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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rony Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Riccio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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160 lbs
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155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rony Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rico Riccio!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riccio closes the distance and clinches.
Riccio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio lands a nice elbow.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Riccio lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Riccio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccio lands a nice elbow.
Riccio avoiding damage.
Riccio landing knees to the head.
Sanchez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Riccio.
Riccio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Come on Riccio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Riccio lands a knee to the head.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Riccio landing knees to the head.
Sanchez wants to take the fight to the mat but Riccio manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccio lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez has Riccio pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Riccio manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Riccio lands a knee to the head.
Riccio connects with a knee to the head.
Riccio lands a nice knee to the body.
Riccio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Riccio with a knee to the head.
Riccio leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanchez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Riccio gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sanchez.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rony Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riccio scores with a knee to the head.
Riccio with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccio receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rico Riccio.
Riccio slaps away a takedown attempt from Sanchez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Riccio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riccio.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riccio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riccio working Sanchez over with knees to the body.
Riccio displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riccio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Riccio dominated that round.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Riccio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Riccio darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Riccio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Riccio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riccio lands a nice knee to the body.
Riccio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riccio lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
Riccio crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccio lands a knee to the body.
Riccio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riccio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riccio stalling against the ropes.
Riccio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riccio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riccio lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Riccio working Sanchez over with knees to the body.
Riccio lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riccio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riccio lands an elbow inside.
Riccio lands a nice knee to the body.
Riccio landing knees to the head.
Sanchez is rocked!
The referee calls for Riccio to work.
Oh Sanchez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Riccio obliges.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Riccio is struggling to control the position.
Riccio lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccio scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rico Riccio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riccio lands a damaging elbow.
Riccio drops Sanchez with a big knee straight up the middle! Sanchez is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riccio moves into the clinch.
Riccio connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Riccio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccio with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Riccio to work.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Riccio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Riccio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Riccio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Riccio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Good leg kick by Riccio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Riccio moves into the clinch.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riccio has Sanchez pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Sanchez is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Riccio - that's hurt Sanchez badly! Oh, another knee lands and Sanchez is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Sanchez doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Rico Riccio!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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