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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nicodemo Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borin Chim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romero comes to the cage accompanied by Lords Of Salem . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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168 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nicodemo Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Borin Chim!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero scores with a jab to the head.
Chim cracks a nice hook into Romero's ribs.
Romero takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Romero blocks the leg kick.
Chim feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Romero's calf.
Chim looking to score a takedown here. Romero is defending well but Chim drives through and ends up in Romero's guard.
Romero seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Romero looking for a sweep. Not yet Romero, not yet.
Romero is working hard here to advance position.
Romero seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Romero controls Chim momentarily but Chim frees himself.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romero looking for a sweep. Not yet Romero, not yet.
Chim lands a couple of elbows.
Chim trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romero looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chim is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Romero avoids the attempt from Chim to control.
Romero trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Romero prevents Chim from getting the reversal.
Romero moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Chim has worked his arm free - good work by Chim!
Chim wants to control but Romero postures up.
Romero trying to control the position but Chim is working away.
Chim tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Romero wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Chim has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Chim's shoulder. That is not cool.
Romero is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Chim has escaped the position, nice work there.
Romero wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chim keeps working.
Chim gets back to half guard.
Chim moves into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chim preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Romero looking to sit in guard and control but Chim gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chim preventing the sweep.
Romero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chim stopping the sweep attempt from Romero.
Chim trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chim lands a couple of digs.
Romero lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Chim being controlled here, momentarily.
Chim seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romero pushing down on Chim's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Romero looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Chim manages to get to full guard.
Romero preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romero wants to control from the top but Chim keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chim not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Romero trying to control the position from guard on top but Chim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romero postures up in Chim's guard and throws a big left but Chim blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nicodemo Romero will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Chim lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chim jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romero throws a shot from downtown. Chim moves away and avoids it.
Chim scores with a jab. Romero acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Romero lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chim's sensitive parts.
Chim with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Romero walks into a left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chim.
Chim scores with a leg kick.
Chim checks a leg kick.
Chim misses with a body shot.
Chim sizes up Romero with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Romero misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chim scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Romero is pressing down on Chim's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Chim trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chim throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chim wants to control from the top but Romero keeps moving.
Romero is pulling down on Chim's head. It's preventing any offense from Chim, at least for the moment.
Chim with a nice head shot there.
Romero looking to control.
Chim works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Chim is nestled in close to Romero, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Romero looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Romero wants to improve his position but Chim is controlling well.
Chim throwing shots but Romero is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Chim scores with a couple of nice shots.
Romero moves into full guard.
Nicodemo Romero overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chim trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romero is looking to sweep but instead, Chim has passed into half guard.
Romero is trying to get back to full guard.
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!
Chim trying to control the action but Romero is working from the bottom.
Romero trying to control but Chim postures up.
Romero controlling the position well.
Chim is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Romero has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero gets back to full guard.
Romero manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Chim is working to get back to half guard.
Romero trying to control but Chim is having none of it.
Romero is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Chim has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Chim!
Chim works over Romero with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chim preventing the sweep.
Romero is looking for a triangle but Chim pushes his legs off easily.
Romero looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Chim postures up.
Chim trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chim keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Romero's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chim is one step ahead there.
Romero looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chim pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romero is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borin Chim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chim.
Romero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chim circles away quickly and effectively.
Romero takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chim listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Borin Chim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chim lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Chim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romero scores with a takedown into Chim's guard.
Chim is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Romero wants to control from the top but Chim keeps moving.
Romero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romero postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romero pushing down on Chim's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romero passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Chim!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chim is in all sorts of trouble here.
Chim wants to control but Romero is having none of it.
Romero tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Romero trying to control but Chim is having none of it.
Romero scoring with strikes but Chim is staying in there.
Romero looking to control but Chim is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Chim is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero throwing strikes here but Chim is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Chim is squirming around, avoiding Romero's attempts to control the action.
Chim slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Romero is thwarting Chim's attempts to control the position.
Romero prevents Chim from improving his position.
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!
Chim is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Romero's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Romero's back!
You can see the frustration on Romero's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Romero turns into Chim and is now in his guard.
Romero trying to control the position from guard on top but Chim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero looking to sit in guard and control but Chim gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Romero looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chim is in close to Romero's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Chim with a flurry of punches that miss.
Romero working for a triangle but Chim defends it easily.
Romero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chim passes Romero's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Romero tries to get to full guard but Chim has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chim lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chim is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chim frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Chim lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romero is looking to improve his position but Chim isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chim cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Chim working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Romero is working to get back to half guard.
Romero tries to lock up and control but Chim gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Romero working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chim pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Borin Chim.
I think Chim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Borin Chim!
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energy
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RATING
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