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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Oneale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pietro Falasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falasco has chosen Se lento ancora il fulmine as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
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199 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Patrick Oneale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pietro Falasco!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oneale has a takedown stuffed.
Falasco tries to clinch there but Oneale circles away.
Some wild striking there from Falasco.
Falasco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oneale.
Falasco avoids the body shot from Oneale.
Falasco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oneale moves away.
Falasco looks to throw the jab but Oneale is out of range.
Falasco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oneale.
Falasco misses with a wild body shot.
Falasco misses with a body shot.
Falasco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Oneale counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Falasco scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oneale in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falasco lands a glancing blow to the side of Oneale's head.
Horrible takedown by Oneale or perhaps it was just good defense by Falasco which made him look bad.
Oneale attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Falasco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oneale looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Falasco looks like he's trying to stand up.
Oneale throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oneale throwing shots but Falasco is blocking nicely.
Oneale sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Falasco defending well though.
Oneale missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oneale throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oneale 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.
Oneale throwing shots but Falasco is blocking nicely.
Oneale thows a huge punch but Falasco dodges it nicely.
Oneale not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oneale is trying to work for a kimura but Falasco is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falasco makes his way to full guard, as Oneale worked for a kimura.
Oneale throwing strikes from guard but Falasco blocks nicely.
Oneale stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Falasco swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneale throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Falasco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oneale.
Oneale looking to sit in guard and control but Falasco gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Oneale looking for a sweep. Not yet Oneale, not yet.
Oneale looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Falasco got a little sloppy there for a moment and Oneale has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Falasco has managed to get both his arms back between Oneale's legs - danger averted.
Falasco tries to free his leg and advance position but Oneale is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oneale is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Oneale is working hard here to advance position.
Oneale controls Falasco momentarily but Falasco frees himself.
Oneale working for a triangle but Falasco defends it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oneale looking for a sweep. Not yet Oneale, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Oneale 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.
Falasco misses with a straight left.
Oneale shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Falasco as he avoids it easily.
Falasco has closed the distance and engaged Oneale in a clinch.
Oneale wants to take the fight to the mat but Falasco manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Falasco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oneale's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Falasco.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Falasco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Falasco lands with a light punch inside.
Falasco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Falasco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oneale tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Oneale. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Falasco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oneale managing to block the knees to the body from Falasco.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falasco working Oneale over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Falasco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Falasco lands a nice elbow.
Falasco slows down the pace here.
Oneale blocks the elbow strike.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Falasco. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falasco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Falasco tries a body shot but Oneale blocks it.
Oneale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Falasco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Falasco lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oneale blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Falasco.
It looks like Patrick Oneale has been cut.
Falasco misses with an elbow strike.
Falasco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oneale takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oneale takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Falasco - that landed with a thud.
Oneale is looking for a takedown.
Falasco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Falasco misses with a punch to the body.
Falasco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oneale backwards.
Falasco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Oneale.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Falasco.
Falasco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Falasco lands a nice uppercut.
Oneale goes for a takedown in the clinch but Falasco prevents it.
Falasco lands a body punch.
Falasco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Falasco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Falasco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oneale's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Falasco as the two fighters clinch.
Falasco lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Falasco.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falasco is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Falasco is working Oneale over against the cage.
Falasco misses with a punch to the body.
Oneale blocks a body shot from Falasco.
Falasco softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Falasco lands an elbow inside that Oneale shrugs off.
Falasco gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Oneale.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falasco leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pietro Falasco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Patrick Oneale's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Falasco throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Falasco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oneale.
Falasco is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Oneale rather than just go for the knockout.
Falasco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oneale shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Falasco as he avoids it easily.
Falasco lands a lovely overhand right.
Oneale walks into a stiff left hand from Falasco.
Falasco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Oneale doesn't seem bothered though.
Oneale keeps the fight on the outside.
Falasco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oneale on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falasco throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oneale stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneale takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pietro Falasco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oneale misses with a takedown attempt - Falasco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oneale walks into a straight right hand from Falasco.
Pietro Falasco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oneale scores a takedown into full mount!
Oneale throwing strikes here but Falasco is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Falasco is trying to escape the mount.
Oneale raining down hammerfists from mount.
Falasco just holding on.
Oneale throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falasco wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Oneale.
Falasco blocking the ground and pound.
Patrick Oneale overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falasco is looking to get to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Falasco can do anything to dispel that myth.
Falasco wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Oneale.
Oneale thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falasco blocking the ground and pound.
Oneale punching from mount but Falasco doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Oneale scoring with strikes but Falasco is staying in there.
Oneale sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Falasco wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Oneale.
Oneale breaks from Falasco's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Falasco manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Oneale missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in half guard, Oneale seems content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oneale is looking to advance position but Falasco won't allow it.
Falasco wants to improve his position but Oneale is controlling well.
Oneale misses with a head shot. Falasco uses the momentum to regain guard.
Oneale trying to control the position from guard on top but Falasco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Patrick Oneale.
I think Oneale has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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