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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco De Luca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Luca has chosen The End Begins (To Rock) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joao Gabriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco De Luca!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Luca shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gabriel napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gabriel is trying to get back to half guard.
Gabriel can't do much from the bottom here.
Gabriel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gabriel is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on De Luca's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gabriel tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
De Luca prevents Gabriel from improving his position.
De Luca controlling the action here.
De Luca tries to pass to full mount but Gabriel defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Luca throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gabriel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
De Luca sitting and controlling from the half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
De Luca closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gabriel did well to prevent De Luca getting side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Luca is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
De Luca looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
De Luca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gabriel defending well though.
De Luca not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gabriel wants to get back to full guard.
De Luca looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gabriel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gabriel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Luca stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gabriel fails with the takedown
and De Luca counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gabriel is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of De Luca's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take De Luca's back!
Gabriel avoiding De Luca 's attempts to control his hands.
De Luca looking very determined here, making life difficult for Gabriel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Luca rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
De Luca has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Gabriel. Oh but De Luca has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Gabriel goes limp - he's gone! De Luca jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marco De Luca!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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