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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dario Mancinelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mancinelli comes to the cage accompanied by Captain Jack - Captain Jack. Dan Hardy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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183 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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173 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dario Mancinelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mancinelli looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hardy looking for a guillotine here but Mancinelli defends easily.
Mancinelli wants to control from the top but Hardy keeps moving.
Mancinelli passes Hardy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mancinelli is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hardy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mancinelli.
Hardy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mancinelli pulls his head out easily.
Hardy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mancinelli scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hardy is defending against the submission attempts here by Mancinelli.
Hardy wants to control but Mancinelli is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancinelli frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mancinelli landing strikes from the mount.
Mancinelli avoids the attempt from Hardy to control.
Hardy is looking to improve his position but Mancinelli isn't that keen on the idea.
Mancinelli looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mancinelli looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Mancinelli fails to advance to Hardy's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Hardy has worked his arm free - good work by Hardy!
Hardy struggling a bit here.
Hardy is looking for a sweep.
Hardy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mancinelli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mancinelli is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hardy has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mancinelli is breathing heavily.
Hardy can't do much from the bottom here.
Hardy is trying to improve his position.
Mancinelli is trying to get an arm triangle but Hardy is defending well.
Hardy is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli tries for a kimura but Hardy is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Mancinelli's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hardy looking for submissions off his back.
Mancinelli slips a nice elbow through Hardy's hands, connecting with Hardy's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mancinelli pulls his head out easily.
Mancinelli is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hardy trying to hold on to Mancinelli's head to control him but Mancinelli postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancinelli works his way into side control.
Mancinelli working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mancinelli tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mancinelli has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mancinelli thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hardy manages to get back to half guard.
Mancinelli is looking for a kimura here.
Hardy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mancinelli pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dario Mancinelli dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hardy tries for a takedown but Mancinelli circles away easily
and Mancinelli counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hardy won't be happy with that.
Hardy gets back to half guard.
Mancinelli looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hardy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hardy actively working from the bottom here.
Mancinelli uses his free foot to push down on Hardy's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hardy.
Mancinelli lands a big elbow.
Mancinelli is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hardy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mancinelli wants to control the pace but Hardy is squirming around nicely.
Dario Mancinelli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
BOOM! Mancinelli connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mancinelli working the ground and pound effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mancinelli cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mancinelli scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mancinelli swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dario Mancinelli!
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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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