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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nosmo King (ranked 4962 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kang Desmond (ranked 6794 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Desmond's choice of entrance music: Take a step back. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nosmo King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kang Desmond!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King closes this distance looking for a takedown but Desmond circles away.
King avoids the head kick by Desmond.
King fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Desmond has managed to clinch.
Desmond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
King shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Desmond defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nosmo King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Desmond dives in and scores a takedown into King's guard.
King wriggles free and stands up.
King really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Desmond as King shoots in.
Desmond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Desmond's elbow.
King breaks the clinch.
King pushes Desmond up against the cage in a clinch.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King fails with the takedown
and Desmond counters with a left and a right that stings King.
King takes one to the side of the head.
Desmond lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Desmond drops King with a beautiful combination! King stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Desmond is looking for the KO!
King is rocked!
It looks like Nosmo King has been cut.
King is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King tries for a takedown but Desmond sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Desmond throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
King seems to have got his legs back now.
King closes the distance and clinches up with Desmond, looking for a takedown. King pushes Desmond against the cage but Desmond circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Desmond misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Desmond fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
Desmond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Desmond forces King back against the cage and clinches.
Desmond breaks from the clinch.
King shoots and misses
and Desmond counters with a crisp one two that drops King! Desmond thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves King to his feet! King is in big trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Desmond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Desmond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King dodges the punch combination from Desmond.
King thinks about countering with a head kick.
Nosmo King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desmond moves into the clinch.
Desmond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Desmond darts in and clinches King up against the cage.
Desmond decides to pull guard.
Desmond has momentary wrist control but King slips an elbow through the middle.
King working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Desmond thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Desmond can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as King controls the pace.
Desmond is trying to keep King in close.
King is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King postures up.
King stops Desmond from standing up.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
King throwing strikes but missing.
King throwing strikes from guard but Desmond blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kang Desmond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nosmo King's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
King instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from King.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King avoids the head kick by Desmond.
King slips a jab and a cross from Desmond.
King misses with a low kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King manages to break the clinch.
King avoids the head kick by Desmond.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Desmond to the mat! Desmond manages to get full guard.
Desmond is breathing heavily.
Desmond preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
King postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Desmond wants to stand but King is controlling the position.
Desmond trying to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
King trying to control but Desmond is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
King cracks Desmond with a solid left hand.
King lands a couple of elbows.
Desmond is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nosmo King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King forces his way into half guard.
Nice strikes from King there.
King sitting and controlling from the half guard.
King seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Desmond does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
King slows the pace down in half guard.
Desmond trying to control here.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Desmond with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
King is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
King pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
King lands a heavy elbow.
King landing strikes from the mount and Desmond is in trouble!
King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
King jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Desmond manages to avoid the submission attempt.
King wants to control but Desmond is keeping him busy.
King is putting a hurting on Desmond here, landing some big shots from side control.
King throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desmond defending against the ground and pound.
King throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
You can see the frustration on Desmond's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
King landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Desmond really doesn't want to stay on the ground with King. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Desmond is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Desmond manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Desmond looks to land a strike but King avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
King pushes Desmond off and scrambles back to his feet.
King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Desmond sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Desmond lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nosmo King dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nosmo King's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Desmond.
Desmond closes the distance and clinches.
Desmond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King shoots in and bounces Desmond off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Desmond preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Desmond takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Desmond is trying to control the position but King postures up.
King stands up over Desmond, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Desmond trying to keep a closed guard but King is proving a slippery customer.
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King landing with the ground and pound.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Desmond is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Desmond preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Desmond keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Desmond is keeping the position for now.
King throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Desmond controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kang Desmond seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Desmond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Desmond blocks a body shot from King.
King successfully pulls guard.
King wriggles free and stands up.
King gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Desmond defends well and King ends up having to push Desmond into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Desmond throws a nice head kick!
Jab by Desmond.
King looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Desmond!
Desmond pushes King away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, King gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Desmond bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
King moves into range and clinches up with Desmond.
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!
King breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
King misses with a body shot.
King shoots in and gets a takedown into Desmond's guard.
Desmond is trying to control the position from the bottom.
King slips nicely into half guard.
Desmond wants to control but King is keeping busy and won't allow it.
King is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Desmond is just riding it out for now. King eventually gives up the hold.
King missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nosmo King showed his dominance in that final round.
I think King 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nosmo King!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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