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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Amodei (ranked 2168 p4p, 1989 weight class) and Tempe Gorge (ranked 131 p4p, 117 weight class). Gorge has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Amodei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tempe Gorge!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amodei throws a leg kick but Gorge checks it.
A low kick from Amodei is predictable there
and Gorge counters with a leg kick.
A big right from Amodei misses.
Gorge throws a push kick but Amodei slaps the foot to one side.
Amodei swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gorge throws an overhand right that lands on Amodei's shoulder, as Amodei tries to avoid the shot.
Amodei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gorge.
Gorge lands a body shot.
Gorge throws the left hand but Amodei avoids the punch easily.
Amodei misses with a leg kick
and Gorge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gorge has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amodei throws a hook but Gorge blocks it.
Gorge scores with a jab. Amodei acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gorge ducks under a wild hook from Amodei.
Amodei works Gorge's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amodei takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gorge lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Amodei throws a hook but Gorge blocks it.
Gorge lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gorge misses with a series of wild punches.
Amodei swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gorge throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Amodei counters with a stiff right hand.
Amodei throws a leg kick but Gorge sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gorge throws a right and a left that Amodei avoids nicely.
Gorge throws an off balance right hand
and Amodei counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gorge's knee momentarily.
Gorge scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gorge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorge keeps Amodei at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amodei throws a leg kick that misses.
Gorge swings for the body but Amodei moves out of range.
Gorge throws a body kick that misses
and Amodei counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Amodei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gorge moves away.
Gorge lands a nice looking body kick.
Gorge checks a low kick from Amodei.
Gorge throws a big shot that misses.
Gorge swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Amodei appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gorge throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A low kick lands for Amodei.
Gorge throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Amodei was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorge lands with a kick to the temple. Amodei shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gorge lands a lovely overhand right.
Gorge swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gorge lands a head shot.
Gorge defending well as Amodei loads up on a big left hand.
Amodei dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gorge. That did some damage!
Gorge misses with a hook
and Amodei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gorge doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Gorge.
Gorge throws a hook to the side of Amodei's head but Amodei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Amodei appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gorge rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gorge takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gorge throws a nice looking combination but Amodei bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Amodei misses its target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amodei throws a leg kick
and Gorge counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gorge walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Amodei checks a leg kick.
Amodei feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Amodei just misses with a punch to the body.
Gorge misses with a two punch combination.
A little feinted left hand from Amodei on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Amodei throws a looping overhand right but Gorge ducks down to avoid it.
Gorge tries a quick counter leg kick but Amodei is wise to it.
Amodei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Amodei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Amodei slips under a jab.
Amodei is looking to counter punch.
Amodei dips to his left and cracks Gorge with an uppercut!
Gorge misses with a shot to the body
and Amodei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tempe Gorge 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.
Gorge lunges at Amodei with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Amodei's hand.
Gorge shoots in for a takedown but Amodei shows good takedown defense.
Gorge ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amodei moves away.
Gorge takes a swing at Amodei's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Amodei on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Amodei connects with a solid leg kick.
Gorge lands with a right hand.
Gorge misses with a low kick.
Amodei lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorge misses with a body punch
and Amodei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Amodei lands with an uppercut that bounces Gorge off the cage and back into range.
Amodei defending well as Gorge loads up on a big left hand.
A leg kick checked by Amodei.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Amodei misses its intended target.
Gorge throws a poor cross that misses
and Amodei counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick misses from Gorge.
Amodei blocks a jab.
Gorge is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Amodei.
Amodei scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Amodei buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Amodei jabs at Gorge's body.
Amodei lands a nice shot to the body.
Gorge cracks Amodei with an open hand slap.
Amodei buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Amodei is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorge throws a hook to the side of Amodei's head but Amodei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Amodei throws a leg kick
and Gorge counters with a nice double leg into side control. Amodei won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amodei gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Amodei is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gorge is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gorge keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amodei slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Amodei looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amodei lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Gorge wants to stand and escape but Amodei is having none of it.
Gorge bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Amodei's guard.
Amodei wants to sweep here but Gorge controlling him for the moment.
Gorge throwing strikes from guard but Amodei blocks nicely.
Amodei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gorge throwing strikes from guard but Amodei blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gorge preventing the sweep.
Gorge is standing up over Amodei. Amodei looks to escape but Gorge dives into side control.
Gorge throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Amodei trying to remain calm as Gorge controls from the top position.
Amodei is looking for a sweep.
Gorge working the ground and pound.
Gorge in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tempe Gorge will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Amodei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Gorge misses with a wild combination.
Gorge misses the body punch
and Amodei counters with a stiff right hand.
Amodei looks to throw the jab but Gorge is out of range.
Gorge looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gorge slips a straight right by Amodei.
Gorge looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tempe Gorge seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gorge throws a push kick but Amodei slaps the foot to one side.
Amodei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gorge.
Gorge misses with a takedown
and Amodei counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorge throws a sloppy head kick
and Amodei counters with a nice uppercut.
Gorge scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gorge throws a predictable looking body shot
and Amodei finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorge throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Amodei counters with a nice uppercut.
Gorge loads up on a big right hand but Amodei slips the punch.
Gorge misses with a hook
and Gorge takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Amodei rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gorge counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gorge drops his hands momentarily and Amodei takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Amodei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gorge.
A head kick misses from Gorge.
Amodei lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gorge's sensitive parts.
Gorge takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Amodei misses with a leg kick.
Gorge is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Gorge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amodei misses with a hook.
Gorge doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Amodei throws a leg kick
and Gorge counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Amodei throws a leg kick
letting Gorge counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorge looks to throw the jab but Amodei is out of range.
Amodei throwing a counter right hand but Gorge manages to avoid it.
Gorge misses with a lunging right hand
and Amodei counters with a stiff right hand.
Amodei misses with a straight left.
Amodei throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gorge appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gorge lands an overhand right.
A low kick from Gorge misses
and Amodei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gorge punishes Amodei's body with a nice straight punch.
Gorge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Amodei finds it's target.
Amodei takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Amodei scores with a shot to the body.
Amodei tries to clinch
and Gorge counters with a nice uppercut.
Gorge takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gorge misses with a lunging right hand
and Amodei counters with a low kick, right behind Gorge 's knee.
Giuseppe Amodei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tempe Gorge is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gorge throws a lazy right hand but Amodei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gorge swings widly with a right hand
and Amodei counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gorge waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amodei.
Amodei throws a shot from downtown. Gorge moves away and avoids it.
Amodei swings widly with a right hand
and Gorge cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorge pivots, looking for a leg kick but Amodei is out of range and Gorge settles back down.
Gorge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gorge throws a leg kick but Amodei sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Amodei looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Amodei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gorge.
Amodei is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Gorge misses.
Decent striking displayed by Amodei there.
Good leg kick by Gorge.
A jab lands there for Gorge.
Gorge throws a leg kick that is checked
and Amodei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Tempe Gorge has been cut.
Gorge throws a jab when Amodei was well out of range.
Amodei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gorge moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Giuseppe Amodei.
Well Gorge has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tempe Gorge!
After the fight, Tempe Gorge was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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