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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pat Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Nitschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pat Small!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Damian Nitschke!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small throws a right hand that Nitschke ducks under and follows up with a left that Nitschke also avoids with ease.
Pat Small seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Small on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nitschke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Small.
Small scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nitschke doesn't seem bothered though.
Small throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Small avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nitschke throws a looping overhand right but Small ducks down to avoid it.
Small slips under a jab.
Small looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nitschke is looking to clinch.
Nitschke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Small.
Nitschke lands an overhand right.
Nitschke moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Small wants to slow Nitschke down by chopping away at his legs.
Nitschke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Small sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nitschke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Small with a hook.
It looks like Damian Nitschke has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nitschke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Small.
Pat Small is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitschke lands with an overhand left.
A telegraphed right hand from Small misses the target.
Small lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nitschke slips a jab from Small.
Small lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nitschke at a distance.
Nitschke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nitschke lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nitschke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Small manages to avoid it.
Nitschke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Small.
Small lands a nice shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Small. Nitschke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Small.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Small swings for the body but Nitschke moves out of range.
Jab from Nitschke.
Small takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Small tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Nitschke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nitschke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nitschke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nitschke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Small.
Small lands a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Small. Nitschke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Small looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Small on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nitschke lands an overhand right.
Decent striking displayed by Small there.
Nitschke lands a jab to Small's midsection.
Small takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nitschke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nitschke misses with a looping right.
Small throws a hook but Nitschke blocks it.
Small tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Nitschke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Small. Nitschke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nitschke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nitschke has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Small on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nitschke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nitschke throws a looping overhand right but Small ducks down to avoid it.
Small ducks under a wild hook from Nitschke.
Nitschke moves into the clinch successfully.
Small tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nitschke prevents Small from breaking the clinch.
Nitschke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nitschke can't find room to land a body shot as Small controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Nitschke.
Small pushes Nitschke back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Small fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nitschke blocks a body shot from Small.
Small takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nitschke blocking some punches.
Small wants to break free but Nitschke has control.
Small blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nitschke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Small lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nitschke trying to control the position but instead, Small has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nitschke into the ropes.
Nitschke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Small's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nitschke tries to clinch but Small moves out of range.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nitschke slips a jab and a cross from Small.
Small uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nitschke.
Small is looking to wear down Nitschke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A swing and a miss from Small.
Nitschke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Small. Small obviously looking to wear him down.
Nitschke walks into a jab.
Nitschke scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Small misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nitschke.
Nitschke scores with a jab.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Small takes a swing at Nitschke's ribcage but misses.
Nitschke misses the jab.
Small lands a jab to the head.
Small tries to clinch but Nitschke is having none of it.
Small bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nitschke looks for a takedown but Small sprawls well.
Nitschke throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Small's waist but Small gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nitschke off to one side.
Small comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nitschke jabs Small to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Small is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Small scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nitschke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch lands to the side of Nitschke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Small thuds a left hand into Nitschke's body.
Small lands a right hook to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nitschke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nitschke misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Nitschke.
Nitschke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Small.
Nitschke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Small lands a glancing blow to the side of Nitschke's head.
Nitschke just misses with a punch to the body.
Small gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nitschke to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Nitschke wants to control from the top but Small keeps moving.
Nitschke preventing the sweep.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Small keeping moving, preventing Nitschke from controlling successfully.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Small keeping full guard, as Nitschke tries to pass.
Nitschke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nitschke tries to free his leg and advance position but Small is retaining full guard.
Small trying to control the position here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nitschke throws a looping overhand right but Small ducks down to avoid it.
Nitschke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Small on the side of the head.
Nitschke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Small.
Small scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nitschke's corner calls for a 1-2. Nitschke obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Small swinging wildly here.
Nitschke lands a nice shot that snaps Small's head back.
Small lands a jab to Nitschke's midsection.
Small just misses with a punch to the body.
Small takes a swing at Nitschke's ribcage but misses.
Small tries to clinch there but Nitschke circles away.
Nitschke scores with a hook to the body. Small takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nitschke lands with a straight right. Small didn't see that one coming.
Small dips to his left and cracks Nitschke with an uppercut!
Nice defenses there by Small.
Small defending well as Nitschke loads up on a big left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Nitschke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nitschke.
Small looks to throw the jab but Nitschke is out of range.
Nitschke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Small ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Small avoids the body shot from Nitschke.
