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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Gatsby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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192 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
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175 cm
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200 lbs
18 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Gatsby!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatsby misses with a head kick.
Summers appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gatsby throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gatsby throws a low kick, looking for Summers's leg but Summers calmly moves out of range.
Summers takes one to the chin there.
Gatsby connects with a crisp jab.
Gatsby throws a big shot that misses.
Gatsby catches Summers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gatsby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gatsby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Summers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gatsby. Gatsby obviously looking to wear him down.
Summers throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gatsby rushes Summers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gatsby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Summers throws a punch but it's blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Nice body punch from Summers - that landed with a thud.
Summers blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Summers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatsby is working for takedown but Summers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Summers working aggressively here.
Gatsby tries to work over Summers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gatsby.
Summers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Summers blocking some punches.
Gatsby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Summers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summers pushes Gatsby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Summers has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Gatsby lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Gatsby goes for a takedown attempt but Summers pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gatsby throws a hook to the side of Summers's head but Summers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by Summers. That's going to slow Gatsby down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby throws a hook but Summers avoids it easily.
Gatsby keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nathan Summers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Summers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gatsby wants to counter the offense by Summers and move into the clinch position.
That kick from Gatsby tenderised Summers's leg. Summers is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatsby misses with a straight left.
Summers takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Nathan Summers has been cut.
Summers tries to work over Gatsby's front leg with a kick but Gatsby checks it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gatsby, right into the meat.
A low kick from Summers misses
and Gatsby counters with a single leg into guard. Summers didn't expect that.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gatsby working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Summers being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatsby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Summers is keeping the position for now.
Summers wants to stand up but Gatsby is controlling him.
Gatsby with a nice head shot there.
Gatsby controlling from the top position.
Summers wants to stand up but Gatsby is controlling him.
Summers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Summers keeping full guard, as Gatsby tries to pass.
Gatsby wants to control from the top but Summers keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gatsby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Summers lands a nice shot that snaps Gatsby's head back.
Gatsby misses with a body kick.
Gatsby takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gatsby plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gatsby thows a leg kick but Summers checks it
and Summers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Summers lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Summers connects with an inside leg kick.
Gatsby moves out of range of the body kick.
A good leg kick by Summers.
Summers misses with a body kick.
Summers scores with a head kick.
Gatsby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jay Gatsby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nathan Summers's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gatsby has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Summers.
Summers avoids the head kick by Gatsby.
Summers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gatsby checks a leg kick.
Summers cracks Gatsby with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Summers thuds his right hand into Gatsby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gatsby checks the leg kick.
Summers misses with a wild body shot.
Summers throws the kick towards the body but Gatsby avoids it.
Gatsby wants to counter with a clinch but Summers pushes him away.
Gatsby lunges at Summers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Summers's hand.
Summers avoids the head kick by Gatsby.
Summers moves into the clinch.
Summers has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gatsby tries a body shot but Summers blocks it.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Summers working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Summers working aggressively here.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gatsby scores with a shot to the side of Summers's head.
A short left from Summers.
Summers throws a punch but it's blocked by Gatsby.
Summers cracks Gatsby with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Summers.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summers misses with the head strike.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gatsby lands a right hand.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
Summers tries a body shot but Gatsby blocks it.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Summers.
Gatsby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summers.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Summers.
Summers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
I was talking to Summers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Summers misses with a body punch.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summers digs a right hand into Gatsby's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gatsby's gas tank.
Summers misses with a punch to the body.
Summers misses with a body punch.
Gatsby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gatsby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summers lands a right hand.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Summers.
Gatsby blocks a body shot from Summers.
Gatsby has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Summers is trying to keep an underhook but Gatsby manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Summers kicks off Gatsby and gets to his feet.
Gatsby lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Summers moves out of range as Gatsby strikes.
Summers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gatsby's sensitive parts.
Summers throws a solid leg kick but Gatsby takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Summers.
Summers throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gatsby's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gatsby checks a low kick from Summers.
Gatsby shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gatsby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Summers misses with a looping right.
Summers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gatsby manages to avoid it.
Gatsby replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Summers blocks it well.
Summers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gatsby can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with a left hand
and Gatsby makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab lands there for Summers.
Gatsby just misses with a punch to the body.
Gatsby throws a head kick that misses.
Summers listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gatsby is looking to slow Summers down with leg kicks.
Summers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick from Summers misses.
Gatsby wants to counter with a clinch but Summers pushes him away.
Summers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Summers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nathan Summers is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheers as Gatsby lands an impressive looking overhand right. Summers doesn't seem phased though.
Gatsby shoots in but Summers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gatsby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Summers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Summers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Summers's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Summers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gatsby goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Summers misses with a series of wild punches.
Summers wants to land a leg kick but Gatsby is out of range.
Summers throws a leg kick but Gatsby sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Summers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice cross by Summers.
Gatsby misses with a few strikes there.
Summers scoring well with a low kick there.
Gatsby tries to clinch up.
Summers is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Summers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby closes the distance looking to clinch
and Summers counters with a nice body kick.
Summers scores with a head kick. Gatsby tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gatsby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby throws a leg kick which misses Summers's front leg but catches the back leg as Summers tries to avoid it.
Gatsby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Summers.
Gatsby missing with a left hand there. Summers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Summers throws a wild body kick that Gatsby sees coming a mile off.
Summers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A little jabbing left from Gatsby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch but Summers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Summers throwing a counter right hand but Gatsby manages to avoid it.
Gatsby tests Summers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gatsby misses with a series of wild punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Gatsby as he connects with a hook.
Summers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gatsby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Summers takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Summers. Gatsby shrugs it off though.
Gatsby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gatsby looks to land a right hand but Summers moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Summers counters with a solid body kick.
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!
Summers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Summers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by Summers.
Summers has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Summers scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summers.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
Summers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Gatsby.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with some punches.
Gatsby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Summers is working Gatsby over against the cage.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Summers misses with the head strike.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Summers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summers lands a right hand.
Summers can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Gatsby.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Summers misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Summers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Summers lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gatsby lands a hook to the side of the head.
Summers is working Gatsby over against the cage.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gatsby.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Summers.
Summers can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
Summers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Summers misses with some punches.
Gatsby looking for a takedown.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Summers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Summers 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Summers!
Nathan Summers decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
The defeated Jay Gatsby had this to say: 'Damn, I had him. I don't think I'd have lost if... In fact, I'm sure I won this fight, hope you give me a rematch, old sport. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can... of course you can. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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