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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zorba The Greek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balboa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fratelli D'Italia. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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178 lbs
17 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Giovanni Balboa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Zorba The Greek!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Greek tries to bum rush Balboa with a series of wild strikes but Balboa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Balboa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Greek finds it's way round the side to connect with Balboa's head.
The Greek misses with a few strikes there.
Balboa clinches up with The Greek and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Balboa fails to land.
Balboa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Balboa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Balboa.
The Greek blocks an uppercut.
Balboa scores with a shot to the side of The Greek's head.
A short right from Balboa.
The Greek blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balboa.
The Greek blocking some punches.
Balboa tries to work over The Greek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa misses with a body punch.
Balboa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Greek is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Balboa working aggressively here.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Greek is trying to break the clinch but Balboa has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balboa can't find room to land a body shot as The Greek controls the action.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Balboa as The Greek tries to tie him up.
Balboa slows down the pace here.
The Greek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Balboa misses with some punches.
Balboa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
The Greek blocking some punches.
Balboa misses with a punch on the inside.
Balboa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Greek misses with a combination
and Balboa counters with a stiff right hand.
The Greek keeps the fight on the outside.
The Greek slips under a jab from Balboa.
The Greek scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The Greek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Balboa looks to score with a jab to the body but The Greek is just out of range.
The Greek lands a big uppercut and Balboa crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Balboa looks OK. The Greek waves Balboa back to his feet!
Balboa is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balboa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Balboa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balboa moves into range and clinches up with The Greek.
Balboa throws a punch but it's blocked by The Greek.
Balboa misses with a body punch.
The Greek is trying to break free.
Balboa cracks The Greek with a nice body shot.
Balboa seems to have got his legs back now.
The Greek blocks a body shot from Balboa.
Balboa prevents The Greek from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Balboa tries a body shot but The Greek blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Greek.
Balboa lands a right hand.
Balboa throws a head punch that misses.
Balboa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Greeks head.
The Greek tries to break free but Balboa pushes him back against the cage.
Balboa lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Greek backwards.
Balboa scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Greek prevents a body shot from Balboa.
Balboa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Giovanni Balboa will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Balboa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Greek moves away.
Giovanni Balboa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balboa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Greek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Balboa counters with a crisp right that sends The Greek to the canvas! Balboa follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giovanni Balboa!
Giovanni Balboa is the new welterweight champion!
An out of breath Giovanni Balboa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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pop
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