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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dakarai Kasongo (ranked 2860 p4p, 3766 weight class) and Gustav Rinaldi (ranked 378 p4p, 472 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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10 - 19 - 0 |
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Counter fighter
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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dakarai Kasongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gustav Rinaldi!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Rinaldi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kasongo appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rinaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Kasongo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rinaldi sprawls and moves away.
Rinaldi rushes Kasongo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rinaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Rinaldi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinaldi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rinaldi connects with a body shot that sends Kasongo's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Rinaldi. Those never looked like landing.
Kasongo appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rinaldi closes the distance and pushes Kasongo back into the cage.
Rinaldi breaks from the clinch.
Rinaldi scores with the left hand. Kasongo knows he should have avoided that one.
Rinaldi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kasongo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rinaldi.
It looks like Dakarai Kasongo has been cut.
Kasongo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kasongo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rinaldi has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Kasongo is on him like a limpet, forcing Rinaldi back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rinaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rinaldi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rinaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kasongo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kasongo attempts a counter takedown but Rinaldi avoids it well and moves away.
Rinaldi misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rinaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rinaldi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kasongo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rinaldi won't be happy with that.
Rinaldi taking a bit of punishment here - Kasongo scoring with strikes.
Kasongo working away.
Kasongo controls the position from side control.
Rinaldi taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasongo controls the position from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Rinaldi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kasongo staying calm.
Rinaldi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Rinaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dakarai Kasongo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rinaldi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kasongo's head.
Rinaldi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kasongo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rinaldi scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinaldi clinches up with Kasongo and pushes him back against the cage.
Rinaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rinaldi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A punch lands to the side of Kasongo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasongo keeps the fight on the outside.
Kasongo attempts a counter takedown but Rinaldi avoids it well and moves away.
Rinaldi misses with the combination.
Kasongo half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rinaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kasongo on the side of the head.
Rinaldi lands with a hook. Kasongo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi misses with a double jab.
Rinaldi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gustav Rinaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rinaldi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kasongo looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Kasongo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheers as Rinaldi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kasongo doesn't seem phased though.
Rinaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kasongo changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi misses with a two punch combination.
Kasongo tries to counter with a takedown but Rinaldi is quick to defend against it.
Nice jab there from Rinaldi.
Rinaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rinaldi has closed the distance and engaged Kasongo in a clinch.
Rinaldi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rinaldi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rinaldi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kasongo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gustav Rinaldi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rinaldi breaks from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Rinaldi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dakarai Kasongo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rinaldi misses with a wild combination.
Kasongo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rinaldi sprawls and moves away.
Rinaldi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kasongo.
Rinaldi cracks Kasongo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasongo swats away the attempt to clinch by Rinaldi.
Kasongo half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rinaldi!
Rinaldi misses with a body shot.
Kasongo appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rinaldi looks to land a combination but Kasongo avoids it well.
Rinaldi misses with a series of wild punches.
Kasongo tries to counter with a takedown but Rinaldi is quick to defend against it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi moves into the clinch.
Rinaldi breaks the clinch.
Rinaldi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rinaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Kasongo is just out of range.
Kasongo feinted with a counter takedown.
Rinaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Rinaldi moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rinaldi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rinaldi forces Kasongo back against the cage and clinches.
Kasongo tries for a takedown but Rinaldi manages to get underhooks.
Rinaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rinaldi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rinaldi misses with a combination
and Kasongo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasongo stands and throws Rinaldi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kasongo is working Rinaldi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rinaldi sneaks back into half guard.
Kasongo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kasongo seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rinaldi for as long as he can get away with.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gustav Rinaldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rinaldi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Rinaldi!
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