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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Giovanni (ranked 1804 p4p, 2060 weight class) and Donnie Larkin (ranked 265 p4p, 285 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sonny Giovanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donnie Larkin!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Ben Hemmingworth and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giovanni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Giovanni misses the jab.
Larkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Giovanni throws a hook but Larkin blocks it.
The crowd cheers as Giovanni lands an impressive looking overhand right. Larkin doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Donnie Larkin has been cut.
Giovanni scores with a nice body kick.
Giovanni moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Giovanni swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Giovanni moves away from the strike by Larkin.
Larkin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Giovanni sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Larkin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Giovanni looks for the body kick but Larkin saw that one coming.
Larkin misses with a left hand
and Giovanni counters with a left to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giovanni misses with a leg kick.
Larkin scores with a nice strike.
Nice straight punches there by Larkin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Larkin.
Giovanni connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Giovanni lands a jab to the head.
Larkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giovanni.
Nice defenses there by Giovanni.
A nice leg kick lands there from Giovanni.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larkin scores with a sloppy right hand. Giovanni should have avoided that one.
Giovanni lands with a big left! Larkin is wobbled badly! Giovanni comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Larkin to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sonny Giovanni!
In his post fight interview, Sonny Giovanni started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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FIGHT
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