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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andre Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Rizzo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Byrne's chin.
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Solid boxing
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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
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Rizzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Byrne!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo misses with a wild combination.
Rizzo blocks a head kick by Byrne.
Rizzo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Byrne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Byrne ducks under a wild hook from Rizzo.
Rizzo throws a series of punches but Byrne moves out of range.
Byrne thumps Rizzo with a low kick.
Byrne takes the fight into the clinch.
Byrne stalling in the clinch.
Byrne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rizzo is keeping busy.
Byrne prevents Rizzo from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rizzo as Byrne tries to tie him up.
Rizzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rizzo misses with a two punch combination.
Rizzo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Byrne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Byrne wants to clinch.
Rizzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzo looks to land a combination but Byrne avoids it well.
Byrne throws an overhand right that lands on Rizzo's shoulder, as Rizzo tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne wants to clinch up but Rizzo keeps it at a distance.
David Byrne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rizzo avoids the head kick by Byrne.
Byrne's corner calls for a 1-2. Byrne obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rizzo shoots in but no luck this time.
Rizzo shoots in for a takedown but Byrne shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Byrne works Rizzo's body with a nice hook.
Byrne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Byrne moves into range and clinches up with Rizzo.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Byrne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Rizzo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Byrne misses with a knee strike.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but Rizzo blocks it.
Rizzo throws a head punch that misses.
Rizzo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Byrne looking to throw knees to the head but Rizzo is blocking nicely.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but Rizzo blocks with his arms.
Byrne looking to throw knees to the head but Rizzo is blocking nicely.
Byrne throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Rizzo.
Byrne lands a nice knee to the body.
Byrne is looking to control Rizzo's arms but Rizzo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Byrne has his back to the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo looking to slow down the pace here.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rizzo is trying to force a seperation but Byrne has the dominant position.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Byrne looks gassed!
Byrne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rizzo avoiding damage as Byrne throws knees to the body.
Rizzo can't break the clinch.
Rizzo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Rizzo lands a nice shot to the body.
Rizzo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Byrne looking to throw knees to the head but Rizzo is blocking nicely.
Rizzo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Byrne as Rizzo tries to tie him up.
Byrne lands an elbow inside that Rizzo shrugs off.
Rizzo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Byrne looking to throw knees to the head but Rizzo is blocking nicely.
Rizzo lands a hook that snaps the head of Byrne backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rizzo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rizzo wants to get back to striking at distance but Byrne won't allow it.
Byrne keeps control of Rizzo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Byrne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rizzo taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo cracks Byrne with a nice body shot.
Byrne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rizzo lands with a right to the head.
Byrne tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
Rizzo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rizzo tries to break the clinch but Byrne is controlling the position.
A short left from Rizzo.
Byrne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rizzo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rizzo working hard to break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rizzo dodges an elbow strike from Byrne.
Rizzo is looking to break free of the clinch but Byrne has double underhooks.
Rizzo breaks the clinch.
Byrne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rizzo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Byrne.
Byrne thumps Rizzo with a low kick.
Byrne fails to land with a series of punches.
Rizzo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Byrne tries to avoid it but Rizzo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Byrne to the ground. Byrne escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Rizzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rizzo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rizzo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Byrne circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Byrne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Byrne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rizzo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rizzo misses with a wild combination.
Rizzo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rizzo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Byrne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Byrne misses with a looping right.
Rizzo throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Byrne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rizzo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Byrne sprawls well. Byrne wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rizzo gets slowly back to his feet.
Byrne clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Byrne 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.
Byrne throws a head kick but Rizzo moves out of range.
Byrne moves into range and clinches up with Rizzo.
Byrne misses with a knee strike.
Byrne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rizzo blocks it with crossed arms.
Rizzo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rizzo wants to stall.
Byrne takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Rizzo.
Byrne keeps control of Rizzo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Byrne tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
Byrne pushes off an throws an elbow but Rizzo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rizzo breaks from the clinch.
Byrne tries to clinch up but Rizzo circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Byrne. That's going to slow Rizzo down.
Rizzo throws a right and a left that Byrne avoids nicely.
Byrne moves into the clinch successfully.
Rizzo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Byrne misses with a knee strike.
Byrne is breathing heavily.
Byrne working Rizzo over with knees to the body.
Byrne lands a nice elbow.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rizzo.
Byrne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but Rizzo blocks with his arms.
Byrne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Byrne takes a shot to the head.
Rizzo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Rizzo scores with a shoulder strike.
Rizzo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Rizzo on the inside.
Rizzo gets through Byrne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rizzo managing to block the knees to the body from Byrne.
Byrne misses with an elbow over the top.
Rizzo is trying to break free.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Byrne letting Rizzo take a breather here.
