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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bigg Moe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyotto Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moe comes to the cage accompanied by polly cover my son justin. Nogueira has chosen Breath Into Me as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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259 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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238 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bigg Moe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lyotto Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Moe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Nogueira's guard.
Moe stands up and waves to Nogueira to follow him.
Nogueira fails with the takedown
and Moe counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nogueira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moe stays in close to Nogueira's body and controls the position.
Moe wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Nogueira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Moe is one step ahead there.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bigg Moe wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nogueira changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Moe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moe is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Moe definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nogueira working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Moe manages to get to full guard.
Moe is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nogueira throws a big right hand that misses.
Moe manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nogueira manages to get himself to full guard.
Nogueira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Moe throwing strikes from guard but Nogueira blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nogueira is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Moe from controlling successfully.
Nogueira can't keep his opponent in guard - Moe advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moe uses his free foot to push down on Nogueira's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Nogueira.
Nogueira takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nogueira can't escape the position.
Moe working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Moe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nogueira tries to improve his position but instead Moe has taken his back!
Nogueira looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Moe is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Moe is landing with strikes from the back.
Moe has the hooks in. Nogueira is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Nogueira turns into Moe and is now in his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Moe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Moe pulls Nogueira in close to prevent any damage.
Nogueira keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Moe's head.
Moe throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nogueira looking to pass the guard.
Moe is trying to keep Nogueira in close.
Moe doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Nogueira lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nogueira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moe is looking to cinch up a triangle. Nogueira throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Moe's body to avoid the submission. Moe has instead reached around Nogueira's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Moe arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bigg Moe!
A very excited looking Bigg Moe made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Lyotto Nogueira stepped up to the mic, saying 'I want to thank the fans and say that I will work harder to not disappoint them again.'.
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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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