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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kjeld Nuis (ranked 1903 p4p, 3916 weight class) and Jaylan Spence (ranked 196 p4p, 320 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kjeld Nuis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jaylan Spence!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spence shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nuis as he jumps to the side.
Nuis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spence looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nuis fails to land with a series of punches.
Spence moves out of range as Nuis strikes.
Nuis throws a combination that misses
and Spence counters with a straight right hand.
Spence takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nuis takes a swing at Spence's ribcage but misses.
Nuis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Spence closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nuis keeping his opponent close.
Nuis is trying to improve his position.
Spence tries to stand but Nuis is controlling his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence trying to control the action but Nuis is working from the bottom.
Nuis can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Nuis is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Spence's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Nuis is looking for a sweep. Spence is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nuis wants to control but Spence is keeping busy.
Nuis is staying active underneath Spence, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nuis is trying is best to control the position here.
Nuis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Spence.
Nuis moves into full guard.
Spence trying to control but Nuis is working from the bottom.
Nuis controlling the position.
Spence scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nuis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Spence is fighting to break Nuis's control of his arms but Nuis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nuis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nuis is stalling here. Spence is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Nuis seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Spence has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Spence wants to control but Nuis is keeping him busy.
Spence is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nuis struggling a bit here.
Nuis definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Spence wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nuis keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nuis is looking to regain half guard here but Spence keeps moving and retains side control.
Nuis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nuis is working hard here to advance position.
Nuis regains half guard.
Spence is trying to control. Nuis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Spence sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nuis is trying to get back to full guard.
Nuis trying to control from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kjeld Nuis will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Spence gets a takedown into half guard.
Nuis is trying to maintain the position but Spence is very close to passing his half guard.
Nuis manages to get to full guard.
Spence trying to control but Nuis is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence wanted to stand there but Nuis had control of the position.
Nuis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Spence controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuis keeping moving, preventing Spence from controlling successfully.
Nuis controlling Spence's posture.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A leg kick checked by Spence.
Nuis fails to land with a series of punches.
Spence takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Spence swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nuis counters with a stiff right hand.
Nuis throws out a powerful jab.
Spence shoots in and gets a takedown into Nuis's guard.
Nuis has Spence pulled in close to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuis looking for a sweep. Not yet Nuis, not yet.
Spence in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nuis is pulling down on Spence's head. It's preventing any offense from Spence, at least for the moment.
Spence stopping the sweep attempt from Nuis.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Spence trying to control but Nuis is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kjeld Nuis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nuis misses with the combination.
Spence closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nuis trying to control the position but instead, Spence has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nuis into the cage.
Spence has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Nuis clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Nuis covering up well under a barage of strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spence is hanging on to Nuis's back as he tries to escape.
Nuis turns into Spence and is now in his guard.
Spence working for a triangle but Nuis defends it easily.
Nuis trying to control but Spence is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nuis passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Spence is looking to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jaylan Spence will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Nuis slaps away a takedown attempt from Spence, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jaylan Spence is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nuis fails to land with a series of punches.
Spence tries to clinch but Nuis moves out of range.
Nuis is looking to counter punch.
Spence gets a clinch.
Nuis is trying to pull guard but Spence has him pressed against the cage.
Spence has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Nuis uses from the top position.
Spence has Nuis pulled in close to control his posture.
Spence wants to hit a sweep here but Nuis passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Spence there!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Nuis slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence wants to improve his position but Nuis is controlling well.
Spence is trying to control but can't.
Nuis looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Spence with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Spence wants to get back to full guard.
Nuis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Spence wants to control but Nuis is keeping busy.
Nuis is stalling here. Spence is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Nuis seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Spence has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Spence seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nuis is trying to get back to half guard.
Spence working away.
Nuis is looking for a sweep.
Spence trying to control the action but Nuis is working from the bottom.
Nuis sneaks back into half guard.
Spence missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuis is controlling Spence's trapped leg to prevent Spence from advancing to side control.
Spence trying to control the action but Nuis is working from the bottom.
Spence controlling the action here.
Nuis wants to get back to full guard.
Spence seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nuis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Spence is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
It looks like Spence is going to stand back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nuis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nuis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spence steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nuis.
Spence takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nuis digs a good body shot into Spence's ribs.
Spence will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Spence fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nuis avoids it really well and circles away.
Kjeld Nuis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaylan Spence.
Spence takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nuis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some wild striking there from Nuis.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kjeld Nuis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nuis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kjeld Nuis!
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energy
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hype
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