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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven NZonzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ratrick Obeh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obeh has chosen Quake Arena as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
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162 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven NZonzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Ratrick Obeh!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
NZonzi throws the left hand but Obeh avoids the punch easily.
A left lands for NZonzi.
Obeh throws out a leg kick but NZonzi moves out of range and Obeh only half commits.
NZonzi throws a jab when Obeh was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by NZonzi.
NZonzi walks into a jab.
Obeh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
NZonzi instigates a clinch.
NZonzi tries to land a knee to the head but Obeh blocks with his arms.
NZonzi misses with an elbow strike.
Obeh misses with some punches.
NZonzi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
NZonzi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Obeh blocks it with crossed arms.
NZonzi missing with knees to the body.
NZonzi stalling in the clinch.
Obeh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of NZonzis head.
Obeh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and NZonzi avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
NZonzi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Obeh's face.
NZonzi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Obeh lands a left hand.
Obeh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obeh misses with a knee strike.
Obeh blocks an elbow strike.
Obeh using the Thai plumb to throw knees but NZonzi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Obeh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Obeh slips a jab from NZonzi.
Obeh moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice shot lands for NZonzi.
Nice uppercut lands for Obeh. That snapped NZonzi's head back.
NZonzi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A bone on bone clash there as Obeh blocks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Obeh, right into the meat.
NZonzi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Obeh thumps NZonzi with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
NZonzi checks a low kick from Obeh.
Obeh moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - NZonzi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Obeh throws a head kick but NZonzi moves out of range.
NZonzi connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
NZonzi slips a straight right by Obeh.
A swing and a miss from NZonzi.
Obeh throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Obeh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Obeh checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for NZonzi.
Obeh misses with a double jab.
Obeh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but NZonzi moves away.
Obeh on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Obeh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
NZonzi scores with a jab to the head.
NZonzi tried to score with a low kick but Obeh checks it.
NZonzi misses with an uppercut.
Obeh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
NZonzi misses with a low kick.
Obeh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from NZonzi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi forces Obeh back against the cage and clinches.
Obeh trying to control the position but instead, NZonzi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Obeh into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Obeh.
NZonzi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Obeh dodges an elbow strike from NZonzi.
Obeh throws a punch but it's blocked by NZonzi.
Obeh tries a knee to the head but NZonzi blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by NZonzi.
It looks like Ratrick Obeh has been cut.
NZonzi lands a nice elbow.
NZonzi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
NZonzi takes a knee right on the jaw!
NZonzi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
NZonzi misses with an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for NZonzi.
Obeh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Obeh with a knee to the head.
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!
Obeh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Obeh fails to land.
NZonzi looking to throw knees to the head but Obeh is blocking nicely.
Obeh breaks from the clinch.
NZonzi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Obeh manages to break the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by NZonzi there.
Good leg kick by Obeh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
NZonzi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Obeh is looking to slow NZonzi down with leg kicks.
NZonzi checks the leg kick nicely there.
A head kick by NZonzi misses
and Obeh counters with a nice uppercut.
NZonzi missing with a left hand there. Obeh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
NZonzi checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obeh misses the shot to the body.
Obeh ducks under a wild hook from NZonzi.
Obeh looks to throw the jab but NZonzi is out of range.
Obeh checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Steven NZonzi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ratrick Obeh's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
NZonzi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
NZonzi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obeh.
NZonzi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steven NZonzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
NZonzi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Obeh is looking to score with low kicks.
NZonzi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
NZonzi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Obeh takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
NZonzi moves into the clinch.
NZonzi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Obeh lands a knee to the head.
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!
Obeh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Obeh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
NZonzi lunges at Obeh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Obeh's hand.
Obeh slips a straight right by NZonzi.
Obeh looks to land a right hand but NZonzi moved out of range.
Obeh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
NZonzi closes the distance and clinches.
NZonzi throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Obeh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
NZonzi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Obeh dodges an elbow strike from NZonzi.
NZonzi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ratrick Obeh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Obeh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
NZonzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
NZonzi missing with knees to the body.
NZonzi misses with an elbow over the top.
Obeh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Obeh lands with a kick to the temple. NZonzi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
NZonzi forces Obeh back against the cage and clinches.
NZonzi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Obeh is defending well for now.
Obeh throws a knee to the head but misses.
NZonzi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Obeh misses with a knee to the head.
Obeh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
NZonzi checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obeh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
NZonzi thumps Obeh with a low kick.
NZonzi wants to clinch.
NZonzi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Obeh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from NZonzi.
NZonzi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
NZonzi wants to clinch up but Obeh keeps it at a distance.
