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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pietro Marchionni (ranked 4063 p4p, 2614 weight class) and Lors Loria (ranked 486 p4p, 335 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pietro Marchionni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lors Loria!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loria looks to score with a jab to the body but Marchionni is just out of range.
Loria throws a sloppy head kick and Marchionni moves out of range easily.
Loria lands a jab to Marchionni's midsection.
Loria misses with an uppercut. Marchionni saw that one coming.
Marchionni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Loria.
Loria throws out a leg kick but Marchionni moves out of range and Loria only half commits.
Marchionni misses with a wild body shot.
Marchionni lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Loria wants to clinch.
Marchionni tried to counter with a leg kick but Loria avoided it.
Marchionni throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marchionni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Loria tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marchionni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Loria fails with an attempt to clinch.
Loria misses with a head kick.
Marchionni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marchionni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loria manages to avoid it.
Loria is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marchionni with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marchionni misses with a takedown attempt
and Loria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marchionni throws a body shot but no joy.
Marchionni lands a glancing blow to the side of Loria's head.
Marchionni swings for the body but Loria moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Marchionni misses the target.
Marchionni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Loria connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marchionni's hands.
Nice uppercut lands for Marchionni. That snapped Loria's head back.
Marchionni throws a lazy uppercut
and Loria counters with a straight right hand.
Loria cracks Marchionni with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Marchionni looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Loria finish him?
Marchionni is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loria gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oh Marchionni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marchionni looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Marchionni takes a swing at Loria's ribcage but misses.
Marchionni connects with the punch.
Loria on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marchionni throws a big shot that misses.
Loria jabs Marchionni to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marchionni doesn't manage to clinch there - Loria circles away.
Loria looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marchionni seems to have got his legs back now.
Loria smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Marchionni has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Barn in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchionni moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Loria looks for the body kick but Marchionni saw that one coming.
Loria is looking to clinch but Marchionni is avoiding it.
Marchionni takes a swing at Loria's ribcage but misses.
Marchionni throws a jab when Loria was well out of range.
Loria misses with a looping left.
Marchionni misses with a head kick.
Loria needs to keep his hands up - Marchionni had a free shot at his head there.
Loria throws out a leg kick but Marchionni moves out of range and Loria only half commits.
Loria throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Loria pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marchionni circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marchionni misses with a body shot.
Loria has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marchionni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Loria throws a jab but it's blocked by Marchionni.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchionni lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Marchionni scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Loria throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marchionni slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Loria throws a head kick but Marchionni moves out of range.
Loria takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Loria tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marchionni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Loria checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Loria's corner calls for a 1-2. Loria obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Loria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Loria walks into a straight right hand from Marchionni.
Marchionni doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
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!
Marchionni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marchionni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marchionni throws a jab but it's blocked by Loria.
Lors Loria is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Loria uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marchionni.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loria blocks a jab.
Loria blocks the body kick.
Loria is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marchionni with a body shot.
Loria gets a clinch.
Loria misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Marchionni.
A left hand lands to the body for Marchionni.
A nice left hand lands by Loria.
Marchionni misses with a punch to the body.
Marchionni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marchionni pressing his opponent against the cage.
Loria misses with a punch on the inside.
Loria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loria lands an elbow inside that Marchionni shrugs off.
Still in the clinch, Marchionni scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marchionni is stalling here.
Marchionni takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lors Loria will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Crunch! Marchionni slams his shin into Loria's torso.
Marchionni takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Loria fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marchionni avoids a kick to the body.
Loria closes the distance looking to clinch
and Marchionni counters with a takedown into side control.
Marchionni cracks Loria with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Marchionni is chipping away with strikes.
Marchionni in side control, throwing shots but Loria defends.
Marchionni throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Check out the look on Marchionni's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Loria felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marchionni wants to control but Loria is keeping him busy.
Marchionni is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Loria is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Marchionni in side control, throwing shots but Loria defends.
Marchionni is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Loria is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Loria can't do much from the bottom here.
Loria pushes Marchionni away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Marchionni gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Marchionni tries for a kimura but Loria is defending well.
Loria defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The strikes coming from Marchionni are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Marchionni wants to control but Loria is keeping him busy.
Loria taking a bit of punishment here - Marchionni scoring with strikes.
Marchionni wants to control but Loria is keeping him busy.
Marchionni is trying to get an arm triangle but Loria is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchionni lands a decent elbow from side control.
Marchionni has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Marchionni scores with punches from side control.
Who's going to make the next move?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Loria can do anything to dispel that myth.
Loria wants to get back to his feet but Marchionni drags him back down.
Loria on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Marchionni scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Loria to see if he's OK.
Loria defending against the ground and pound.
Loria really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marchionni. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marchionni lands a few punches from side control.
Marchionni lands some shots froms side control.
Marchionni cracks Loria with a big right hand but Loria just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Marchionni laying and praying for a moment but Loria takes advantage and regains half guard.
Loria is trying to stand up here but Marchionni is controlling him well.
Pietro Marchionni overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Loria keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marchionni working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Marchionni thows a huge punch but Loria dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Marchionni there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pietro Marchionni dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Marchionni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Loria looks to score with a jab to the body but Marchionni is just out of range.
Marchionni throws a looping overhand right but Loria ducks down to avoid it.
A punch combination from Loria misses.
Marchionni with a hook.
Marchionni throws the left hand but Loria avoids the punch easily.
Loria forces Marchionni back against the cage and clinches.
Marchionni content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Loria lands a left hand.
Loria misses with the head strike.
Loria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loria throws a punch but it's blocked by Marchionni.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marchionni.
Loria's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Loria throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marchionni struggles to land a body shot inside as Loria controls his hands.
Marchionni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loria can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Loria fails to land.
Loria pushes off an throws an elbow but Marchionni leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loria has a couple of punches blocked by Marchionni.
Loria lands a nice uppercut.
Loria takes a shot to the head.
Marchionni scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Loria lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Loria throws a punch but it's blocked by Marchionni.
Loria misses with the head strike.
Marchionni misses with a punch to the body.
Marchionni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loria throws a punch but it's blocked by Marchionni.
Loria comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marchionni stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marchionni lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marchionni blocks the elbow strike.
Marchionni digs a right hand underneath Loria's ribcage. Loria let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marchionni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Loria up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Marchionni - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marchionni stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Loria misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Loria fails to land.
Marchionni blocks an elbow strike from Loria.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marchionni.
Loria lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Loria lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Marchionni - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Marchionni is struggling to control the position.
Marchionni seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Loria's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Loria being controlled against the cage.
Marchionni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loria being controlled against the cage.
Marchionni displaying some good clinch control by pressing Loria up against the cage.
Marchionni working aggressively here.
Marchionni scores with a shoulder strike.
Marchionni tries to throw a body punch but Loria avoids it by throwing Marchionni back against the cage.
Loria with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marchionni doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Loria misses with the head strike.
Marchionni gets through Loria's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Loria misses with an elbow strike.
Loria misses with a knee strike.
Marchionni working aggressively here.
Marchionni breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marchionni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marchionni misses with a straight left.
Marchionni cracks Loria with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loria. Marchionni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Loria on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Loria tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marchionni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marchionni slips a jab from Loria.
Loria digs a good hook to Marchionni's body.
Marchionni throws out a powerful jab.
Marchionni throws a body shot but no joy.
Loria tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marchionni paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marchionni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marchionni attempts a counter takedown but Loria avoids it well and moves away.
Nice shot lands for Marchionni.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pietro Marchionni showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marchionni has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pietro Marchionni!
Pietro Marchionni 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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