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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Gustafsson (ranked 251 p4p, 414 weight class) and Fabiano Capellio (ranked 37 p4p, 64 weight class). Simon Gustafsson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Fabiano Capellio's chin.
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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World class 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 35 - 27 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Gustafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fabiano Capellio!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capellio throws a hook but Gustafsson blocks it.
Gustafsson looks for a takedown but Capellio sprawls well.
No luck for Gustafsson with that takedown attempt.
Capellio throws a counter combo.
Gustafsson looks for a takedown but Capellio sprawls well.
Capellio is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Gustafsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustafsson tries for a takedown but Capellio circles away easily
and Capellio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Simon Gustafsson has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustafsson slips under a jab from Capellio.
Gustafsson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gustafsson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Capellio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gustafsson scrambles back to his feet.
Capellio misses with a looping left.
Gustafsson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Capellio's guard.
Capellio keeping full guard, as Gustafsson tries to pass.
Gustafsson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustafsson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gustafsson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Capellio felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Gustafsson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gustafsson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gustafsson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Capellio is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gustafsson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Capellio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gustafsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capellio is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gustafsson is controlling him well.
Gustafsson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Capellio is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gustafsson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Capellio is pushing Gustafsson's head away, looking to escape. Gustafsson manages to hold on to the position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gustafsson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gustafsson with the ground and pound but Capellio regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Gustafsson throwing shots but Capellio is blocking nicely.
Gustafsson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Capellio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gustafsson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gustafsson stops Capellio from getting back to his feet.
Gustafsson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gustafsson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gustafsson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Capellio sees it coming and defends easily.
Capellio tries to kick Gustafsson off but Gustafsson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Gustafsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Simon Gustafsson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Capellio scores with a kick to the body.
Capellio thuds his right hand into Gustafsson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gustafsson shoots and misses
and Capellio counters with a crisp right that sends Gustafsson to the canvas! Capellio follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fabiano Capellio!
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energy
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hype
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