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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dai Zexi (ranked 1483 p4p, 777 weight class) and Anthony Falcone (ranked 195 p4p, 107 weight class). Zexi comes to the cage accompanied by BRADIO-Flyers. Falcone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Goodfellas - long take restaurant scene kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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 30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dai Zexi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Falcone!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcone gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zexi to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Falcone manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Falcone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zexi momentarily.
Anthony Falcone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zexi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Falcone connects with a leg kick.
Falcone tried to score with a low kick but Zexi checks it.
Falcone misses with a hook to the body
and Zexi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Anthony Falcone has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Zexi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Falcone changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zexi moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Falcone goes down! Can Zexi finish him!?
Falcone is rocked!
Zexi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Falcone is still in real trouble! Can Zexi finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcone looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Falcone seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zexi looking to sit in guard and control but Falcone gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Falcone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zexi is keeping the position for now.
Falcone is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Falcone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Falcone stands and steps away. Zexi gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Falcone lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zexi takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zexi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Falcone.
Falcone lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zexi's sensitive parts.
Falcone misses with the body kick
and Zexi counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Falcone out cold! What a finish! Zexi is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dai Zexi!
In his post fight interview, Dai Zexi started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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