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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Calogero Anello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cameron Clark has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Calogero Anello's chin.
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168 lbs
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calogero Anello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cameron Clark!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark cracks Anello with a right hand to the side of the head.
Clark is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Clark.
Anello lands a nice looking body shot.
Anello uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clark.
Anello misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
Anello throws a one two combo.
Anello getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Clark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anello.
Anello lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Clark defending well as Anello loads up on a big left hand.
Clark doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anello avoids the head kick by Clark.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anello misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark works Anello's body with a nice hook.
Clark slips a jab from Anello.
Anello lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Clark throws a hook but Anello blocks it.
Clark throws a shot from downtown. Anello moves away and avoids it.
Anello misses with an uppercut. Clark saw that one coming.
Calogero Anello is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Anello ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anello misses with a left hand
and Clark counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Anello lands a nice looking kick to the body. Clark takes a step back to recover.
Clark wants to clinch.
Anello misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anello throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anello keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anello misses with an attempted mid kick.
Anello lands a body shot.
Anello jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clark steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anello.
Clark finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Anello is looking to slow Clark down with leg kicks.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Anello.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clark tries to clinch up.
Clark slips a jab and a cross from Anello.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark missing with a left hand there. Anello was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clark is looking to clinch.
Good work by Clark as he checks the leg kick.
Calogero Anello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Anello. Beautiful body shot.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clark on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anello on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Anello steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clark.
Anello connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anello connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Anello ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clark moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anello throws a leg kick which misses Clark's front leg but catches the back leg as Clark tries to avoid it.
Clark moves away from the strike by Anello.
Anello throws out a loose jab but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anello waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clark.
Anello keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anello keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anello.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Anello.
The fighters circle momentarily. Anello darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anello throws a hook but Clark avoids it easily.
Anello takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Clark misses with an uppercut. Anello saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calogero Anello dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Anello is looking to slow Clark down with leg kicks.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Anello circles away.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Clark slips under a jab from Anello.
Anello misses with a two punch combination.
Clark takes one on the button.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab from Clark.
Anello looks to throw the jab but Clark is out of range.
Anello looks to throw the jab but Clark is out of range.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Anello moved out of range nicely.
Clark wants to slow Anello down by chopping away at his legs.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Anello's shoulder, as Anello tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark blocks a jab.
Clark misses with an uppercut. Anello saw that one coming.
Anello with a nice cross.
Anello throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anello takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Clark misses with an uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Clark.
Clark stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anello.
Anello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anello cracks Clark with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Clark tries to clinch but Anello moves out of range.
Clark lands with a hook. Anello tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A swing and a miss from Anello.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Anello connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Clark scrambles back to his feet.
Anello throws a predictable looking body shot
and Clark finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Anello throws out a loose jab but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anello looks to land a left hand but Clark moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clark takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Clark gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Clark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clark throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anello stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Anello sizes up Clark with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Good shot there by Clark.
A big right from Anello misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Clark misses
and Anello counters with an inside leg kick.
Anello lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anello thows a body shot but no joy.
Clark connects with a right hand. Anello shakes it off.
Anello lands a nice shot that snaps Clark's head back.
Anello throws a push kick but Clark slaps the foot to one side.
Anello changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Clark bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice jab there from Anello.
Clark closes the distance and clinches.
Clark misses with a knee strike.
Clark is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Anello is defending well for now.
Clark's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark landing knees to the body.
Clark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Anello blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Clark.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
Anello managing to block the knees to the body from Clark.
Clark keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anello's efforts to push away.
Clark keeps control of Anello as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clark landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anello avoids it.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Anello looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cameron Clark will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!
Anello misses with a looping left.
Anello lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Clark throws out a loose jab but Anello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clark blocks a jab.
Anello throws a looping overhand right but Clark ducks down to avoid it.
Calogero Anello is winning the standup battle so far.
Clark steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anello.
No luck for Clark with that takedown attempt.
A big right from Anello misses.
Anello throws a shot to the body.
Horrible takedown by Clark or perhaps it was just good defense by Anello which made him look bad.
Anello throws a low kick but Clark moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anello swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab from Anello does it's job there.
Anello bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anello misses with a low kick as Clark jumps back.
Anello keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
A clash of legs there as Clark blocks the low kick.
Clark getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Anello.
Anello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clark.
Anello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clark circles away quickly and effectively.
Clark scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anello in his tracks.
Clark fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a left hand
and Anello counters with a one-two to the body.
Anello fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anello misses the shot to the body.
Anello swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark tries a head kick but it misses.
Anello moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anello scores with a body shot.
Anello misses with a body kick.
Clark moves into range and clinches up with Anello.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Anello avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Clark tries to land knees in the clinch but Anello avoids the damage to the body.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anello is trying to break the clinch but Clark is controlling him.
Clark keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anello's efforts to push away.
Anello's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clark bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Clark checks a leg kick.
Anello is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Clark tries to land a front kick but Anello steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Clark avoids the body shot from Anello.
Anello misses with a body shot.
Anello lands a nice looking body kick.
Anello throws a nice looking combination but Clark bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anello blocks the body kick.
Clark misses with a straight right.
Anello ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Clark dodges the punch combination from Anello.
Anello misses with a wild body shot.
Anello looks to land a left hand but Clark moved out of range nicely.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anello takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Anello stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Clark staying out of range there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calogero Anello showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Anello has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calogero Anello!
Our winner, Calogero Anello, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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