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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between AJ The Perfectionist (ranked 399 p4p, 56 weight class) and Frank Nada (ranked 697 p4p, 101 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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176 lbs
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177 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, AJ The Perfectionist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Nada!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from The Perfectionist. Those never looked like landing.
Nada throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nada misses with a straight right.
Nada cracks a nice hook into The Perfectionist's ribs.
Nada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Perfectionist moves away.
The Perfectionist half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Perfectionist can pounce on him.
The Perfectionist shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nada tries to roll over but The Perfectionist keeps him under control.
The Perfectionist lands with a punch from half guard.
The Perfectionist sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nada defending well though.
Nada wants to improve his position but The Perfectionist is controlling well.
The Perfectionist wants to control but Nada is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Perfectionist is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nada is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The Perfectionist is trying to work for a kimura but Nada is defending well.
The Perfectionist sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nada defending well though.
Nada is controlling The Perfectionist's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Nada wants to get back to full guard.
We've been hearing good reports from The Perfectionist'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.
The Perfectionist throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nada wants to sweep but The Perfectionist has passed to side control!
That's two 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.
The Perfectionist is looking to take a break and control but Nada is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nada sneaks back into half guard.
Nada is trying to maintain the position but The Perfectionist is very close to passing his half guard.
The Perfectionist scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The Perfectionist missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nada is looking to improve his position.
The Perfectionist takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nada manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Perfectionist working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nada trying to keep a closed guard but The Perfectionist is proving a slippery customer.
Nada can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Perfectionist controls the pace.
Nada bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Perfectionist's guard.
Nada pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Perfectionist is keeping the position for now.
Nada trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Perfectionist is adopting a defensive guard.
The Perfectionist can't keep his opponent in guard - Nada advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nada is keen to just control but The Perfectionist is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nada wants to free his trapped foot but The Perfectionist is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nada thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Perfectionist's head.
Nada moves into full mount! The Perfectionist won't be happy about that!
Nada looking to finish The Perfectionist with some ground and pound. This is bad for The Perfectionist!
The Perfectionist is trying to escape the mount.
Nada is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. The Perfectionist can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The Perfectionist is desperately trying to improve his position but Nada has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nada looking to control but The Perfectionist is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Nada is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Frank Nada will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nada steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Perfectionist.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nada! But no joy.
The Perfectionist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Perfectionist misses with a body shot.
Nada gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Perfectionist uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nada.
Jab from Nada.
The Perfectionist avoids the body shot from Nada.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Perfectionist, as that shot connected.
The Perfectionist connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Perfectionist attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Nada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nada misses with an uppercut
letting The Perfectionist counter with a right hand.
The Perfectionist misses with a low kick.
Nada tests The Perfectionist's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Perfectionist stuffs the takedown.
The Perfectionist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nada.
The Perfectionist just misses with a punch to the body.
Nada cracks The Perfectionist with an open hand slap.
Nada feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The Perfectionist looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The Perfectionist might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nada missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nada tries to free his leg and advance position but The Perfectionist is retaining full guard.
The Perfectionist working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nada doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nada manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nada scoring with some ground and pound.
The Perfectionist bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nada's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nada looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Perfectionist is one step ahead there.
Frank Nada has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Perfectionist 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.
Nada is trying to keep The Perfectionist in close.
Nada has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but The Perfectionist has passed into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nada is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nada taking a bit of punishment here - The Perfectionist scoring with strikes.
The Perfectionist trying to control the position but Nada is working away.
Nada tries to bench press The Perfectionist off him but The Perfectionist keeps the position.
Nada can't do much from the bottom here.
Nada tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but The Perfectionist wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nada gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nada works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nada 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.
Nada has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Perfectionist can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The Perfectionist landing some decent shots from guard.
The Perfectionist has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Perfectionist lands a couple of digs.
Nada can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Perfectionist controls the pace.
Nada 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Perfectionist missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that AJ The Perfectionist will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The Perfectionist throws a head kick that misses.
The Perfectionist misses with a body shot.
Nada misses the jab.
Nada fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Perfectionist on the side of the head.
The Perfectionist looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The Perfectionist lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The Perfectionist looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The Perfectionist throwing shots but Nada is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nada manages to get to full guard.
Nada trying to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nada wants to sweep but no luck.
The Perfectionist is fighting to break Nada's control of his arms but Nada is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The Perfectionist trying to control the position from guard on top but Nada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Perfectionist stopping the sweep attempt from Nada.
The Perfectionist not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nada bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Perfectionist's guard.
Nada wants to control from the top but The Perfectionist keeps moving.
That's two 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.
The Perfectionist is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nada makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The Perfectionist lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Nada looking for a sweep. Not yet Nada, not yet.
Nada trying to control the position.
The Perfectionist trying to control the position from guard on top but Nada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Perfectionist distracts Nada with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as The Perfectionist accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nada controlling The Perfectionist's posture.
The Perfectionist throwing strikes from guard but Nada blocks nicely.
The Perfectionist postures up.
The Perfectionist throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nada works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nada keeping moving, preventing The Perfectionist from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nada holds on and takes a little breather.
Nada not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The Perfectionist is looking to wear down Nada with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The Perfectionist misses with a shot to the body
and Nada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nada takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Perfectionist takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The Perfectionist misses the body punch
and Nada counters with a straight right hand.
The Perfectionist feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nadas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nada might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The Perfectionist uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nada.
The Perfectionist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nada.
The Perfectionist ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nada moves away.
The Perfectionist feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Nada wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nada is still trying to improve position.
The Perfectionist scoring with some ground and pound.
Nada tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
AJ The Perfectionist showed his dominance in that final round.
I think The Perfectionist 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AJ The Perfectionist!
After the fight, AJ The Perfectionist was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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FIGHT
RATING
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