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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony D Amico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montana has chosen Push It To The Limit as his entrance music. 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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182 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
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168 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony D Amico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Montana!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
D Amico manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Montana on his heels. He'll look to pass Montana's guard now, I'm sure.
Montana is looking for a triangle but D Amico pushes his legs off easily.
D Amico throws a big right hand that misses.
D Amico advances position into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
D Amico lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Montana down.
Montana is trying to control D Amico's posture but D Amico avoids it.
Montana takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Montana defending against the ground and pound.
Montana is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
D Amico is putting a hurting on Montana here, landing some big shots from side control.
Montana pushes D Amico away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, D Amico gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Montana is not content to let D Amico control the position.
D Amico in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
D Amico scoring with punches and elbows.
D Amico cracks Montana with a big right hand but Montana just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Check out the look on D Amico's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
D Amico landing strikes.
D Amico scoring with punches from side control.
Montana is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Montana is looking to control D Amico's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Montana avoid being mounted?
This has been an exciting period of action!
D Amico prevents Montana from improving his position.
D Amico slips a nice elbow through Montana's hands, connecting with Montana's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
D Amico working the head and body with strikes.
D Amico thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Montana's head.
D Amico wants to take a breather but Montana is having none of it.
Montana has hold of D Amico's hands but D Amico slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Montana manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Montana preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Montana wants to stand and escape but D Amico is having none of it.
D Amico works over Montana with some ground and pound from guard.
D Amico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
D Amico might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
D Amico content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
D Amico postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
D Amico 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.
D Amico connects with a couple of short punches.
D Amico working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Montana's head.
D Amico connects with a couple of short punches.
Montana looking for a sweep. Not yet Montana, not yet.
D Amico with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as D Amico accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
D Amico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montana is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. D Amico is aware though and is defending well.
D Amico missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
D Amico with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Amico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montana is looking for a triangle but D Amico pushes his legs off easily.
Montana utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
D Amico throwing strikes from guard but Montana blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells D Amico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
D Amico working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Montana's head.
D Amico trying to control but Montana is working from the bottom.
D Amico chips away with some ground and pound.
D Amico makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Montana working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from D Amico.
Montana working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from D Amico.
D Amico is looking to work some ground and pound but Montana has wrist control.
D Amico being controlled here momentarily.
D Amico throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana wants to stand but D Amico is controlling the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
D Amico postures up and lands a big shot to Montana's brow.
Montana working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. D Amico doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. D Amico manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
D Amico stops Montana from standing up.
D Amico content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Montana avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
D Amico working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Montana trying to control the position.
D Amico keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Montana's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony D Amico 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.
D Amico avoids a kick to the body.
Montana does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Montana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
D Amico ducks under a wild hook from Montana.
D Amico will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Montana as D Amico shoots in.
D Amico uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Montana.
Montana misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana lands with a good body shot.
D Amico shoots in looking for a takedown. Montana tries to sprawl out of it but D Amico keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Montana manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony D Amico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montana buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Montana with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Montana throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Montana lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana thuds a left hand into D Amico's body.
D Amico shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Montana pinned against the cage. Montana gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Montana lands a straight punch to the body, keeping D Amico at a distance.
Montana throws a leg kick but D Amico moved away.
Antonio Montana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montana misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana misses with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Montana, right into the meat.
Montana tests D Amico's chin there with a solid looking shot.
D Amico ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Montana pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces D Amico back to the cage. Montana follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Anthony D Amico has been cut.
Montana's jab looks to have found its range, popping D Amico under the eye.
Montana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Montana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Montana takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Montana feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits D Amicos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Montana misses with a hook. D Amico ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from D Amico.
Montana connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Montana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anthony D Amico's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Montana tries to land a front kick but D Amico steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice cross by Montana.
Montana tries to score with a low kick but D Amico moves his leg out of the way.
Montana connects with a jab.
Horrible takedown by D Amico or perhaps it was just good defense by Montana which made him look bad.
D Amico ducks under a wild hook from Montana.
Montana misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
D Amico shoots in for a double leg but Montana sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
D Amico walks into a stiff left hand from Montana.
Antonio Montana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Montana scores with the left hand. D Amico knows he should have avoided that one.
D Amico takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
D Amico shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Montana as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony D Amico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A swing and a miss from Montana.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but D Amico moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
D Amico uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Montana.
Montana lands a nice leg kick that just misses D Amico's sensitive parts.
Montana is looking to slow D Amico down with leg kicks.
D Amico has his takedown stuffed
and Montana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Montana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
D Amico drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
D Amico is trying hard to land a takedown here. Montana sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Montana fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
D Amico on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Montana scores with a nice strike.
D Amico avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montana tests D Amico's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice sprawl there from Montana as D Amico shoots in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Amico fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Montana throws an overhand right that lands on D Amico's shoulder, as D Amico tries to avoid the shot.
An inside leg kick from D Amico misses.
D Amico shoots in looking for a takedown but Montana manages to keep the fight standing, pushing D Amico's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Montana tries to bum rush D Amico with a series of wild strikes but D Amico uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
D Amico slips a jab from Montana.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Montana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Montana has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Montana!
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