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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vit Tu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tu comes to the ring accompanied by Blanket on the ground. Nadir has chosen M.A.S.H Theme as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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214 lbs
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217 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 21 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vit Tu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Abed Nadir!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadir forces Tu back against the ropes and clinches.
Nadir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tu tries to pull guard but Nadir forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Nadir lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tu backwards.
Tu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tu is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Nadir.
Nadir working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Nadir.
Nadir taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nadir looking to throw knees to the head but Tu is blocking nicely.
Nadir lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tu backwards.
Nadir wants to stall.
Nadir taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tu is trying to pull guard but Nadir turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
A short right from Nadir.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nadir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tu tries to pull guard but Nadir forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vit Tu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tu takes a shot to the head.
Nadir working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nadir trying to control the position but instead, Tu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nadir into the ropes.
Nadir lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir trying to control the position but instead, Tu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nadir into the ropes.
Tu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tu fails to pull guard.
Nadir lands a hook that snaps the head of Tu backwards.
Nadir scores with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Nadir.
Tu jumps guard but Nadir stands there with Tu around his waist. Tu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tu jumps into guard, dragging Nadir to the mat.
Nadir trying to control the position from guard on top but Tu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nadir is in close to Tu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nadir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tu looking for a guillotine here but Nadir defends easily.
Tu looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nadir puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tu has managed to free his arm - good work.
Nadir lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nadir slips a nice elbow through Tu's hands, connecting with Tu's forehead.
Nadir seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tu does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nadir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tu is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nadir's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nadir's back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nadir has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Tu.
Tu doesn't have the hooks in and Nadir manages to turn into his guard.
Nadir works over Tu with some ground and pound from guard.
Tu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nadir stops Tu from standing up.
Nadir makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nadir cracks Tu with a solid left hand.
Nadir trying to control the position from guard on top but Tu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir stopping the sweep attempt from Tu.
Nadir lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nadir lands a couple of digs.
Nadir works over Tu with some ground and pound from guard.
Nadir won't allow Tu to sweep him here.
Tu keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.
Nadir stopping the sweep attempt from Tu.
Nadir postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nadir content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nadir looking to pass the guard.
Nadir postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nadir postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tu has his foot on Nadir's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nadir works his way back into a safe position though.
Nadir wants to control from the top but Tu keeps moving.
Nadir got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tu has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nadir has managed to get both his arms back between Tu's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir advances to half guard.
Tu slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nadir avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nadir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nadir wants to control from the top but Tu keeps moving.
Nadir working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nadir won't allow Tu to sweep him here.
Tu has momentary wrist control but Nadir slips an elbow through the middle.
Nadir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tu is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Nadir forces his way into half guard.
Nadir is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tu tries to get to full guard but Nadir has control of the leg.
Nadir is keen to just control but Tu is a slippery customer.
Nadir is nestled in close to Tu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tu tries to roll over but Nadir keeps him under control.
Nadir lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nadir connects with a nice short shot to Tu's temple.
Tu regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nadir controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nadir scoring with some ground and pound.
Nadir scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nadir advances to half guard.
Nadir looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nadir wants to free his trapped foot but Tu is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nadir trying to control the action but Tu is working from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nadir lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nadir slips a nice elbow through Tu's hands, connecting with Tu's forehead.
Tu is rocked!
Tu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nadir scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Oh Tu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nadir scores with a big shot! Tu's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Tu! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abed Nadir!
Abed Nadir is the new light heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Abed Nadir was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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