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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Emile Sauvage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demetrius Nedram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sauvage comes to the cage accompanied by Chaos Is Me by Orchid. Nedram comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stupidify kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Demetrius Nedram will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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141 lbs
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134 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emile Sauvage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demetrius Nedram!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nedram avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nedram drives through and clinches with Sauvage against the cage.
Nedram creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sauvage's defenses.
Nedram landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sauvage drops down looking for an ankle pick but Nedram pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sauvage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nedram fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Sauvage.
Nedram is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nedram tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sauvage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nedram tries to clinch up.
Sauvage lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nedram wants to clinch.
Nedram ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nedram is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sauvage misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nedram tries to clinch but Sauvage moves out of range.
Nedram is looking to clinch.
Sauvage misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sauvage looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nedram is fending him off so far but Sauvage persists. Nope, Nedram circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emile Sauvage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sauvage misses with a hook.
Sauvage swats away the attempt to clinch by Nedram.
Sauvage fails with a takedown attempt.
Sauvage fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A big right from Sauvage misses.
Nedram blocks a jab.
Sauvage fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nedram has closed the distance and engaged Sauvage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Nedram.
Nedram lands a nice knee to the body.
Sauvage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sauvage wants to get back to striking at distance but Nedram won't allow it.
Sauvage avoids the elbow strike from Nedram, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nedram throws an elbow but misses.
Sauvage is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sauvage's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nedram trying to land knees to the body.
Nedram lands a nice elbow.
Nedram is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Sauvage has a couple of punches blocked by Nedram.
Sauvage wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Sauvage has had enough of the clinch but Nedram keeps him there for the moment.
Sauvage avoiding damage as Nedram throws knees to the body.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Sauvage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nedram unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sauvage lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nedram lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sauvage takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sauvage breaks the clinch.
Nedram bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nedram is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nedram tries to clinch but Sauvage moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nedram doesn't manage to clinch there - Sauvage circles away.
Nedram takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nedram looks gassed!
Sauvage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sauvage misses with an uppercut.
Sauvage listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nedram tries to clinch up but Sauvage circles away and keeps his distance.
Nedram moves into the clinch successfully.
Nedram lands a damaging elbow.
Nedram trying to land knees to the body.
Sauvage wants to get back to striking at distance but Nedram won't allow it.
Sauvage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sauvage avoiding damage as Nedram throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sauvage as Nedram tries to tie him up.
Sauvage can't break the clinch.
Sauvage is looking to break free of the clinch but Nedram has double underhooks.
Sauvage wants to get back to striking at distance but Nedram won't allow it.
Sauvage is trying to maintain a safe position but Nedram gets an underhook and turns Sauvage into the cage.
Nedram pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nedram lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sauvage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sauvage managing to block the knees to the body from Nedram.
Sauvage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sauvage closes the distance and clinches.
Sauvage wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nedram misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sauvage.
Sauvage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sauvage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sauvage wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sauvage is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Nedram gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sauvage has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nedram is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nedram throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sauvage blocks it with crossed arms.
Nedram keeps control of Sauvage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sauvage wants to break free but Nedram has control.
Sauvage wants to get back to striking at distance but Nedram won't allow it.
Nedram pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sauvage wants to break free but Nedram has control.
Sauvage has had enough of the clinch but Nedram keeps him there for the moment.
Sauvage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sauvage looks to score with a jab to the body but Nedram is just out of range.
Sauvage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sauvage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nedram sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Demetrius Nedram will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nedram walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nedram tries to clinch up but Sauvage circles away and keeps his distance.
Sauvage swings for the body but Nedram moves out of range.
Nedram looks to clinch
and Sauvage counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Demetrius Nedram has been cut.
Nedram tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nedram darts in trying to clinch
letting Sauvage counter with a right hand.
Nedram moves into the clinch successfully.
Sauvage managing to block the knees to the body from Nedram.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nedram throws an elbow but misses.
Nedram trying to land knees to the body.
Sauvage can't break the clinch.
Nedram stops a takedown attempt from Sauvage.
Sauvage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nedram pushes off an throws an elbow but Sauvage leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sauvage avoiding damage as Nedram throws knees to the body.
Nedram being controlled against the cage.
Nedram is breathing heavily.
Sauvage wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nedram keeps control of Sauvage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sauvage is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sauvage looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emile Sauvage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sauvage tries to break the clinch but Nedram is controlling the position.
