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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Rigatoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Grohl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey Rigatoni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Rigatoni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Grohl!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grohl swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grohl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grohl rushes Rigatoni and presses him up against the cage.
Grohl's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rigatoni jumps guard but Grohl stands there with Rigatoni around his waist. Rigatoni gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rigatoni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rigatoni ducks under a wild hook from Grohl.
Nice sprawl there from Rigatoni as Grohl shoots in.
Rigatoni swats away the attempt to clinch by Grohl.
Grohl throws a right and a left that Rigatoni avoids nicely.
Dave Grohl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grohl throws a series of punches but Rigatoni moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rigatoni clobbers Grohl with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Grohl throws a series of strikes that have Rigatoni backpedaling.
It looks like Joey Rigatoni has been cut.
Rigatoni has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rigatoni turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rigatoni manages to end up in side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rigatoni looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Grohl is avoiding damage well.
Rigatoni tries to move into full mount but can't pass Grohl's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grohl tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rigatoni wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rigatoni misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Grohl is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rigatoni is controlling him well.
Rigatoni tries to stand but Grohl is controlling his head.
Rigatoni tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grohl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grohl tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rigatoni swivels and escapes.
Grohl gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Grohl is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rigatoni defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grohl is looking for a triangle but Rigatoni pushes his legs off easily.
Grohl looks gassed!
Grohl wants to sweep but no luck.
Rigatoni tries to free his leg and advance position but Grohl is retaining full guard.
Rigatoni is sitting in close to Grohl's body. Grohl has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Rigatoni is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Rigatoni is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Grohl.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dave Grohl!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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