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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mike nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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200 cm
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285 lbs
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225 cm
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kim Love! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, mike nelson! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! nelson shoots in looking for a takedown. Love tries to sprawl out of it but nelson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Love manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. nelson throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range. nelson wants to clinch. Love tries to clinch but fails miserably and nelson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. nelson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Love fails in his attempt to clinch. nelson misses with a few strikes there.
nelson keeps the fight on the outside. nelson throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range. Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Love darts in and clinches nelson up against the cage. nelson is trying to break the clinch but Love has him pressed against the cage. Love avoiding damage.
Love landing knees to the head.
It looks like mike nelson has been cut. Love tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Love is looking for a takedown up against the cage. nelson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Love tries to pull guard but nelson won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Love. That's going to take a lot out of him. Love tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Love stalling the fight.
Love misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Love tries to pull guard but nelson holds him up against the cage and eventually Love drops back down to his feet.
Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. nelson smiles and moves away.
Love tries to clinch up but nelson circles away and keeps his distance. nelson fails with a takedown attempt. nelson jabs Love right on the nose. Love blinks but takes it well. Love takes a shot right to the bread basket. Love wants to clinch. Love tries to close the distance and clinch up but nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center. Love tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. nelson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Kim Love has been cut. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Love instigates a clinch. nelson goes for a takedown attempt but Love pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
nelson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Love throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nelson blocks it with crossed arms. nelson wants to stall.
Love with an attempt at a knee that misses.
nelson taking a breather. Love tries to pull guard but nelson won't allow it.
Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. nelson smiles and moves away.
nelson throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease. Love tries to clinch there but nelson circles away.
nelson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Love is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Love fails in his attempt to clinch. nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by Love. nelson cracks a nice hook into Love's ribs. Love is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Love is looking to clinch. nelson fails with a takedown attempt. Love tries to clinch but nelson moves away and nelson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Love fails in his attempt to clinch. Love has nelson up against the cage in a clinch.
Love fails to pull guard.
Love misses with a knee strike.
Love prevents nelson from breaking the clinch. Love goes for a takedown in the clinch but nelson prevents it.
nelson can't break the clinch.
nelson decides to pull guard. nelson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. nelson looking for a guillotine here but Love defends easily.
Love is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Love working some strikes from top position. nelson tries to strike from the bottom.
nelson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. nelson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Love wants to control from the top but nelson keeps moving. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Love's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Love postures up and lands a big shot to nelson's brow. nelson wants to sweep here but Love controlling him for the moment. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Love moves in looking to clinch but nelson pushes him off. Love throws a series of punches but nelson avoids them all with ease. Love blocks a head kick by nelson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mike nelson dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
nelson throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range. Love fails in his attempt to clinch. Love is looking to clinch. Love tries to clinch but nelson moves away and nelson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Love fails in his attempt to clinch. Love tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. nelson throws a combination that misses and Love moves into the clinch. Love tries a knee to the head but nelson blocks it.
Love tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Love stalling in the clinch but nelson improves position. Love goes for a takedown attempt but nelson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Love tries to clinch up but nelson circles away and keeps his distance. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Love closes the distance looking to clinch and nelson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. nelson lands a head kick. Love smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Love tries to clinch but nelson moves away and nelson counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love slips a jab and a cross from nelson.
nelson misses with a takedown and Love counters by clinching up. nelson wants to break free but Love has control.
Love jumps guard.
Love scrambles and gets back to his feet.
nelson misses with a head kick.
nelson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. nelson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Kim Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Love avoids the head kick by nelson.
Danga de danga de dang - nelson scores with a four punch combination! nelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Love tries to clinch there but nelson circles away.
Love has nelson up against the cage in a clinch.
Love with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Love jumps guard but nelson stands there with Love around his waist. Love gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Love. That's going to take a lot out of him. nelson is looking to break free of the clinch but Love has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round. nelson wants a takedown but no success here.
Love lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Love jumps guard but nelson stands there with Love around his waist. Love gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
nelson is trying to break free. nelson is looking to break free of the clinch but Love has double underhooks. nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Love drops down looking for an ankle pick but nelson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away. Love tries to clinch up. Love tries to close the distance and clinch but nelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Love fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with nelson, pushing him back against the cage. nelson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Love walks away with a smile on his face. nelson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Love tries to clinch there but nelson circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Love closes the distance looking to clinch and nelson counters with a nice body shot. nelson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. nelson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Love defends it well. nelson blocks the strikes from Love.
nelson not landing any meaningful shots this time. nelson wants to get back to his feet.
Love missing with punches from the bottom.
nelson is looking for a kimura but Love is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for nelson to get the leverage. Love looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round. nelson blocks the strikes from Love.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Love moves in looking to clinch but nelson pushes him off. Love tries to clinch but nelson moves out of range. nelson looks to land a combination. Love sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Love wants to clinch but nelson slips to the side and nelson counters with an inside leg kick. Love rushes nelson and presses him up against the cage. nelson is trying to stall.
Love using the Thai plumb to throw knees but nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
nelson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Love leaning against his opponent.
nelson trying to stall but Love improves his position.
Love with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mike nelson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
nelson connects with a single shot there. nelson shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well. nelson tries for a takedown but Love sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Love is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Love wants to clinch. nelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
nelson wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance. nelson keeps the fight on the outside. Love tries to clinch there but nelson circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Love gets in close and instigates a clinch. Love tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Love misses with a knee to the head. Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. nelson smiles and moves away.
Love tries to clinch but nelson is having none of it. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Love is looking to take this fight into the clinch. The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Kim Love is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. nelson tries to clinch but Love moves away and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Love lands with a light punch inside. Love scores a nice knee to the body.
nelson wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
nelson is pressed up against the cage. Love has hold of a leg and is looking to drag nelson down to the mat. nelson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Love closes the distance and clinches. Love gets control of nelson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Love will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. nelson wanted to stand there but Love had control of the position. nelson is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. nelson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Love will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Love pushes nelson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there. Love tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. nelson throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range. Love tries to clinch up. Love moves in looking to clinch but nelson pushes him off. nelson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. nelson tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Love moves into the clinch. Love tries to land a knee to the head but nelson blocks with his arms.
Love goes for a takedown in the clinch but nelson prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Love. That's going to take a lot out of him. Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. nelson smiles and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love moves forwards but nelson connects with a nice, crisp jab. Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love tries to clinch but nelson is having none of it. nelson shoots in looking for a takedown. Love tries to sprawl out of it but nelson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Love manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. nelson throws a quick inside leg kick. Love tries to clinch up. Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Love on the wrong end of a nice jab. nelson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away. The fight stays on the outside here - Love looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Love tries to clinch up but nelson circles away and keeps his distance. nelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
nelson scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Love takes the fight into the clinch. Knees in the clinch landing for Love.
Love tries to score a body lock takedown but nelson shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Love throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but nelson blocks it with crossed arms. nelson breaks from the clinch.
nelson scores to the head and body with a nice combination! nelson scores with a nice strike. nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away. Love tries to clinch up but nelson circles away and keeps his distance. Love fails in his attempt to clinch. Love tries to close the distance and clinch up but nelson swats him away and circles back towards the center. Kim Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! mike nelson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Love tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away. nelson fails with the takedown and Love holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight! Kim Love showed his dominance in that final round. I think nelson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29 Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29 Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mike nelson!
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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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