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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts comes to the cage accompanied by Forever. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nguyen avoids it really well and circles away.
Roberts is looking to clinch.
Billy Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nguyen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Roberts.
Roberts closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nguyen tries to pull guard but Roberts holds him up against the cage and eventually Nguyen drops back down to his feet.
Roberts successfully pulls guard.
Nguyen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nguyen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nguyen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nguyen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nguyen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nguyen is thwarting Roberts's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roberts punching from the bottom.
Roberts actively working from the bottom here.
Nguyen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roberts gets back to full guard.
Roberts working a defensive guard here.
Nguyen scoring with some ground and pound.
Nguyen lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nguyen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nguyen connects with a couple of short punches.
Nguyen won't allow Roberts to get back to his feet.
Nguyen lands a couple of elbows.
Nguyen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roberts's head.
Roberts working for a triangle but Nguyen defends it easily.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Roberts is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nguyen lands a couple of elbows.
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Nguyen slips an elbow through the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nguyen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nguyen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Nguyen slips an elbow through the middle.
Nguyen scoring with some ground and pound.
Nguyen working some strikes from top position.
Nguyen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roberts's head.
Roberts trying to keep a closed guard but Nguyen is proving a slippery customer.
Nguyen scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen stands up over Roberts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nguyen defends it easily.
Nguyen stands up over Roberts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nguyen defends it easily.
Nguyen distracts Roberts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nguyen is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nguyen lands a couple of elbows.
Nguyen landing with the ground and pound.
Nguyen is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nguyen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nguyen is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roberts is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nguyen lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nguyen is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nguyen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nguyen postures up and lands a big shot to Roberts's brow.
Nguyen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roberts not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nguyen distracts Roberts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nguyen lands a couple of digs.
Roberts throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Nguyen lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberts is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nguyen defends well.
Nguyen is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Nguyen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nguyen shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nguyen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roberts is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kevin Nguyen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nguyen is thwarting Roberts's attempts to control the position.
Nguyen lands with a punch from half guard.
Nguyen working over Roberts with some ground and pound. Roberts looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nguyen is thwarting Roberts's attempts to control the position.
Nguyen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nguyen is nestled in close to Roberts, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Roberts looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nguyen winds up and cracks Roberts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nguyen passes to full mount!
Nguyen working the ground and pound effectively.
Nguyen breaks from Roberts's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nguyen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nguyen with a couple of short strikes.
Nguyen working Roberts over with strikes here.
Roberts is rocked!
Nguyen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Roberts hang on?
Oh Roberts is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nguyen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roberts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nguyen cracks Roberts with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nguyen lands a heavy elbow.
Nguyen landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen lands a big elbow.
Nguyen working Roberts over with strikes here.
Nguyen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nguyen landing shots from mount.
Nguyen prevents Roberts from getting the reversal.
Roberts seems to have got his legs back now.
Roberts is working hard here to advance position.
Nguyen lands a big shot there that rocks Roberts but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Nguyen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Roberts?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts can't escape the position.
Nguyen landing shots from mount.
Nguyen lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Nguyen.
BOOM! Nguyen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roberts wants to hold on but Nguyen pushes him away.
Nguyen looking to finish Roberts with some ground and pound. This is bad for Roberts!
Roberts is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Roberts hang on?
Nguyen with a couple of short strikes.
Nguyen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Roberts is desperately trying to improve his position but Nguyen has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Nguyen.
Nguyen looking to finish Roberts with some ground and pound. This is bad for Roberts!
Nguyen cracks Roberts with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Roberts holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nguyen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
A nice elbow there by Nguyen.
Roberts blocking the ground and pound.
Nguyen unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Nguyen.
Roberts manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Roberts has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nguyen is working away from the top position though.
Roberts tries to roll over but Nguyen keeps him under control.
Nguyen lands strikes from half guard.
Nguyen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Roberts is trying to maintain the position but Nguyen is very close to passing his half guard.
Roberts is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Nguyen pulls his head out easily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nguyen lands a nice short elbow.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nguyen drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Nguyen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Roberts shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Nguyen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Roberts's guard now.
Nguyen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nguyen is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nguyen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roberts's head.
Roberts looking to control.
Nguyen cracks Roberts with a solid left hand.
Nguyen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Nguyen slips an elbow through the middle.
Roberts is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nguyen defends well.
Nguyen landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nguyen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roberts controls Nguyen momentarily but Nguyen frees himself.
Nguyen is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nguyen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nguyen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roberts looking for a guillotine here but Nguyen defends easily.
Roberts throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Roberts controls Nguyen momentarily but Nguyen frees himself.
Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nguyen defends it easily.
That's two 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.
Nguyen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nguyen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nguyen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Nguyen slips an elbow through the middle.
Nguyen cracks Roberts with a solid left hand.
Roberts is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nguyen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nguyen scoring with some ground and pound.
Nguyen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nguyen defends it easily.
Roberts escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nguyen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nguyen postures up.
Billy Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nguyen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roberts is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nguyen defends it easily.
Nguyen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nguyen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nguyen is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nguyen is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen distracts Roberts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nguyen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nguyen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nguyen lands a couple of digs.
Nguyen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nguyen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nguyen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nguyen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Roberts shoots and misses
and Nguyen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Roberts's guard now.
Nguyen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Roberts is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nguyen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nguyen working some strikes from top position.
Roberts is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nguyen is aware though and is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Nguyen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nguyen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Nguyen!
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energy
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hype
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