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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Gonsales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Boss Mode . Gonsales has chosen "Rise of the Fallen" by Soulfly as his entrance music. 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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157 lbs
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chen Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nelson Gonsales!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long with a poor takedown
and Gonsales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Long gets the takedown into side control.
Gonsales throws Long to one side and escapes!
Gonsales just misses with a punch to the body.
A quick step to the side and Long tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Long darts in trying to clinch
and Gonsales counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonsales clinches with his opponent.
Gonsales is pushing Long up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Long tries to pull guard but Gonsales holds him up against the cage and eventually Long drops back down to his feet.
Gonsales taking a breather.
Gonsales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonsales closes the distance and clinches.
Long letting Gonsales take a breather here.
Long is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonsales displaying some good clinch control by pressing Long up against the cage.
Gonsales is pushing Long up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Long tries to break the clinch but Gonsales is controlling the position.
Long decides to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonsales is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Long 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonsales stays in close to Long's body and controls the position.
Long controlling the position.
Gonsales slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Long wants to sweep here but Gonsales controlling him for the moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long keeping moving, preventing Gonsales from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gonsales closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gonsales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gonsales throws a hook but Long blocks it.
Gonsales has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Long is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Long fails with the takedown.
Gonsales darts in and clinches Long up against the cage.
Gonsales lands a body punch.
Long wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gonsales lands an elbow inside that Long shrugs off.
Gonsales lands an elbow inside that Long shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonsales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gonsales clinches.
Long is trying to pull guard but Gonsales has him pressed against the cage.
Long blocks an elbow strike.
Gonsales works on Long's body with a couple of short punches.
Long is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gonsales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Long tries a head kick but it misses.
Gonsales clinches up with Long and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonsales has Long pressed against the cage.
Gonsales pushes off an throws an elbow but Long leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonsales with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gonsales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nelson Gonsales dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Horrible takedown attempt by Long or perhaps it was just good defense by Gonsales, which made it look bad.
Gonsales forces Long back against the cage and clinches.
Gonsales has Long pressed against the cage.
Long is trying to pull guard but Gonsales turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gonsales lands a nice elbow.
Gonsales lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gonsales lands a right hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonsales avoiding damage as Long throws knees to the body.
Gonsales lands an elbow inside.
Gonsales breaks the clinch.
Gonsales rushes Long and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Long is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gonsales pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long is trying to break the clinch but Gonsales has him pressed against the cage.
Gonsales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gonsales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Gonsales.
Gonsales breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonsales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gonsales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Long uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gonsales.
Gonsales moves into the clinch.
Long tries to break free but Gonsales pushes him back against the cage.
Gonsales lands a left hand.
Gonsales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Long is defending well for now.
Gonsales displaying some good clinch control by pressing Long up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Gonsales seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Gonsales's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Gonsales stopping the sweep attempt from Long.
Gonsales is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonsales in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Long escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gonsales gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Long can't keep his opponent in guard - Gonsales advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Long wants to improve his position but Gonsales is controlling well.
Gonsales is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Long doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gonsales.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gonsales stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Long to get to his feet.
Gonsales closes the distance and clinches.
Long drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gonsales displaying some good clinch control by pressing Long up against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee calls for Gonsales to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nelson Gonsales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Long shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gonsales eats them both and turns towards Long to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Long changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gonsales tries to avoid it but Long manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gonsales to the ground. Gonsales escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Long fails to land the takedown.
Gonsales displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Long.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long wants to clinch.
Nelson Gonsales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonsales throws a left and a right that both miss
and Long counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Long shoots for a takedown but Gonsales saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gonsales looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gonsales forces Long back against the cage and clinches.
Gonsales breaks from the clinch.
Gonsales pushes Long up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonsales stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gonsales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gonsales throws an elbow that misses.
Gonsales avoiding damage.
Gonsales lands a nice elbow.
Gonsales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice elbow from Gonsales.
Gonsales breaks the clinch.
Long takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gonsales throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gonsales closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Long fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gonsales lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonsales lands an elbow inside.
Long takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Long takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gonsales with a knee to the head.
Gonsales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Long tries to pull guard but Gonsales holds him up against the cage and eventually Long drops back down to his feet.
Gonsales lands an elbow inside that Long shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonsales.
Long tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gonsales smiles and moves away.
Gonsales moves into the clinch.
Gonsales breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonsales has Long up against the cage in a clinch.
Gonsales breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonsales throws a body shot but no joy.
Long is looking for a counter combo.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Long manages to break the clinch.
Gonsales gets a clinch.
Gonsales has Long pressed against the cage.
Gonsales lands a knee to the body.
Gonsales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gonsales instigates a clinch.
Nelson Gonsales is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonsales manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gonsales is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Long being controlled against the cage.
Long tries to pull guard but Gonsales forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gonsales lands a damaging elbow.
Gonsales creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Long's defenses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonsales avoids the damage to the body.
Chen Long has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice left hand lands by Long.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nelson Gonsales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gonsales has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nelson Gonsales!
Nelson Gonsales decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Chen Long had this to say: 'My opponent was the better fighter today. The Little Dragon will be back. '.
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hype
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