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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Rinaldi (ranked 1543 p4p, 132 weight class) and Johnny Bronco (ranked 208 p4p, 19 weight class). Bronco has chosen The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Rinaldi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Bronco!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rinaldi shoots in for a takedown but Bronco shows good takedown defense.
A left lands for Bronco.
Rinaldi pushes Bronco up against the cage in a clinch.
Bronco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A hook to the body from Bronco.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bronco has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Rinaldi has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Bronco regains guard immediately.
Bronco controls Rinaldi momentarily but Rinaldi frees himself.
Rinaldi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rinaldi trying to control the position from guard on top but Bronco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bronco is looking for a triangle but Rinaldi pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rinaldi chips away with some ground and pound.
Bronco looking for a sweep. Not yet Bronco, not yet.
Bronco escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rinaldi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rinaldi trying to control but Bronco is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronco has his foot on Rinaldi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rinaldi works his way back into a safe position though.
Bronco throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Rinaldi escapes and throws Bronco's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Bronco takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rinaldi working the ground and pound.
Bronco tries to improve position but can't.
Rinaldi working the ground and pound from side control.
Bronco manages to work his way to half guard, despite Rinaldi's best efforts.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bronco manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bronco isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Rinaldi stacks Bronco 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 Rinaldi!
You can see the frustration on Bronco's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rinaldi working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Rinaldi's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rinaldi scoring with punches from side control.
Rinaldi working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rinaldi lands some shots froms side control.
Rinaldi connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bronco some visible discomfort.
A lull in the action here.
Rinaldi working the body and head with strikes.
Bronco sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bronco wants to control but Rinaldi is keeping busy.
Bronco looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bronco is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rinaldi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bronco has hold of Rinaldi's hands but Rinaldi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bronco is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bronco slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bronco wants to sweep here but Rinaldi controlling him for the moment.
Bronco looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rinaldi passes into half guard.
Rinaldi drops an elbow to the side of Bronco's head.
Rinaldi wants to take a breather but Bronco is having none of it.
Rinaldi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bronco defending well though.
Bronco tries to get to full guard but Rinaldi has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rinaldi lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bronco trying to control here.
Bronco has hold of Rinaldi's hands but Rinaldi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rinaldi slows the pace down in half guard.
Rinaldi slips a nice elbow through Bronco's hands, connecting with Bronco's forehead.
Rinaldi throwing shots but Bronco is blocking nicely.
Bronco is trying to get back to full guard.
Rinaldi is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bronco makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bronco.
Bronco looking for a sweep. Not yet Bronco, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Rinaldi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rinaldi shoots in but no luck this time.
Bronco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rinaldi.
Bronco displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rinaldi.
Rinaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rinaldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bronco can do to turn this around?
Bronco works Rinaldi's body with a nice hook.
Bronco clinches.
Bronco lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rinaldi.
Bronco misses with a body punch.
Bronco misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinaldi tries to break free but Bronco pushes him back against the cage.
Good body shot from Bronco.
Bronco is leaning against Rinaldi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bronco gets through Rinaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rinaldi goes for a takedown attempt but Bronco pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Rinaldi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bronco stuffs the takedown.
Rinaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bronco lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bronco closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rinaldi did well to prevent Bronco getting side control.
Bronco seems to be working for a kimura but Rinaldi defends the submission attempt.
Bronco is looking to advance position but Rinaldi won't allow it.
Bronco wants to control but Rinaldi is keeping him busy.
Rinaldi tries to roll over but Bronco keeps him under control.
Bronco is pressing down on Rinaldi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rinaldi is holding on for now.
Rinaldi moves into full guard.
Bronco tries to free his leg and advance position but Rinaldi is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronco throws a big elbow that misses.
Rinaldi keeping full guard, as Bronco tries to pass.
Rinaldi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bronco controls the pace.
Bronco trying to control the position from guard on top but Rinaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bronco sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rinaldi wants to sweep here but Bronco controlling him for the moment.
Bronco trying to control but Rinaldi is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bronco can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rinaldi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Rinaldi slips under a jab from Bronco.
Bronco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rinaldi, pushing him back against the cage.
Rinaldi wants to get back to striking at distance but Bronco won't allow it.
Rinaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bronco pushes Rinaldi up against the cage in a clinch.
Bronco successfully pulls guard.
Rinaldi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bronco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rinaldi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rinaldi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronco keeping moving, preventing Rinaldi from controlling successfully.
Sam Rinaldi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rinaldi lands a couple of elbows.
Bronco working a defensive guard but Rinaldi manages to pass into side control anyway.
Bronco gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ground and pound from Rinaldi.
Bronco is looking to improve his position.
Bronco on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bronco gets back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rinaldi wants to control from the top but Bronco keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Bronco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rinaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No luck for Rinaldi with that takedown attempt.
Rinaldi fails with a takedown attempt.
Bronco jabs at Rinaldi's body.
Rinaldi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rinaldi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rinaldi has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Rinaldi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronco has Rinaldi up against the cage in a clinch.
Bronco lands with a right to the head.
Rinaldi tries to break the clinch but Bronco is controlling the position.
Rinaldi is trying to push Bronco away but Bronco has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronco tries to work over Rinaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rinaldi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bronco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rinaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bronco tries to throw a body punch but Rinaldi avoids it by throwing Bronco back against the cage.
Bronco works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rinaldi is looking to break free of the clinch but Bronco has double underhooks.
Johnny Bronco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bronco.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bronco misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Bronco.
Rinaldi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice body punch from Bronco.
Bronco has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Rinaldi is trying to keep an underhook but Bronco manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bronco works his way into full mount!
Bronco misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronco raining down shots from the mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronco wants to control the pace but Rinaldi is squirming around nicely.
Bronco landing strikes from the mount.
Bronco throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bronco controlling the pace for now.
Bronco punching from mount but Rinaldi doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Rinaldi blocking the ground and pound.
Bronco lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rinaldi is squirming around, avoiding Bronco's attempts to control the action.
Rinaldi tries to hold on but Bronco postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronco controlling from the full mount.
Bronco working the ground and pound effectively.
Bronco sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bronco looking to control but Rinaldi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rinaldi is bucking up trying to escape but Bronco cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bronco looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rinaldi wants to control but Bronco is having none of it.
Bronco fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bronco postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rinaldi looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Rinaldi tries to roll over but Bronco keeps him under control.
Bronco tries to pass to full mount but Rinaldi defends it.
Bronco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bronco is stalling here. Rinaldi is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Bronco seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Rinaldi has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronco is trying to get back to half guard.
Bronco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bronco is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rinaldi off and has taken his back!
Bronco is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Rinaldi knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Rinaldi for a finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Bronco really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rinaldi shoots in for a double leg but Bronco sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rinaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rinaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bronco.
Rinaldi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bronco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bronco lunges at Rinaldi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rinaldi's hand.
Bronco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bronco lands a right hook to the body.
Rinaldi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bronco darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bronco gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bronco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Bronco.
Bronco works on Rinaldi's body with a couple of short punches.
Rinaldi is looking to break free of the clinch but Bronco has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bronco.
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!
Rinaldi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bronco moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronco pulls guard effortlessly.
Rinaldi with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rinaldi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bronco is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rinaldi is aware though and is defending well.
Bronco looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bronco is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rinaldi is aware though and is defending well.
Bronco is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bronco keeping moving, preventing Rinaldi from controlling successfully.
Bronco is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bronco wants to sweep here but Rinaldi controlling him for the moment.
Bronco pushes a forearm under Rinaldi's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Rinaldi is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Bronco! Johnny Bronco retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Johnny Bronco, 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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