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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Novoselic (ranked 2167 p4p, 7668 weight class) and Dante Fiaschi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Novoselic comes to the cage accompanied by The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Alice in Chains. The crowd seem to be enjoying Fiaschi's choice of entrance music: ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man. Alex Novoselic could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dante Fiaschi's chin.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Novoselic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Fiaschi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novoselic tries a head kick but it misses.
Novoselic leaves Fiaschi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Novoselic half committed to a counter leg kick.
Novoselic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Novoselic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Novoselic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Novoselic dips to his left and cracks Fiaschi with an uppercut!
Novoselic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, jab by Novoselic - just one landing.
Novoselic tries to score with a low kick but Fiaschi moves his leg out of the way.
Fiaschi tries to counter with a clinch but Novoselic shakes him off and moves away.
Fiaschi throws a head kick but Novoselic moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiaschi tries to clinch but Novoselic is having none of it.
A big left from Novoselic misses.
Novoselic circles away from the clinch attempt
and Novoselic counters with a stiff right hand.
Fiaschi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Novoselic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiaschi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Alex Novoselic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Fiaschi.
Novoselic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Novoselic scores with a nice strike.
Novoselic throws a low kick but Fiaschi moves out of range easily.
Fiaschi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Fiaschi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Novoselic as he avoids it easily.
It looked like Novoselic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fiaschi tries to clinch up.
Fiaschi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fiaschi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Novoselic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fiaschi fails to land the takedown.
Fiaschi misses the shot to the body.
Novoselic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Novoselic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fiaschi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Novoselic throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Novoselic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fiaschi wants to counter the offense by Novoselic and move into the clinch position.
Nice shot lands for Novoselic.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fiaschi.
Fiaschi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fiaschi.
Novoselic jabs Fiaschi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Novoselic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Novoselic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fiaschi is rocked!
Novoselic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fiaschi is still on wobbly legs! Can Novoselic finish him?
Novoselic drops Fiaschi with a big left hand! Fiaschi is injured, injured bad! Novoselic jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Novoselic!
Alex Novoselic decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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pop
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