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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mack Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hinchi Nagasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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165 cm
24
193 lbs
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187 cm
25
184 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mack Mack! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hinchi Nagasaki! The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mack is defended easily by Nagasaki. Nagasaki drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mack sneaks out the side door and pushes Nagasaki away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape. Nagasaki clinches with his opponent.
Mack successfully pulls guard.
Mack is adopting a defensive guard. This has been an exciting period of action! Nagasaki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nagasaki advances position into side control! Mack tries to escape but Nagasaki is in control. Nagasaki decides to stand up, so the ref orders Mack to his feet. A chopping leg kick lands by Mack. Nagasaki moves into the clinch. Nagasaki lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mack tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Nagasaki manages to move to mount!
Mack holds on to Nagasaki as tight as he can, avoiding damage. Nagasaki with a couple of short strikes. Nagasaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Nagasaki goes for an armbar but Mack turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Mack. Nagasaki has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Nagasaki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mack gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Mack might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Mack stands and steps away. Nagasaki gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. Nagasaki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Mack stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Nagasaki lands a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki throwing strikes from guard but Mack blocks nicely. Mack could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Mack is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Nagasaki desperately trying to maintain half guard. Nagasaki wants to get back to full guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Nagasaki trying to control from the bottom.
Mack is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Mack not landing any meaningful shots this time. Mack working over Nagasaki with some ground and pound. Nagasaki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mack missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Mack scoring with strikes to the body and head. 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. Mack connects with a nice short shot to Nagasaki's temple. Nagasaki trying to hold on to Mack's head to control him but Mack postures up.
Mack prevents Nagasaki from standing back up.
Nagasaki has hold of Mack's hands but Mack slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Mack takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Nagasaki is looking to control Mack's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nagasaki avoid being mounted? Nagasaki looks winded! Mack working over Nagasaki with some ground and pound. Nagasaki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Mack escapes and gets back to his feet. Nagasaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Mack changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Nagasaki looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Nagasaki is looking for a sweep. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mack Mack dominated that round. That's time! Mack's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mack closes the distance and clinches. Nagasaki manages to break the clinch.
Nagasaki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Mack sneaks back into half guard. Nagasaki trying to mount his opponent but Mack defends it. Mack avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagasaki. Nagasaki is trying to control. Mack wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mack tries to kick Nagasaki off but Nagasaki keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Nagasaki prevents Mack from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mack controlling the position for now. Nagasaki performing his best blanket impression for a moment. Mack is trying to maintain the position but Nagasaki is very close to passing his half guard. Still in half guard, Nagasaki seems content to control. Mack is looking to improve his position.
Mack avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagasaki. Mack is trying to get back to full guard. Mack has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Nagasaki is on him like a limpet, forcing Mack back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki wants the takedown. Mack is fighting it off but Nagasaki persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Mack's guard against the cage. Mack manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nagasaki is breathing heavily. Mack will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nagasaki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Nagasaki gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground. Mack has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Nagasaki off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. Nagasaki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. Mack slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Mack wants to sweep here but Nagasaki controlling him for the moment. Mack looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nagasaki wants to stand but Mack is controlling his posture from full guard. Mack is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Nagasaki pushes down on Mack's leg and manages to get into half guard. Mack trying to control from the bottom.
Nagasaki wants to stand but Mack has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now. Mack keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Mack is refusing to be controlled, as Nagasaki sits in half guard. Mack keeping hold of Nagasaki's head, controlling as best he can. Mack is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mack Mack dominated that second round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Mack shoots in and gets a takedown into Nagasaki's guard. Nagasaki is trying to keep Mack in close.
Nagasaki might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mack haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. Nagasaki is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mack defends well. Mack drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Nagasaki dives on top into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mack is adopting a defensive guard. Nagasaki is looking to advance position but Mack has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's one minute gone in the round. Mack lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nagasaki hang on? You get the feeling that Nagasaki really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Mack with the ground and pound from mount. Nagasaki tries to get back to half guard but can't. Nagasaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Mack cracks Nagasaki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mack is landing with some decent strikes but Nagasaki is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Mack unloads with some shots from mount but Nagasaki bucks and avoids them well.
Mack moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Nagasaki has worked his arm free - good work by Nagasaki!
Nagasaki is looking for a sweep. Nagasaki takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Mack in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mack goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Nagasaki has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Mack but great work by Nagasaki. Mack sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard. Nagasaki is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Mack is looking to improve his position.
Mack keeps control of the position for the meantime. Nagasaki tries to stand and escape but Mack is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mack wants to improve his position but Nagasaki is controlling well.
Mack keeping hold of Nagasaki's head, controlling as best he can. Mack wants to improve his position but Nagasaki is controlling well.
Mack Mack overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Well, if Nagasaki is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nagasaki is nestled in close to Mack, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Mack controlling the leg, holding on to half guard. Nagasaki is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Mack is trying to control but Nagasaki passes into side control!
And that's the end of the fight! Mack Mack showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mack, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27 Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27 Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mack Mack!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
44% |
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