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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Neil Nucombe (ranked 843 p4p, 131 weight class) and Rocco Dangerfield (ranked 1326 p4p, 207 weight class). Dangerfield has chosen Immortal - All Shall Fall as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Neil Nucombe has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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176 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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168 cm
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180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Neil Nucombe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rocco Dangerfield!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nucombe lands with a good body shot.
Nucombe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dangerfield sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nucombe clobbers Dangerfield with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nucombe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dangerfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Nucombe.
Nucombe looks to score with a jab to the body but Dangerfield is just out of range.
Nucombe cracks Dangerfield with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nucombe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nucombe. Dangerfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Dangerfield tries to counter it with a takedown but Nucombe pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nucombe misses with a looping right.
Dangerfield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nucombe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nucombe looks to score with a jab to the body but Dangerfield is just out of range.
Nucombe scores with the left hand. Dangerfield knows he should have avoided that one.
Nucombe scores with a nice strike.
A jab from Nucombe does it's job there.
Neil Nucombe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nucombe misses with a wild body shot.
Nucombe throws a lazy right hand but Dangerfield sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dangerfield changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Nucombe falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dangerfield counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield taking a breather here.
Nucombe prevents Dangerfield from improving position.
Dangerfield is trying to ground and pound but Nucombe uses the momentary lack of control by Dangerfield to regain half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dangerfield trying to mount his opponent but Nucombe defends it.
Nucombe trying to hold on to Dangerfield's head to control him but Dangerfield postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dangerfield thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nucombe's head.
Dangerfield looks to land a strike but Nucombe avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dangerfield sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nucombe's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Nucombe's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Dangerfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dangerfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dangerfield is trying to control the action in half guard but Nucombe is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dangerfield throws a strike but Nucombe avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Dangerfield is looking to work some ground and pound but Nucombe has wrist control.
Dangerfield with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dangerfield with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dangerfield tries to free his leg and advance position but Nucombe is retaining full guard.
Nucombe not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dangerfield passes Nucombe's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dangerfield tries to pass to full mount but Nucombe defends it.
Dangerfield trying to control from half guard but Nucombe is working away.
Nucombe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dangerfield sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nucombe defending well though.
Nucombe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dangerfield on the ground.
Dangerfield thows a huge punch but Nucombe dodges it nicely.
Dangerfield missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Neil Nucombe will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nucombe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dangerfield tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Nucombe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dangerfield takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nucombe misses with a hook. Dangerfield ducked under it nicely.
Dangerfield changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Nucombe swings for the body but Dangerfield moves out of range.
Nucombe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dangerfield with the counter takedown but Nucombe avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nucombe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dangerfield ducks under a wild hook from Nucombe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Nucombe misses.
Nucombe with a hook.
Dangerfield avoids the body shot from Nucombe.
Nucombe lands with a good body shot.
Nucombe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dangerfield can do to turn this around?
A slow jab from Nucombe misses its intended target.
Nucombe looks to land a combination but Dangerfield avoids it well.
Nucombe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nucombe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dangerfield changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Neil Nucombe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nucombe misses with a looping left.
Dangerfield slips a straight right by Nucombe.
Nucombe throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dangerfield counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nucombe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dangerfield.
Dangerfield slows the pace down in half guard.
Dangerfield drops an elbow to the side of Nucombe's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nucombe wants to improve his position but Dangerfield is controlling well.
Dangerfield is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Nucombe!
Nucombe is in a horrible position here. Dangerfield smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dangerfield looking to finish with strikes here!
Dangerfield fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nucombe on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nucombe tries to get out of the position.
Dangerfield looking to finish with strikes here!
Nucombe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dangerfield.
Dangerfield landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Nucombe is in a horrible position here. Dangerfield smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dangerfield cracks Nucombe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nucombe is rocked!
Dangerfield throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dangerfield throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dangerfield landing strikes from the mount and Nucombe is in trouble!
Dangerfield is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dangerfield cracks Nucombe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Nucombe is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dangerfield looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Nucombe covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocco Dangerfield!
An out of breath Rocco Dangerfield thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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RATING
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