Rizzo managing to block the knees to the body from Byrne.
Rizzo wants to stall.
Byrne is trying to stall.
Byrne keeps control of Rizzo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rizzo scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rizzo breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for Rizzo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Byrne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rizzo.
Byrne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Byrne tries to clinch up.
Byrne throws out a leg kick but Rizzo moves out of range and Byrne only half commits.
Rizzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rizzo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Byrne looks to land a body kick but Rizzo moved away.
Byrne moves in looking to clinch but Rizzo pushes him off.
Nice takedown defense from Byrne. No joy for Rizzo on that attempt.
Rizzo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Byrne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rizzo avoids the head kick by Byrne.
Byrne throws a head kick that Rizzo semi-blocks.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rizzo!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo misses with an uppercut. Byrne saw that one coming.
Byrne tries to clinch but Rizzo is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Byrne.
Byrne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rizzo. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Byrne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Byrne tries to clinch there but Rizzo circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Byrne.
Rizzo swats away the attempt to clinch by Byrne.
Byrne is looking to clinch but Rizzo is avoiding it.
Byrne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Byrne throws a nice looking combination but Rizzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Byrne wants to clinch.
Rizzo throws a body punch but Byrne moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Byrne tries to clinch up.
Byrne is looking to clinch.
Byrne tries to clinch but Rizzo is having none of it.
Good standup being displayed there by Rizzo as he connects with a hook.
Byrne is looking to clinch but Rizzo is avoiding it.
Andre Rizzo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byrne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rizzo.
Byrne connects with the punch.
Rizzo keeps the fight on the outside.
Byrne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rizzo misses with a double jab.
Byrne fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Rizzo misses its intended target.
Byrne moves in looking to clinch but Rizzo pushes him off.
Rizzo misses with an uppercut.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rizzo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Andre Rizzo will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
A head kick from Byrne lands but Rizzo takes it in his stride.
Byrne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rizzo. That did some damage!
Byrne connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rizzo misses with a wild combination.
Byrne connects with a solid leg kick.
Byrne tries to clinch but Rizzo moves out of range.
Rizzo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Byrne tries to clinch up.
Rizzo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Byrne scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Byrne.
Rizzo throws a series of punches but Byrne avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Byrne moves out of range of the strikes.
Rizzo swats away the attempt to clinch by Byrne.
Rizzo misses with a straight right.
Rizzo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Byrne circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne connects with a looping right hand.
Byrne tries to close the distance and clinch but Rizzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Byrne wants to clinch up but Rizzo keeps it at a distance.
Byrne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Byrne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Byrne wants to clinch up but Rizzo keeps it at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Byrne.
Byrne scores with a head kick.
David Byrne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rizzo.
Byrne rushes Rizzo and presses him up against the ropes.
Byrne tries to stall but Rizzo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rizzo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rizzo.
Byrne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rizzo takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Byrne.
Byrne misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Byrne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne scores with a knee to the head.
Byrne just leaning against Rizzo, taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Byrne as Rizzo tries to tie him up.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but Rizzo blocks with his arms.
Rizzo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Byrne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rizzo blocks it with crossed arms.
Byrne is struggling to control the position.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rizzo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Byrne as Rizzo tries to tie him up.
Byrne tries to land a knee to the head but Rizzo blocks with his arms.
Byrne lands a knee to the body.
Byrne is trying to maintain a safe position but Rizzo gets an underhook and turns Byrne into the ropes.
Rizzo breaks the clinch.
Byrne slaps away a takedown attempt from Rizzo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Rizzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Byrne lands with a right hand.
Byrne is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne is looking to clinch.
Byrne throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rizzo.
Byrne clinches with his opponent.
Byrne looking to stall.
Rizzo has a couple of punches blocked by Byrne.
Byrne looking to throw knees to the head but Rizzo is blocking nicely.
Byrne lands an elbow inside that Rizzo shrugs off.
Byrne is struggling to control the position.
Byrne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rizzo breaks the clinch.
Rizzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzo checks a leg kick.
Rizzo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rizzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Byrne throws a sloppy head kick and Rizzo moves out of range easily.
Rizzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Byrne moves away.
Byrne is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rizzo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Byrne's waist but Byrne gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rizzo off to one side.
Byrne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Byrne utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rizzo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Byrne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Byrne connects with a knee to the head.
Rizzo wants to break free but Byrne has control.
Rizzo taking a breather.
Byrne lands a damaging elbow.
Rizzo takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Rizzo fails to land.
Rizzo looking to stall.
Byrne lands an elbow inside.
Byrne scores with a knee to the head.
Byrne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rizzo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Byrne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Byrne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Byrne 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Byrne!
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