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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Amodei (ranked 1512 p4p, 968 weight class) and Murzol Gro Ulfimph (ranked 83 p4p, 57 weight class). Gro Ulfimph has chosen Hired Gun as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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165 cm 34 140 17 - 13 - 2 |
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165 cm 31 137 22 - 14 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Red Belt World class boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 17 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Amodei! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 22 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Murzol Gro Ulfimph! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Amodei takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Amodei misses with a hook. Gro Ulfimph ducked under it nicely. Giuseppe Amodei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Amodei jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gro Ulfimph lands with a shot to the body. Amodei scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. The fight stays on the outside here - Gro Ulfimph looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Gro Ulfimph throws a leg kick but Amodei moved away. Amodei looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Amodei throws a sloppy head kick and Gro Ulfimph moves out of range easily. Gro Ulfimph looks like he wants to counter punch here. A shot to the liver by Amodei. Beautiful body shot. Nice straight punches there by Gro Ulfimph. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gro Ulfimph. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gro Ulfimph, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gro Ulfimph connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Gro Ulfimph takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Gro Ulfimph moves into the clinch. Gro Ulfimph lands a right hand. Gro Ulfimph tries to pull guard but Amodei won't allow it.
Amodei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gro Ulfimph is trying to pull guard but Amodei has him pressed against the cage. Gro Ulfimph is trying to pull guard but Amodei has him pressed against the cage. Giuseppe Amodei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Murzol Gro Ulfimph. Amodei working aggressively here.
Amodei lands a hook to the side of the head. Amodei lands a shoulder strike. Amodei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gro Ulfimph fails to land. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amodei. Amodei has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Gro Ulfimph regains guard immediately. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Amodei trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Gro Ulfimph manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gro Ulfimph looking to pass the guard. Gro Ulfimph preventing the sweep. Gro Ulfimph is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Gro Ulfimph trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Amodei wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gro Ulfimph advances position into side control! Amodei tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gro Ulfimph wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Amodei is working hard here to advance position. Gro Ulfimph has an Americana. Amodei didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Gro Ulfimph is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Gro Ulfimph hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Murzol Gro Ulfimph! A very excited looking Murzol Gro Ulfimph made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
41% |
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