Obeh misses with an uppercut. NZonzi saw that one coming.
Obeh lets loose with a powerful body kick. NZonzi will feel that in the morning.
NZonzi is looking to clinch.
Obeh misses with a few strikes there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Obeh.
NZonzi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Obeh takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
NZonzi lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steven NZonzi is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab from NZonzi.
Obeh throws a lazy right hand but NZonzi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Obeh misses with a low kick.
NZonzi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
NZonzi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obeh.
Obeh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice combination there by NZonzi.
NZonzi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
NZonzi misses with a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Obeh.
Obeh keeps the fight on the outside.
Obeh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Obeh tries to score with a low kick but NZonzi moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
NZonzi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Obeh swats away the attempt to clinch by NZonzi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi throws the left hand but Obeh avoids the punch easily.
Obeh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
NZonzi looks to land a right hand but Obeh moved out of range.
Obeh slips under a jab from NZonzi.
Obeh jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Obeh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
NZonzi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Obeh. Obeh obviously looking to wear him down.
NZonzi misses with a looping right.
A good leg kick by Obeh.
Obeh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
NZonzi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obeh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - NZonzi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
NZonzi connects with a crisp jab.
Obeh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but NZonzi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Obeh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Steven NZonzi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ratrick Obeh's cut.
That's time! NZonzi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
NZonzi checks a leg kick nicely.
Obeh keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
NZonzi works the jab nicely.
NZonzi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Obeh under the eye.
Obeh misses with a straight right.
Obeh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
NZonzi misses with a straight right.
Obeh on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by NZonzi. NZonzi obviously looking to wear him down.
NZonzi missing with a left hand there. Obeh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Obeh takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good exchange - Obeh coming out on top.
NZonzi throws an overhand right that lands on Obeh's shoulder, as Obeh tries to avoid the shot.
NZonzi misses with a looping right.
NZonzi tries to clinch up.
Obeh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Obeh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from NZonzi.
That kick from NZonzi tenderised Obeh's leg. Obeh is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obeh tries to work over NZonzi's front leg with a kick but NZonzi checks it.
NZonzi ducks under a wild hook from Obeh.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as NZonzi checks a leg kick.
NZonzi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Obeh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
NZonzi misses with an uppercut.
NZonzi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Obeh.
NZonzi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Obeh.
NZonzi scores with a jab to the head.
NZonzi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
NZonzi wants to land a leg kick but Obeh is out of range.
Obeh misses with a low kick.
Obeh misses with a straight right.
NZonzi connects with a looping right hand.
Nice defenses there by Obeh.
Steven NZonzi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi throws an overhand right that lands on Obeh's shoulder, as Obeh tries to avoid the shot.
NZonzi's corner calls for a 1-2. NZonzi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
NZonzi misses with a looping left.
Obeh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
NZonzi connects with a right hand. Obeh shakes it off.
NZonzi lunges at Obeh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Obeh's hand.
Obeh checks the leg kick nicely there.
Obeh throws a leg kick
and NZonzi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
NZonzi throws a body punch but Obeh moves out of range.
Obeh tries to work over NZonzi's front leg with a kick but NZonzi checks it.
NZonzi has closed the distance and engaged Obeh in a clinch.
NZonzi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Obeh lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Obeh blocks an elbow strike.
Obeh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but NZonzi has him pressed against the cage.
NZonzi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
NZonzi tries a knee to the head but Obeh blocks it.
Obeh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Obeh is trying to break the clinch but NZonzi has him pressed against the cage.
NZonzi pushes off an throws an elbow but Obeh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
NZonzi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
NZonzi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Obeh in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Obeh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
NZonzi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
NZonzi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Obeh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but NZonzi blocks it with crossed arms.
Obeh has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
NZonzi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Obeh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Obeh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
NZonzi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
NZonzi pushes off an throws an elbow but Obeh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
NZonzi lands an elbow inside that Obeh shrugs off.
NZonzi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Obeh avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
NZonzi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ratrick Obeh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obeh avoiding damage as NZonzi throws knees to the body.
Obeh misses with a knee to the head.
NZonzi misses with an elbow strike.
Obeh lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of NZonzi backwards.
Obeh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Obeh wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Obeh.
Obeh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Obeh misses with a body punch.
NZonzi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
NZonzi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Obeh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
NZonzi landing knees to the head.
NZonzi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Obeh being controlled against the cage.
Obeh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steven NZonzi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well NZonzi 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven NZonzi!
An out of breath and clearly excited Steven NZonzi thanked Prestige Nutrition (160!) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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