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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kos Pellegrino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellegrino is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: General Public - Tenderness. 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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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous knees
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kos Pellegrino!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pellegrino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Wright lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pellegrino doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Kos Pellegrino has been cut.
Pellegrino scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wright doesn't seem bothered though.
Pellegrino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wright, pushing him back against the cage.
Pellegrino keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
The referee calls for Pellegrino to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pellegrino as Wright tries to tie him up.
Wright is looking to break free of the clinch but Pellegrino has double underhooks.
Pellegrino stalling.
Wright is trying to force a seperation but Pellegrino has the dominant position.
Wright tries to circle away but Pellegrino has him pinned against the cage.
Pellegrino prevents Wright from breaking the clinch.
Pellegrino crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pellegrino stalling against the cage.
Pellegrino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Kyle Wright has been cut.
Pellegrino stalling.
The crowd are getting on Pellegrino's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pellegrino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pellegrino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pellegrino lands an elbow just above Wright 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellegrino will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wright up against the cage.
Pellegrino receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Pellegrino cracks Wright with a nice body shot.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pellegrino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pellegrino presses Wright against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
Pellegrino lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Pellegrino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pellegrino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pellegrino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pellegrino lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pellegrino.
Pellegrino stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pellegrino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pellegrino landing knees to the head.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Pellegrino slowing the pace effectively.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Pellegrino has him pressed against the cage.
Pellegrino stalling against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino works on Wright's body with a couple of short punches.
Pellegrino is pushing Wright up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kos Pellegrino.
Pellegrino lands a lovely overhand right.
Wright misses with a combination
and Pellegrino counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wright misses with a combination
and Pellegrino counters with an outside leg kick.
Pellegrino pushes Wright up against the cage in a clinch.
Pellegrino stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pellegrino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wright's defenses.
Kyle Wright's cut is getting worse.
Pellegrino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pellegrino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pellegrino is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pellegrino lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Pellegrino - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pellegrino lands an elbow that stopped Wright in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wright is trying to stall.
Pellegrino dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wright is trying to force a seperation but Pellegrino has the dominant position.
Wright wants to get back to striking at distance but Pellegrino won't allow it.
Pellegrino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pellegrino unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pellegrino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wright's face.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wright misses with a body punch.
Pellegrino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wright wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pellegrino - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pellegrino missing with knees to the body.
Pellegrino landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright gets through Pellegrino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wright is trying to push Pellegrino away but Pellegrino has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from Pellegrino.
Pellegrino lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pellegrino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pellegrino.
A right handed body shot lands from Pellegrino.
Pellegrino scores a nice knee to the body.
Pellegrino has Wright pressed against the cage, preventing Wright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pellegrino will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wright up against the cage.
Wright wants to get back to striking at distance but Pellegrino won't allow it.
Pellegrino has Wright pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Pellegrino has him pressed against the cage.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Pellegrino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pellegrino lands an elbow just above Wright 's eye.
Pellegrino scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kos Pellegrino dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wright throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pellegrino holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wright takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pellegrino keeps control of Wright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pellegrino tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Pellegrino scores with a knee to the head.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Pellegrino keeps him there for the moment.
A right hand to the body from Pellegrino.
Wright manages to break the clinch.
Pellegrino feints a jab promting Wright to slip. Pellegrino then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wright slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wright scores with a one two! Pellegrino had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pellegrino closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Pellegrino.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pellegrino lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Pellegrino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pellegrino taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pellegrino scores a nice knee to the body.
Pellegrino lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pellegrino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pellegrino.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright takes an elbow to the temple.
Pellegrino lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pellegrino.
Pellegrino lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pellegrino lands with a short shot to the head.
Pellegrino prevents Wright from breaking the clinch.
Pellegrino lands an elbow just above Wright 's eye.
Kyle Wright's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pellegrino will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wright up against the cage.
Pellegrino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pellegrino lands a nice knee to the body.
Pellegrino lands an elbow inside.
Pellegrino softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pellegrino lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pellegrino obliges.
Pellegrino lands an elbow inside that Wright shrugs off.
Pellegrino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pellegrino lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Pellegrino.
Pellegrino lands a body punch.
