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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mornington Crescent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nico Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nico Ramirez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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184 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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186 cm
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176 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mornington Crescent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nico Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crescent avoids the body shot from Ramirez.
Crescent cracks Ramirez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ramirez digs a good hook to Crescent's body.
Ramirez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Crescent throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ramirez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crescent walks into a jab.
A clash of legs there as Ramirez blocks the low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramirez misses the target.
Crescent thows a body shot but no joy.
Crescent feints and then cracks Ramirez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ramirez down.
Crescent connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ramirez loads up on a big right hand but Crescent slips the punch.
Crescent shoots in looking for a takedown. Ramirez tries to sprawl out of it but Crescent keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Ramirez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nico Ramirez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramirez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ramirez looks to score with a jab to the body but Crescent is just out of range.
Crescent scores with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Ramirez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ramirez swings for the body but Crescent moves out of range.
Crescent moves out of range as Ramirez strikes.
Crescent takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ramirez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crescent with a nice cross.
Crescent moves out of range of the strikes.
Crescent slips a straight right by Ramirez.
Ramirez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ramirez throws the left hand but Crescent avoids the punch easily.
Ramirez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crescent stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crescent slips a jab from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a hook but Crescent avoids it easily.
Ramirez throws a looping overhand right but Crescent ducks down to avoid it.
A lazy left from Ramirez finds it's target.
Ramirez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ramirez dodges the punch combination from Crescent.
Ramirez misses with a straight right.
Ramirez throws a big shot that misses.
Ramirez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crescent.
A cross from Crescent lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Crescent.
Ramirez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Crescent counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Crescent working the head and body with strikes.
Ramirez is holding on to half guard well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ramirez is trying to maintain the position but Crescent is very close to passing his half guard.
Ramirez is trying to get back to full guard.
Crescent 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.
Ramirez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crescent.
Crescent wants to free his trapped foot but Ramirez is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is looking to improve his position.
Crescent not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ramirez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crescent.
Ramirez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ramirez.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Crescent trying to control the position from guard on top but Ramirez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ramirez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crescent postures up.
Ramirez keeping moving, preventing Crescent from controlling successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mornington Crescent.
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mornington Crescent dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Ramirez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crescent shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Crescent showed some decent athleticism there.
Crescent seems to be looking for submissions.
Crescent wants to advance to full mount but Ramirez doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Ramirez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Crescent manages to get himself to full guard.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Crescent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crescent looking to control.
Crescent looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Crescent keeps moving.
Ramirez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ramirez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Crescent is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Crescent is looking to sweep but instead, Ramirez has passed into half guard.
Ramirez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Crescent knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ramirez is keen to just control but Crescent is a slippery customer.
Crescent looking for submissions off his back.
Crescent is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ramirez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ramirez's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Crescent manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Crescent missing with strikes.
Ramirez is in bad spot here.
Crescent throws strikes from the back but Ramirez rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Ramirez.
Crescent postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crescent working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Crescent drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ramirez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ramirez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ramirez!
Crescent is trying to improve his position.
Crescent stops Ramirez from passing to mount.
Ramirez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crescent keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crescent tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mornington Crescent dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ramirez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ramirez blocks a jab.
Ramirez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crescent.
Ramirez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crescent was well out of range. Poor timing from Ramirez.
Crescent closes the distance and clinches up with Ramirez, looking for a takedown. Crescent pushes Ramirez against the ropes but Ramirez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Crescent on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ramirez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crescent misses with a looping left.
Crescent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.
Crescent swinging wildly here.
Crescent catches Ramirez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Crescent shoots for a takedown but Ramirez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a nice looking combination but Crescent bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crescent throws the left hand but Ramirez avoids the punch easily.
Ramirez cracks Crescent with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Crescent throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ramirez throws a big shot that misses.
Ramirez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crescent throws a body punch but Ramirez moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Crescent counters with a single leg into guard. Ramirez didn't expect that.
Ramirez trying to keep a closed guard but Crescent is proving a slippery customer.
Crescent throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ramirez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Crescent throws and elbow that misses. Ramirez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crescent's guard. Nice move by Ramirez!
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Crescent keeps moving.
Ramirez won't allow Crescent to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ramirez trying to control the position from guard on top but Crescent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Nico Ramirez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Crescent uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ramirez.
Crescent takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Crescent throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ramirez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crescent scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Crescent. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Crescent.
Crescent takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ramirez slips a straight right by Crescent.
Crescent looks to score with a jab to the body but Ramirez is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent looks to throw the jab but Ramirez is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ramirez. Crescent does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ramirez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crescent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ramirez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crescent defending well as Ramirez loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Ramirez misses.
Crescent takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ramirez misses with an uppercut.
Crescent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramirez missing with a left hand there. Crescent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramirez misses with a straight right.
Crescent takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ramirez throws a looping overhand right but Crescent ducks down to avoid it.
Ramirez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramirez misses with a wild body shot.
Crescent drives through with a takedown into guard.
Crescent throws and elbow that misses. Ramirez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crescent's guard. Nice move by Ramirez!
Crescent is trying to control the position but Ramirez postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crescent keeping moving, preventing Ramirez from controlling successfully.
Crescent escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ramirez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Crescent manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nico Ramirez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramirez can't escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mornington Crescent showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crescent, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mornington Crescent!
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