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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Coppola (ranked 4832 p4p, 4131 weight class) and Theodore Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coppola comes to the cage accompanied by Duality. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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201 cm 22 210 3 - 12 - 0 |
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190 cm 30 215 7 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt Solid boxing Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt World class MT Good gas tank |
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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 3 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Salvatore Coppola! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theodore Rothschild! The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Coppola wants to clinch and Rothschild counters with a nice kick to the body. Rothschild connects with the punch. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rothschild. Coppola shrugs it off though. Rothschild fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Coppola wants to land a leg kick but Rothschild is out of range. Rothschild throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Coppola on the side of the head. Rothschild dips down and scores with a jab to the body. We've been hearing reports that Coppola has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight. Rothschild keeps the fight on the outside. Rothschild throws a good cross that connects.
Rothschild comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. This has been an exciting period of action! Rothschild changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Coppola doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Rothschild has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Rothschild lands a nice shot to the body.
Coppola is breathing heavily.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Rothschild scores with a jab to the head.
Rothschild scores with a punch to the head. Rothschild cracks Coppola with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. BOOM! Rothschild lands a beautiful left hook that drops Coppola. Coppola tries to recover but Rothschild is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Coppola lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Theodore Rothschild!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
73% |
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