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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between El Nino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Olhoffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nino comes into the arena with http://farleynino.ytmnd.com/ blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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296 lbs
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300 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, El Nino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Olhoffer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nino misses with a body kick.
Nino works the jab nicely.
Olhoffer blocks a jab.
Olhoffer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Olhoffer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nino throws a lazy right hand but Olhoffer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Olhoffer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olhoffer avoids the head kick by Nino.
Nino throws a hook but Olhoffer avoids it easily.
Nino loads up on a big right hand but Olhoffer slips the punch.
Nice shot by Nino.
Olhoffer avoids a kick to the body.
Nino missing with a left hand there. Olhoffer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nino tries a head kick but it misses.
Olhoffer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nino looks to land a left hand but Olhoffer moved out of range nicely.
Olhoffer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nino.
Olhoffer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nino.
Olhoffer moves away from the strike by Nino.
Olhoffer moves out of range as Nino strikes.
Olhoffer punishes Nino's body with a nice straight punch.
Nino looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nino looks for the body kick but Olhoffer saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Nino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nino uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Olhoffer.
Olhoffer avoids the head kick by Nino.
Olhoffer loads up on a big right hand but Nino slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Olhoffer. Nino does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nino throws a hook to the side of Olhoffer's head but Olhoffer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
El Nino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nino takes the fight into the clinch.
Nino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Ray Olhoffer has been cut.
Nino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nino is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Olhoffer's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nino lands an elbow that stopped Olhoffer in his tracks for a moment.
Nino lands a knee to the head.
Olhoffer looks gassed!
Nino lands a nice elbow.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nino landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nino obliges.
Nino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nino lands an elbow inside that Olhoffer shrugs off.
Nino connects with a knee to the head.
Nino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nino crunches a lovely knee into Olhoffer's ribcage.
Nino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nino obliges.
Olhoffer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Olhoffer blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nino obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nino.
Nino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nino lands a good knee to the midsection. Olhoffer won't want to take too many of those.
Nino tries to land a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks with his arms.
Nino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Olhoffer looking to slow down the pace here.
Nino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Olhoffer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Olhoffer wants to get back to striking at distance but Nino won't allow it.
Nino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Olhoffer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Olhoffer can't break the clinch.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the temple.
Olhoffer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Olhoffer's defenses.
Olhoffer is looking to break free of the clinch but Nino has double underhooks.
Nino scores a nice knee to the body.
Nino tries a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks it.
Olhoffer works on Nino's body with a couple of short punches.
Olhoffer managing to block the knees to the body from Nino.
Olhoffer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nino landing knees to the head.
Nino looking to throw knees to the head but Olhoffer is blocking nicely.
Olhoffer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nino has him pressed against the cage.
Nino misses with a knee to the head.
Nino prevents Olhoffer from breaking the clinch.
Olhoffer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Olhoffer blocks it with crossed arms.
Olhoffer is working Nino over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olhoffer is trying to force a seperation but Nino has the dominant position.
Olhoffer is looking to break free of the clinch but Nino has double underhooks.
Olhoffer tries to break free but Nino pushes him back against the cage.
Olhoffer tries to break free but Nino pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nino.
Nino misses with a knee strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Olhoffer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Olhoffer has had enough of the clinch but Nino keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Olhoffer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nino keeps control of Olhoffer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Olhoffer blocks it with crossed arms.
Nino tries to land a knee to the head but Olhoffer blocks with his arms.
Olhoffer tries to break the clinch but Nino is controlling the position.
Olhoffer avoids the elbow strike from Nino, against the cage.
Olhoffer avoiding damage as Nino throws knees to the body.
Olhoffer pushes Nino back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Olhoffer wants to stall.
Nino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olhoffer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nino as Olhoffer tries to tie him up.
Olhoffer blocks an elbow strike.
Nino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nino blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
El Nino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Olhoffer'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.
Olhoffer cracks Nino with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fighters circling - Nino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nino looks to land a right hand but Olhoffer moved out of range.
Nino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nino doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nino has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Olhoffer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nino moves away.
Nino misses with a looping right.
A left lands for Olhoffer.
It looks like El Nino has been cut.
Nino misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nino misses with an uppercut. Olhoffer saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nino swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nino misses with a head kick.
Nino throws a half hearted mid kick.
Olhoffer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nino blocks a jab.
Olhoffer looks to land a combination but Nino avoids it well.
Olhoffer moves out of range of the strikes.
Nino delivers a nice body kick.
Olhoffer misses with a looping right.
Olhoffer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nino.
Nino misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olhoffer blocks a head kick by Nino.
Olhoffer scores with a jab to the head.
Olhoffer thows a body shot but no joy.
Olhoffer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nino tries to clinch up but Olhoffer circles away and keeps his distance.
