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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andre Clay (ranked 1068 p4p, 53 weight class) and Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 1326 p4p, 64 weight class). Clay's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Believe. Nagasaki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Execute Plan: Onwards Zombie Soldiers kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Santosh Nagasaki has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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146 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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139 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santosh Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Clay.
Nagasaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Nagasaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clay.
Clay misses with a body shot
and Nagasaki counters with a nice double leg into side control. Clay won't be happy with that.
Nagasaki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Clay, who protects the arm well.
Sloppy strikes there by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki is looking to take a break and control but Clay is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
A lull in the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clay is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nagasaki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clay is looking to escape.
Clay manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nagasaki misses with a head shot. Clay uses the momentum to regain guard.
Nagasaki looking to sit in guard and control but Clay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Clay wants to control from the top but Nagasaki keeps moving.
Clay is fighting to break Nagasaki's control of his arms but Nagasaki is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clay is refusing to be controlled, as Nagasaki sits in half guard.
Nagasaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nagasaki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Clay with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clay wants to control but Nagasaki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nagasaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clay is refusing to be controlled, as Nagasaki sits in half guard.
Clay trying to hold on to Nagasaki's head to control him but Nagasaki postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nagasaki working Clay over with strikes.
Nagasaki lands strikes from half guard.
Nagasaki is trying to control the action in half guard but Clay is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Clay is looking for a sweep. Nagasaki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Clay trying to control from the bottom.
Clay wants to get back to full guard but Nagasaki has mounted him!
A nice elbow there by Nagasaki.
Clay wants to control but Nagasaki is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagasaki has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Clay's face.
Clay is looking to get to half guard.
Nagasaki controlling the position easily from mount.
Nagasaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Clay wants to hold on but Nagasaki pushes him away.
Clay manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clay tries to roll over but Nagasaki keeps him under control.
Clay is pressing down on Nagasaki's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Clay keeps moving.
Clay looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nagasaki puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nagasaki throws a jab when Clay was well out of range.
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clay manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from Clay misses.
A slow jab from Nagasaki misses its intended target.
Nagasaki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nagasaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nagasaki takes one to the side of the head.
Clay swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Clay feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nagasakis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki slips a jab and a cross from Clay.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick that misses.
Nagasaki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clay loads up on a big right hand but Nagasaki slips the punch.
Clay gets tackled into the cage by Nagasaki. Nagasaki maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki misses with a body punch.
Nagasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nagasaki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clay tries to work over Nagasaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clay gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Nagasaki wants to improve his position but Clay is controlling well.
Clay trying to control from half guard but Nagasaki is working away.
Nagasaki is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Clay.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Clay in particular looking to stall.
Nagasaki moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay preventing the sweep.
Nagasaki is trying to keep Clay in close.
Clay preventing the sweep.
Clay got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nagasaki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Clay has managed to get both his arms back between Nagasaki's legs - danger averted.
Nagasaki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clay being controlled here momentarily.
Clay scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay preventing the sweep.
Clay passes Nagasaki's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nagasaki tries to roll over but Clay keeps him under control.
Nagasaki is refusing to be controlled, as Clay sits in half guard.
Clay not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Clay is working for a submission of some sort.
Nagasaki is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Clay's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Clay's back!
Clay rolls, trying to escape but Nagasaki keeps control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Clay breaks Nagasaki's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Clay wants to pass the guard but Nagasaki is keeping the position.
Clay has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Clay preventing the sweep.
Nagasaki throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Nagasaki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nagasaki trying to control the action but Clay is working from the bottom.
Santosh Nagasaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Clay has his hands clasped together around Nagasaki's back. He's all about the action.
Clay wants to sweep but Nagasaki has passed to side control!
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 Andre Clay will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nagasaki lands with a cross.
Nagasaki defending well as Clay loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Nagasaki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nagasaki defending well as Clay loads up on a big left hand.
Andre Clay is winning the standup battle so far.
Nagasaki slips a straight right by Clay.
Sloppy strikes from Clay. Those never looked like landing.
Clay throws a sloppy head kick and Nagasaki moves out of range easily.
Clay throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nagasaki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Clay misses the body punch
and Nagasaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clay throws a poor cross that misses
and Nagasaki counters with a straight right hand.
Clay throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagasaki doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Clay scores with a jab.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clay.
Nagasaki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Clay throws an off balance right hand
and Nagasaki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clay cracks the inside of Nagasaki's front leg.
Clay takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Clay throws a head kick but Nagasaki moves out of range.
It seemed like Nagasaki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nagasaki scores with a nice strike.
Clay lands a slapping body shot.
Clay throws a leg kick
and Clay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Clay is rocked!
Nagasaki fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Clay square on the jaw! Damn, Clay is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Santosh Nagasaki!
Santosh Nagasaki decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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