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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Giacomucci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauro Ranallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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169 cm
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Giuseppe Giacomucci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mauro Ranallo!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ranallo instigates a clinch.
Giacomucci is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ranallo is defending well.
Ranallo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ranallo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ranallo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ranallo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Giacomucci.
Ranallo cracks Giacomucci with a nice body shot.
Giacomucci goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ranallo prevents it.
Ranallo lands with a right to the head.
Ranallo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ranallo prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giuseppe Giacomucci. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Giacomucci has Ranallo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ranallo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ranallo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Giacomucci has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ranallo after a bit of a struggle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ranallo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Giacomucci backwards.
Ranallo cracks Giacomucci with a nice body shot.
Giacomucci is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Ranallo can't fight it off and eventually Giacomucci manages to take the fight to the floor. Ranallo looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ranallo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ranallo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Giacomucci.
Giacomucci landing with the ground and pound.
Ranallo keeping moving, preventing Giacomucci from controlling successfully.
Ranallo has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Giacomucci has passed into side control.
Giacomucci lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ranallo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giacomucci working the ground and pound.
Giacomucci grinds an elbow into Ranallo's temple.
Ranallo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Giacomucci wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giacomucci working the body and head with strikes.
Giacomucci wants to control but Ranallo is keeping him busy.
Ranallo tries to improve position but can't.
Ranallo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ranallo is trying to control Giacomucci's posture but Giacomucci avoids it.
Giacomucci landing a few strikes.
Ranallo is looking to regain half guard here but Giacomucci keeps moving and retains side control.
Giacomucci slows the pace down.
Giacomucci lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giacomucci working the head with strikes.
Ranallo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Giacomucci. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ranallo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ranallo is looking for a sweep.
Giacomucci scoring with punches from side control.
Giacomucci works to advance to full mount. Ranallo defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Giacomucci landing shots from mount.
Giacomucci 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.
Giacomucci lands with some strikes.
Giacomucci takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giacomucci looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ranallo is rocked!
Giacomucci scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ranallo is still in real trouble! Can Giacomucci finish him?
Giacomucci with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giacomucci pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Giacomucci loads up with a big shot that hurts Ranallo! He's pulled Giacomucci in close but Giacomucci has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Ranallo survive? More strikes from Giacomucci and Ranallo is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Giuseppe Giacomucci!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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