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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Del Geno (ranked 4532 p4p, 4862 weight class) and Soloman Grundy (ranked 208 p4p, 223 weight class). Grundy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Legends of Tomorrow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paolo Del Geno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soloman Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Geno gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Del Geno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Del Geno definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Del Geno lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Del Geno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Del Geno throws a head punch that misses.
Del Geno misses with a punch on the inside.
Del Geno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grundy is defending well for now.
Del Geno lands with a light punch inside.
Del Geno scores with a nice hook to the head.
Del Geno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Del Geno lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Del Geno.
Grundy avoids a wild elbow strike from Del Geno.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Del Geno.
Del Geno throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Geno pushes off an throws an elbow but Grundy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Del Geno lands with a short shot to the head.
Grundy working aggressively here.
Grundy has a couple of punches blocked by Del Geno.
Del Geno throws a head punch that misses.
Del Geno lands with a short shot to the head.
Del Geno throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grundy misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Geno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Del Geno.
Grundy misses with an uppercut. Del Geno saw that one coming.
Del Geno clinches.
Grundy working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Grundy fails to land.
Del Geno lands a shoulder strike.
Grundy blocks an uppercut.
Grundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Del Geno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Del Geno blocks an uppercut.
Grundy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Grundy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Del Geno backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grundy blocks an uppercut.
Grundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Del Geno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Del Geno misses with a punch on the inside.
Del Geno misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Geno can't find room to land a body shot as Grundy controls the action.
Grundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Del Geno's elbow.
Grundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Del Geno throws a punch but it's blocked by Grundy.
Grundy can't find room to land a body shot as Del Geno controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Del Geno.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Del Geno has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Grundy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Del Geno misses with the head strike.
Grundy lands a body punch.
Grundy working aggressively here.
Del Geno throws an elbow but it misses.
Del Geno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Del Geno is stalling here.
Del Geno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Del Geno controlling the action here for a moment.
Del Geno breaks from the clinch.
Del Geno keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grundy.
A little feinted left hand from Del Geno on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Del Geno misses with an uppercut
letting Grundy counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Geno lands a slapping body shot.
Grundy throws a hook but Del Geno blocks it.
Del Geno tries to counter by clinching up but Grundy breaks away and moves out of range.
Del Geno moves into the clinch.
Grundy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Del Geno working aggressively here.
Grundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Grundy as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Grundy fails to land.
Del Geno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Del Geno throws a punch but it's blocked by Grundy.
Grundy misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Del Geno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Grundy.
Grundy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Del Geno's elbow.
Del Geno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Del Geno lands a shoulder strike.
Grundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grundy throws a punch but it's blocked by Del Geno.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Geno pushes Grundy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Del Geno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grundy's efforts to push away.
Grundy looking to throw knees to the head but Del Geno is blocking nicely.
Del Geno stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Del Geno fails to land.
Grundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grundy working aggressively here.
Del Geno lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grundy.
Del Geno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Del Geno lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Del Geno has a couple of punches blocked by Grundy.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grundy has had enough of the clinch but Del Geno keeps him there for the moment.
Grundy lands a nice shot to the body.
Del Geno is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Del Geno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paolo Del Geno dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Grundy looks to throw the jab but Del Geno is out of range.
Del Geno scores with a hook.
Grundy throws a series of punches but Del Geno moves out of range.
Del Geno misses the jab.
Grundy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grundy lunges at Del Geno with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Del Geno's hand.
Del Geno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grundy.
Del Geno throws a right and a left that both miss.
Del Geno looks to land a left hand but Grundy moved out of range nicely.
Del Geno is looking to clinch.
Grundy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Del Geno blocks a jab.
Del Geno misses with an uppercut
and Grundy counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grundy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Del Geno walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Del Geno throws out a loose jab but Grundy uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grundy misses with a hook. Del Geno ducked under it nicely.
Del Geno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grundy can do to turn this around?
Grundy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Del Geno.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Geno fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grundy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Del Geno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grundy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grundy lands a slapping body shot.
A clash of legs there as Del Geno blocks the low kick.
Del Geno lands with an overhand left.
Del Geno defending well as Grundy loads up on a big left hand.
Grundy throws an overhand right that lands on Del Geno's shoulder, as Del Geno tries to avoid the shot.
Del Geno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grundy.
Del Geno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grundy.
Grundy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Grundy throws a hook but Del Geno blocks it.
Grundy throws a hook but Del Geno avoids it easily.
Grundy missing with a left hand there. Del Geno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Del Geno uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grundy.
Grundy misses with a hook.
Grundy misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy thows a leg kick but Del Geno checks it
and Del Geno counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Del Geno gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Del Geno throws a hook but Grundy avoids it easily.
Del Geno lands an overhand right.
Grundy looks to land a right hand but Del Geno moved out of range.
Grundy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Grundy misses.
Grundy missing with a left hand there. Del Geno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Del Geno throws the left hand but Grundy avoids the punch easily.
