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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 512 p4p, 20 weight class) and Tommy Walcott (ranked 752 p4p, 35 weight class). Nagasaki comes to the cage accompanied by Execute Plan: Onwards Zombie Soldiers . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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139 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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140 lbs
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santosh Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Nagasaki misses.
Nagasaki has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Wild Beasts Zoo in the buildup to the fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walcott.
Nagasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walcott throws the kick towards the body but Nagasaki avoids it.
Nagasaki with a nice cross.
Walcott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walcott misses with a right hand
enabling Nagasaki to counter with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Walcott there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Walcott scores with a head kick. Nagasaki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Walcott swings widly with a right hand
and Nagasaki counters with a left to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasaki looks to throw the jab but Walcott is out of range.
Nagasaki misses with a wild body shot.
A nice side step and Walcott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nagasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott walks into a straight right hand from Nagasaki.
Walcott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nagasaki throws out the jab.
A head kick by Walcott misses
and Walcott takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott throws the kick towards the body but Nagasaki avoids it.
Nagasaki catches Walcott with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Walcott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nagasaki is trying to defend but Walcott finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nagasaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Walcott.
Nagasaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Walcott content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Nagasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Walcott trying to control the pace.
Nagasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Nagasaki moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nagasaki wants to sweep but no luck.
Walcott is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nagasaki is trying to keep Walcott in close.
Nagasaki wants to sweep here but Walcott controlling him for the moment.
Nagasaki is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walcott is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki controls Walcott momentarily but Walcott frees himself.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Walcott feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nagasaki's calf.
Nagasaki works Walcott's body with a nice hook.
Tommy Walcott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Walcott.
Nagasaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tommy Walcott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walcott walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nagasaki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A telegraphed right hand from Nagasaki misses the target.
Walcott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagasaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walcott feints a counter leg kick.
Nagasaki throws a lazy right hand but Walcott sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walcott tries a quick counter leg kick but Nagasaki is wise to it.
Nagasaki avoids a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Walcott.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott wants to land a leg kick but Nagasaki is out of range.
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nagasaki.
Walcott falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Nagasaki to counter with a crisp jab.
Nagasaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walcott was well out of range. Poor timing from Nagasaki.
Walcott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Nagasaki.
Walcott throws a leg kick
and Nagasaki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasaki is nestled in close to Walcott, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Walcott wants to control but Nagasaki is keeping busy.
Walcott has hold of Nagasaki's hands but Nagasaki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Walcott felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Walcott manages to get to full guard.
Walcott keeping moving, preventing Nagasaki from controlling successfully.
Nagasaki wants to pass the guard but Walcott is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nagasaki throws the left hand but Walcott avoids the punch easily.
Nagasaki misses with a hook
and Walcott counters with a right hand to the body.
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Nagasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagasaki takes a swing at Walcott's ribcage but misses.
Nagasaki takes a swing at Walcott's ribcage but misses.
Walcott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nagasaki tries to counter with a takedown but Walcott is quick to defend against it.
Santosh Nagasaki is winning the standup battle so far.
Nagasaki takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nagasaki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nagasaki lands a glancing blow to the side of Walcott's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nagasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walcott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walcott feints and then cracks Nagasaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nagasaki down.
Walcott looks to throw the jab but Nagasaki is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Walcott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott misses with a leg kick.
Walcott scores with a head kick. Nagasaki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
An inside leg kick lands from Walcott.
Walcott misses with a low kick.
Walcott throws a hook but Nagasaki avoids it easily.
Walcott takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nagasaki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Walcott is looking to score with low kicks.
Nagasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Walcott is just out of range.
Walcott digs a good body shot into Nagasaki's ribs.
Nice cross by Nagasaki.
Good leg kick by Walcott there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nagasaki shoots in looking for a takedown but Walcott manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nagasaki's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Walcott works the jab nicely.
Nagasaki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Walcott. That's going to slow Nagasaki down.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walcott.
