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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nadir comes to the ring accompanied by M.A.S.H Theme. Victorio has chosen Nightingale - The Glory Days as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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204 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Abed Nadir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Victorio!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nadir ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nadir misses with a hook to the body
and Victorio counters with a straight right hand.
Nadir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Victorio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Victorio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tommy Victorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nadir scoring well with a low kick there.
Victorio wants to land a leg kick but Nadir is out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Victorio is defended easily by Nadir.
Victorio throws a push kick but Nadir slaps the foot to one side.
Nadir lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Victorio at a distance.
Victorio lands with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Victorio circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nadir.
Nadir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nadir is looking to wear down Victorio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nadir throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Victorio drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Nadir defends it well.
Victorio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nadir's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Nadir as Victorio shoots in.
Nadir takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
Victorio throws a big shot that misses.
Victorio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nadir counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nadir tries to clinch but Victorio is having none of it.
Nadir fails to land the takedown.
Nadir drops Victorio with a left and a right! Oh, Victorio is hurt - Nadir dives into side control looking to finish!
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!
Nadir fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Victorio is trying to get back to half guard.
Victorio keeps trying to improve his position.
Nadir landing a few strikes.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Victorio is looking to regain half guard here but Nadir keeps moving and retains side control.
Nadir advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Nadir trying to keep a closed guard but Victorio is proving a slippery customer.
Victorio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nadir is keeping the position for now.
Nadir pulls Victorio in close to prevent any damage.
Victorio is working Nadir over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nadir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Victorio scoring with some ground and pound.
Victorio throwing strikes from guard but Nadir blocks nicely.
Nadir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nadir working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Victorio.
Victorio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nadir avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Victorio throws an elbow that misses. Nadir uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Victorio's guard. Nice move by Nadir!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Victorio is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Victorio throws an elbow that misses. Nadir uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Victorio's guard. Nice move by Nadir!
Nadir lands a couple of digs.
Nadir wants to control from the top but Victorio keeps moving.
Victorio looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nadir is one step ahead there.
Nadir passes Victorio's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nadir throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Victorio is trying to get back to full guard.
Victorio gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abed Nadir dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nadir fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nadir, right into the meat.
Victorio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nadir throws a series of punches but Victorio moves out of range.
Victorio motions for Nadir to come forward. Victorio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Victorio looks to land a right hand but Nadir moved out of range.
Victorio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Victorio ducks right into an uppercut from Nadir.
Victorio thows a leg kick but Nadir checks it
and Nadir counters with a nice uppercut.
Nadir throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Victorio.
Victorio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Victorio lands a jab to the nose.
Victorio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nadir.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Victorio lands a head shot.
Nadir fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Victorio. Nadir does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abed Nadir is winning the standup battle so far.
Nadir feints and as Victorio raises his hands in defense, Nadir changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Victorio trying to keep a closed guard but Nadir is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir throws an elbow that misses. Victorio uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nadir's guard. Nice move by Victorio!
Nadir utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nadir working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Victorio.
Nadir is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Nadir working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Victorio.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Victorio wants to stand and escape but instead Nadir has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is trying to keep Nadir in close.
Nadir throwing strikes but missing.
Nadir postures up in Victorio's guard and throws a big left but Victorio blocks it.
Nadir wants to control from the top but Victorio keeps moving.
Abed Nadir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nadir postures up.
Nadir trying to control but Victorio is working from the bottom.
Nadir lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Victorio is trying to keep Nadir in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Victorio tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nadir. Victorio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Victorio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Victorio takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nadir throws a body punch but Victorio moves out of range.
Nadir goes for a double leg but Victorio avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Victorio continues to drive forward.
Victorio misses with a leg kick
and Nadir counters with a low kick, right behind Victorio 's knee.
Victorio cracks Nadir with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Abed Nadir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nadir throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Victorio.
Nadir tries to bum rush Victorio with a series of wild strikes but Victorio uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nadir does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Victorio throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nadir takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio dips to his left and cracks Nadir with an uppercut!
Victorio lands a nice shot that snaps Nadir's head back.
Victorio lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Good shot there by Victorio.
Nadir fails to land the takedown.
Victorio flicks out a counter leg kick but Nadir steps away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abed Nadir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victorio works Nadir's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Victorio avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nadir throws a body shot but no joy.
Nadir avoids the body shot from Victorio.
Victorio misses with a body kick.
Victorio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nadir misses with a body shot.
Victorio with a nice cross.
Victorio gets caught flat footed, as Nadir shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Abed Nadir will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Victorio walks into a stiff left hand from Nadir.
Victorio scores with a jab.
Nadir works Victorio's body with a nice hook.
Victorio throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Nadir to counter with a crisp jab.
Victorio throws a lazy head kick
and Nadir makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A combination from Nadir does no damage.
Nadir lands a slapping body shot.
Victorio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nadir lands with a shot to the body.
Nadir throws a predictable looking body shot
and Victorio counters with a low kick, right behind Nadir 's knee.
