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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuma Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound of Silence. Norris comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Night by Kromestatik kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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194 cm
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212 lbs
20 - 5 - 0 |
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195 cm
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220 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuma Nelson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grant Norris! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A decent looking body kick lands there for Nelson. Norris throws a low kick but Nelson moves out of range easily. Norris avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Norris throws a body punch but Nelson moves out of range. Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Norris swats him away and circles back towards the center. Norris lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Kuma Nelson has been cut. Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Norris misses with a few strikes there.
Nelson stalks Norris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Norris's face. Norris staggers backwards, shaken. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Norris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nelson throws an overhand right that lands on Norris's shoulder, as Norris tries to avoid the shot. Kuma Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A solid leg kick lands there for Norris.
Nelson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Norris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Norris scoring well with a low kick there.
Nelson misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nelson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Norris avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Nelson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Nelson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Norris is able to avoid easily. Nelson lands a jab to the nose. A nice inside leg kick there by Nelson. That's going to slow Norris down. Nelson moves out of range of the leg kick from Norris. Norris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nelson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nelson scores with a jab to the head.
Norris moves out of range of the leg kick from Nelson.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nelson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Norris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Norris throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Nelson lands a nice looking body kick. A head kick misses from Nelson. Nelson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Nelson 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.
Nelson feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Norris sprawling to the canvas! Norris rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Nelson finish him?!
Norris is rocked!
It looks like Grant Norris has been cut. Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Norris. That did some damage! Norris swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson. Norris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nelson. Norris throws a nice looking combination but Nelson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Nelson scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Norris throws a right and a left that Nelson avoids nicely. Nelson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Norris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Norris tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Norris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Norris throws a body kick, spinning off balance and Nelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Norris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it. Norris misses with a combination
and Norris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Norris misses with a shot to the body and Nelson counters with a nice uppercut. Norris thows a left - swing and a miss! The fighters circling - Nelson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Norris falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nelson counters with a nice body kick.
Nelson scores with a hook. Nelson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Norris stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Nelson gets in close and instigates a clinch. Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Nelson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norris backwards. Nelson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. A right hook to the body lands for Nelson.
Nelson lands a nice elbow. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Nelson lands a shoulder strike. Norris breaks from the clinch.
Norris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nelson can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kuma Nelson dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nelson tests Norris's chin there with a solid looking shot. Nelson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norris can do to turn this around? Norris misses with a body kick. Norris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Norris. Nelson stuns Norris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Some bone on bone action there as Nelson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Norris misses with a hook. Nelson ducked under it nicely. Grant Norris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Norris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nelson counters with a left to the body. Nelson looks for the body kick but Norris saw that one coming. Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Norris. That did some damage! Kuma Nelson is winning the standup battle so far. Nelson rushes Norris and presses him up against the cage. Nelson lands an uppercut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Nelson scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice elbow from Nelson. Nice elbow from Nelson. Nelson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norris's efforts to push away. Nelson lands a nice elbow. A quick uppercut on the inside from Nelson. Norris wants to break free but Nelson has control.
A short uppercut from Nelson. Norris is still on wobbly legs! Can Nelson finish him? Nelson drops Norris onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Norris is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nelson pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Norris! Nelson unloads with more strikes and Norris sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kuma Nelson! A very excited looking Kuma Nelson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. The defeated Grant Norris had this to say: 'I made a lot of mental mistakes and it cost me. Lapses of concentration can break ya. I'll be back, bank on it. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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