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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Fjera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Amaral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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276 lbs
18 - 3 - 1 |
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194 lbs
34 - 16 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Fjera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafael Amaral!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amaral drives through and clinches with Fjera against the cage.
Amaral lands a hook that snaps the head of Fjera backwards.
A shot in the inside from Amaral.
Fjera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've been informed that Amaral has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fjera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Amaral.
Amaral with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Amaral managing to block the knees to the body from Fjera.
Amaral throws a punch but it's blocked by Fjera.
Amaral misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Amaral working aggressively here.
Amaral swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fjera lands with a left to the head.
Amaral gets through Fjera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fjera lands a hook that snaps the head of Amaral backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fjera blocks an uppercut.
Amaral lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Amaral throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A shot in the inside from Fjera.
Fjera tries to land knees in the clinch but Amaral avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fjera.
Amaral fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amaral working aggressively here.
Amaral blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Amaral misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fjera has a couple of punches blocked by Amaral.
Fjera is working Amaral over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Amaral fails to land.
Fjera is pushing Amaral up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fjera breaks the clinch.
Amaral walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Amaral fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Fjera does no damage.
Amaral throws a head kick but Fjera moves out of range.
Amaral throws out a loose jab but Fjera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fjera moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fjera closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amaral wants to get back to his feet.
Fjera is looking for a kimura but Amaral is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Fjera to get the leverage.
Amaral wants to get back to his feet.
Fjera looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Amaral with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Amaral keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fjera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fjera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fjera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Amaral wants to control but Fjera is keeping busy.
Fjera stops Amaral from getting back to his feet.
Fjera drops an elbow to the side of Amaral's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amaral is looking to escape.
Amaral is trying to get back to full guard.
Fjera 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.
Amaral wants to get back to his feet.
Fjera 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.
Fjera lands a big elbow - Amaral is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Fjera!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Fjera!
Nick Fjera retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Nick Fjera thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Rafael Amaral spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back!!!!'.
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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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