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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mick Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Longobardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Be Touched. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mick Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicolas Longobardo!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Longobardo's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Longobardo pulls Robinson in to control the position.
Longobardo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Robinson stopping the sweep attempt from Longobardo.
Robinson with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longobardo keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Robinson shoots for a takedown but Longobardo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Robinson shoots in but Longobardo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Longobardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson misses with a takedown
and Longobardo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mick Robinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Robinson is breathing heavily.
Longobardo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robinson avoids it.
Longobardo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Longobardo lands an elbow just above Robinson 's eye.
Robinson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson jumps guard but Longobardo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Longobardo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Robinson up against the cage.
Robinson working hard to break the clinch.
Longobardo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Longobardo gets underhooks to prevent Robinson's takedown attempt.
Longobardo pulls guard.
Longobardo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Longobardo controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Longobardo might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Nicolas Longobardo wasn't active enough on the ground.
Longobardo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Robinson.
Robinson misses with a leg kick.
Longobardo drives through and clinches with Robinson against the cage.
Longobardo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robinson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Longobardo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
Longobardo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Longobardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolas Longobardo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Longobardo throws a head kick that misses.
Mick Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Longobardo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Longobardo throws a leg kick which misses Robinson's front leg but catches the back leg as Robinson tries to avoid it.
Longobardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Robinson circles away.
Longobardo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robinson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robinson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Longobardo bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Longobardo rushes Robinson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Longobardo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Longobardo taking a breather.
Robinson tries to break free but Longobardo pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longobardo jumps guard and drags Robinson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Longobardo scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Longobardo delivers a nice body kick.
Longobardo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Robinson was covering up waiting for the punch and Longobardo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Robinson can't keep his opponent in guard - Longobardo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Longobardo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longobardo passes to side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Longobardo is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Robinson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Robinson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Robinson tries to get out of the position.
Let's hope that Longobardo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longobardo scores with a couple of short elbows.
Longobardo stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Robinson keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Longobardo stalling against the cage.
Robinson avoids the elbow strike from Longobardo, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longobardo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Robinson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Robinson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Come on Longobardo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Longobardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robinson.
Longobardo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Longobardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolas Longobardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Longobardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck for Robinson with that takedown attempt.
Longobardo keeps Robinson at a distance using the push kick.
Robinson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Longobardo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Longobardo thuds his shin into the meat of Robinson's side.
Longobardo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Longobardo is taking a breather. Robinson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Longobardo stands up from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longobardo is looking to clinch.
Longobardo wants to clinch.
Longobardo looks to land a combination. Robinson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Robinson stuffs the takedown.
Longobardo connects with a high kick.
Longobardo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Longobardo trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longobardo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Robinson's defenses.
Longobardo leaning against his opponent.
Longobardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Robinson avoids the damage to the body.
Longobardo blocking some punches.
Longobardo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nicolas Longobardo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Robinson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Longobardo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Longobardo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mick Robinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Longobardo landing knees to the body.
Longobardo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A bit of stalling here from Longobardo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nicolas Longobardo.
Longobardo gets a clinch.
Robinson is looking for a takedown.
Longobardo manages to pull guard.
Longobardo is adopting a defensive guard.
Longobardo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mick Robinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Longobardo moves into full mount! Robinson won't be happy about that!
And that's the end of the fight!
Nicolas Longobardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Longobardo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicolas Longobardo!
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