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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matteo Boretti (ranked 116 p4p, 104 weight class) and Arron Asham (ranked 19 p4p, 15 weight class). Boretti comes to the cage accompanied by Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Matteo Boretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arron Asham!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boretti drives through and clinches with Asham against the cage.
Boretti swings wildly with an uppercut but Asham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boretti throws a punch but it's blocked by Asham.
Asham cracks Boretti with a nice body shot.
Boretti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Asham with a knee to the head.
Boretti throws a head punch that misses.
Boretti lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Asham.
Asham blocking some punches.
Boretti tries to throw a body punch but Asham avoids it by throwing Boretti back against the cage.
Asham blocking some punches.
Asham lands a right hand.
Boretti is trying to break the clinch but Asham has him pressed against the cage.
Asham looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Asham.
Boretti lands with a short shot to the head.
Boretti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boretti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Asham can't find room to land a body shot as Boretti controls the action.
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!
Asham lands an uppercut.
Asham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boretti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boretti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boretti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boretti prevents a body shot from Asham.
Asham blocks an uppercut.
Boretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boretti pushes Asham back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boretti lands a hook that snaps the head of Asham backwards.
Asham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Asham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boretti avoids it.
Asham blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Asham.
Boretti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Asham with a knee to the head.
Boretti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Asham backwards.
Asham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asham misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asham lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Boretti.
Boretti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Asham lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asham scores with a hook to the body.
Boretti lands with a light punch inside.
Boretti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Boretti fails to land.
Asham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asham blocks an uppercut.
Asham misses with a body punch.
Boretti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boretti clinches up against the cage.
Asham blocks a body shot from Boretti.
Asham lands a right hand.
Boretti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boretti steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Asham. That one must have hurt.
Boretti throws a leg kick
and Asham counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Matteo Boretti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boretti throws a left and a right that both miss
and Asham holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Asham's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boretti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Boretti fails to land.
Boretti tries to work over Asham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Asham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boretti's elbow.
Asham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
Asham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boretti.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asham.
Asham connects with a knee to the head.
Asham misses with a body punch.
Boretti tries to throw a body punch but Asham avoids it by throwing Boretti back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boretti.
A body shot lands from Boretti.
Asham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boretti's elbow.
Asham lands a left hand.
Boretti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Asham lands a body shot in the clinch.
Asham lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asham lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boretti.
Asham lands a hook to the side of the head.
Asham blocks an uppercut.
Asham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Asham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boretti working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Boretti.
Boretti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Asham paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Boretti misses with a hook
and Asham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boretti motions for Asham to come forward. Boretti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Asham misses.
Asham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boretti.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boretti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Asham has Boretti up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arron Asham dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Asham uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Boretti has time to react.
Boretti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Boretti misses with an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Boretti misses the shot to the body.
Boretti lands with an uppercut that bounces Asham off the cage and back into range.
Boretti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Boretti misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asham works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Boretti lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Asham is rocked!
Boretti steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Asham is out on his feet! Boretti sets himself and nearly takes Asham's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Matteo Boretti!
Matteo Boretti 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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