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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Damozzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davide Dileo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 5, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Damozzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Davide Dileo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damozzi lunges at Dileo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dileo's hand.
Damozzi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dileo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dileo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dileo tries a low kick but Damozzi avoids it.
Dileo thuds his right hand into Damozzi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dileo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dileo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dileo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Damozzi there.
Dileo throws a sloppy head kick and Damozzi moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dileo delivers a nice body kick.
Damozzi avoids the head kick by Dileo.
Damozzi scores with a sloppy right hand. Dileo should have avoided that one.
Dileo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Damozzi, as that shot connected.
Dileo takes one to the chin there.
Dileo throws a sloppy head kick
and Damozzi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dileo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Damozzi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dileo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dileo misses with a low kick.
Dileo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dileo tries to clinch up.
Damozzi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dileo lands a head kick. Damozzi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A solid leg kick lands there for Damozzi.
Dileo connects with a high kick.
Damozzi jabs at Dileo's body.
Dileo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Damozzi counters with a nice uppercut.
Dileo doesn't manage to clinch there - Damozzi circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Damozzi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Damozzi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dileo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damozzi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Damozzi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jab from Damozzi.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Damozzi.
A head kick misses from Dileo.
Davide Dileo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damozzi lands a leg kick that knocks Dileo off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dileo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damozzi half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dileo is looking to chop away at Damozzi's legs.
Damozzi digs a good body shot into Dileo's ribs.
Dileo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dileo wants to land a leg kick but Damozzi is out of range.
Damozzi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dileo!
Damozzi throws a series of punches but Dileo moves out of range.
Damozzi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Damozzi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dileo fakes the leg kick and cracks Damozzi in the body.
Damozzi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dileo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dileo connects with a right hand. Damozzi shakes it off.
Oooooh!!! Dileo has knocked Damozzi down with a huge combo! Dileo steps away and waves a wobbly Damozzi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Frank Damozzi has been cut.
Dileo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Damozzi scoring well with a low kick there.
Dileo lands a high kick!
Dileo fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Damozzi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dileo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damozzi. Dileo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damozzi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dileo. Dileo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Damozzi throws a chopping leg kick but Dileo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dileo misses with a head kick.
Damozzi throws a body punch but Dileo moves out of range.
Dileo is looking to score with low kicks.
Damozzi throws a leg kick but Dileo moved away.
Dileo is looking to score with low kicks.
Dileo throws a leg kick but Damozzi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dileo thows a body kick. Damozzi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dileo throws out a leg kick but Damozzi moves out of range and Dileo only half commits.
Damozzi connects with a body shot that sends Dileo's belly button to the back.
A clash of legs there as Damozzi blocks the low kick.
Damozzi checks a low kick from Dileo.
Dileo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Damozzi lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice body punch from Damozzi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dileo misses with a kick to the body
and Damozzi counters with a nice leg kick.
Damozzi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dileo's head backwards.
Damozzi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dileo throws a looping overhand right but Damozzi ducks down to avoid it.
Dileo tries a head kick but it misses.
Damozzi throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Damozzi misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Damozzi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dileo tries to clinch
and Damozzi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dileo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dileo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dileo throws a sloppy head kick and Damozzi moves out of range easily.
Dileo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Dileo. Those never looked like landing.
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 Frank Damozzi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Damozzi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Damozzi throws a body kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damozzi. Dileo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dileo is looking to slow Damozzi down with leg kicks.
Damozzi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dileo doesn't seem bothered though.
Dileo scores with a leg kick.
Damozzi with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damozzi. Dileo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damozzi scores with the left hand. Dileo knows he should have avoided that one.
Dileo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Damozzi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dileo can pounce on him.
Damozzi defending well as Dileo loads up on a big left hand.
Dileo throws a hook but Damozzi avoids it easily.
Dileo checks a leg kick.
Dileo checks a leg kick.
Dileo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dileo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dileo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dileo throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dileo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Damozzi.
Damozzi checks a leg kick.
Damozzi scores with a jab to the head.
Damozzi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damozzi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Damozzi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Damozzi. That's going to slow Dileo down.
Damozzi is looking to slow Dileo down with leg kicks.
Dileo misses with a kick to the body.
Damozzi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dileo.
Damozzi misses with a straight left.
Damozzi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dileo.
An inside leg kick from Dileo misses.
Damozzi misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Damozzi.
Dileo tries to score with a low kick but Damozzi moves his leg out of the way.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Dileo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Damozzi - the referee stops the clock and Dileo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Damozzi. Dileo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dileo is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damozzi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dileo falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Damozzi counter with a right hand.
Damozzi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dileo's calf.
