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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nigel de Jong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Haidar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nigel de Jong has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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245 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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269 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nigel de Jong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reggie Haidar!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Jong misses with a double jab.
Haidar lands a left and a right that send de Jong crashing to the mat, dazed. Haidar thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The fighters circling - Haidar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haidar misses with a looping left.
de Jong drives through and clinches with Haidar against the cage.
de Jong content to slow the pace in the clinch.
de Jong tries to land a knee to the head but Haidar blocks with his arms.
Haidar is trying to break the clinch but de Jong is controlling him.
de Jong jumps into guard, dragging Haidar to the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haidar decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Haidar misses with an uppercut.
Haidar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nigel de Jong's cut is getting worse.
Haidar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reggie Haidar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Jong slips a straight right by Haidar.
de Jong fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haidar, pushing him back against the cage.
Haidar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
de Jong trying to land knees to the body.
Haidar is trying to break the clinch but de Jong is controlling him.
de Jong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Jong misses with a knee to the head.
de Jong with a knee to the head.
It looks like Reggie Haidar has been cut.
de Jong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
de Jong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haidar is trying to break the clinch but de Jong has him pressed against the cage.
de Jong lands a good knee to the midsection. Haidar won't want to take too many of those.
Haidar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haidar tries to circle away but de Jong has him pinned against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for de Jong.
de Jong trying to land knees to the body.
de Jong with a knee to the head.
de Jong tries to score a body lock takedown but Haidar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
de Jong leaning against his opponent.
de Jong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haidar.
de Jong connects with a knee to the head.
de Jong landing knees to the head.
de Jong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Jong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
de Jong is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Haidar misses its intended target.
de Jong fails in his attempt to clinch.
de Jong doesn't manage to clinch there - Haidar circles away.
de Jong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haidar is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Haidar throws a series of punches but de Jong moves out of range.
A big right from Haidar misses.
A swing and a miss from Haidar.
de Jong is looking to clinch but Haidar is avoiding it.
Haidar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Haidar throws an overhand right that lands on de Jong's shoulder, as de Jong tries to avoid the shot.
Haidar moves away from the strike by de Jong.
Reggie Haidar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haidar throws a hook to the side of de Jong's head but de Jong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot by Haidar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haidar cracks de Jong with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nigel de Jong's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Haidar might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Haidar keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haidar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haidar lands with a right and another and another! de Jong is in big trouble! Haidar lands again and this time it's lights out for de Jong! A quality knockout there for Haidar.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Reggie Haidar!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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