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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henry Bickle (ranked 4548 p4p, 359 weight class) and Massimo Damiani (ranked 2050 p4p, 213 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Bickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Massimo Damiani!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle avoids the body shot from Damiani.
A counter left hand to the body from Bickle misses its target.
Damiani ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Damiani moves into the clinch.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damiani's elbow.
Bickle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Damiani effectively controlling the action here.
Damiani digs a right hand into Bickle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bickle's gas tank.
Bickle presses Damiani against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Damiani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damiani misses with a punch to the body.
Bickle blocks a body shot from Damiani.
A hook to the body from Damiani.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle lands a left hand.
Bickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damiani blocks a body shot from Bickle.
A short uppercut from Bickle.
A short right from Damiani on the inside.
Bickle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bickle tries to work over Damiani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Damiani misses with a punch to the body.
Damiani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damiani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bickle.
Damiani misses with some punches.
Damiani prevents a body shot from Bickle.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Damiani.
A short uppercut from Damiani.
Bickle tries a body shot but Damiani blocks it.
Damiani breaks from the clinch.
Bickle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bickle tries to keep at a distance but Damiani has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damiani's elbow.
Damiani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bickle digs a right hand underneath Damiani's ribcage. Damiani let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damiani gets through Bickle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Damiani misses with the head strike.
Damiani lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damiani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damiani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damiani blocks a body shot from Bickle.
Bickle misses with a punch to the body.
Damiani taking a breather.
Bickle tries a body shot but Damiani blocks it.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damiani's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Damiani.
Damiani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bickle letting Damiani take a breather here.
Damiani just leaning against Bickle, taking a breather.
Damiani lands with a left to the head.
Bickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damiani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damiani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damiani blocks a body shot from Bickle.
Bickle takes a shot to the head.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damiani's elbow.
A body shot lands from Bickle.
Bickle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bickle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Damiani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damiani has a couple of punches blocked by Bickle.
Bickle can't find room to land a body shot as Damiani controls the action.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Bickle.
Bickle working aggressively here.
Bickle throws a head punch that misses.
Bickle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damiani's elbow.
Damiani escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bickle lands a nice hook to Damiani's body. Damiani takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bickle looks to land a left hand but Damiani moved out of range nicely.
Damiani takes one to the side of the head.
Bickle looks to land a right hand but Damiani moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damiani is looking to chop away at Bickle's legs.
Damiani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bickle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bickle misses with an uppercut.
Damiani cracks Bickle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bickle throws a hook to the side of Damiani's head but Damiani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bickle misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheers as Damiani lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bickle doesn't seem phased though.
Bickle takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Damiani does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Damiani staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Damiani.
Bickle throws a big shot that misses.
Damiani throws a leg kick but Bickle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Damiani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bickle throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Damiani.
Bickle looks to land a left hand but Damiani moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Damiani on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bickle throws a hook to the side of Damiani's head but Damiani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bickle is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Damiani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bickle moves away.
Damiani throws out a loose jab but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Massimo Damiani will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bickle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Damiani on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Damiani throws a lazy uppercut
and Bickle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damiani will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Damiani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bickle.
Bickle throws a good cross that connects.
Damiani wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bickle swings widly with a right hand
and Bickle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bickle cracks Damiani with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab by Damiani.
Bickle looks to land a combination but Damiani avoids it well.
Bickle takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bone on bone clash there as Bickle blocks the leg kick.
Bickle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damiani throws a head kick that misses.
Bickle lands with a good body shot.
Bickle misses with a shot to the body
enabling Damiani to counter with a crisp jab.
Damiani has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Damiani there as he acknowledges the shot.
Massimo Damiani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bickle moves out of range as Damiani strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle just misses with a punch to the body.
Damiani misses with a body punch
letting Bickle counter with a right hand.
Bickle keeps the fight on the outside.
Damiani gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bickle connects with a right hand. Damiani shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Bickle misses the target.
Some bone on bone action there as Bickle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Damiani looks to score with a jab to the body but Bickle is just out of range.
Bickle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bickle throws an overhand right that lands on Damiani's shoulder, as Damiani tries to avoid the shot.
Bickle throws a hook to the side of Damiani's head but Damiani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Bickle backs off Damiani throws a huge counter combo but Bickle manages to avoid it all.
Damiani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bickle.
Nice defenses there by Damiani.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bickle darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Damiani on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Damiani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bickle looks to throw the jab but Damiani is out of range.
Damiani slips a straight right by Bickle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands with a shot to the body.
Damiani keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bickle.
Damiani feints a counter leg kick.
Bickle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Damiani.
Damiani misses with a left hand
and Bickle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Damiani moves forwards but Bickle connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bickle misses with a hook. Damiani ducked under it nicely.
