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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Will Norris (ranked 806 p4p, 44 weight class) and Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 842 p4p, 48 weight class). 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! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
7 - 2 - 1 |
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139 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santosh Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki misses the shot to the body.
Norris misses with a lunging right hand
so Nagasaki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Norris has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Nagasaki off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Norris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Norris misses with a double jab.
A swing and a miss from Norris.
Norris scores with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Norris.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nagasaki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Norris.
Norris throws a nice outside leg kick.
A left lands for Norris.
Nagasaki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Norris doesn't seem bothered though.
Norris lands a body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nagasaki has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nagasaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Norris.
Norris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris motions for Nagasaki to come forward. Norris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nagasaki is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Norris with a body shot.
Norris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Norris attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nagasaki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Norris to score with a decent uppercut.
Nagasaki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Norris. Norris obviously looking to wear him down.
Nagasaki blocks the body kick.
Will Norris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norris misses the body punch
and Nagasaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Norris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Norris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Norris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nagasaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Norris throws out the jab.
Norris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Norris connects with a leg kick. Nagasaki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Norris looks to throw the jab but Nagasaki is out of range.
Norris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nagasaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki throws a body shot but no joy.
Norris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Norris throws an off balance right hand
and Nagasaki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Norris throws a leg kick
and Nagasaki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nagasaki checks a leg kick.
Nagasaki blocks the body kick.
Norris misses with a head kick.
Norris keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Norris.
A low kick from Norris is predictable there
and Nagasaki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Nagasaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nagasaki trying to control but Norris is working from the bottom.
Norris wants to stand up but Nagasaki is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Nagasaki presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Norris lands a body punch in the clinch.
Norris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nagasaki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nagasaki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Norris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nagasaki is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Norris!
Nagasaki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Norris is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norris trying desperately to get to his feet.
BOOM! Nagasaki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Norris is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nagasaki cracks Norris with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santosh Nagasaki!
Santosh Nagasaki thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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