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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filippo Di Vaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alves might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Guerreiro by Curumin. Guilherme Alves had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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171 lbs
21 - 10 - 1 |
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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
33 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Guilherme Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Filippo Di Vaio!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves tries to sprawl but Di Vaio drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Alves manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alves looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Di Vaio defends well.
Alves has his foot on Di Vaio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Di Vaio works his way back into a safe position though.
Di Vaio is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Alves is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Alves has escaped and now he's on top!
Di Vaio is looking for a triangle but Alves pushes his legs off easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves advances to half guard.
Alves thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Di Vaio's head.
Alves is looking to take a break and control but Di Vaio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Vaio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Di Vaio is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Alves scores with a couple of nice shots.
Di Vaio has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Alves is working away from the top position though.
Di Vaio slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Di Vaio striking off his back but it's not causing Alves any problems.
Di Vaio keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Alves with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Di Vaio working for a triangle but Alves defends it easily.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
We've been hearing that Alves has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio working a defensive guard here.
Alves is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Di Vaio keeping moving, preventing Alves from controlling successfully.
Di Vaio is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alves is aware though and is defending well.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
Di Vaio looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Alves postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Alves chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alves accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Di Vaio looking for a guillotine here but Alves defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Di Vaio looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Di Vaio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Di Vaio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Alves lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alves is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Alves 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.
Alves trying to control but Di Vaio is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alves landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Alves distracts Di Vaio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Alves thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Di Vaio isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Alves stacks Di Vaio on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Alves!
Di Vaio is looking for a sweep.
Alves scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Di Vaio to see if he's OK.
Alves working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Di Vaio prevents Alves from improving position.
Alves working away.
Alves wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Di Vaio, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guilherme Alves dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Alves looks to score with a jab to the body but Di Vaio is just out of range.
Di Vaio shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alves napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Di Vaio looks up at the clock and then as Alves takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Di Vaio smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Alves is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Di Vaio off and has taken his back!
Alves punishes Di Vaio with strikes from the back mount.
Alves is punishing Di Vaio with strikes - can he finish him?!
Alves is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Di Vaio up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Di Vaio wants to escape the position.
Di Vaio rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Alves is trying to work for a kimura but Di Vaio is defending well.
Di Vaio looking for submissions off his back.
Alves perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Vaio is trying to control but can't.
Di Vaio looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Di Vaio tries to roll over but Alves keeps him under control.
Alves working the head and body with strikes.
Di Vaio taking some punishment here, with Alves in his half guard.
Alves is pressing down on Di Vaio's thigh, looking to free his foot. Di Vaio is holding on for now.
Di Vaio looking for submissions off his back.
Guilherme Alves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Di Vaio has hold of Alves's hands but Alves slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've been informed that Di Vaio has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves prevents Di Vaio from improving his position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Alves connects with a nice short shot to Di Vaio's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Alves lands a nice short elbow.
Di Vaio is rocked!
Alves looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Di Vaio is still in real trouble! Can Alves finish him?
Alves working the head and body with strikes.
Di Vaio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Di Vaio.
Di Vaio trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Alves throws an elbow that misses. Di Vaio uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alves's guard. Nice move by Di Vaio!
Alves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Di Vaio seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves works over Di Vaio with some ground and pound from guard.
Di Vaio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alves.
Alves stands and throws Di Vaio's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Alves swings around for an armbar but Di Vaio sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Alves's guard.
Alves is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Di Vaio is aware though and is defending well.
Alves has his foot on Di Vaio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Di Vaio works his way back into a safe position though.
Di Vaio is working Alves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Di Vaio is looking to work some ground and pound but Alves has wrist control.
Di Vaio lands a couple of digs.
Di Vaio scoring with punches to the head and body.
Di Vaio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Vaio postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Alves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Di Vaio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Di Vaio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Di Vaio can do to turn this around?
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alves is on top in guard.
Alves is in close to Di Vaio's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alves trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Di Vaio has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alves can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Di Vaio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Alves gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guilherme Alves dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Di Vaio closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Alves struggling a bit here.
Alves sneaks back into half guard.
Alves moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Di Vaio with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Di Vaio drops back looking for a leg! Alves is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Alves manages to kick Di Vaio off! Di Vaio jumps back into Alves's guard.
Alves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Di Vaio gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Di Vaio is aware though and is defending well.
Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Di Vaio defends well.
Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Di Vaio defends well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves keeping moving, preventing Di Vaio from controlling successfully.
Di Vaio lands a couple of elbows.
Di Vaio distracts Alves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Di Vaio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alves had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Di Vaio defends it easily.
Di Vaio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Di Vaio is one step ahead there.
Di Vaio wants to control from the top but Alves keeps moving.
Di Vaio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Di Vaio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alves is rocked!
Alves is trying to keep Di Vaio in close.
Alves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Di Vaio gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is trying to control the position but Di Vaio postures up.
Alves throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Di Vaio lands a couple of elbows.
Oh Alves is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Di Vaio trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Alves seems to have got his legs back now.
Di Vaio with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Di Vaio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alves's head.
Di Vaio got a little sloppy there for a moment and Alves has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Di Vaio has managed to get both his arms back between Alves's legs - danger averted.
Di Vaio stands up over Alves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves has his foot on Di Vaio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Di Vaio works his way back into a safe position though.
Di Vaio is working Alves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Di Vaio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Alves is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Di Vaio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Di Vaio postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Alves covers up, he's hurt! Di Vaio keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Di Vaio and the ref steps in to end the fight! Di Vaio can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Filippo Di Vaio!
Filippo Di Vaio thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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