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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luca Vicini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Belal Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vicini comes to the cage accompanied by Gasoline by SUBSONICA. The crowd seem to be enjoying Li's choice of entrance music: Fearless. Luca Vicini could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Belal Li's chin.
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188 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luca Vicini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Belal Li!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Vicini.
Li tries to clinch there but Vicini circles away.
Jab from Li.
It looks like Luca Vicini has been cut.
Vicini swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Vicini scores with a jab.
Li lands with a kick to the ribs.
Vicini lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vicini throws a sloppy head kick and Li moves out of range easily.
Vicini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vicini tries a head kick but it misses.
Vicini throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Li on the side of the head.
Li tries to clinch but Vicini moves out of range.
Li turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Li misses with a head kick.
Belal Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li avoids the head kick by Vicini.
Li is looking to clinch but Vicini is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li lands with a shot to the body.
Li moves in looking to clinch but Vicini pushes him off.
Li throws a head kick that half lands.
Vicini lands with an overhand left.
Li on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Li uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vicini.
Nice body kick from Vicini.
Li throws a sloppy head kick and Vicini moves out of range easily.
Vicini digs a good body shot into Li's ribs.
Li is looking to chop away at Vicini's legs.
Vicini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Li.
Crunch! Vicini slams his shin into Li's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vicini sizes up Li with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Li tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vicini throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Li tries to score with a low kick but Vicini moves his leg out of the way.
Vicini jabs Li to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vicini paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Vicini catches Li right on the button with a cross.
Li gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Vicini counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vicini.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Li utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vicini accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vicini throws a strike but Li rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vicini has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Li can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Li controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vicini is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vicini wants to sweep here but Li controlling him for the moment.
Vicini is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Li defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Li preventing the sweep.
Li would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vicini trying to keep a closed guard but Li is proving a slippery customer.
Vicini has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Li can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vicini looking for a sweep. Not yet Vicini, not yet.
Li looking to pass the guard.
Vicini has his foot on Li's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Li works his way back into a safe position though.
Vicini looking to control but Li passes into half guard.
Vicini is pressing down on Li's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Vicini has control of Li's left arm, preventing Li from doing any damage.
Vicini is trying to keep Li in close.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Vicini holds on and takes a little breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vicini has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Li can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luca Vicini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luca Vicini's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Li throws a head kick but Vicini moves out of range.
Li is looking to clinch.
Li works Vicini's body with a nice hook.
Vicini scores with a jab to the body.
Li tries to clinch but Vicini is having none of it.
Li uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vicini.
Nice body kick there by Li.
Vicini misses with an uppercut.
Li tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vicini counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Li trying to control here.
Vicini throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li wants to improve his position but Vicini is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is trying to stand back up but Vicini is controlling him
Vicini missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vicini thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Li is looking to improve his position.
Li felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Vicini missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vicini throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Li avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vicini.
Vicini thows a huge punch but Li dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vicini lands a nice short elbow.
Li is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vicini's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vicini's back!
Li has his opponent's back but Vicini is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Li.
Belal Li is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li wants to clinch but Vicini slips to the side
and Vicini counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vicini.
Vicini trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Li looking to control.
Li controlling the position.
Li controls Vicini momentarily but Vicini frees himself.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Li is looking to stand up but Vicini isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Belal Li wasn't active enough on the ground.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Li.
Li throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vicini.
Li tries to land a leg kick but Vicini saw it coming and moves away.
Vicini just misses with a punch to the body.
Li moves out of range of the body kick from Vicini.
Vicini avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vicini connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vicini fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vicini lands a leg kick that knocks Li off balance momentarily.
Vicini scores with a nice head shot.
Vicini looks to score with a jab to the body but Li is just out of range.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Li uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vicini.
Vicini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Li throws the kick towards the body but Vicini avoids it.
Li throws a sloppy head kick
and Vicini counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Li's guard now.
Vicini throws a strike but Li rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vicini manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Luca Vicini overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Li tries to reverse the position but Vicini maintains control.
Vicini looking to finish Li with some ground and pound. This is bad for Li!
Vicini cracks Li with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Li is rocked!
Vicini looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Li covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca Vicini!
During a confident post fight interview, Luca Vicini thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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