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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Salita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salita has chosen Lose Yourself by Eminem as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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208 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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194 cm
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220 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Will West!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicky Salita!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Will West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West doesn't manage to clinch there - Salita circles away.
West throws a nice outside leg kick.
West bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
West fails to land with a series of punches.
West keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
West shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Salita pinned against the cage. Salita gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Salita avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West is looking to clinch but Salita is avoiding it.
Salita gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
West throws a strike but Salita rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salita throws a big right hand that misses.
West manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Salita manages to get himself to full guard.
West has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
West throws a big right hand that misses.
West wants to control from the top but Salita keeps moving.
Salita looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
West is fighting to break Salita's control of his arms but Salita is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
West slips nicely into half guard.
West is looking to stall here but Salita recovers full guard.
Salita manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. West manages to get himself to full guard.
West tries to land a sweep but no joy.
West is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Salita defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salita with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
West controls Salita momentarily but Salita frees himself.
Salita is pushing down on West's leg trying to pass to half guard. West is fighting to maintain full guard but Salita has managed to sneak the leg through.
West makes his way to full guard. A much better position for West.
West is trying to keep Salita in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
West looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West has momentary wrist control but Salita slips an elbow through the middle.
West thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
West has momentary wrist control but Salita slips an elbow through the middle.
Salita is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
West is trying to control the position but Salita postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salita is looking to work some ground and pound but West has wrist control.
West is trying to control the position but Salita postures up.
West is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Salita postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Salita postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
West trying to keep a closed guard but Salita is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nicky Salita will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
West rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salita moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
West misses with a looping left.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West tries to clinch but Salita moves out of range.
A head kick misses from West.
West wants to clinch up but Salita keeps it at a distance.
Will West is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salita shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and West counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salita ducks under a wild hook from West.
West looks to throw the jab but Salita is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a takedown attempt
and Salita counters with a series of strikes. West will be more careful next time no doubt.
West misses with a takedown
and Salita counters with a nice double leg into side control. West won't be happy with that.
West is trying to get back to half guard.
Salita thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Salita gets to mount! West was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Salita landing strikes from the mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
West tries to reverse the position but Salita maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is in a horrible position here. Salita smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Salita trying to control but he's not successful this time.
West can't escape the position.
West tries to hold on but Salita postures up.
Salita fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salita is working for a guillotine from mount but West frees his head quite easily.
West is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Salita raining down hammerfists from mount.
Salita raining down shots from the mount!
Salita prevents West from getting the reversal.
Salita has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Salita has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of West's face.
Salita pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
West working to try and regain half guard.
Salita raining down shots from the mount!
West is rocked!
West is squirming around, avoiding Salita's attempts to control the action.
Salita is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. West can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Salita unloads with some vicious shots from mount and West wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Salita celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicky Salita!
Nicky Salita is the new light heavyweight champion!
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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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