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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ettore Gazzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leornardo St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre has chosen Down And Out- Tantric as his entrance music. Ettore Gazzo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leornardo St Pierre's chin.
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ettore Gazzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leornardo St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gazzo has managed to clinch.
Gazzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gazzo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Gazzo from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gazzo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gazzo wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
St Pierre is trying to control the position from the bottom.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Gazzo from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St Pierre is striking off his back. Gazzo thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Gazzo prevents St Pierre from improving his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Gazzo circles away easily
and Gazzo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre is wriggling around but Gazzo manages to pass to half guard.
Gazzo slows the pace down in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gazzo decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
St Pierre misses with a takedown attempt
and Gazzo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gazzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gazzo moves into the clinch.
St Pierre taking a breather.
St Pierre looks gassed!
St Pierre gets underhooks to prevent Gazzo's takedown attempt.
Gazzo jumps guard but St Pierre stands there with Gazzo around his waist. Gazzo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
St Pierre trying to stall but Gazzo improves his position.
Gazzo misses with a knee to the head.
Gazzo has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed St Pierre clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is taking damage to the body and head.
Gazzo controlling well, preventing St Pierre from escaping the position.
Gazzo trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure St Pierre doesn't escape.
Gazzo lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gazzo trying to control momentarily.
St Pierre rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
St Pierre trying to hold on to Gazzo's head to control him but Gazzo postures up.
Gazzo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gazzo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gazzo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gazzo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ettore Gazzo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
St Pierre sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gazzo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St Pierre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gazzo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gazzo tries to close the distance and clinch but St Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St Pierre gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gazzo counters with a single leg into guard. St Pierre didn't expect that.
St Pierre throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Gazzo trying to control but St Pierre is working from the bottom.
Gazzo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gazzo is looking to work some ground and pound but St Pierre has wrist control.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gazzo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
St Pierre takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gazzo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gazzo swinging wilding here.
St Pierre gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gazzo prevents St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
Gazzo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gazzo sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is striking off his back. Gazzo thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
St Pierre trying to hold on to Gazzo's head to control him but Gazzo postures up.
Gazzo slows the pace down in half guard.
Gazzo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to improve his position.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
Gazzo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
St Pierre is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Gazzo pulls his head out easily.
Gazzo seems to be working for a kimura but St Pierre defends the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gazzo lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gazzo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ettore Gazzo dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Gazzo throws a head kick but St Pierre moves out of range.
Gazzo scores with a hook.
Gazzo throws a sloppy head kick and St Pierre moves out of range easily.
Gazzo with a poor takedown
and St Pierre moves into the clinch.
Gazzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ettore Gazzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gazzo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gazzo swats away the attempt to clinch by St Pierre.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Pierre doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gazzo counters with a nice double leg into side control. St Pierre won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on St Pierre's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ettore Gazzo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gazzo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gazzo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but St Pierre is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gazzo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gazzo laying and praying for a moment but St Pierre takes advantage and regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
St Pierre gets full guard.
St Pierre wants to sweep here but Gazzo controlling him for the moment.
St Pierre working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now St Pierre is on top in guard.
Gazzo has his feet on St Pierre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gazzo scores with a takedown into St Pierre's guard.
Gazzo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
St Pierre looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre wants to control the position but Gazzo says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Ettore Gazzo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gazzo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
St Pierre trying to control here.
Gazzo trying to control the pace.
Gazzo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ettore Gazzo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gazzo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ettore Gazzo!
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