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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eildon Heap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Montgomery Nagendra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nagendra has chosen Mozart - Lacrimosa as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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220 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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225 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Eildon Heap!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Montgomery Nagendra!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heap has managed to clinch.
Nagendra tries to pull guard but Heap holds him up against the cage and eventually Nagendra drops back down to his feet.
Heap unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Heap comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Montgomery Nagendra has been cut.
Heap prevents a takedown attempt there.
Heap unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nagendra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heap is pushing Nagendra up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Heap landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heap lands a knee to the head.
Heap is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice elbow from Heap.
Nagendra breaks from the clinch.
Heap closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Heap creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heap throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heap is struggling to control the position.
Heap creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nagendra's defenses.
Heap is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Eildon Heap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Montgomery Nagendra.
Nagendra wants to take the fight to the mat but Heap manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nagendra tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Heap smiles and moves away.
Eildon Heap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Heap enables Nagendra to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Heap manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Nagendra loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nagendra throwing strikes but missing.
Nagendra lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagendra wants to pass the guard but Heap is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagendra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Heap preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nagendra has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nagendra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagendra tries to free his leg and advance position but Heap is retaining full guard.
Nagendra is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra tries to free his leg and advance position but Heap is retaining full guard.
Nagendra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Heap works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nagendra slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nagendra misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nagendra looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Heap knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nagendra on the ground.
Nagendra thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra working the ground and pound.
Nagendra creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nagendra misses with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nagendra tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nagendra has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heap struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Montgomery Nagendra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Montgomery Nagendra'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.
Nagendra throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Heap's waist but Heap gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nagendra off to one side.
Heap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagendra misses with a takedown attempt - Heap sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Heap slaps away a takedown attempt from Nagendra, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Eildon Heap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Montgomery Nagendra.
Nagendra shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Heap defends it nicely.
Heap tries to close the distance and clinch but Nagendra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heap wants to clinch
and Nagendra counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Heap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heap throws a combination that misses
and Nagendra counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nagendra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nagendra wants to control from the top but Heap keeps moving.
Nagendra lands a couple of digs.
Nagendra landing with the ground and pound.
Heap utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nagendra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagendra working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra throws a big elbow that misses.
Nagendra is looking to work some ground and pound but Heap has wrist control.
Nagendra throwing strikes from guard but Heap blocks nicely.
Nagendra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nagendra content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nagendra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Heap avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Heap keeping full guard, as Nagendra tries to pass.
Nagendra thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nagendra in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nagendra throws a big right hand that misses.
Heap avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagendra trying to control the position from guard on top but Heap is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Montgomery Nagendra has got the better of the ground game so far.
Heap pulls Nagendra in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra landing some decent shots from guard.
Nagendra postures up in Heap's guard and throws a big left but Heap blocks it.
Nagendra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Heap works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Heap preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nagendra wants to control from the top but Heap keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nagendra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagendra wants to control from the top but Heap keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Montgomery Nagendra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Montgomery Nagendra'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.
Heap gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Heap keeping moving, preventing Nagendra from controlling successfully.
Nagendra scoring with punches to the head and body.
Heap utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nagendra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Heap works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Heap avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagendra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagendra tries to free his leg and advance position but Heap is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heap can't keep his opponent in guard - Nagendra advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nagendra is keen to just control but Heap is a slippery customer.
Nagendra missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Heap keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nagendra in particular looking to stall.
Nagendra is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Heap avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagendra.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Heap does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nagendra not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nagendra is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Nagendra seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nagendra is working for a submission of some sort.
Nagendra missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Heap doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nagendra.
Nagendra with the ground and pound but Heap uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Heap working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nagendra.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Heap looking to control.
Heap avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagendra with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagendra forces his way into half guard.
Nagendra in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Heap tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Nagendra!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Montgomery Nagendra!
Montgomery Nagendra is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Montgomery Nagendra waved his t-shirt featuring Brute'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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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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