Victorio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victorio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Victorio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Victorio dodges the punch combination from Nadir.
Victorio is trying to counter with his kicks.
Nadir throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nadir with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Victorio lands with a cross.
Nadir drives through with a takedown into Victorio's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Nadir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
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.
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Victorio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nadir postures up.
Victorio keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
Victorio pulls Nadir in close to prevent any damage.
Nadir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Victorio is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nadir defends well.
Victorio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nadir's guard.
Victorio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nadir works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Victorio pushing down on Nadir's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Victorio is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Victorio is working for a kimura here but Nadir manages to reverse the position and he's now in Victorio's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Victorio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nadir wants to control from the top but Victorio keeps moving.
Victorio trying to control the position here.
Nadir makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Victorio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Victorio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nadir.
Nadir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Victorio can do to turn this around?
Victorio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nadir postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nadir connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nadir trying to control the position from guard on top but Victorio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nadir has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Victorio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nadir throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Victorio controls Nadir momentarily but Nadir frees himself.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Nadir.
You can see the frustration on Victorio's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Victorio takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Victorio can't do much from the bottom here.
Nadir tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abed Nadir clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Victorio throws a lazy head kick
and Nadir counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Victorio cracks Nadir with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nadir manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Victorio on his heels. He'll look to pass Victorio's guard now, I'm sure.
Victorio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Victorio wants to sweep but no luck.
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nadir won't allow Victorio to sweep him here.
Nadir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nadir wants to control from the top but Victorio keeps moving.
Nadir throwing strikes from guard but Victorio blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Victorio is on top in guard.
Nadir avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Victorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nadir keeping moving, preventing Victorio from controlling successfully.
Victorio lands a couple of elbows.
Nadir avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Victorio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Nadir avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice uppercut there from Victorio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nadir closes the distance and clinches up with Victorio, looking for a takedown. Nadir pushes Victorio against the ropes but Victorio circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Victorio is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Victorio sizes up Nadir with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Victorio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nadir is out of range and Victorio settles back down.
Nadir lands a nice looking body shot.
Nadir takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
Victorio misses with an uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Victorio, right into the meat.
Victorio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Victorio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nadir takes a step back to recover.
Nadir takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut there from Victorio.
Nadir on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Victorio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nadir looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Victorio avoids a punch combination nicely.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Victorio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nadir moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio throws a poor cross that misses
letting Nadir counter with a right hand.
Victorio misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Nadir.
Victorio takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nadir throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nadir. Victorio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nadir throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nadir throws a looping overhand right but Victorio ducks down to avoid it.
Victorio tries a quick counter leg kick but Nadir is wise to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Victorio. That's going to slow Nadir down.
Victorio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nadir.
Nadir fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Victorio is out of range.
Victorio tries to bum rush Nadir with a series of wild strikes but Nadir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good standup being displayed there by Victorio as he connects with a hook.
Victorio leaves Nadir with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Victorio tries a head kick but it misses.
Victorio misses with a head kick.
Nadir swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Victorio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Victorio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Victorio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nadir.
Nadir misses with the combination.
Nadir tries to clinch but Victorio is having none of it.
Nadir turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nadir looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nadir looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nadir lands with a punch from half guard.
Nadir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Tommy Victorio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Nadir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Victorio.
Nadir shoots in looking for a takedown. Victorio tries to sprawl out of it but Nadir keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Victorio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Victorio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Victorio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nadir tries to clinch but Victorio is having none of it.
Nadir shoots in but Victorio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Nadir does no damage.
Nadir shoots in and drives through. Victorio sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abed Nadir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victorio decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Victorio wants to control but Nadir is keeping him busy.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir blocking the ground and pound attempt from Victorio.
Victorio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Victorio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Victorio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Victorio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nadir defending well though.
Victorio throwing shots but Nadir is blocking nicely.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Victorio closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nadir circles away.
Nadir fails with the takedown.
Victorio moves out of range as Nadir throws a body kick.
Victorio bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Victorio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tommy Victorio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir misses with a two punch combination.
Victorio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jab by Victorio.
Victorio connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Nadir to the floor! Victorio dives in looking for the finish!
Nadir is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victorio thows a huge punch but Nadir dodges it nicely.
Oh Nadir is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Victorio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nadir's head.
Nadir seems to have got his legs back now.
Victorio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Victorio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Victorio takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Victorio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nadir works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Victorio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Victorio lands a head shot.
Nadir is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nadir takes the fight into the clinch.
Victorio effectively controlling the action here.
Nadir throws a knee to the head but misses.
Victorio works on Nadir's body with a couple of short punches.
Nadir keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Victorio's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Victorio's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Victorio manages to pull guard.
Victorio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nadir doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nadir manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Victorio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir trying to control but Victorio is working from the bottom.
Nadir working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nadir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Victorio throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Abed Nadir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Victorio lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Nadir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Victorio keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Victorio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nadir has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 47:48
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 48:47
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Abed Nadir!
Abed Nadir took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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