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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casimiro Nicoletta (ranked 1702 p4p, 2034 weight class) and Billy Wilson (ranked 258 p4p, 294 weight class). Nicoletta comes into the arena with For Once In My Life blaring out of the sound system. Wilson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Under the knife kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 cm 26 210 15 - 8 - 0 |
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192 cm 26 215 9 - 6 - 1 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer 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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casimiro Nicoletta! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Wilson! The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Wilson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nicoletta as he jumps to the side. Nicoletta swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Nicoletta lands with a nice body punch. Billy Wilson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Wilson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nicoletta's waist but Nicoletta gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wilson off to one side. Nicoletta throws a series of punches but Wilson moves out of range. Wilson looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Nicoletta pushes Wilson off and gets back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! This has been an exciting period of action! Nicoletta misses with an uppercut. Wilson saw that one coming. Nicoletta has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Wilson fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Casimiro Nicoletta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Wilson. Wilson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nicoletta pinned against the cage. Nicoletta gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Wilson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Wilson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Nicoletta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wilson. Nice cross by Wilson. Good shot there by Nicoletta. Nicoletta cracks Wilson 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 Wilson to stand back up!
Wilson is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round. Nicoletta catches Wilson with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Wilson forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Casimiro Nicoletta! An out of breath Casimiro Nicoletta thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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