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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bob Spano (ranked 5647 p4p, 4044 weight class) and Alfredo O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spano comes to the cage accompanied by Seven Nation Army. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Spano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alfredo O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spano takes a swing at O Brien's ribcage but misses.
O Brien scores with a punch to the head.
Spano clinches up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by O Brien.
Spano swings wildly with an uppercut but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien misses with some punches.
Spano lands a body punch in the clinch.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Brien is trying to break free.
Spano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien blocking some punches.
Spano misses with a body punch.
O Brien missing with knees to the body.
Spano definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Spano throws a punch but it's blocked by O Brien.
O Brien is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spano is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spano wants to clinch up but O Brien keeps it at a distance.
Spano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brien.
A countering left hand to the body from O Brien misses.
Spano clinches up against the cage.
Spano managing to block the knees to the body from O Brien.
O Brien missing with knees to the body.
Spano tries to work over O Brien's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
Spano misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien lands a left hand.
Spano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by Spano.
Spano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but O Brien has him pressed against the cage.
Spano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from O Brien.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spano avoiding damage as O Brien throws knees to the body.
Spano swings wildly with an uppercut but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spano tries a body shot but O Brien blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Brien.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spano has a couple of punches blocked by O Brien.
Spano lands a right hand that snaps the head of O Brien backwards.
O Brien breaks the clinch.
Spano rushes O Brien and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spano misses with the head strike.
Spano wants a takedown.
Spano swings wildly with an uppercut but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Brien missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Spano fails to land.
Spano misses with some punches.
Spano scores with a nice hook to the head.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
O Brien blocks an uppercut.
O Brien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Brien throws a jab when Spano was well out of range.
Spano tries to close the distance and clinch but O Brien swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from O Brien misses.
Spano tries to clinch up.
Spano on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
O Brien swats away the attempt to clinch by Spano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spano fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Brien looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Brien throws a good cross that connects.
O Brien clobbers Spano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Brien paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A swing and a miss from O Brien.
Spano scores with a crisp jab that stopped O Brien in his tracks.
Spano avoids the body shot from O Brien.
Spano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between O Brien's hands.
Spano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
O Brien scores with a nice strike.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Brien lands a head shot.
O Brien bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spano is rocked!
O Brien looks to land a right hand but Spano moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfredo O Brien dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
O Brien scores with a jab to the head.
Oh Spano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spano thows a left - swing and a miss!
O Brien moves out of range of the strikes.
Spano seems to have got his legs back now.
O Brien throws a big shot that misses.
Spano fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Brien throws a looping overhand right but Spano ducks down to avoid it.
Spano moves out of range of the strikes.
Spano throws a hook but O Brien avoids it easily.
Spano clinches with his opponent.
O Brien lands with a short head shot on the inside.
O Brien breaks from the clinch.
O Brien connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Spano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Brien manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Brien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O Brien lands with a cross.
Alfredo O Brien seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spano takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spano doesn't manage to clinch there - O Brien circles away.
Spano rushes O Brien and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spano misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien blocks an uppercut.
Spano misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Brien is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spano is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Spano.
O Brien's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
O Brien looks to land a right hand but Spano moved out of range.
Spano thuds his right hand into O Brien's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bob Spano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Brien smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
O Brien is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Spano lands a head shot.
Jab, jab by O Brien - just one landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Brien scores with a nice head shot.
Spano looks to score with a jab to the body but O Brien is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Spano throws a hook to the side of O Brien's head but O Brien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Brien looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O Brien misses with a hook.
Spano blocks a jab.
O Brien misses with a straight left.
Spano wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Spano on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - O Brien throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Spano looks up at the clock. Bad move! O Brien lands a right hand from hell, dropping Spano. O Brien pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfredo O Brien!
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