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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Samson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiny Mondello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiny Mondello has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Samson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tiny Mondello!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samson tries to close the distance and clinch but Mondello swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Samson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Samson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mondello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Samson closes the distance but Mondello moves to the side
and Mondello counters with a head kick that drops Samson to the mat! Samson scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mondello swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mondello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Samson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mondello looks to land a combination but Samson avoids it well.
Mondello misses with a looping right.
Samson misses with a series of wild punches.
Samson is looking to clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Samson.
Mondello throws a body punch but Samson moves out of range.
Samson tries to clinch but Mondello is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Samson closes the distance but Mondello moves to the side
and Mondello counters with a thumping low kick.
Samson tries to clinch but Mondello moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
No joy there for Mondello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson tries to clinch up
and Mondello counters with a nice double leg into side control. Samson won't be happy with that.
Samson is looking for a sweep.
Mondello stands up.
Mondello keeps the fight on the outside.
Samson dodges the punch combination from Mondello.
Mondello misses with a jab, cross combination.
Samson tries to clinch up but Mondello circles away and keeps his distance.
Samson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mondello swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Samson moves out of range as Mondello throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mondello drives through with a takedown into guard.
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!
Samson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mondello!
Samson moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Mondello has worked his arm free - good work by Mondello!
Samson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samson swings around for an armbar but Mondello sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Samson's guard.
Samson is trying to keep Mondello in close.
Mondello gets to his feet - Samson follows without any prompting.
Samson blocks a head kick by Mondello.
Samson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mondello misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Samson.
Samson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mondello counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mondello.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Samson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mondello looking to pass the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Samson is looking to clinch.
Mondello looks to land a combination but Samson avoids it well.
Samson doesn't manage to clinch there - Mondello circles away.
Samson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mondello sprawls well. Mondello wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Samson gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiny Mondello dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mondello throws a body punch but Samson moves out of range.
Mondello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Samson circles away quickly and effectively.
Mondello has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mondello breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mondello sizes up Samson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tiny Mondello seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Samson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Samson.
Mondello is trying to push Samson away but Samson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Samson.
It looks like Tiny Mondello has been cut.
Mondello is trying to break the clinch but Samson has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samson is trying to maintain a safe position but Mondello gets an underhook and turns Samson into the cage.
Mondello tries to circle away but Samson has him pinned against the cage.
Mondello breaks from the clinch.
Samson wants to clinch
and Mondello counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Samson looking for a guillotine here but Mondello defends easily.
Tiny Mondello has got the better of the ground game so far.
Samson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson trying to keep a closed guard but Mondello is proving a slippery customer.
Mondello must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Samson is pulling down on Mondello's head. It's preventing any offense from Mondello, at least for the moment.
Brian Samson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Samson fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mondello clinches up against the cage.
Samson can't find room to land a body shot as Mondello controls the action.
Samson trying to stall but Mondello improves his position.
Maybe Samson would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Mondello is trying to break the clinch but Samson has him pressed against the cage.
Mondello's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mondello lands a jab to Samson's midsection.
Samson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mondello paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mondello scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Samson wants to clinch up but Mondello keeps it at a distance.
Brian Samson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Samson moves in looking to clinch but Mondello pushes him off.
A punch combination from Mondello misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson tries to clinch up but Mondello circles away and keeps his distance.
Samson tries to clinch but Mondello is having none of it.
Samson tries to clinch there but Mondello circles away.
Samson dodges the punch combination from Mondello.
Mondello is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Samson rather than just go for the knockout.
Samson ducks under a wild hook from Mondello.
Samson moves in looking to clinch but Mondello pushes him off.
Samson is looking to clinch but Mondello is avoiding it.
Mondello misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samson fakes the leg kick and cracks Mondello in the body.
Samson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mondello pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Samson tries to clinch up
letting Mondello counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Samson slips a straight right by Mondello.
Samson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Samson tries to clinch
and Mondello counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiny Mondello showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tiny Mondello's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Samson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mondello will feel that in the morning.
Samson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Samson shoots in for a takedown but Mondello shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mondello throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Samson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mondello throws a low kick, looking for Samson's leg but Samson calmly moves out of range.
Mondello throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Samson counters with a low kick, right behind Mondello 's knee.
Mondello fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Samson on the side of the head.
Mondello pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Samson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Samson is looking to clinch but Mondello is avoiding it.
Mondello misses with an uppercut.
Mondello keeps the fight on the outside.
Mondello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Samson blocks a head kick by Mondello.
Samson wants to clinch
and Mondello makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Mondello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mondello checks a low kick from Samson.
Mondello misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mondello. Samson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mondello swats away the attempt to clinch by Samson.
Samson tries to clinch but Mondello is having none of it.
Samson is looking to clinch but Mondello is avoiding it.
Mondello scores with a sloppy right hand. Samson should have avoided that one.
Mondello slips a straight right by Samson.
Mondello swinging wildly here.
Mondello swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice body kick there by Mondello.
Samson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mondello throws out the jab.
Samson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mondello manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Samson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mondello finds it's way round the side to connect with Samson's head.
A head kick misses from Mondello.
Mondello takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mondello 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.
Mondello throws a right and a left that Samson avoids nicely.
Samson tries to clinch up.
Samson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mondello manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Samson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mondello manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Samson darts in and clinches Mondello up against the cage.
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!
Samson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mondello's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Samson throws an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Samson missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Samson.
Samson wants to stall.
Samson stops a takedown attempt from Mondello.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Samson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mondello's brow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Samson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samson wants to stall.
Samson seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Mondello is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Brian Samson.
Mondello just misses with a punch to the body.
Mondello throws a body punch but Samson moves out of range.
Mondello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mondello swats away the attempt to clinch by Samson.
Samson fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mondello just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brian Samson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tiny Mondello is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mondello chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Samson can pounce on him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tiny Mondello comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mondello winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiny Mondello!
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