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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray Cappo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Dinh Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nguyen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rolling Stones - Paint it Black kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Cappo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Van Dinh Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cappo moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Nguyen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nguyen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cappo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nguyen swats away the attempt to clinch by Cappo.
Cappo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cappo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cappo has Nguyen up against the cage in a clinch.
Cappo misses with an elbow over the top.
Nguyen lands an elbow inside that Cappo shrugs off.
Cappo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Nguyen.
Nguyen lands an elbow that stopped Cappo in his tracks for a moment.
Cappo wants to stall.
Cappo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cappo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cappo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nguyen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cappo misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cappo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nguyen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cappo blocks a head kick by Nguyen.
Cappo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nguyen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cappo tries to clinch up.
Nguyen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nguyen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nguyen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nguyen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cappo tries to clinch up but Nguyen circles away and keeps his distance.
Cappo tries to clinch up.
Cappo tries to close the distance and clinch but Nguyen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nguyen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nguyen moves in looking to clinch but Cappo pushes him off.
Cappo tries to close the distance and clinch but Nguyen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nguyen scoring well with a low kick there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cappo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cappo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nguyen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nguyen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cappo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cappo moves in looking to clinch but Nguyen pushes him off.
Nguyen slips under a jab from Cappo.
Nguyen scores with a hook to the body. Cappo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cappo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nguyen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nguyen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cappo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nguyen looks to land a right hand but Cappo moved out of range.
Nguyen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cappo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nguyen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cappo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cappo is looking to clinch.
Nguyen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cappo tries to clinch but Nguyen moves away
and Nguyen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cappo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cappo darts in trying to clinch
and Nguyen counters with a good low kick that Cappo was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen rushes Cappo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cappo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nguyen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cappo backwards.
Nguyen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nguyen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nguyen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nguyen lands an elbow that stopped Cappo in his tracks for a moment.
Cappo is trying to force a seperation but Nguyen has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Nguyen.
Cappo is looking to control Nguyen's arms but Nguyen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cappo has his back to the cage.
A short left from Nguyen.
Nguyen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cappo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nguyen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Nguyen.
Cappo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nguyen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.
Nguyen pushes Cappo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Nguyen.
Nguyen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cappo breaks the clinch.
Nguyen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cappo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cappo tries to clinch but Nguyen is having none of it.
Cappo misses with a two punch combination.
Nguyen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nguyen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cappo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nguyen throws a hook to the side of Cappo's head but Cappo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cappo misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick from Nguyen lands but Cappo takes it in his stride.
Cappo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Dinh Nguyen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nguyen darts in and clinches Cappo up against the cage.
Nguyen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nguyen lands a nice shot to the body.
Nguyen working Cappo over with knees to the body.
Nguyen scores a nice knee to the body.
Cappo wants to get back to striking at distance but Nguyen won't allow it.
Nguyen misses with an elbow over the top.
Nguyen pushes off an throws an elbow but Cappo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cappo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nguyen lands an elbow inside that Cappo shrugs off.
Van Dinh Nguyen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nguyen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nguyen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nguyen has him pressed against the cage.
Cappo misses with an elbow over the top.
Cappo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cappo looking to throw knees to the head but Nguyen is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nguyen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cappo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nguyen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cappo.
Nguyen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cappo's defenses.
Cappo scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen trying to land knees to the body.
Nguyen avoids the elbow strike from Cappo, against the cage.
Cappo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nguyen.
Cappo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nguyen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cappo or not.
Nguyen scores a nice knee to the body.
Nguyen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cappo avoids it.
Cappo pushes off an throws an elbow but Nguyen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nguyen throws an elbow but it misses.
Cappo managing to block the knees to the body from Nguyen.
Nguyen misses with an elbow over the top.
Nguyen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cappo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nguyen with a knee to the head.
Nguyen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nguyen lands a nice knee to the body.
Cappo throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nguyen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cappo is looking to break free of the clinch but Nguyen has double underhooks.
Cappo missing with knees to the body.
Nguyen tries to land a knee to the head but Cappo blocks with his arms.
Nguyen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nguyen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nguyen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cappo is defending well for now.
Cappo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nguyen lands an elbow just above Cappo 's eye.
Cappo trying to control the position but instead, Nguyen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cappo into the cage.
