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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sol Fitzsimmons (ranked 1792 p4p, 1870 weight class) and Anderson Nogueira (ranked 245 p4p, 255 weight class). Anderson Nogueira has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sol Fitzsimmons's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sol Fitzsimmons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Nogueira !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzsimmons is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fitzsimmons swats away the attempt to clinch by Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fitzsimmons throws an overhand right that lands on Nogueira 's shoulder, as Nogueira tries to avoid the shot.
Nogueira throws a lazy head kick
and Fitzsimmons counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nogueira thinking.
Nogueira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fitzsimmons, pushing him back against the cage.
Fitzsimmons is leaning against Nogueira and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Nogueira lands a right hand.
Nogueira lands an elbow inside.
Nogueira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fitzsimmons.
A short right from Fitzsimmons on the inside.
Nogueira blocking some punches.
Fitzsimmons taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Fitzsimmons.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nogueira .
Nogueira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzsimmons works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons avoiding damage as Nogueira throws knees to the body.
Nogueira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fitzsimmons throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Our sources have told us that Fitzsimmons has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Nogueira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fitzsimmons lands a nice elbow.
Nogueira can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzsimmons controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nogueira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fitzsimmons backwards.
Fitzsimmons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzsimmons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fitzsimmons misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzsimmons looking to slow down the pace here.
Nogueira lands a shoulder strike.
Fitzsimmons blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzsimmons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fitzsimmons leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nogueira tries to throw a body punch but Fitzsimmons avoids it by throwing Nogueira back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nogueira obliges.
Nogueira blocks an elbow strike.
A short body shot lands from Nogueira as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nogueira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nogueira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fitzsimmons misses with a body punch.
Fitzsimmons takes an elbow to the temple.
Fitzsimmons lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nogueira backwards.
Nogueira pushes off an throws an elbow but Fitzsimmons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nogueira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nogueira lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fitzsimmons goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fitzsimmons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzsimmons misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nogueira connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons has a couple of punches blocked by Nogueira .
Nogueira has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fitzsimmons seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Nogueira can turn it around.
Fitzsimmons blocking some punches.
Fitzsimmons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nogueira misses with a knee to the head.
Nogueira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fitzsimmons is rocked!
Nogueira throws an elbow but it misses.
Nogueira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Fitzsimmons is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nogueira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fitzsimmons's brow.
Fitzsimmons seems to have got his legs back now.
Nogueira lands an elbow just above Fitzsimmons 's eye.
It looks like Sol Fitzsimmons has been cut.
Nogueira tries a body shot but Fitzsimmons blocks it.
Fitzsimmons lands a body punch.
Fitzsimmons misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzsimmons wants to stall.
Nogueira trying to land knees to the body.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fitzsimmons is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nogueira misses with some punches.
Nogueira misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira pushes Fitzsimmons back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nogueira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nogueira blocks a body shot from Fitzsimmons.
A short uppercut from Fitzsimmons.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fitzsimmons throws a punch but it's blocked by Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fitzsimmons swings wildly with an uppercut but Nogueira uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fitzsimmons working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fitzsimmons stalling.
Fitzsimmons working aggressively here.
Nogueira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fitzsimmons backwards.
Nogueira blocks an uppercut.
Fitzsimmons misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fitzsimmons manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nogueira misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Nogueira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sol Fitzsimmons's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Nogueira throws a lazy head kick
and Fitzsimmons counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sol Fitzsimmons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fitzsimmons dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fitzsimmons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nogueira manages to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fitzsimmons, as that shot connected.
Nogueira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Fitzsimmons moves out of range.
Fitzsimmons throwing a counter right hand but Nogueira manages to avoid it.
Fitzsimmons tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nogueira was well out of range. Poor timing from Fitzsimmons.
Nogueira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nogueira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fitzsimmons.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
Fitzsimmons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Fitzsimmons misses.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Fitzsimmons pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons defending well as Nogueira loads up on a big left hand.
Fitzsimmons connects with a looping right hand.
Nogueira tries to clinch up.
Fitzsimmons is looking to slow Nogueira down with leg kicks.
