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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Author Fonzarelli (ranked 2748 p4p, 6305 weight class) and Trdat Armenian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Author Fonzarelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Trdat Armenian!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fonzarelli closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Armenian to the mat! Armenian manages to get full guard.
Fonzarelli preventing the sweep.
Armenian working a defensive guard here.
Fonzarelli will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Armenian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Armenian looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fonzarelli stands up over Armenian, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fonzarelli working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fonzarelli lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armenian trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Fonzarelli showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fonzarelli stands up over Armenian, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fonzarelli trying to control the position from guard on top but Armenian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fonzarelli sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Armenian is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fonzarelli wants to pass the guard but Armenian is keeping the position.
Armenian wants to get back to his feet but Fonzarelli is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fonzarelli stands up over Armenian, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fonzarelli content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fonzarelli lands a couple of digs.
Fonzarelli sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Armenian trying to control the position.
Fonzarelli scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Armenian pulls Fonzarelli in close to prevent any damage.
Fonzarelli lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armenian can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fonzarelli controls the pace.
Armenian is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fonzarelli showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fonzarelli 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.
Armenian working a defensive guard here.
Fonzarelli is working Armenian over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Armenian can't keep his opponent in guard - Fonzarelli advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fonzarelli scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fonzarelli connects with a nice short shot to Armenian's temple.
Fonzarelli content to control rather than advance.
Fonzarelli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Armenian keeps working.
Fonzarelli drops an elbow to the side of Armenian's head.
Fonzarelli perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ground and pound from Fonzarelli.
Armenian is looking to improve his position.
Armenian looks winded!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, Fonzarelli seems content to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Author Fonzarelli dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
No joy there for Armenian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fonzarelli changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Armenian looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fonzarelli in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Armenian taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fonzarelli remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Fonzarelli lands a few punches from side control.
Fonzarelli lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fonzarelli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Armenian keeps working.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Armenian has eaten all the pies!
Armenian taking a bit of punishment here - Fonzarelli scoring with strikes.
Fonzarelli taking a breather here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fonzarelli working the head with strikes.
Fonzarelli cracks Armenian with a big elbow.
Fonzarelli cracks Armenian with a big right hand but Armenian just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Armenian on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Armenian is being controlled here.
Fonzarelli connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Armenian some visible discomfort.
Armenian is trying to control Fonzarelli's posture but Fonzarelli avoids it.
Armenian on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fonzarelli scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Armenian to see if he's OK.
Armenian takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Armenian is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armenian taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fonzarelli working the body and head with strikes.
Fonzarelli scores with a couple of short elbows.
Armenian is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fonzarelli is chipping away with strikes.
Armenian is still in real trouble! Can Fonzarelli finish him?
Fonzarelli cracks Armenian with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Fonzarelli immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Armenian is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Fonzarelli!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Author Fonzarelli!
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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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