Pellegrino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wright's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino lands an elbow inside.
Pellegrino lands an elbow inside.
Pellegrino lands with a left to the head.
Pellegrino scores a nice knee to the body.
Pellegrino stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pellegrino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pellegrino has him pressed against the cage.
Pellegrino lands a knee to the body.
Kos Pellegrino seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pellegrino is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pellegrino lands an elbow inside.
Pellegrino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wright letting Pellegrino take a breather here.
Pellegrino missing with knees to the body.
Pellegrino content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Pellegrino has him pressed against the cage.
Pellegrino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pellegrino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wright in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pellegrino prevents Wright from breaking the clinch.
Wright is trying to break free.
Pellegrino with a knee to the head.
Pellegrino has Wright pressed against the cage.
Wright tries to break free but Pellegrino pushes him back against the cage.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
Pellegrino lands with a short shot to the head.
Wright tries to break free but Pellegrino pushes him back against the cage.
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pellegrino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Wright is looking to break free of the clinch but Pellegrino has double underhooks.
Pellegrino working Wright over with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Pellegrino.
Pellegrino keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wright's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wright's defenses.
Pellegrino lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wright or not.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pellegrino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeez, Kyle Wright's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Pellegrino is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pellegrino.
Pellegrino comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stalling in the clinch from Pellegrino.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wright has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pellegrino lands an elbow that stopped Wright in his tracks for a moment.
Pellegrino comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wright wants to break free but Pellegrino has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pellegrino obliges.
Pellegrino connects with a knee to the head.
Wright being controlled against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wright looking to slow down the pace here.
Pellegrino lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kos Pellegrino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Wright throws a combination that misses
and Pellegrino counters with a leg kick.
Wright swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pellegrino finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Pellegrino throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pellegrino. That's going to slow Wright down.
Nice body kick there by Pellegrino.
Pellegrino cracks Wright with a good jab.
Pellegrino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pellegrino chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pellegrino throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pellegrino lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pellegrino scores with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut lands for Pellegrino. That snapped Wright's head back.
Pellegrino explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pellegrino looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pellegrino closes the distance and pushes Wright back into the cage.
Pellegrino displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wright up against the cage.
Pellegrino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright letting Pellegrino take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kos Pellegrino.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pellegrino connects with a high kick.
Pellegrino instigates a clinch.
Pellegrino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Wright blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wright has had enough of the clinch but Pellegrino keeps him there for the moment.
Pellegrino tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Pellegrino stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wright is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice elbow from Pellegrino.
Knees to the body from Pellegrino.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pellegrino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pellegrino has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Pellegrino has him pressed against the cage.
Wright being controlled against the cage.
Pellegrino is trying to maintain a safe position but Wright gets an underhook and turns Pellegrino into the cage.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wright tries to break the clinch but Pellegrino is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Pellegrino to work.
Wright working hard to break the clinch.
Wright pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pellegrino fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pellegrino counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Pellegrino lands a jab to Wright's midsection.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
Nice body kick there by Pellegrino.
Pellegrino throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wright stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pellegrino.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Pellegrino.
Wright chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pellegrino can pounce on him.
Pellegrino dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wright. That did some damage!
Pellegrino with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pellegrino thumps Wright with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pellegrino, right into the meat.
Pellegrino closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Pellegrino.
Wright takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Pellegrino on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pellegrino lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wright.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pellegrino.
Wright tries to break the clinch but Pellegrino is controlling the position.
Pellegrino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pellegrino lands an elbow just above Wright 's eye.
Pellegrino lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pellegrino.
Wright is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pellegrino with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pellegrino obliges.
Pellegrino cracks Wright with a nice body shot.
Pellegrino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kyle Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wright wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pellegrino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wright wants to get back to striking at distance but Pellegrino won't allow it.
Pellegrino lands a knee to the body.
Wright breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Pellegrino.
Wright misses with a double jab.
Wright needs to keep his hands up - Pellegrino had a free shot at his head there.
Pellegrino fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kos Pellegrino seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pellegrino lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wright lands with a nice body punch.
Wright takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pellegrino plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Kos Pellegrino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pellegrino 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kos Pellegrino!
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