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nick Cave is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cave looks to score with a jab to the body but Felipe is just out of range.
Cave tries a head kick but it misses.
Felipe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good work by Felipe as he checks the leg kick.
Felipe looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cave working a defensive guard here.
Cave pulls Felipe in close to his closed guard and prevents Felipe from doing any damage or advancing position.
Felipe slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cave tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Felipe wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cave can't do much from the bottom here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Felipe in side control, just content to control the action for now.
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 Cave will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mickey Felipe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Cave throws a body punch but Felipe moves out of range.
Cave lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cave motions for Felipe to come forward. Cave throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cave throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Felipe.
Cave scores with a body shot.
Felipe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cave's sensitive parts.
Felipe shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cave pinned against the cage. Cave gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Felipe looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sloppy strikes from Felipe. Those never looked like landing.
Felipe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cave thows a body shot but no joy.
Felipe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cave moves away.
Felipe wants to clinch.
Felipe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cave misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Felipe.
Felipe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cave is looking to wear down Felipe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Felipe tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cave sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Felipe somewhat.
Nick Cave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Felipe.
Cave lands a jab to the nose.
Cave fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Felipe manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cave.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Cave. No joy for Felipe on that attempt.
Felipe on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cave will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cave misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cave. Felipe shrugs it off though.
Felipe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cave throws a leg kick but Felipe moved away.
Cave scores with a hook to the body. Felipe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cave throws a right hand that Felipe ducks under and follows up with a left that Felipe also avoids with ease.
Cave tries to bum rush Felipe with a series of wild strikes but Felipe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cave lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cave lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cave is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Felipe can do to turn this around?
Cave works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felipe avoids the body shot from Cave.
Cave lands a head shot.
Felipe throws a body kick that misses
and Cave counters with a slapping leg kick.
Donk. Cave catches Felipe right on the button with a cross.
Felipe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cave punishes Felipe's body with a nice straight punch.
Felipe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cave with a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Felipe.
Jab by Cave.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cave lands a lovely overhand right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cave. That's going to slow Felipe down.
A good leg kick by Cave.
Nick Cave is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cave smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mickey Felipe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A leg kick checked by Felipe.
Cave throws a quick inside leg kick.
Felipe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Felipe throws a body punch but Cave moves out of range.
Cave connects with a body shot that sends Felipe's belly button to the back.
Felipe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Felipe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cave lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cave pivots, looking for a leg kick but Felipe is out of range and Cave settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Felipe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cave thuds a left hand into Felipe's body.
Cave connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Cave showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cave, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Cave!
Nick Cave really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Ultimate Fighting Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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