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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Enrico Genetia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enrico Genetia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Grant!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Genetia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant counters with a head kick. That will keep Genetia thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Grant's jab looks to have found its range, popping Genetia under the eye.
Genetia swats away the attempt to clinch by Grant.
Genetia keeps the fight on the outside.
A left and a right from Genetia both land. Nice combination.
Genetia lands a nice looking body kick.
Grant tries to clinch but Genetia moves away
and Genetia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Grant throws a head kick that misses
and Genetia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roman Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant blocks the body kick.
Grant throws a head kick but Genetia moves out of range.
Grant takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Genetia tries to bum rush Grant with a series of wild strikes but Grant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Genetia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Grant is able to avoid easily.
Grant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Genetia manages to avoid it.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick
and Genetia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Genetia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grant gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Genetia throws a lazy head kick
and Grant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Genetia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grant takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grant scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grant throws a head kick but Genetia moves out of range.
Genetia throws a low kick but Grant avoids it.
Genetia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grant moves away.
Genetia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a head kick that half lands.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grant lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Genetia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Genetia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice uppercut lands for Genetia. That snapped Grant's head back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grant takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Genetia lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant throws a lazy head kick
and Genetia counters with a nice uppercut.
Grant has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grant there as he acknowledges the shot.
A swing and a miss from Genetia.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grant throws a head kick that half lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Grant blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Genetia. Grant does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a left and a right that stings Grant.
Genetia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grant is rocked!
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Grant looks gassed!
Genetia lands with a hook. Grant tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grant is still on wobbly legs! Can Genetia finish him?
A decent looking cross lands there for Genetia.
Genetia lands with a good body shot.
Genetia avoids the head kick by Grant.
Grant seems to have recovered his senses.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Genetia catches Grant with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Genetia digs a good hook to Grant's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Genetia looks to land a combination but Grant avoids it well.
Genetia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Genetia.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick
and Genetia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Genetia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Genetia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grant circles away quickly and effectively.
Genetia is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Grant lands a high kick!
Genetia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grant takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Genetia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Grant avoids a kick to the body.
Genetia checks a low kick from Grant.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enrico Genetia dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Genetia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Genetia throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Grant connects with an inside leg kick.
Genetia ducks right into an uppercut from Grant.
Grant takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Enrico Genetia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Genetia misses with an uppercut.
Genetia swinging wildly here.
Grant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Genetia.
Grant tries a head kick but it misses.
A good leg kick by Grant.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant throws a lazy head kick
and Genetia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Grant takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Grant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Genetia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Genetia misses with a double jab
and Grant counters with a low kick, right behind Genetia 's knee.
Good exchange - Grant coming out on top.
Genetia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grant plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Grant.
Genetia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Grant counters with a head kick.
Genetia looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant throws a right hand that misses
and Genetia counters with a straight right hand.
Genetia misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a stiff right hand.
Grant throws a jab but it's blocked by Genetia.
Grant tries to clinch but Genetia is having none of it.
Grant throws a head kick that misses
and Genetia counters with a nice leg kick.
Grant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Genetia.
Grant checks a leg kick nicely.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick
and Genetia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Genetia avoids the head kick by Grant.
Grant gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Genetia.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Genetia just misses with a punch to the body.
Genetia just misses with a punch to the body.
Genetia swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Grant.
Grant throws a lazy head kick
and Grant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Genetia scores with a head kick. Grant tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Grant tries a head kick but it misses.
Genetia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grant throws a head kick that misses.
Grant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant misses with a head kick.
Genetia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Genetia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Grant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Genetia counters with a left to the body.
Enrico Genetia is winning the standup battle so far.
Grant is breathing heavily.
Good shot there by Genetia.
Genetia lands a lovely overhand right.
Grant slips a straight right by Genetia.
Grant throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Genetia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grant slips a jab and a cross from Genetia.
Genetia misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant tries to clinch there but Genetia circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enrico Genetia dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick
and Genetia counters with a body kick.
Genetia lands a jab to Grant's midsection.
Grant throws a head kick that misses
and Genetia counters with a stiff right hand.
Grant throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Genetia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grant closes the distance but Genetia moves to the side
and Genetia counters with a nice body kick.
Grant has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice body punch from Genetia.
Genetia shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grant eats them both and turns towards Genetia to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Genetia lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Genetia swinging wildly here.
Grant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick
and Genetia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Genetia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grant can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Genetia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grant has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Genetia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Genetia works over Grant's head and body with a nice combination.
Grant takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Genetia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grant walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Genetia moves out of range easily.
Genetia connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a stiff right hand.
Genetia lands a really nice looking cross but Grant seems unphased.
Genetia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roman Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genetia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grant on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grant throws a head kick that misses
and Genetia counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Genetia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Genetia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Genetia, as that shot connected.
Genetia lands with a nice body punch.
Genetia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Genetia tries a head kick but it misses.
Genetia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Genetia stalks Grant and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Grant's face. Grant staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a nice body shot.
Genetia throws a solid leg kick but Grant takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Genetia.
Genetia explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A good leg kick by Genetia.
Genetia throws a right and a left that Grant avoids nicely.
Genetia lands a two punch combo.
Genetia pushes Grant away with a front kick.
Genetia connects with an inside leg kick.
Genetia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grant on the side of the head.
Genetia looks to land a body kick but Grant moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Genetia thuds a left hand into Grant's body.
Grant throws a lazy head kick
and Genetia counters with a nice uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Genetia there.
Grant moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Genetia scores with a punch to the head.
A head kick by Grant misses
and Genetia counters with a stiff right hand.
Grant misses with a kick to the body
and Genetia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grant has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Genetia.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant throws a lazy head kick
and Genetia counters with a straight right hand.
Genetia thumps Grant with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Genetia throws a series of strikes that have Grant backpedaling.
Enrico Genetia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Genetia lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Enrico Genetia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Genetia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrico Genetia!
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energy
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hype
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