Grundy throws an off balance right hand
and Del Geno cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the liver by Grundy. Beautiful body shot.
Del Geno looks to land a right hand but Grundy moved out of range.
Grundy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Del Geno is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Grundy slips a straight right by Del Geno.
Del Geno throws a lazy right hand but Grundy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Del Geno takes a swing at Grundy's ribcage but misses.
Grundy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Grundy moves away from the strike by Del Geno.
Del Geno bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Geno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grundy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Del Geno ducks under a wild hook from Grundy.
Del Geno throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grundy counters with a nice uppercut.
Grundy cracks Del Geno with a right hand to the side of the head.
Del Geno throws a hook to the side of Grundy's head but Grundy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Del Geno misses with a hook. Grundy ducked under it nicely.
Grundy throws a lazy uppercut
and Del Geno counters with a stiff right hand.
Grundy misses with a leg kick.
Grundy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Del Geno scores with a jab to the jaw.
Del Geno doesn't manage to clinch there - Grundy circles away.
Grundy moves away from the strike by Del Geno.
Grundy throws a leg kick but Del Geno sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Del Geno is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Grundy catches Del Geno with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Del Geno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grundy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grundy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Del Geno counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Grundy misses.
Del Geno fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Grundy on the side of the head.
A jab from Grundy misses.
Grundy throws a big shot that misses.
Del Geno seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Del Geno throws a body punch but Grundy moves out of range.
Grundy throws a looping overhand right but Del Geno ducks down to avoid it.
Grundy swings for the body but Del Geno moves out of range.
Del Geno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Grundy staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Grundy.
Grundy scores with a nice head shot.
Grundy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Del Geno at a distance.
Del Geno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grundy misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grundy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Del Geno on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Soloman Grundy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Del Geno's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Del Geno throws out a loose jab but Grundy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grundy ducks under a wild hook from Del Geno.
Grundy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Del Geno manages to avoid it.
Del Geno cracks Grundy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grundy with a jab.
Del Geno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grundy counters with a straight right hand.
Del Geno tries to clinch up but Grundy circles away and keeps his distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grundy, as that shot connected.
Grundy throws a lazy right hand but Del Geno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grundy missing with a left hand there. Del Geno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Del Geno is looking to counter punch.
Del Geno closes the distance but Grundy moves to the side
and Del Geno takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Geno takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Del Geno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grundy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Grundy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Del Geno misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Grundy.
Grundy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Grundy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Geno misses with a hook.
Del Geno checks a leg kick.
Del Geno blocks a jab.
Del Geno throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Grundy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Del Geno, as that shot connected.
Grundy cracks Del Geno with a good jab.
Grundy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Del Geno scores with a sloppy right hand. Grundy should have avoided that one.
Del Geno throws a poor cross that misses
and Grundy counters with a straight right hand.
Del Geno moves out of range as Grundy strikes.
Grundy looks to score with a jab to the body but Del Geno is just out of range.
Grundy throws a lazy uppercut
and Del Geno counters with a stiff right hand.
Del Geno cracks Grundy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Grundy misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grundy cracks Del Geno with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy is looking to score with low kicks.
Grundy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grundy misses with an uppercut
and Del Geno counters with a straight right hand.
Del Geno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grundy looks to land a combination but Del Geno avoids it well.
Grundy loads up on a big right hand but Del Geno slips the punch.
Grundy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Del Geno takes a swing at Grundy's ribcage but misses.
Grundy lands a nice looking body shot.
Grundy missing with a left hand there. Del Geno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Del Geno blocks a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grundy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Del Geno has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Del Geno and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Del Geno is looking to counter the offense by Grundy and move into the clinch.
Del Geno throws a jab when Grundy was well out of range.
Del Geno cracks Grundy with a good jab.
Del Geno swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grundy counters with a straight right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Grundy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Grundy! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy tries to keep at a distance but Del Geno has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Grundy.
Grundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grundy misses with some punches.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grundy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Del Geno looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Del Geno lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grundy backwards.
Del Geno misses with an elbow strike.
Del Geno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Del Geno pushes Grundy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Grundy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Del Geno scores with a shoulder strike.
Del Geno working aggressively here.
Del Geno breaks the clinch.
Del Geno fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Geno throws a body punch but Grundy moves out of range.
Grundy throws out a counter right but Del Geno avoids it with no problem.
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!
Grundy scores with a leg kick.
Del Geno checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Del Geno bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grundy throws a hook to the side of Del Geno's head but Del Geno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Del Geno checks the leg kick nicely there.
Del Geno ducks under a wild hook from Grundy.
Del Geno tries to clinch but Grundy is having none of it.
Del Geno misses with a looping left.
Grundy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Del Geno counters by clinching up.
Del Geno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grundy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Del Geno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Grundy misses with a body punch.
Del Geno misses with some punches.
Grundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paolo Del Geno.
I think Del Geno 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Paolo Del Geno!
Our winner, Paolo Del Geno, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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