Olhoffer scores with the left hand. Nino knows he should have avoided that one.
Nino is looking to clinch.
Nino tries to clinch up.
Ray Olhoffer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nino thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Olhoffer if he has to take too many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nino throws a shot from downtown. Olhoffer moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nino throws a head kick that misses.
Olhoffer throws a jab but it's blocked by Nino.
Nino throws the left hand but Olhoffer avoids the punch easily.
Nino uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Olhoffer.
Nino forces Olhoffer back against the cage and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nino.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nino lands an elbow that stopped Olhoffer in his tracks for a moment.
Nino lands an elbow inside.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the temple.
That has opened up Ray Olhoffer's cut even more.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nino with a knee to the head.
Olhoffer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nino crunches a lovely knee into Olhoffer's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Nino.
Nino lands an elbow that stopped Olhoffer in his tracks for a moment.
Nino scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Olhoffer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nino lands a nice knee to the body.
Nino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Olhoffer takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nino tries to land knees in the clinch but Olhoffer avoids the damage to the body.
Olhoffer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the temple.
Nino lands a good knee to the midsection. Olhoffer won't want to take too many of those.
The referee is keeping an eye on Olhoffer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Olhoffer blocks it with crossed arms.
Nino throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olhoffer avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
El Nino has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Olhoffer is trying to push Nino away but Nino has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nino has Olhoffer pressed against the cage, preventing Olhoffer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nino lands an elbow inside.
Nino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Olhoffer has a couple of punches blocked by Nino.
Nino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olhoffer avoids it.
Olhoffer tries to circle away but Nino has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Olhoffer's defenses.
Nice body punch from Olhoffer.
Olhoffer tries to break free but Nino pushes him back against the cage.
Nino lands an elbow just above Olhoffer 's eye.
Olhoffer is trying to force a seperation but Nino has the dominant position.
Olhoffer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Olhoffer tries to break free but Nino pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
El Nino dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nino doesn't manage to clinch there - Olhoffer circles away.
Nino misses with an uppercut. Olhoffer saw that one coming.
Nino looks to throw the jab but Olhoffer is out of range.
Olhoffer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nino.
Nino tries to land a front kick but Olhoffer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left lands for Olhoffer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nino throws a hook to the side of Olhoffer's head but Olhoffer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Olhoffer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nino tries to clinch but Olhoffer is having none of it.
Olhoffer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nino wants to clinch up but Olhoffer keeps it at a distance.
Nino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olhoffer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Olhoffer blocks the body kick.
Nino moves in looking to clinch but Olhoffer pushes him off.
Nino throws the left hand but Olhoffer avoids the punch easily.
Nino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nino throws a lazy right hand but Olhoffer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nino is looking to land body kicks.
Olhoffer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nino.
Nino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Olhoffer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olhoffer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ray Olhoffer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Olhoffer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nino waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Olhoffer.
Olhoffer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Olhoffer defending well as Nino loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Nino misses the target.
Nino wants to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nino working Olhoffer over with knees to the body.
Nino lands an elbow that stopped Olhoffer in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nino lands an elbow that stopped Olhoffer in his tracks for a moment.
Nino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nino landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nino obliges.
Olhoffer takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nino connects with a knee to the head.
Nino lands a good knee to the midsection. Olhoffer won't want to take too many of those.
Nino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Olhoffer blocks it with crossed arms.
Olhoffer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Olhoffer is trying to break the clinch but Nino is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Olhoffer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nino keeps control of Olhoffer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olhoffer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Olhoffer's defenses.
Nino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nino has Olhoffer pressed against the cage, preventing Olhoffer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nino comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Olhoffer scores with a shot to the side of Nino's head.
Nino working Olhoffer over with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nino with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nino pushes off an throws an elbow but Olhoffer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nino has Olhoffer pressed against the cage, preventing Olhoffer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nino lands an elbow inside that Olhoffer shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Nino.
Olhoffer is trying to force a seperation but Nino has the dominant position.
Olhoffer can't break the clinch.
Nino keeps control of Olhoffer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nino.
Nino gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nino is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olhoffer can do to turn this around?
Olhoffer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nino scores with a knee to the head.
Nino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Olhoffer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Olhoffer.
Nino lands a nice elbow.
Nino has Olhoffer pressed against the cage, preventing Olhoffer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Olhoffer is trying to break the clinch but Nino has him pressed against the cage.
Nino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nino connects with a knee to the head.
Nino misses with an elbow strike.
Olhoffer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nino prevents Olhoffer from breaking the clinch.
El Nino is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nino landing knees to the body.
Olhoffer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nino lands an elbow inside that Olhoffer shrugs off.
Nino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Olhoffer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
El Nino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nino, 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Nino!
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