Nagasaki backing away here, and Walcott unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nagasaki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Walcott keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Walcott throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Walcott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Walcott tries to score with a low kick but Nagasaki moves his leg out of the way.
Walcott takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nagasaki misses with a right hand
and Walcott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nagasaki has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santosh Nagasaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nagasaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Walcott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
Nagasaki was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Walcott wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Walcott.
Walcott scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Walcott there.
Walcott looks to throw the jab but Nagasaki is out of range.
Nagasaki throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Nagasaki throws a big shot that misses.
Nagasaki keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Walcott lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Walcott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagasaki.
Walcott scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters circling - Walcott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nagasaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walcott.
An attempted straight right counter from Nagasaki misses the target.
Walcott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nagasaki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nagasaki throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Nagasaki misses with a wild body shot.
Nagasaki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walcott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott scores with a jab to the body.
Walcott is looking to slow Nagasaki down with leg kicks.
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Walcott swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nagasaki takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagasaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Nagasaki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Walcott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walcott.
Walcott turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Walcott shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Nagasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Walcott is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagasaki tries to get to full guard but Walcott has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Walcott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott connects with an inside leg kick.
Nagasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Walcott is just out of range.
Walcott takes one to the chin there.
Nagasaki throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot.
Nagasaki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nagasaki misses with a hook to the body
and Nagasaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Walcott misses with a low kick.
Nagasaki connects with a body shot that sends Walcott's belly button to the back.
Walcott moves forwards but Nagasaki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nagasaki connects with the punch.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nagasaki throwing a counter right hand but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott defending well as Nagasaki loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nagasaki. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walcott looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nagasaki throws a lazy uppercut
and Walcott counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott is looking to slow Nagasaki down with leg kicks.
Walcott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Walcott.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Walcott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nagasaki works Walcott's body with a nice hook.
Walcott throws a nice outside leg kick.
Walcott is looking to score with low kicks.
Walcott connects with a body shot that sends Nagasaki's belly button to the back.
Walcott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagasaki.
Walcott thuds a left hand into Nagasaki's body.
Nagasaki checks a leg kick nicely.
Nagasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walcott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walcott throws a body punch but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Walcott changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nagasaki misses with a left hand
and Walcott counters with a nice leg kick.
Nagasaki checks a leg kick.
Nagasaki throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walcott moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nagasaki lands with an uppercut that bounces Walcott off the cage and back into range.
Walcott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nagasaki throws out the jab.
Nagasaki misses the shot to the body.
Nagasaki connects with a single shot there.
Walcott fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Walcott stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walcott wants it to stay on the feet.
Nagasaki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Walcott.
Nice defenses there by Walcott.
Walcott misses with a left hand
and Nagasaki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Walcott's knee momentarily.
Nagasaki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A lazy left from Walcott finds it's target.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walcott.
Nagasaki cracks a nice hook into Walcott's ribs.
Nagasaki tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Walcott feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nagasaki's calf.
Walcott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Walcott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
Walcott connects with an inside leg kick.
Nagasaki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walcott.
Walcott tries a quick counter leg kick but Nagasaki is wise to it.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott cracks the inside of Nagasaki's front leg.
Nagasaki throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Walcott finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Walcott misses with a low kick as Nagasaki jumps back.
Walcott misses with a body shot.
Walcott avoids the body shot from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki looking to score a takedown here. Walcott is defending well but Nagasaki drives through and ends up in Walcott's guard.
Nagasaki wants to pass the guard but Walcott is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott working a defensive guard here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Nagasaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walcott swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nagasaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Walcott looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nagasaki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nagasaki trying to control but Walcott is working from the bottom.
Nagasaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Walcott pulls Nagasaki in close to prevent any damage.
Walcott wants to stand and escape but Nagasaki is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Santosh Nagasaki.
I think Nagasaki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Santosh Nagasaki!
An out of breath Santosh Nagasaki thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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