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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Rydeland (ranked 2740 p4p, 2599 weight class) and Lazzaro DeLuca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rydeland comes to the cage accompanied by Robbery - Not sneak attack. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23 - 25 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Rydeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lazzaro DeLuca!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rydeland has managed to clinch.
DeLuca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
DeLuca blocks an uppercut.
DeLuca's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on DeLuca's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydeland.
Rydeland crunches a lovely knee into DeLuca's ribcage.
Rydeland gets through DeLuca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
DeLuca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rydeland misses with a punch to the body.
Rydeland has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A right handed body shot lands from Rydeland.
A right hook to the body lands for Rydeland.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydeland lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rydeland tries to work over DeLuca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
DeLuca on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rydeland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. DeLuca is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydeland lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Rydeland fails to land.
Rydeland presses DeLuca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Rydeland fails to land.
Rydeland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
DeLuca throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, DeLuca throws an elbow but misses.
Rydeland landing some nice looking knees to the body.
DeLuca prevents a body shot from Rydeland.
DeLuca lands a nice shot to the body.
Rydeland lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rydeland tries to work over DeLuca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeLuca misses with a hook to the ribs.
DeLuca misses with a punch to the body.
DeLuca misses with a body punch.
Rydeland struggles to land a body shot inside as DeLuca controls his hands.
DeLuca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rydeland lands a hook that snaps the head of DeLuca backwards.
Rydeland gets through DeLuca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rydeland using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rydeland.
Rydeland lands a right hand that snaps the head of DeLuca backwards.
Rydeland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydeland.
DeLuca tries to work over Rydeland's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rydeland unloads a knee to the mid-section. DeLuca lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Rydeland scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rydeland lands with a left to the head.
Rydeland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rydeland throws a punch but it's blocked by DeLuca.
DeLuca blocking some punches.
DeLuca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rydeland scores with an uppercut up the middle.
DeLuca blocks an uppercut.
Rydeland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
DeLuca misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Rydeland on the inside.
DeLuca blocking some punches.
Rydeland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rydeland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rydeland scores with a shoulder strike.
Rydeland lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
DeLuca is rocked!
Rydeland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
DeLuca is still on wobbly legs! Can Rydeland finish him?
DeLuca takes a shot to the head.
Rydeland pushes DeLuca against the cage. Rydeland is working some dirty boxing. Rydeland pushes off with a quick right hook! DeLuca goes down! DeLuca tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rydeland moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Rydeland!
In his post fight interview, John Rydeland gave a big smile as he said 'Next and fast, i just want a fight! '.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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