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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Ravese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nunes comes into the arena with Aerosmith - Rockin' The Joint blaring out of the sound system. Gabriel Nunes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nick Ravese's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Ravese!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunes throws a shot to the body.
Nunes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ravese shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ravese was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ravese looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nunes wants to control but Ravese is having none of it.
Nunes squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Ravese avoids the attempt from Nunes to control.
Nunes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ravese scoring with strikes but Nunes is staying in there.
Nunes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nunes tries to get out of the position.
Nunes is working to get back to half guard.
Nunes is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Nunes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nunes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nunes really wants to buck Ravese off and get back to his feet.
Nunes is desperately trying to improve his position but Ravese has a good base and remains in mount.
Ravese lands a big shot there that rocks Nunes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ravese with a couple of short strikes.
Ravese lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ravese lands a big elbow.
Ravese misses with a head shot.
Nunes really wants to buck Ravese off and get back to his feet.
Ravese lands a big elbow.
Nunes is in all sorts of trouble here.
The referee warns Nunes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ravese landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ravese pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nunes wants to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Ravese.
BOOM! Ravese connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ravese landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nunes throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ravese scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nunes?
Ravese thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Ravese has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ravese throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nunes tries to hold on but Ravese postures up.
Ravese tries to push Nunes's head away but Nunes is holding on tight.
Ravese putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ravese scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nunes can't escape the position.
Ravese with good strikes from the mount here!
Nunes is looking to improve his position but Ravese isn't that keen on the idea.
Nunes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Ravese.
Ravese scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ravese with the ground and pound from mount.
Ravese lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nunes holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ravese tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nunes is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ravese cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Nunes that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ravese throws some wild stikes that Nunes manages to avoid easily.
Nunes taking shots to the head.
Nunes tries to lock up and control but Ravese gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ravese prevents Nunes from getting the reversal.
Ravese lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nunes is in a horrible position here. Ravese smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ravese scoring with strikes but Nunes is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Ravese.
Ravese putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nunes is bucking up trying to escape but Ravese cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ravese landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ravese is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nunes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ravese lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nunes tries to reverse the position but Ravese maintains control.
Nunes bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Nunes stops Ravese from standing up.
Ravese tries to strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nunes stands up from Ravese's guard - Nunes perhaps looking for a knockout.
Ravese tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nunes swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nick Ravese will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Ravese misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ravese shoots in looking for a takedown. Nunes tries to sprawl out of it but Ravese keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nunes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ravese swinging wilding here.
Nick Ravese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nunes cracks Ravese with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nunes lands a head kick!
A punch lands to the side of Ravese 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nunes wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nunes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ravese is rocked!
Nunes misses with a double jab.
Ravese shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nunes has hold of Ravese's hands but Ravese slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nunes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ravese trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ravese loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ravese gets to his feet - Nunes follows without any prompting.
Horrible takedown by Ravese or perhaps it was just good defense by Nunes which made him look bad.
Gabriel Nunes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Ravese.
Ravese misses with a combination
and Nunes counters with a left to the body.
Ravese takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ravese shoots in for a takedown but Nunes shows good takedown defense.
Nunes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nunes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ravese is looking to clinch but Nunes is avoiding it.
Ravese with a poor takedown
and Nunes counters with a series of strikes. Ravese will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nunes throws a head kick that Ravese semi-blocks.
Nunes misses with a wild body shot.
Ravese misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ravese misses with a double jab
and Nunes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ravese throws a right hand that Nunes ducks under and follows up with a left that Nunes also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ravese tries to clinch but Nunes moves away
and Nunes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nunes throws a sloppy head kick and Ravese moves out of range easily.
Ravese closes the distance but Nunes moves to the side
and Nunes counters by clinching up.
Ravese breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nunes with a nice cross.
Ravese rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nunes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice sprawl there from Nunes as Ravese shoots in.
Ravese looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nunes stuffs the takedown attempt from Ravese. Ravese gets slowly back to his feet.
Nunes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nunes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nunes is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ravese fails with a takedown attempt.
Nunes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ravese wants to improve his position but Nunes is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ravese is trying to stand back up but Nunes is controlling him
Nunes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ravese punching from the bottom.
Nunes controlling the action here.
Ravese is not content to let Nunes control the position.
Ravese is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ravese misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ravese falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nunes counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ravese is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nunes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nunes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ravese throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nunes counters with a left and a right that stings Ravese.
Some wild striking there from Ravese.
Ravese misses with a takedown attempt
and Nunes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nunes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nunes misses with a series of wild punches.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ravese.
Ravese lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nunes tries to escape but Ravese is in control.
Ravese creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ravese misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Nunes dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Ravese will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ravese misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nunes is looking to wear down Ravese with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ravese lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nunes circles away quickly and effectively.
Gabriel Nunes is winning the standup battle so far.
Nunes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Nunes duly obliges.
Nunes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ravese stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nunes clinches up against the cage.
Nunes manages to pull guard.
Nunes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ravese stands up and waves to Nunes to follow him.
Ravese throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ravese throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nunes doesn't manage to clinch there - Ravese circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ravese takes one to the side of the head.
Nunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ravese.
Nunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ravese bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Ravese's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nunes wants to control but Ravese postures up.
Nunes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Ravese.
Ravese is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ravese prevents Nunes from improving his position.
Ravese is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nunes flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Nunes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ravese scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nunes wants to control but Ravese is keeping busy and won't allow it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ravese tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nunes swivels and escapes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ravese slips a jab and a cross from Nunes.
Ravese takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ravese shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ravese was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ravese lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nunes wants to hold on but Ravese pushes him away.
Nunes is working to get back to half guard.
Nunes is in a horrible position here. Ravese smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ravese cracks Nunes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ravese working the ground and pound effectively.
Nick Ravese has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ravese fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ravese raining down shots from the mount!
Nunes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ravese unloading with bombs!
Ravese lands a big shot there that rocks Nunes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Nunes wants to control but Ravese is having none of it.
Ravese postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nunes looks a forlorn figure.
Ravese dominating with strikes here.
Ravese is landing with some decent strikes but Nunes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nunes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ravese lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ravese with good strikes from the mount here!
Ravese looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nunes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ravese raining down shots from the mount!
Nunes tries to lock up and control but Ravese gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nunes throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ravese. What's that going to do exactly?
Ravese lands with some strikes.
Nunes tries to hold on but Ravese pushes him away.
Ravese dominating with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ravese cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nunes tries to hold on but Ravese postures up.
Ravese lands a big shot there that rocks Nunes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Nunes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ravese with shots to the head and body - Nunes looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nunes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ravese with the ground and pound from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Ravese comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ravese 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Ravese!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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