Nitschke throws a big shot that misses.
Nitschke shoots in for a takedown but Small shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pat Small has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Nitschke.
Small clinches.
Small working hard to break the clinch.
Nitschke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Nitschke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nitschke lands a hook that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Small tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nitschke throws a head punch that misses.
Nitschke can't find room to land a body shot as Small controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Small's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nitschke misses with the head strike.
Small breaks the clinch.
Nitschke lands a jab.
Nitschke drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Damian Nitschke will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Damian Nitschke'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. This is the final round!
Small blocks a jab.
Nitschke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Small fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot by Small.
Small with a nice cross.
Small has Nitschke up against the ropes in a clinch.
Small pushes Nitschke back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Small pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Small tries to clinch but Nitschke moves out of range.
Nitschke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Small sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nitschke fails with a takedown attempt.
Nitschke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitschke walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Small has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nitschke finds it's way round the side to connect with Small's head.
Small ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nitschke moves away.
Nitschke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Small!
Nitschke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Small.
Nitschke wants to clinch.
Small paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nitschke throws a jab when Small was well out of range.
Nitschke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Small lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nitschke works the jab nicely.
Nitschke looks for a takedown but Small sprawls well.
Nitschke takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nitschke looks to land a left hand but Small moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Nitschke.
Small misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nitschke lands a head shot.
Small stuffs the takedown.
Pat Small has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Nitschke.
Small throws a leg kick but Nitschke checks it.
Small is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nitschke.
Small misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nitschke.
Nitschke has Small up against the ropes in a clinch.
Small throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nitschkes head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nitschke lands with a left to the head.
Nitschke tries to throw a body punch but Small avoids it by throwing Nitschke back against the ropes.
Nitschke prevents a body shot from Small.
Nitschke working aggressively here.
Nitschke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nitschke is stalling here.
Nitschke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nitschke working aggressively here.
Small blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nitschke blocks a body shot from Small.
Small lands a nice shot to the body.
Small lands with a left to the head.
Nitschke is breathing heavily.
Small lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nitschke backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nitschke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Small tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nitschke avoids it.
Nitschke misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Small can't find room to land a body shot as Nitschke controls the action.
Small lands an uppercut.
Nitschke pulls guard successfully.
Small wanted to stand there but Nitschke had control of the position.
Small passes Nitschke's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nitschke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Small wants to free his trapped foot but Nitschke is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nitschke keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nitschke looking for submissions off his back.
Nitschke is refusing to be controlled, as Small sits in half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Small controlling the action here.
We're going to have a standup here because Pat Small wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Small dips to his left and cracks Nitschke with an uppercut!
Nitschke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Small.
Small lunges at Nitschke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nitschke's hand.
Nitschke misses with a straight right.
Small takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Small throws a hook but Nitschke avoids it easily.
Small getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Small staying out of range there.
Small misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nitschke.
Small gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nitschke.
Nitschke connects with a right hand. Small shakes it off.
Nitschke misses with a looping left.
Small looks to land a left hand but Nitschke moved out of range nicely.
Pat Small is winning the standup battle so far.
Small throws a body punch but Nitschke moves out of range.
Nitschke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Small misses with a body shot.
Nitschke looks to score with a jab to the body but Small is just out of range.
Small misses with a low kick.
Nitschke tries to clinch but Small is having none of it.
Nitschke lands with a right hand.
Nitschke has a takedown stuffed.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Small works Nitschke's body with a nice hook.
Small circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nitschke moves forwards but Small connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Small fails in his attempt to clinch.
Small fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nitschke on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Small looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Small throws a shot to the body.
Nitschke misses with an uppercut
letting Small counter with a right hand.
Small throws a right hand that misses
and Nitschke decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Small's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nitschke won't allow Small to get back to his feet.
Small working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nitschke.
Small controlling Nitschke's posture.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nitschke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nitschke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nitschke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Small working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nitschke doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nitschke manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nitschke wants to control from the top but Small keeps moving.
Small has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nitschke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nitschke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Small is trying to keep Nitschke in close.
Nitschke won't allow Small to sweep him here.
Small trying to control the position.
Small pulls Nitschke in close to his closed guard and prevents Nitschke from doing any damage or advancing position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nitschke throwing strikes but missing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pat Small showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight for Pat Small!
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight for Pat Small!
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Pat Small!
Pat Small wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Pat Small, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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