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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Nix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conan Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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164 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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186 cm
28
160 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Nix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nix blocks a low kick nicely.
Nix checks a leg kick nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Nix. Those never looked like landing.
Nix lands a two punch combo.
Balboa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Balboa throws a low kick but Nix avoids it.
Nix darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Balboa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Balboa throws a low kick but Nix avoids it.
A big right from Nix misses.
Balboa throws a chopping leg kick but Nix manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Balboa feints and then cracks Nix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nix down.
Balboa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nix as he jumps to the side.
Nix fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balboa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nix defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Balboa.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Balboa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nix checks it well.
Balboa tries a low kick but Nix avoids it.
Nix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balboa moves away.
Nix lands a two punch combo.
Nix avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balboa looks winded!
Balboa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Balboa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nix pushes Balboa up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Balboa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Balboa missing with knees to the body.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.
Nix works on Balboa's body with a couple of short punches.
Nix lands a left hand.
Balboa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Nix has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Nix.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nix is looking to break free of the clinch but Balboa has double underhooks.
Nix avoiding damage as Balboa throws knees to the body.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Nix lands a shoulder strike.
Balboa tries to break free but Nix pushes him back against the cage.
Nix digs a right hand into Balboa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balboa's gas tank.
A left hand lands to the body for Nix.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Nix won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Balboa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nix is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nix holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nix makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nix lands a body punch in the clinch.
Balboa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Balboa tries to circle away but Nix has him pinned against the cage.
Nix wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nix pushes Balboa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Nix.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nix creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nix lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balboa or not.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Balboa keeps control of Nix as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nix pushes Balboa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nix keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Balboa's efforts to push away.
Nix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balboa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nix lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Nix scores with a nice short uppercut.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Nix has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nix is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Nix's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nix stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Balboa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nix scores with a shoulder strike.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Nix scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.
A left hand lands to the body for Nix.
Nix has Balboa pressed against the cage, preventing Balboa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right handed body shot lands from Nix.
Nix is trying to force a seperation but Balboa has the dominant position.
Nix presses Balboa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Balboa has Nix pressed against the cage, preventing Nix from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balboa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nix is working Balboa over against the cage.
Nix presses Balboa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Balboa is trying to push Nix away but Nix has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nix works on Balboa's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hakeem Nix dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A punch combination from Nix misses.
Conan Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balboa misses with a straight right.
Nix moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nix scores with a jab to the head.
Balboa is rocked!
Nix swinging wildly here.
Balboa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
Nix connects with the punch.
Balboa is still on wobbly legs! Can Nix finish him?
Balboa connects with an inside leg kick.
Nix walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Balboa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Nix swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Balboa's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hakeem Nix!
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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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