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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Finnegan (ranked 2765 p4p, 382 weight class) and Derek Pappalardo (ranked 2437 p4p, 345 weight class). Finnegan's entrance music is The Rogues - Gravel Walk. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
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167 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Finnegan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Derek Pappalardo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pappalardo closes the distance and clinches.
Pappalardo has a couple of punches blocked by Finnegan.
Finnegan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Finnegan tries to break free but Pappalardo pushes him back against the cage.
Pappalardo throws a head punch that misses.
Finnegan tries to work over Pappalardo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pappalardo blocking some punches.
Pappalardo blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finnegan.
Pappalardo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Finnegan breaks the clinch.
Finnegan scores with a jab to the head.
Finnegan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pappalardo fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pappalardo has Finnegan up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Finnegan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Finnegan tries to throw a body punch but Pappalardo avoids it by throwing Finnegan back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnegan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finnegan blocking some punches.
Finnegan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Finnegan.
Finnegan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan throws a shot to the body.
Pappalardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finnegan.
Oooooh!!! Finnegan has knocked Pappalardo down with a huge combo! Finnegan steps away and waves a wobbly Pappalardo back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Pappalardo is rocked!
It looks like Derek Pappalardo has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pappalardo is looking to clinch.
It looked like Finnegan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pappalardo.
Pappalardo is still on wobbly legs! Can Finnegan finish him?
Finnegan fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Pappalardo to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Pappalardo looks to clinch but Finnegan throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Pappalardo taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Roy Finnegan!
Our winner, Roy Finnegan, 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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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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