Sauvage tries for a takedown but Nedram manages to get underhooks.
Sauvage avoiding damage as Nedram throws knees to the body.
Sauvage avoiding damage as Nedram throws knees to the body.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Nedram looking to throw knees to the head but Sauvage is blocking nicely.
Sauvage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sauvage has had enough of the clinch but Nedram keeps him there for the moment.
Sauvage breaks from the clinch.
Sauvage throws a series of strikes that have Nedram backpedaling.
A punch combination from Sauvage misses.
Sauvage works Nedram's body with a nice hook.
Sauvage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sauvage will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nedram tries to clinch but Sauvage moves out of range.
Sauvage keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sauvage drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nedram is looking to stand up but Sauvage isn't so interested in that idea.
Sauvage works over Nedram with some ground and pound from guard.
Sauvage loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nedram utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sauvage prevents Nedram from getting back to his feet.
Sauvage is pushing down on Nedram's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nedram is fighting to maintain full guard but Sauvage has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sauvage wants to pass the guard but Nedram is defending well.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nedram clinches but Sauvage breaks the clinch
and Sauvage counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nedram thinking.
Sauvage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nedram was well out of range. Poor timing from Sauvage.
Sauvage moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Sauvage wants to break free but Nedram has control.
Sauvage is working for takedown but Nedram is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sauvage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nedram throws an elbow but it misses.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Sauvage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nedram has him pressed against the cage.
Sauvage wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sauvage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nedram gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sauvage.
Sauvage avoids the elbow strike from Nedram, against the cage.
Nedram misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sauvage.
Sauvage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sauvage throws a big shot that misses.
Sauvage swats away the attempt to clinch by Nedram.
Sauvage looks to land a left hand but Nedram moved out of range nicely.
That's four 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.
Nedram tries to clinch up
and Sauvage connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nedram tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sauvage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nedram uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sauvage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sauvage.
Emile Sauvage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nedram instigates a clinch.
Nedram looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sauvage scores with a shot to the side of Nedram's head.
Nedram missing with knees to the body.
Sauvage tries to score a body lock takedown but Nedram shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nedram misses with a knee strike.
Sauvage wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sauvage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sauvage wants to break free but Nedram has control.
Sauvage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nedram keeps control of Sauvage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sauvage wants to get back to striking at distance but Nedram won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emile Sauvage dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Demetrius Nedram's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sauvage changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nedram tries to avoid it but Sauvage manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nedram to the ground. Nedram escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sauvage keeps the fight on the outside.
Nedram looks to clinch
and Sauvage counters with a left to the body.
Nedram darts in trying to clinch
so Sauvage counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sauvage tries to free his leg and advance position but Nedram is retaining full guard.
Nedram pushes Sauvage off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sauvage looks to score with a jab to the body but Nedram is just out of range.
Nedram avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Nedram. No joy for Sauvage on that attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nedram tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Emile Sauvage is winning the standup battle so far.
Sauvage bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nedram is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sauvage has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sauvage working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nedram is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sauvage has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sauvage in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Nedram wants to get back to his feet but Sauvage drags him back down.
Sauvage scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nedram to see if he's OK.
Nedram pushes Sauvage away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sauvage gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sauvage lands a few punches from side control.
Sauvage tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sauvage throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sauvage trying to control the action but Nedram is working from the bottom.
Sauvage tries for a kimura but Nedram is defending well.
Sauvage 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.
Nedram wants to get back to his feet but Sauvage drags him back down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nedram wants to clinch but Sauvage slips to the side
and Sauvage counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sauvage.
Sauvage sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nedram's guard.
Nedram pushes Sauvage off looking to stand but Sauvage dives back in and keeps control.
Sauvage seems to be working for a kimura but Nedram defends the submission attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sauvage throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Emile Sauvage overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nedram is trying to stand up here but Sauvage is controlling him well.
Nedram is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sauvage seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nedram does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sauvage working over Nedram with some ground and pound. Nedram looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nedram is looking to clinch but Sauvage is avoiding it.
Sauvage changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Nedram looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nedram is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sauvage is controlling him well.
Sauvage wants to control but Nedram is keeping him busy.
Nedram tries to escape but Sauvage is in control.
Nedram managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sauvage.
Sauvage tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sauvage has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nedram wants to get back to his feet but Sauvage drags him back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sauvage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nedram.
Sauvage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nedram moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emile Sauvage showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sauvage 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emile Sauvage!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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