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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Ventura (ranked 4939 p4p, 182 weight class) and Abioye Nazari (ranked 4668 p4p, 168 weight class). Nazari is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Do You Call My Name by Ra. Abioye Nazari has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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265 lbs
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298 lbs
11 - 17 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Ventura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abioye Nazari !
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ventura's sensitive parts.
Nazari staying out of range there.
Nazari misses with a wild combination.
Ventura looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ventura works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ventura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ventura showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nazari .
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nazari .
Ventura misses with a body shot
and Nazari counters by clinching up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazari blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Ventura's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nazari digs a right hand into Ventura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ventura's gas tank.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazari has Ventura pressed against the cage, preventing Ventura from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short body shot lands from Ventura as the two fighters clinch.
Nazari lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ventura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nazari displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ventura up against the cage.
Nazari manages to break the clinch.
Nazari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ventura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Ventura was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nazari .
Some wild striking there from Ventura.
Nazari slips a jab and a cross from Ventura.
Nazari throws a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ventura can pounce on him.
Nazari misses with a double jab.
Nazari displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Anthony Ventura has been cut.
Ventura misses with a hook. Nazari ducked under it nicely.
Nazari has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nazari misses with a combination
and Ventura counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ventura lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nazari circles away quickly and effectively.
Nazari digs a good hook to Ventura's body.
Ventura is breathing heavily.
Nazari jabs at Ventura's body.
Ventura throws the left hand but Nazari avoids the punch easily.
Nazari unleashes a big counter combination but Ventura bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nazari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ventura.
Nazari looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Anthony Ventura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ventura misses with a low kick.
Ventura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazari moves away.
Nazari looks to land a body kick but Ventura moved away.
Nazari throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Ventura stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Nazari follows into mount!
Nazari postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Ventura bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nazari and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abioye Nazari !
Abioye Nazari seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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