Bickle keeps the fight on the outside.
Damiani takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Damiani uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bickle.
Damiani looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Damiani scores with a decent looking hook.
Damiani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bickle throws out the jab.
Good leg kick by Damiani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Damiani on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Damiani misses with a head kick.
Damiani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bickle throws out the jab.
Damiani's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Damiani duly obliges.
Damiani feints and then cracks Bickle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bickle down.
Damiani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Damiani on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bickle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damiani was well out of range. Poor timing from Bickle.
A nice side step and Damiani releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bickle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damiani was well out of range. Poor timing from Bickle.
Nice cross by Damiani.
Damiani throws a head kick that misses.
Bickle avoids the body shot from Damiani.
Bickle appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A lazy left from Damiani finds it's target.
Damiani ducks under a wild hook from Bickle.
Damiani takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Donk. Bickle catches Damiani right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circling - Damiani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Damiani misses with a body shot
and Bickle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damiani misses with an uppercut.
Damiani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bickle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Damiani. Damiani obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bickle throws a lazy right hand but Damiani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Damiani only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bickle throws a shot from downtown. Damiani moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a shot from downtown. Damiani moves away and avoids it.
Bickle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damiani was well out of range. Poor timing from Bickle.
Damiani lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bickle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Damiani on the side of the head.
Bickle lands with a right hand.
Bickle lands a body shot.
Damiani blocks a jab.
Damiani swinging wildly here.
Bickle staying out of range there.
Bickle throws out a loose jab but Damiani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damiani scores with a jab to the body.
Bickle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damiani closes the distance and clinches.
Damiani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Damiani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damiani working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Bickle dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Damiani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bickle.
Damiani throws a series of punches but Bickle avoids them all with ease.
Damiani throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damiani lands the left hand.
Bickle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bickle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bickle dips to his left and cracks Damiani with an uppercut!
Damiani tries to close the distance and clinch but Bickle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bickle is looking for a counter combo.
Damiani staying out of range there.
Bickle scores with a hook.
Bickle looks to land a left hand but Damiani moved out of range nicely.
Bickle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Damiani.
Bickle throws the left hand but Damiani avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damiani moves in looking to clinch but Bickle pushes him off.
Damiani takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A telegraphed right hand from Bickle misses the target.
Damiani looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Damiani finds it's way through Bickle's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damiani comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Damiani slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Damiani moves away from the strike by Bickle.
Bickle tests Damiani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bickle misses with a looping right.
Bickle throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Damiani counters with a slapping leg kick.
Damiani throws a hook but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle misses with a hook. Damiani ducked under it nicely.
Bickle lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Damiani scores with a body shot.
Bickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bickle throwing a counter right hand but Damiani manages to avoid it.
Bickle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bickle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Damiani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damiani connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bickle. Bickle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bickle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damiani was well out of range. Poor timing from Bickle.
Damiani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bickle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damiani scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bickle doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damiani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bickle tries to keep at a distance but Damiani has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Damiani is working Bickle over against the cage.
Bickle misses with some punches.
Damiani has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A nice left hand lands by Bickle.
Damiani blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Damiani scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bickle swings wildly with an uppercut but Damiani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damiani lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damiani.
Damiani tries to throw a body punch but Bickle avoids it by throwing Damiani back against the cage.
Bickle gets through Damiani's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Damiani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damiani escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Damiani moves in looking to clinch but Bickle pushes him off.
Bickle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bickle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bickle misses with a body punch
and Damiani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Damiani tries to work over Bickle's front leg with a kick but Bickle checks it.
Nice shot by Bickle.
A jab from Bickle finds it's way through Damiani's defenses.
Bickle gets tackled into the cage by Damiani. Damiani maintains the clinch.
Damiani works on Bickle's body with a couple of short punches.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
Bickle misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bickle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Damiani.
Good body shot from Damiani.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Damiani breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Damiani slips under a jab.
Bickle backing away here, and Damiani unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Damiani tries to score with a low kick but Bickle moves his leg out of the way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damiani on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Damiani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Damiani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bickle ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Damiani swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Damiani. Bickle does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Damiani misses its intended target.
Damiani tries a low kick but Bickle avoids it.
Bickle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Bickle misses.
Damiani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bickle.
Damiani tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bickle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damiani throws a leg kick
and Bickle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bickle tests Damiani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bickle throws a body punch but Damiani moves out of range.
Bickle misses the shot to the body.
Damiani throws out a counter right but Bickle avoids it with no problem.
Damiani lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Henry Bickle.
I think Bickle 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Bickle!
A victorious Henry Bickle thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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