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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between donald cerrone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson has chosen 'Let the Bodies hit the floor' as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Todd Nelson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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265 lbs
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269 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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Counter striker
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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 New York, donald cerrone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Todd Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson wants to clinch up but cerrone keeps it at a distance.
cerrone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
cerrone tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch.
cerrone has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nelson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
cerrone can't get the takedown.
Nelson lands an elbow just above cerrone 's eye.
cerrone takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Nelson.
It looks like donald cerrone has been cut.
cerrone takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nelson breaks from the clinch.
cerrone throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nelson's waist but Nelson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing cerrone off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for donald cerrone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
donald cerrone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cerrone has a takedown stuffed.
cerrone is breathing heavily.
Nelson tries to clinch but cerrone moves out of range.
Nelson closes the distance and clinches.
cerrone is pressed up against the cage. Nelson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag cerrone down to the mat. cerrone avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nelson tries to clinch but cerrone is having none of it.
Nelson tries to clinch there but cerrone circles away.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
cerrone keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson wants to clinch up but cerrone keeps it at a distance.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but cerrone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nelson moves into the clinch.
cerrone wants a takedown.
Nelson lands a nice knee to the body.
cerrone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nelson connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
Nelson wants the takedown. cerrone is fighting it off but Nelson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in cerrone's guard against the cage.
Nelson tries to stand but cerrone is controlling from the bottom.
Nelson passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Nelson gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
cerrone swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
cerrone keeps the fight on the outside.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
Nelson tries to clinch but cerrone is having none of it.
cerrone avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nelson clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nelson tries to clinch up but cerrone circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson is looking to clinch but cerrone is avoiding it.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but cerrone pushes him off.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - cerrone circles away.
Nelson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nelson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nelson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
cerrone tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nelson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nelson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nelson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nelson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. cerrone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. cerrone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
cerrone has a takedown stuffed.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but cerrone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but cerrone pushes him off.
Nelson wants to clinch.
cerrone shoots in for a double leg but Nelson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but cerrone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nelson wants to clinch up but cerrone keeps it at a distance.
cerrone keeps the fight on the outside.
cerrone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nelson as he jumps to the side.
cerrone swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Nelson wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but cerrone pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Nelson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on donald cerrone'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.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
cerrone has a takedown stuffed.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
cerrone will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nelson is looking to clinch but cerrone is avoiding it.
cerrone looks for a takedown but Nelson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for donald cerrone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
Nelson moves into the clinch.
Nelson lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Nelson landing knees to the body.
Nelson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nelson lands a damaging elbow.
Nelson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that cerrone shrugs off.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. cerrone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
Nelson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Todd Nelson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nelson scores with a knee to the head.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that cerrone shrugs off.
Nelson lands a knee to the body.
Nelson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nelson lands a nice elbow.
Nelson goes for a takedown in the clinch but cerrone prevents it.
cerrone takes an elbow to the temple.
Nelson decides to pull guard.
cerrone won't allow Nelson to get back to his feet.
Nelson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
cerrone stands up over Nelson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
cerrone with a flurry of punches that miss.
cerrone stops Nelson from standing up.
cerrone postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
cerrone postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
cerrone has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
cerrone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
cerrone throws and elbow that misses. Nelson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in cerrone's guard. Nice move by Nelson!
cerrone trying to strike off his back.
cerrone throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson tries to clinch there but cerrone circles away.
cerrone closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - cerrone lands in his opponent's guard.
cerrone throws and elbow that misses. Nelson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in cerrone's guard. Nice move by Nelson!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Nelson stopping the sweep attempt from cerrone.
Nelson trying to stand up but can't free himself from cerrone's guard.
cerrone striking off his back but it's not causing Nelson any problems.
cerrone is striking but Nelson is not phased and passes to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
cerrone throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Nelson manages to pass to side control.
Nelson wants to stand but cerrone has his arm trapped.
cerrone tries to buck Nelson off but Nelson is having none of it.
cerrone is trying to strike from the bottom but Nelson has passed into full mount.
cerrone is arching his back trying to strike from the bottom but Nelson turns him over and now has his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
cerrone is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Nelson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on donald cerrone's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but cerrone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
cerrone fails with the takedown.
Nelson darts in and clinches cerrone up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Nelson.
Knees to the body from Nelson.
cerrone is fighting off a takedown attempt but Nelson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip cerrone to the mat. cerrone regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Nelson wants to stand but cerrone is controlling his posture from full guard.
cerrone doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cerrone is striking but Nelson is not phased and passes to half guard.
Nelson stands up and beckons cerrone to join him on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson tries to clinch up but cerrone circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson tries to clinch but cerrone is having none of it.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
cerrone fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up but cerrone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but cerrone pushes him off.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
cerrone keeps the fight on the outside.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - cerrone circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
cerrone shoots in for a takedown but Nelson shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for donald cerrone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - cerrone circles away.
Nelson tries to clinch there but cerrone circles away.
Todd Nelson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson wants to clinch up but cerrone keeps it at a distance.
cerrone shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nelson pinned against the cage. Nelson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
cerrone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Nelson is looking to clinch but cerrone is avoiding it.
cerrone drives through with a takedown into guard.
cerrone is looking to work some ground and pound but Nelson has wrist control.
Nelson wants to stand and escape but cerrone is having none of it.
Nelson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nelson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
cerrone shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than cerrone was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
cerrone breaks from Nelson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nelson is trying to stand.
cerrone lands a heavy elbow.
cerrone lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
cerrone throws some wild stikes that Nelson manages to avoid easily.
cerrone raining down shots from the mount!
cerrone putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
cerrone working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
cerrone has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nelson's face.
cerrone scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nelson?
cerrone thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
A nice elbow there by cerrone.
cerrone sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
cerrone looking to ground and pound but Nelson is blocking nicely.
cerrone misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
You get the feeling that Nelson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
donald cerrone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Todd Nelson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nelson is in a horrible position here. cerrone smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
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 donald cerrone.
I think Nelson 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Todd Nelson!
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energy
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hype
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