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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evil Nixon (ranked 35 p4p, 8 weight class) and Leeland Lillard (ranked 208 p4p, 33 weight class). Leeland Lillard has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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211 lbs
30 - 6 - 2 |
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192 cm
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217 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
30 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Evil Nixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leeland Lillard!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nixon throws a jab when Lillard was well out of range.
Nixon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lillard wants to clinch.
Lillard throws an off balance right hand
and Nixon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lillard. Nixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nixon throwing a counter right hand but Lillard manages to avoid it.
Lillard throws a combination. Nixon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Evil Nixon has been cut.
Nixon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon sizes up Lillard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nixon scores with a jab to the jaw.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nixon.
Nixon connects with a right hand. Lillard shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon throws a body punch but Lillard moves out of range.
Lillard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nixon throws a hook but Lillard blocks it.
Nixon drives through and clinches with Lillard against the cage.
Lillard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lillard misses with a punch to the body.
Lillard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lillard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon blocks an uppercut.
Nixon is pushing Lillard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lillard has a couple of punches blocked by Nixon.
Lillard lands a hook that snaps the head of Nixon backwards.
A short right from Nixon on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lillard.
Lillard can't find room to land a body shot as Nixon controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon pushes Lillard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lillard working aggressively here.
Nixon blocks an uppercut.
Nixon tries to throw a body punch but Lillard avoids it by throwing Nixon back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Lillard.
Nixon misses with the head strike.
Nixon blocking some punches.
Nixon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lillard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nixon seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lillard can turn it around.
Nixon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lillard blocks a body shot from Nixon.
A head punch on the inside from Lillard fails to land.
Nixon misses with a punch to the body.
Lillard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lillard tries a body shot but Nixon blocks it.
Lillard working aggressively here.
I was talking to Nixon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lillard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nixon lands a left hand.
Lillard misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lillard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nixon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lillards head.
Lillard lands a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon blocking some punches.
Lillard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lillard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nixon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nixon blocks an uppercut.
Lillard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nixon avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Nixon scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Nixon.
Nixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nixon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Lillard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lillard presses Nixon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nixon scores with a hook to the body.
Nixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nixon avoids a wild elbow strike from Lillard.
Lillard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lillard blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lillard.
A head punch on the inside from Lillard fails to land.
Lillard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lillard lands a right hand.
Lillard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lillard misses with some punches.
Nixon can't find room to land a body shot as Lillard controls the action.
Nixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lillard misses with a punch on the inside.
Nixon prevents a body shot from Lillard.
Nixon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nixon misses with some punches.
Lillard prevents a body shot from Nixon.
Nixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Nixon.
Nixon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lillard lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evil Nixon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evil Nixon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lillard moves out of range of the body kick.
Nixon throws a body kick that misses.
Nixon throws a big shot that misses.
Nixon misses with a looping right.
Nixon feints and then cracks Lillard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lillard down.
Nixon throws a leg kick
and Lillard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nixon blocks a jab.
Nixon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lillard looks to score with a jab to the body but Nixon is just out of range.
Nixon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nixon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lillard closes the distance but Nixon moves to the side
and Nixon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lillard missing with a left hand there. Nixon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lillard checks a leg kick.
Lillard moves away from the strike by Nixon.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Some wild striking there from Lillard.
Nixon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lillard, pushing him back against the cage.
Nixon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lillard lands an uppercut.
Lillard pushes Nixon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lillard has a couple of punches blocked by Nixon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lillard digs a right hand into Nixon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nixon's gas tank.
Nixon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Nixon fails to land.
Lillard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lillard blocks an uppercut.
Lillard prevents a body shot from Nixon.
Nixon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lillard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lillard lands with a short shot to the head.
Lillard struggles to land a body shot inside as Nixon controls his hands.
Lillard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A hook to the body from Nixon.
Nixon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lillard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nixon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nixon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lillard gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nixon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nixon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nixon. Lillard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lillard throws a body shot but no joy.
Nixon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slow jab from Nixon misses its intended target.
Nixon lands with a nice body kick.
Nixon throws out a loose jab but Lillard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lillard replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Nixon blocks it well.
Nixon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lillard lands with a nice body kick.
Lillard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lillard throws a sloppy head kick and Nixon moves out of range easily.
A lazy left from Lillard finds it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lillard just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as Nixon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lillard doesn't seem phased though.
Nixon avoids the head kick by Lillard.
Nixon misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lillard! But no joy.
Nixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lillard moves away from the strike by Nixon.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nixon scores with a decent looking hook.
Nixon thumps Lillard with a low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Nixon as he connects with a hook.
Nixon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Whack! Nixon lands a heavy head kick that drops Lillard. The ref tackles Nixon to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Lillard was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Evil Nixon!
During a confident post fight interview, Evil Nixon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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
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