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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcinho Sitsongrit (ranked 191 p4p, 530 weight class) and Enzo Salvatore (ranked 28 p4p, 68 weight class). Salvatore comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Reich mir die Hand kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Red Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcinho Sitsongrit!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Enzo Salvatore!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salvatore wants to clinch.
Salvatore throws a hook but Sitsongrit avoids it easily.
Salvatore rushes Sitsongrit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Salvatore blocks a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Salvatore misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit throws a head punch that misses.
Sitsongrit tries to throw a body punch but Salvatore avoids it by throwing Sitsongrit back against the cage.
I was talking to Sitsongrit's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sitsongrit gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sitsongrit is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Salvatore defends it well.
Salvatore wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvatore won't allow Sitsongrit to pass to mount.
Sitsongrit with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Salvatore slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sitsongrit wants to pass the guard but Salvatore is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit stands up over Salvatore, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sitsongrit has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Salvatore is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Salvatore has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Sitsongrit should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Salvatore has tightened it up now! Sitsongrit should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Enzo Salvatore!
Enzo Salvatore is the new featherweight champion!
A less than humble Enzo Salvatore misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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hype
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pop
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