Nguyen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nguyen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nguyen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cappo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Van Dinh Nguyen has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen cracks Cappo with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good body shot from Nguyen.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nguyen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cappo's brow.
Cappo avoiding damage as Nguyen throws knees to the body.
Cappo is pushing Nguyen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cappo takes a shot to the head.
Nguyen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nguyen has Cappo pressed against the cage, preventing Cappo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cappo misses with an elbow strike.
Nguyen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cappo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cappo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cappo misses with a knee strike.
Nguyen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nguyen dodges an elbow strike from Cappo.
Nguyen missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nguyen lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Nguyen.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nguyen obliges.
Nguyen gets through Cappo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nguyen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nguyen lands a body punch.
Nguyen lands an elbow inside that Cappo shrugs off.
Cappo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nguyen lands an elbow that stopped Cappo in his tracks for a moment.
A short body shot lands from Nguyen as the two fighters clinch.
Nguyen working Cappo over with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nguyen.
A short body shot lands from Nguyen as the two fighters clinch.
Cappo takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Nguyen throws an elbow but misses.
Nguyen with a knee to the head.
Nguyen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cappo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nguyen lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Dinh Nguyen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Van Dinh Nguyen'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. This is the final round!
Nguyen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cappo is rocked!
Nguyen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cappo.
Oh Cappo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ray Cappo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cappo 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.
Cappo seems to have got his legs back now.
Good standup being displayed there by Nguyen as he connects with a hook.
Nguyen punishes Cappo's body with a nice straight punch.
Nguyen wants to clinch up but Cappo keeps it at a distance.
Nguyen tries to clinch but Cappo is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Nguyen. Those never looked like landing.
Nguyen lands with a shot to the body.
Cappo lands with an overhand left.
Cappo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nguyen lands a leg kick that knocks Cappo off balance momentarily.
Nguyen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nguyen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nguyen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappo clinches up with Nguyen and pushes him back against the cage.
Nguyen lands an elbow inside that Cappo shrugs off.
Nguyen avoids a wild elbow strike from Cappo.
Nguyen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Nguyen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cappo can't break the clinch.
Nguyen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cappo.
Nguyen blocks the elbow strike.
Cappo dodges an elbow strike from Nguyen.
Nguyen scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cappo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nguyen lands a nice shot to the body.
Cappo misses with an elbow strike.
Nguyen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cappo is defending well for now.
Nguyen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nguyen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cappo avoids it.
Cappo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nguyen blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cappo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nguyen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nguyen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cappo lands an elbow that stopped Nguyen in his tracks for a moment.
Nguyen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nguyen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cappo lands a nice elbow.
Cappo blocks an elbow strike from Nguyen.
Nguyen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nguyen blocks an elbow strike from Cappo.
Cappo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nguyen has him pressed against the cage.
Cappo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nguyen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cappo breaks from the clinch.
Nguyen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cappo doesn't manage to clinch there - Nguyen circles away.
Cappo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nguyen counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cappo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cappo tries to clinch but Nguyen moves out of range.
Cappo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nguyen throws a nice head kick!
Nguyen digs a good body shot into Cappo's ribs.
Cappo missing with a left hand there. Nguyen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nguyen closes the distance and clinches.
Cappo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nguyen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cappo prevents a body shot from Nguyen.
Cappo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nguyen tries a body shot but Cappo blocks it.
Nguyen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cappo is defending well for now.
Nguyen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cappo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nguyen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nguyen misses with a knee to the head.
Nguyen tries to land knees in the clinch but Cappo avoids the damage to the body.
Cappo looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen blocks the elbow strike.
Nguyen lands a damaging elbow.
Nguyen managing to block the knees to the body from Cappo.
Nguyen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nguyen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cappo scores a nice knee to the body.
Cappo blocks an elbow strike.
Nguyen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cappo.
Nguyen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cappo.
Cappo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nguyen.
Nguyen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cappo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cappo avoiding damage as Nguyen throws knees to the body.
Cappo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.
Cappo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ray Cappo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nguyen blocks an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Van Dinh Nguyen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nguyen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Van Dinh Nguyen!
As Van Dinh Nguyen got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I trained very hard for this rematch. I wanted to keep you all entertained. Shout out to my sponsor Balco Boys supplements. Thank you to the Balco Boys Industries gym and my training partners for this fight, Sig Hansen, Yourn Rotterdamn, and Chino Cochino.'.
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