Fitzsimmons misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons misses with a lunging right hand
and Nogueira counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Fitzsimmons throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Fitzsimmons pushes him off.
A jab lands there for Fitzsimmons.
Nogueira takes the fight into the clinch.
Anderson Nogueira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fitzsimmons avoiding damage as Nogueira throws knees to the body.
Fitzsimmons stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fitzsimmons looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira working Fitzsimmons over with knees to the body.
Fitzsimmons tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons blocks an uppercut.
Nogueira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nogueira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
Fitzsimmons using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nogueira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fitzsimmons blocking some punches.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nogueira 's elbow.
Fitzsimmons lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nogueira .
Nogueira lands a body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nogueira obliges.
Nogueira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fitzsimmons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nogueira gets through Fitzsimmons's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fitzsimmons presses Nogueira against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nogueira is leaning against Fitzsimmons and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fitzsimmons has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nogueira .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira .
Nogueira prevents a body shot from Fitzsimmons.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nogueira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons throws a head punch that misses.
Nogueira takes an elbow to the temple.
Fitzsimmons managing to block the knees to the body from Nogueira .
Nogueira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzsimmons throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nogueira s head.
Nogueira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fitzsimmons dodges an elbow strike from Nogueira .
The referee is keeping an eye on Fitzsimmons - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fitzsimmons gets through Nogueira 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nogueira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nogueira .
Fitzsimmons misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fitzsimmons avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Nogueira on the inside.
Fitzsimmons avoiding damage as Nogueira throws knees to the body.
Fitzsimmons gets dropped by a huge elbow on the inside by Nogueira ! He drops to his knees and Nogueira takes his back! This one might not last much longer!
Fitzsimmons defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Nogueira 's arms.
Will Nogueira go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Nogueira keeps control of the position as Fitzsimmons tries to break free.
Fitzsimmons is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Nogueira .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Nogueira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sol Fitzsimmons'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!
Fitzsimmons lands a jab to the head.
Fitzsimmons misses the body punch
and Nogueira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Fitzsimmons circles away.
Nogueira drops his hands momentarily and Fitzsimmons takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Fitzsimmons pushes him off.
Nogueira sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Fitzsimmons to the ground! Nogueira dives into full mount looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fitzsimmons wants to control but Nogueira is having none of it.
Fitzsimmons is looking to improve his position but Nogueira isn't that keen on the idea.
Fitzsimmons slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira wants to free his trapped foot but Fitzsimmons is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nogueira content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Nogueira looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fitzsimmons is not content to let Nogueira control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogueira wants to pass to mount but Fitzsimmons is defending the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fitzsimmons is looking to improve his position.
Nogueira tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fitzsimmons knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fitzsimmons controlling the position well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nogueira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from Fitzsimmons misses.
Nogueira shapes to counter with a head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fitzsimmons darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons just misses with a punch to the body.
Nogueira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fitzsimmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nogueira .
Nogueira is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fitzsimmons with a body shot.
Fitzsimmons's corner calls for a 1-2. Fitzsimmons obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Fitzsimmons ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fitzsimmons scores with a hook to the body. Nogueira takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fitzsimmons displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nogueira throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons misses the shot to the body.
Nogueira moves away from the strike by Fitzsimmons.
Nogueira wants to clinch up but Fitzsimmons keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons throws a body shot but no joy.
Fitzsimmons cracks Nogueira with an open hand slap.
Fitzsimmons just misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzsimmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fitzsimmons gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nogueira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fitzsimmons throws a body shot but no joy.
Nogueira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fitzsimmons.
Nogueira avoids the body shot from Fitzsimmons.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Fitzsimmons throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Nogueira to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Nogueira .
It looked like Fitzsimmons was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nogueira .
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Fitzsimmons pushes him off.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fitzsimmons.
Sol Fitzsimmons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fitzsimmons is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fitzsimmons with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nogueira slips a straight right by Fitzsimmons.
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 Sol Fitzsimmons.
I think Nogueira 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Nogueira !
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