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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casimiro Nicoletta (ranked 1124 p4p, 1734 weight class) and Anthony Lalime (ranked 172 p4p, 256 weight class). Nicoletta comes to the cage accompanied by For Once In My Life. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Casimiro Nicoletta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Lalime!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lalime misses with a shot to the body
and Nicoletta counters with a leg kick.
Nicoletta is looking to slow Lalime down with leg kicks.
Lalime connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Casimiro Nicoletta has been cut.
Nicoletta blocks a jab.
Nicoletta moves away from the strike by Lalime.
Lalime throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nicoletta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Anthony Lalime has been cut.
Nicoletta throws a low kick, looking for Lalime's leg but Lalime calmly moves out of range.
Nicoletta sets himself, and Lalime steps forward looking for the clinch! Nicoletta avoids it this time.
Nicoletta misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicoletta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lalime.
Lalime tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nicoletta cracks Lalime with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Nicoletta has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Lalime to stand back up!
Lalime is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lalime lands a jab to Nicoletta's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lalime looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lalime is still on wobbly legs! Can Nicoletta finish him?
Nicoletta takes a swing at Lalime's ribcage but misses.
Lalime jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lalime seems to have recovered his senses.
Nicoletta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nicoletta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lalime wants to counter with a clinch but Nicoletta pushes him away.
Nicoletta misses with a low kick.
Nicoletta swings for the body but Lalime moves out of range.
Lalime bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nicoletta swings for the body but Lalime moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nicoletta. Lalime does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lalime checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nicoletta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lalime lands a head shot.
Lalime scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Anthony Lalime seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicoletta throws out a loose jab but Lalime uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lalime ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nicoletta throws a push kick but Lalime slaps the foot to one side.
Lalime misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lalime scores with a nice right hand.
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!
Nicoletta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lalime lands a lovely overhand right.
Nicoletta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lalime in his tracks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lalime fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nicoletta manages to avoid it.
Lalime scores with a jab to the body.
Lalime throws a body punch but Nicoletta moves out of range.
Nicoletta thuds a left hand into Lalime's body.
Lalime misses with the combination.
Lalime misses with an uppercut
and Nicoletta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nicoletta lands a big right hand that sends Lalime crashing to the mat! Nicoletta stays standing though and waves Lalime back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lalime misses with a left hand
and Nicoletta counters with a huge right that knocks Lalime out cold! Nicoletta is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Casimiro Nicoletta!
Casimiro Nicoletta seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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