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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brodie Nickoson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artur Azaryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azaryan has chosen Notorious BIG - Mo Money Mo Problems as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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178 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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176 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brodie Nickoson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artur Azaryan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azaryan fakes the leg kick and cracks Nickoson in the body.
Azaryan tries to work over Nickoson's front leg with a kick but Nickoson checks it.
Nickoson attempts a counter takedown but Azaryan avoids it well and moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nickoson.
Azaryan with a hook.
A good leg kick by Azaryan.
Azaryan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good standup being displayed there by Azaryan as he connects with a hook.
Azaryan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nickoson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nickoson dives in and grabs Azaryan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Azaryan pushes down on Nickoson's head and hops out.
Brodie Nickoson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nickoson tries a low kick but Azaryan avoids it.
Nickoson misses with a low kick.
Azaryan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nickoson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Azaryan's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azaryan connects with a body shot.
Nickoson looks to land a left hand but Azaryan moved out of range nicely.
Nickoson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Azaryan.
Azaryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Azaryan dips to his left and cracks Nickoson with an uppercut!
Nice shot lands for Azaryan.
Nickoson moves out of range of the leg kick from Azaryan.
Nickoson misses with a low kick.
Azaryan with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickoson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Azaryan tries to avoid it but Nickoson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Azaryan to the ground. Azaryan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brodie Nickoson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Azaryan digs a good body shot into Nickoson's ribs.
Azaryan slips a straight right by Nickoson.
Azaryan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nickoson's head.
Artur Azaryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That kick from Azaryan tenderised Nickoson's leg. Nickoson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Azaryan scores with a spinning back kick!
Nickoson tries a low kick but Azaryan avoids it.
Azaryan with a nice cross.
Nickoson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Azaryan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nickoson misses with an uppercut. Azaryan saw that one coming.
Azaryan is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Nickoson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Azaryan pinned against the cage. Azaryan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Azaryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nickoson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Azaryan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nickoson's knee momentarily.
Nickoson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nickoson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azaryan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nickoson slips a jab and a cross from Azaryan.
Azaryan slips a straight right by Nickoson.
Azaryan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Azaryan digs a good body shot into Nickoson's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan cracks Nickoson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot by Azaryan.
Nickoson misses with a series of wild punches.
Azaryan motions for Nickoson to come forward. Azaryan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Azaryan jabs Nickoson right on the nose. Nickoson blinks but takes it well.
Nickoson misses with a hook.
Nickoson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Azaryan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nickoson somewhat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nickoson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Azaryan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Azaryan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azaryan lands a head kick. Nickoson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nickoson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Azaryan manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Nickoson keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Azaryan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Azaryan lands an elbow just above Nickoson 's eye.
Nickoson jumps guard but Azaryan stands there with Nickoson around his waist. Nickoson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Azaryan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nickoson is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickoson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Azaryan lands a damaging elbow.
Azaryan manages to break the clinch.
Nickoson misses with a straight left.
Nickoson throws out a loose jab but Azaryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nickoson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nickoson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nickoson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nickoson throws a hook but Azaryan blocks it.
Nickoson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nickoson.
Nickoson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Azaryan but Azaryan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Azaryan lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Azaryan throws a front kick that sends Nickoson stumbling back into the cage.
Azaryan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nickoson.
Azaryan scores with a head kick. Nickoson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nickoson misses with a body punch
and Azaryan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Azaryan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nickoson.
Azaryan slaps away a takedown attempt from Nickoson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nickoson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Azaryan to score with a decent uppercut.
Azaryan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nickoson has a takedown stuffed.
Azaryan throws out a counter right but Nickoson avoids it with no problem.
Nickoson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nickoson with a poor takedown
and Azaryan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nickoson is breathing heavily.
Nickoson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azaryan manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nickoson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azaryan was well out of range. Poor timing from Nickoson.
The crowd cheers as Azaryan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nickoson doesn't seem phased though.
Nickoson is looking to chop away at Azaryan's legs.
Azaryan avoids the head kick by Nickoson.
Nickoson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azaryan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Artur Azaryan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nickoson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azaryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Azaryan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nickoson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Azaryan lands a nice hook to Nickoson's body. Nickoson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Azaryan avoids the body shot from Nickoson.
Azaryan defending well as Nickoson loads up on a big left hand.
Azaryan connects with a jab.
Azaryan scores with a nice head shot.
Azaryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickoson.
Azaryan digs a good hook to Nickoson's body.
Nickoson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azaryan is looking for a sweep.
An elbow from Nickoson crashes against the mat.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Azaryan prevents Nickoson from moving into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nickoson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Azaryan keeps working.
Azaryan is looking to get back to his feet here but Nickoson is keeping cool and he's managed to take Azaryan's back.
Nickoson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Azaryan is taking damage to the body and head.
Nickoson misses with a punch to the head.
Nickoson looking for the RNC.
Azaryan prevents Nickoson from getting a body triangle.
Azaryan is looking to control the hands but Nickoson breaks free and manages to sink in a rear naked choke that ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brodie Nickoson!
A very excited looking Brodie Nickoson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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