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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vadius Highwind (ranked 892 p4p, 1659 weight class) and Cesare Tiramanti (ranked 137 p4p, 263 weight class). Cesare Tiramanti acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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186 cm 24 216 8 - 5 - 0 |
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185 cm 36 207 34 - 22 - 2 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Very quick |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Powerful |
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadius Highwind! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 34 - 22 - 2, fighting out of New York, Cesare Tiramanti! The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Highwind swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Tiramanti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Highwind. No joy there for Highwind, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Highwind takes a shot right to the bread basket. Tiramanti cracks Highwind with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Highwind listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Highwind throws a right hand that Tiramanti ducks under and follows up with a left that Tiramanti also avoids with ease. Tiramanti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Tiramanti has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Highwind throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tiramanti. Tiramanti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Tiramanti cracks Highwind with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Tiramanti staying out of range there. Tiramanti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Highwind misses the jab. Highwind ducks under a wild hook from Tiramanti. Highwind with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tiramanti misses with a wild body shot. A swing and a miss from Highwind. Donk. Tiramanti catches Highwind right on the button with a cross. Highwind walks into a left hand. A nice leg kick lands there from Tiramanti. Highwind misses with a straight right. Tiramanti moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Tiramanti connects with a body shot. Tiramanti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Highwind. A little feinted left hand from Highwind on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. A solid body kick from Tiramanti. Highwind looks to land a left hand but Tiramanti moved out of range nicely. A big left from Highwind misses. Highwind has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tiramanti. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Highwind misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tiramanti is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here. Tiramanti looks to land a body kick but Highwind moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Highwind throws a shot from downtown. Tiramanti moves away and avoids it. Highwind scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Highwind fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Highwind misses with a double jab
and Tiramanti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Tiramanti keeps Highwind at a distance using the push kick. Tiramanti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Highwind had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. Highwind misses with a wild combination.
Tiramanti misses the jab. A little feinted left hand from Highwind on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Tiramanti rushes Highwind with punches - Highwind moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Highwind goes down! Tiramanti follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesare Tiramanti! Cesare Tiramanti was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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