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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Avila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Riccio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riccio has chosen Shotgun by Limp Bizkit as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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156 lbs
17 - 7 - 2 |
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177 cm
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155 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Avila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rico Riccio!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avila swats away the attempt to clinch by Riccio.
Riccio looks to score with a jab to the body but Avila is just out of range.
Avila throws a leg kick
and Riccio moves into the clinch.
Avila unloads a knee to the mid-section. Riccio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Avila lands a good knee to the midsection. Riccio won't want to take too many of those.
Riccio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Avila breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Avila. That snapped Riccio's head back.
Avila swats away the attempt to clinch by Riccio.
A punch lands to the side of Riccio 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avila has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Avila there as he acknowledges the shot.
Avila throws a push kick but Riccio slaps the foot to one side.
Riccio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Avila thuds his right hand into Riccio's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A good leg kick by Avila.
Avila misses with a body kick.
Avila misses with a low kick.
Riccio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Riccio checks it well.
Avila keeps the fight on the outside.
A chopping leg kick lands by Avila.
A nice inside leg kick there by Avila. That's going to slow Riccio down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riccio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Avila moves out of range of the leg kick from Riccio.
Riccio throws a nice looking combination but Avila bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Riccio tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Avila counters with a low kick, right behind Riccio 's knee.
Avila is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Riccio tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Avila counters with a leg kick.
Avila throws out a powerful jab.
Avila throws the kick towards the body but Riccio avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Riccio lands a nice hook to Avila's body. Avila takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riccio tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Avila smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Riccio avoids a kick to the body.
Avila lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Avila dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Riccio. That did some damage!
Avila wants to slow Riccio down by chopping away at his legs.
Avila throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Avila uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Riccio.
Avila tries to work over Riccio's front leg with a kick but Riccio checks it.
Riccio ducks under a wild hook from Avila.
Riccio avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Avila attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Riccio checks a leg kick.
Riccio tries to clinch up but Avila circles away and keeps his distance.
Avila fakes the leg kick and cracks Riccio in the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccio throws a right and a left that Avila avoids nicely.
Riccio clinches up against the cage.
Avila looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riccio throws an elbow but misses.
Avila managing to block the knees to the body from Riccio.
Riccio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Avila has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Avila crunches a lovely knee into Riccio's ribcage.
Riccio looks gassed!
A right hook to the body lands for Avila.
Avila managing to block the knees to the body from Riccio.
Avila is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riccio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Avila avoids it.
Avila missing with knees to the body.
Riccio avoiding damage as Avila throws knees to the body.
Riccio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Avila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riccio backwards.
Avila misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riccio.
Avila putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Riccio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Avila using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Avila missing with knees to the body.
Avila crunches a lovely knee into Riccio's ribcage.
Avila crunches a lovely knee into Riccio's ribcage.
Avila lands a takedown into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Avila passes Riccio's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Avila maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Riccio could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Avila has cracked it and Riccio is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Avila!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tommy Avila!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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