Damozzi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Decent striking displayed by Damozzi there.
Damozzi checks the leg kick.
Frank Damozzi is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Dileo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damozzi. Dileo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dileo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Damozzi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dileo was well out of range. Poor timing from Damozzi.
Damozzi backing away here, and Dileo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Damozzi scores with a head kick. Dileo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dileo throws a head kick that Damozzi semi-blocks.
Damozzi connects with a solid leg kick.
Damozzi connects with a jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Dileo might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Damozzi has got the better of the exchanges.
Damozzi lands a nice looking body shot.
Dileo misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi lands a nice looking body kick.
Damozzi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Damozzi throws a leg kick which misses Dileo's front leg but catches the back leg as Dileo tries to avoid it.
Davide Dileo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damozzi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Damozzi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dileos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Damozzi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dileo throws a wild body kick that Damozzi sees coming a mile off.
Damozzi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dileo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Damozzi.
Damozzi needs to keep his hands up - Dileo had a free shot at his head there.
Damozzi swings for the body but Dileo moves out of range.
Damozzi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Damozzi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Damozzi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dileo can do to turn this around?
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!
Damozzi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Damozzi with a jab.
Dileo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Damozzi swats away the attempt to clinch by Dileo.
Dileo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Damozzi.
Damozzi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dileo tries to clinch but Damozzi moves out of range.
Damozzi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dileo.
A jab lands there for Dileo.
Damozzi moves out of range as Dileo throws a body kick.
Dileo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jab by Damozzi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dileo misses the shot to the body.
Damozzi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dileo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Damozzi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Damozzi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Damozzi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Damozzi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Damozzi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Damozzi feints and then cracks Dileo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dileo down.
Damozzi connects with a crisp jab.
Dileo dodges the punch combination from Damozzi.
The fighters circling - Dileo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dileo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Damozzi is able to avoid easily.
Damozzi scores with a nice body kick.
Dileo motions for Damozzi to come forward. Dileo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dileo throws a front kick aimed at Damozzi's knee but Damozzi avoids it well.
Jab from Damozzi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Dileo.
Damozzi checks a low kick from Dileo.
Damozzi is looking to counter punch.
Damozzi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Damozzi moves out of range of the body kick from Dileo.
Damozzi feints a jab promting Dileo to slip. Damozzi then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dileo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damozzi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dileo.
Damozzi dodges the punch combination from Dileo.
Dileo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Donk. Damozzi catches Dileo right on the button with a cross.
Dileo takes one on the button.
Damozzi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dileo.
Damozzi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jab by Damozzi.
Damozzi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dileo can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick from Dileo misses.
Damozzi throws a sloppy head kick and Dileo moves out of range easily.
Damozzi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dileo momentarily.
Dileo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dileo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Davide Dileo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Dileo. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dileo takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dileo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dileo blocks a body shot from Damozzi.
Damozzi is working for takedown but Dileo is calmly controlling the position for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Damozzi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dileos head.
Damozzi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dileo or not.
Dileo lands with a right to the head.
Dileo lands a body punch.
Damozzi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Dileo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Damozzi lands a hook that snaps the head of Dileo backwards.
Dileo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dileo lands a nice looking body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi lands a jab to the nose.
Damozzi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dileo misses with a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Damozzi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dileo looks to land a left hand but Damozzi moved out of range nicely.
Damozzi drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dileo sprawls and moves away.
Jab, jab by Damozzi - just one landing.
Damozzi just misses with a punch to the body.
Damozzi throws a leg kick but Dileo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dileo throws a hook but Damozzi blocks it.
Damozzi misses with an uppercut
and Dileo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Damozzi's knee momentarily.
Dileo misses with a looping left.
Dileo throws a front kick aimed at Damozzi's knee but Damozzi avoids it well.
Damozzi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dileo cracks Damozzi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Damozzi tried to score with a low kick but Dileo checks it.
Dileo throws out a counter right but Damozzi avoids it with no problem.
Damozzi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi looks to land a left hand but Dileo moved out of range nicely.
Dileo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Damozzi blocks a body shot from Dileo.
Dileo scores with a shot to the side of Damozzi's head.
Dileo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damozzi is defending well for now.
Damozzi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dileo misses with a body punch.
Dileo lands a shoulder strike.
Dileo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Damozzi lands a body shot.
Dileo scores with a shot to the side of Damozzi's head.
Dileo throws a punch but it's blocked by Damozzi.
Dileo blocks an uppercut.
Damozzi gets through Dileo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Damozzi misses with some punches.
Damozzi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dileo misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Davide Dileo.
I think Damozzi 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Frank Damozzi!
A very excited looking Frank Damozzi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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