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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victorio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mack kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is All Shall Perish-Army of the Pharaohs. Victorio Nogueira is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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165 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victorio Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira slips under a jab from Mack.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mack connects with a body shot.
Nogueira misses with the body kick
and Mack makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch but Mack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Mack pushes him off.
Nogueira walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mack checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nogueira closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mack counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mack jabs Nogueira to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mack comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack swats away the attempt to clinch by Nogueira.
Victorio Nogueira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mack tries for a takedown but Nogueira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mack throws the left hand but Nogueira avoids the punch easily.
Mack cracks Nogueira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mack tries to land a front kick but Nogueira steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mack misses with an uppercut
and Nogueira counters by moving into the clinch.
Mack avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira, against the cage.
Mack is trying to force a seperation but Nogueira has the dominant position.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nogueira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mack's brow.
Nogueira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nogueira tries to land knees in the clinch but Mack avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mack cracks Nogueira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mack looks for a takedown but Nogueira sprawls well.
Nogueira forces Mack back against the cage and clinches.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mack wants to get back to striking at distance but Nogueira won't allow it.
Mack blocks an elbow strike.
Mack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nogueira tries to land knees in the clinch but Mack avoids the damage to the body.
Mack avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira, against the cage.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mack slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nogueira tries to land knees in the clinch but Mack avoids the damage to the body.
Nogueira throws an elbow but it misses.
Mack taking a breather.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Nogueira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nogueira pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nogueira trying to land knees to the body.
Mack lands a takedown into guard.
Nogueira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mack might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mack preventing the sweep.
Mack thows a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack is looking to work some ground and pound but Nogueira has wrist control.
Mack trying to control the position from guard on top but Nogueira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mack stopping the sweep attempt from Nogueira.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mack's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mack wants to pass the guard but Nogueira is keeping the position.
Nogueira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mack throws and elbow that misses. Nogueira uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mack's guard. Nice move by Nogueira!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Mack dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mack connects with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nogueira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as Mack lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nogueira doesn't seem phased though.
Mack tries for a takedown but Nogueira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mack shoots in and drives through. Nogueira sprawls well.
Nogueira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mack.
Nogueira wants to clinch
and Mack counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mack throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Mack misses.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Mack moves out of range.
Mack misses with a straight left.
Mack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nogueira throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mack's head.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nogueira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mack.
Nogueira tries to clinch up but Mack circles away and keeps his distance.
Nogueira tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mack counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack passes to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogueira is looking to reverse the position.
Nogueira avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mack.
Nogueira tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mack wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Check out the look on Mack's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Mack is working Nogueira over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mack looks up at the clock and then as Nogueira takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mack smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ground and pound from Mack seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nogueira is letting Mack control him for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack working the ground and pound from side control.
Mack is looking to take a break and control but Nogueira is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mack in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nogueira is not content to let Mack control the position.
Nogueira tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nogueira is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Mack is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Mack has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mack fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mack tries to control but Nogueira wriggling away.
Nogueira can't escape the position.
Mack with the ground and pound from mount.
Nogueira can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Mack dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nogueira tries to clinch up
and Mack makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mack dips to his left and cracks Nogueira with an uppercut!
Mack looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mack works his way into side control.
Nogueira prevents Mack from moving into mount.
Nogueira pushes Mack away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mack gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mack scores with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack misses with the ground and pound.
Mack in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mack working the ground and pound from side control.
Mack scoring with punches and elbows.
Nogueira tries to improve position but can't.
Alex Mack overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mack wants to control but Nogueira is keeping him busy.
Mack sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nogueira is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Nogueira's shoulder. That is not cool.
Mack cracks Nogueira with a big right hand but Nogueira just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Alex Mack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nogueira is looking for a sweep.
Mack controlling from side mount.
Mack wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nogueira keeps working.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nogueira can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mack taking a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Mack trying to control but Nogueira is having none of it.
Mack looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four 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.
Nogueira working to try and regain half guard.
Mack tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Victorio Nogueira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mack prevents Nogueira from getting the reversal.
Mack looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mack can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nogueira is looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Mack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mack, 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Mack!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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