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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mansa Musa (ranked 8087 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Nelson (ranked 24467 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mansa Musa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson shoots and misses
and Musa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Eddie Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Musa counters with a nice leg kick.
Musa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Musa wants it to stay on the feet.
Mansa Musa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Nelson.
Nelson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Musa counters with a solid body kick.
Nelson looks winded!
Nelson closes the distance and clinches up with Musa, looking for a takedown. Nelson pushes Musa against the cage but Musa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Musa shows good takedown defense.
Musa throws a wild body kick that Nelson sees coming a mile off.
Musa lands a nice looking body kick.
Musa looks to land a body kick but Nelson moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson avoids a kick to the body.
Musa looks to land a body kick but Nelson moved away.
Musa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Musa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nelson.
Musa throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nelson avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musa throws a body kick that misses.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown but Musa shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
It appears Musa was looking to counter with a kick there.
Musa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mansa Musa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Musa. That one must have hurt.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Musa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Musa is looking to counter with a body kick.
Musa blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Nelson tries to clinch
and Musa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Musa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Musa misses with a body kick.
Nelson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Musa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Musa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Musa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Musa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Musa quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nelson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Musa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nelson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Musa.
Musa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Musa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nelson's sensitive parts.
Nelson shoots for a takedown but Musa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Musa throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nelson avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Musa avoids nicely.
Musa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nelson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Musa.
Nelson moves to clinch but Musa breaks away
and Musa counters with a nice body kick.
Nelson moves out of range as Musa throws a body kick.
Musa delivers a nice body kick.
Musa is looking to land body kicks.
Nelson fails to land the takedown.
Musa quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nelson avoids a kick to the body.
Nelson dives in for a single leg takedown but Musa sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Musa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Musa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nelson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nelson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nelson drives through and clinches with Musa against the cage.
Musa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nelson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Musa counters with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson looks to clinch
and Musa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Musa is looking to land body kicks.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick.
As Musa backs off Nelson throws a huge counter combo but Musa manages to avoid it all.
Musa misses with a body kick.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Musa as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mansa Musa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick.
Nelson doesn't manage to clinch there - Musa circles away.
Musa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nelson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Musa.
Mansa Musa is winning the standup battle so far.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch but Musa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Musa thinks about countering with a body kick.
A punch combination from Nelson misses.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but Musa pushes him off.
Musa thinks about countering with a body kick.
Musa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nelson moves to clinch but Musa breaks away
and Musa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musa slaps away a takedown attempt from Nelson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Musa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Musa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Musa looks for the body kick but Nelson saw that one coming.
Despite the aggression on Nelson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A nice inside leg kick there by Musa. That's going to slow Nelson down.
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Musa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And Musa counters with a quick kick to the body but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick
and Musa counters with a nice body kick.
Nelson blocks the body kick.
Nelson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Musa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nelson is looking for the big counter here.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson misses with a straight left.
Musa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nelson's calf.
Nelson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nelson misses with a double jab
and Musa counters with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musa lands with a nice body kick.
Musa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Musa throws a front kick that sends Nelson stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Musa misses with a body kick.
Musa delivers a nice body kick.
Musa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Musa is looking to land body kicks.
Musa throws the kick towards the body but Nelson avoids it.
Nelson wants to clinch but Musa slips to the side
and Musa counters with a nice kick to the body.
Musa thumps Nelson with a low kick.
Nelson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Musa defends it nicely.
Musa is looking to counter with a body kick.
Mansa Musa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Nelson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a right and a left that Musa avoids nicely.
Musa thinks about countering with a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Musa.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick from Musa.
Musa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nelson dives in for a single leg takedown but Musa sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Musa fires out a quick counter leg kick but Nelson just manages to avoid it.
Musa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nelson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Musa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick from Musa.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Musa but Musa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Musa throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nelson avoids it.
Musa fakes the leg kick and cracks Nelson in the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musa misses with a body kick.
Nelson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Musa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Musa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Musa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Musa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Eddie Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Musa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nelson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Musa tries to land a front kick but Nelson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nelson tries to clinch but Musa moves out of range.
Nelson tries to clinch up
and Musa counters with a good, hard body kick but Nelson shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mansa Musa dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Musa lands a front kick.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Musa as he avoids it easily.
Musa quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Musa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nelson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Musa's waist but Musa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nelson off to one side.
Nelson goes for a double leg but Musa avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Musa continues to drive forward.
Musa throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nelson avoids it.
Mansa Musa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Nelson.
Musa misses with a kick to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Musa - that will leave a mark!
Musa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Musa is looking to slow Nelson down with leg kicks.
Nelson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Musa counters with a body kick.
Musa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Musa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nelson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Musa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nelson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Musa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Musa misses with a body kick.
Nelson tries to clinch but Musa is having none of it.
Musa quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Nelson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Musa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Musa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Musa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nelson can do to turn this around?
Nelson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
Musa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Musa dodges the punch combination from Nelson.
Musa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nelson.
Nelson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nelson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nelson throws a combination that misses
and Musa counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Musa stuffs the takedown.
Nelson moves out of range of the body kick from Musa.
Musa misses with a kick to the body.
Nelson is looking for the big counter here.
Nelson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Musa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nelson is looking to clinch but Musa is avoiding it.
Musa half committed to a counter leg kick.
Musa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nelson.
It appears Musa was looking to counter with a kick there.
Musa stuffs the takedown.
Musa appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but Musa pushes him off.
Musa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Musa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nelson shoots in but no luck this time.
Musa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musa keeps Nelson at a distance using the push kick.
Musa misses with a body kick.
Nelson misses with a two punch combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Musa.
Nelson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Musa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson misses with a takedown
and Musa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Musa looks for the body kick but Nelson saw that one coming.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Musa as he avoids it easily.
Musa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Musa throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nelson avoids it.
Eddie Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mansa Musa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nelson moves out of range as Musa throws a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mansa Musa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Musa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mansa Musa!
A relieved looking Mansa Musa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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