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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nikolo Halike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Sadona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nikolo Halike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Amir Sadona!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sadona shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Horrible takedown by Sadona or perhaps it was just good defense by Halike which made him look bad.
Sadona fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Halike avoids it really well and circles away.
Nikolo Halike has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amir Sadona.
Sadona looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Halike feints and as Sadona raises his hands in defense, Halike changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Halike postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sadona throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Halike accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Halike distracts Sadona with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sadona keeping moving, preventing Halike from controlling successfully.
Halike stands up from Sadona's guard - Halike perhaps looking for a knockout.
Sadona gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Halike counters with a nice leg kick.
Sadona looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halike lands a nice looking body kick.
Sadona doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Halike counters with a body kick that stops Sadona in his tracks momentarily.
Halike lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sadona takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sadona takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Halike connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Halike turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Halike connects with a solid leg kick.
Halike looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Halike is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Halike tries to free his leg and advance position but Sadona is retaining full guard.
Sadona working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadona might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Halike kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Sadona keeping full guard, as Halike tries to pass.
Halike sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sadona utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Halike lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sadona working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Halike doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Halike manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Halike works over Sadona with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Halike advances position into side control!
Sadona tries to buck Halike off but Halike is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Sadona's face as Halike controls the position.
Halike works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Halike's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Halike grinds an elbow into Sadona's temple.
Halike slows the pace down.
Halike scoring with punches from side control.
Halike in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Halike lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sadona tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sadona takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Halike lands a few punches from side control.
Halike tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Halike has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sadona is trying to buck Halike off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadona is looking to regain half guard here but Halike keeps moving and retains side control.
Sadona is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Halike working the body and head with strikes.
Sadona is trying to improve his position.
Sadona trying to remain calm as Halike controls from the top position.
Halike lands a few punches from side control.
Halike creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Halike controls the position.
Sadona is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Halike working the ground and pound.
Halike working the head with strikes.
Halike controlling from side mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolo Halike dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Halike works the jab nicely.
Sadona misses with a takedown attempt
and Halike counters with a shoot takedown. Sadona fights it but they end up in guard.
Halike wants to pass the guard but Sadona is keeping the position.
Halike trying to control the position from guard on top but Sadona is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halike preventing the sweep.
Halike landing with the ground and pound.
Halike is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sadona can do to turn this around?
Halike trying to control the position from guard on top but Sadona is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sadona is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Halike trying to control but Sadona is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadona looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Halike closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sadona to the mat! Sadona manages to get full guard.
Sadona is trying to keep Halike in close.
Halike is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Halike is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Halike won't allow Sadona to get back to his feet.
Sadona controls Halike momentarily but Halike frees himself.
Halike is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Halike thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halike trying to control the position from guard on top but Sadona is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halike is in close to Sadona's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sadona trying to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sadona is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Halike digs a good body shot into Sadona's ribs.
Halike drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sadona is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sadona is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sadona is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halike moves into full guard.
Sadona looking to pass the guard.
That's four 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.
Halike is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sadona is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Halike is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Halike has escaped and now he's on top!
Halike pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sadona is keeping the position for now.
Halike stays in close to Sadona's body and controls the position.
Sadona not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolo Halike dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sadona gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Halike counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Halike drops an elbow to the side of Sadona's head.
Halike is working for a submission of some sort.
Halike throwing shots but Sadona is blocking nicely.
Sadona trying to control but Halike postures up.
Sadona is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Halike is thwarting Sadona's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Halike controlling the action here.
Sadona tries to roll over but Halike keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halike wants to control but Sadona is keeping him busy.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Halike's corner calls for a 1-2. Halike obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sadona misses with a takedown
and Halike counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Halike.
Halike wants to control from the top but Sadona keeps moving.
Nikolo Halike overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Halike with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sadona working a defensive guard here.
Sadona escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Halike gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Halike is in close to Sadona's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadona keeping moving, preventing Halike from controlling successfully.
Halike is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sadona is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Halike looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sadona is in trouble now - Halike has advanced to mount!
Halike putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Halike lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sadona is in all sorts of trouble here.
Halike content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halike cracks Sadona with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Halike lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sadona is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Halike landing strikes from the mount and Sadona is in trouble!
Halike pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Halike working Sadona over with strikes here.
Halike controlling the position easily from mount.
Halike trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Halike.
Nikolo Halike is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halike controlling the position easily from mount.
Halike has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sadona tries to hold on but Halike pushes him away.
Halike controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halike seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sadona for as long as he can get away with.
Amir Sadona has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sadona sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolo Halike showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Halike has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolo Halike!
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energy
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RATING
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