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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nino Niederreiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and St Pre James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nino Niederreiter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, St Pre James!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niederreiter scores with a hook to the body. James takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Niederreiter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to James's calf.
Niederreiter throws a right hand that misses
and Niederreiter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Niederreiter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Niederreiter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A countering left hand to the body from James misses.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Niederreiter's waist but Niederreiter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing James off to one side.
Niederreiter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Niederreiter swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Niederreiter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on James. That did some damage!
James takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Good leg kick by Niederreiter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter misses with an uppercut
and James counters with a nice low kick that buckles Niederreiter's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niederreiter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick but James checks it.
Niederreiter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping James at a distance.
Niederreiter tried to score with a low kick but James checks it.
Niederreiter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but James is out of range.
Niederreiter misses with a body kick.
James misses with a body kick.
Niederreiter blocks a head kick by James.
Niederreiter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Niederreiter throws out a powerful jab.
Niederreiter dips to his left and cracks James with an uppercut!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Niederreiter. James shrugs it off though.
Niederreiter is looking to wear down James with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
Niederreiter lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James drops his hands momentarily and Niederreiter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Niederreiter tries a head kick but it misses.
James feints a counter leg kick.
James scores with a jab to the jaw.
James steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Niederreiter. That one must have hurt.
Niederreiter scores with a kick to the midsection.
Niederreiter lands a nice looking kick to the body. James takes a step back to recover.
A head kick by Niederreiter misses
and James counters with a left to the body.
Niederreiter throws an overhand right that lands on James's shoulder, as James tries to avoid the shot.
Niederreiter blocks a head kick by James.
James tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nino Niederreiter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James misses the jab.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick.
James looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
James takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter works James's body with a nice hook.
Niederreiter lands a head shot.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick.
Niederreiter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
James on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Niederreiter. Niederreiter obviously looking to wear him down.
Niederreiter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Niederreiter scores with a leg kick.
Niederreiter thumps James with a low kick.
Niederreiter tests James's chin there with a solid looking shot.
James ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Niederreiter throws a big shot that misses.
James throws out a counter right but Niederreiter avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a right and a left that Niederreiter avoids nicely.
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!
Niederreiter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by James.
Niederreiter with a jab.
Niederreiter tries to work over James's front leg with a kick but James checks it.
James is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A cross from Niederreiter lands.
Niederreiter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Niederreiter scores with a leg kick.
Niederreiter is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Niederreiter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of James's head.
Niederreiter is looking to chop away at James's legs.
Niederreiter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Niederreiter throws a chopping leg kick but James manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
James checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice leg kick lands there from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Niederreiter dominated that 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.
A good leg kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter misses with an attempted mid kick.
Niederreiter looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but James might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Niederreiter has got the better of the exchanges.
James on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Niederreiter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?
Niederreiter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on James. That did some damage!
James uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Niederreiter.
James appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as James blocks the low kick.
James checks the leg kick nicely there.
James throws out a counter right but Niederreiter avoids it with no problem.
Niederreiter connects with a right hand. James shakes it off.
Niederreiter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and James has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Niederreiter slips under a jab.
Niederreiter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niederreiter throws a chopping leg kick but James manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
St Pre James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Niederreiter throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
Niederreiter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
James appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
James's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Niederreiter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Niederreiter.
Niederreiter connects with a jab.
Niederreiter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Niederreiter scores with a sloppy right hand. James should have avoided that one.
Niederreiter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Niederreiter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
James walks forward, straight into a front kick from Niederreiter.
James fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Niederreiter, pushing him back against the cage.
James pushes Niederreiter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niederreiter takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
James throws a punch but it's blocked by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
Niederreiter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Niederreiter can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
James tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
James has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Niederreiter.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, James creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, James throws an elbow but misses.
James scores with a shoulder strike.
Niederreiter lands a body punch.
James lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Niederreiter.
James landing knees to the body.
Niederreiter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from James.
Niederreiter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick lands from Niederreiter.
James walks into a straight right hand from Niederreiter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Niederreiter is just out of range.
Niederreiter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Niederreiter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
James checks a leg kick.
James raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
James takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Niederreiter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick.
Niederreiter misses with an attempted mid kick.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Niederreiter.
James doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - James looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Niederreiter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Niederreiter wants to slow James down by chopping away at his legs.
James is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Niederreiter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Niederreiter explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Niederreiter throws a right hand that misses
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A good leg kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niederreiter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
Niederreiter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
Niederreiter moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Niederreiter motions for James to come forward. Niederreiter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Niederreiter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
James fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Niederreiter dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Niederreiter throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling James to counter with a crisp jab.
Niederreiter throws a poor cross that misses
and James counters with a stiff right hand.
Niederreiter throws a body kick that misses.
James tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Niederreiter swivels and escapes.
Niederreiter thumps James with a low kick.
James avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jab, jab by Niederreiter - just one landing.
Niederreiter misses with an uppercut.
Niederreiter scores with a hook to the body. James takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niederreiter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Niederreiter scores with a punch to the head.
James throws a big shot that misses.
Donk. Niederreiter catches James right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niederreiter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niederreiter sets himself, and James steps forward looking for the clinch! Niederreiter avoids it this time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Niederreiter. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Niederreiter misses with a hook.
James flicks out a counter leg kick but Niederreiter steps away.
James avoids the head kick by Niederreiter.
James counters with a body kick.
Niederreiter connects with a looping right hand.
James loads up on a big right hand but Niederreiter slips the punch.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick as James jumps back.
Nino Niederreiter is winning the standup battle so far.
Niederreiter connects with a body shot that sends James's belly button to the back.
James has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Niederreiter misses with a lunging right hand
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
James shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Niederreiter but Niederreiter pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Niederreiter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Niederreiter throws the kick towards the body but James avoids it.
Niederreiter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
St Pre James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Niederreiter defends well and James ends up having to push Niederreiter into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nino Niederreiter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of St Pre James.
Niederreiter scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jamess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niederreiter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Niederreiter.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Niederreiter, right into the meat.
Niederreiter connects with a solid leg kick.
Niederreiter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James throws a head kick that half lands.
Niederreiter is looking to land body kicks.
Niederreiter just misses with a punch to the body.
James doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Niederreiter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on James. That did some damage!
A decent looking cross lands there for Niederreiter.
Niederreiter lands a nice shot to the body.
James throws a body shot but no joy.
Niederreiter looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
James blocks the body kick.
James misses with a wild body shot.
Niederreiter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck James on the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Niederreiter there.
Niederreiter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nino Niederreiter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Niederreiter connects with a solid leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick
and James counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niederreiter throws a jab when James was well out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Niederreiter.
Nino Niederreiter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James checks a leg kick.
James swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Niederreiter scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
James shapes to counter with a head kick.
Niederreiter scores with a punch to the head.
Niederreiter throws a solid leg kick but James takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Niederreiter.
James pivots, looking for a leg kick but Niederreiter is out of range and James settles back down.
Niederreiter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nino Niederreiter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Niederreiter, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nino Niederreiter!
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hype
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