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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cesare Tiramanti (ranked 727 p4p, 22633 weight class) and Fedor Emperor (ranked 110 p4p, 707 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Emperor's choice of entrance music: Enae Volare Mezzo. 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 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cesare Tiramanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emperor!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiramanti connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Emperor's hands.
It looks like Fedor Emperor has been cut.
Tiramanti throws a series of punches but Emperor moves out of range.
Emperor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circle momentarily. Emperor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Emperor throws out a powerful jab.
Tiramanti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emperor.
Tiramanti cracks Emperor with an open hand slap.
Emperor throws a hook but Tiramanti blocks it.
Tiramanti misses with a double jab.
Tiramanti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emperor looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Emperor ducks under a wild hook from Tiramanti.
Emperor throws a hook but Tiramanti avoids it easily.
Emperor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
A punch combination from Tiramanti misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramanti has Emperor up against the cage in a clinch.
Tiramanti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Emperor backwards.
Tiramanti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Emperor backwards.
A short left from Tiramanti.
A short right from Tiramanti.
Emperor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tiramanti's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tiramanti is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tiramanti stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tiramanti content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Tiramanti for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Tiramanti lands a shoulder strike.
Tiramanti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Emperor lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emperor is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tiramanti is defending well.
Tiramanti lands with a left to the head.
The referee calls for Tiramanti to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiramanti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A lazy left from Emperor finds it's target.
Tiramanti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Emperor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tiramanti misses with an uppercut.
Tiramanti moves out of range as Emperor strikes.
Tiramanti is looking for a counter combo.
Tiramanti lands a jab to the head.
Emperor dips to his left and cracks Tiramanti with an uppercut!
Emperor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tiramanti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Emperor lands a jab to Tiramanti's midsection.
Tiramanti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emperor connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emperor throws a nice looking combination but Tiramanti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheers as Emperor lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tiramanti doesn't seem phased though.
Emperor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Emperor connects with the punch.
Emperor cracks Tiramanti with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tiramanti stuns Emperor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Emperor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tiramanti misses with a straight right.
Emperor lands with a hook. Tiramanti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Emperor throws a hook to the side of Tiramanti's head but Tiramanti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cesare Tiramanti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fedor Emperor's cut.
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.
Emperor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Emperor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Emperor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Emperor lands with a cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Emperor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Emperor throws the left hand but Tiramanti avoids the punch easily.
Nice jab there from Emperor.
Emperor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Tiramanti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cesare Tiramanti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emperor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tiramanti closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tiramanti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That has opened up Fedor Emperor's cut even more.
Emperor swings widly with a right hand
and Tiramanti counters with a huge left! Emperor is in big trouble! He's backing up but Tiramanti isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Emperor from any more damage. A dominating finish by Tiramanti!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesare Tiramanti!
Cesare Tiramanti spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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