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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony De Luca (ranked 4377 p4p, 3648 weight class) and Andrea Buticchio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony De Luca had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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190 cm 22 181 0 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm 25 170 1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Inexperienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony De Luca! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andrea Buticchio! The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Buticchio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Luca is looking to counter with a body kick. Buticchio throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Buticchio throws a jab when De Luca was well out of range. De Luca throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Buticchio on the side of the head. Buticchio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Luca manages to avoid it. De Luca takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Buticchio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Luca takes a body punch but keeps moving. Buticchio throws a lazy right hand but De Luca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. De Luca throws a quick counter head kick but Buticchio was just out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Buticchio avoids the head kick by De Luca.
De Luca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Buticchio. Buticchio misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling De Luca to counter with a crisp jab. De Luca moves forwards but Buticchio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Buticchio throws a hook but De Luca blocks it. De Luca takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. De Luca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Buticchio throws a hook to the side of De Luca's head but De Luca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Buticchio throws a right hand that misses
and De Luca counters with a head kick. Buticchio throws a jab but it's blocked by De Luca. Buticchio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Luca. Buticchio just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDe Luca. De Luca swings and misses with a shot to the body and Buticchio counters with a straight right hand. De Luca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buticchio. Buticchio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Luca.
De Luca was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. De Luca avoids the body shot from Buticchio.
Buticchio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Luca manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Buticchio takes a swing at De Luca's ribcage but misses. A big right from De Luca misses. De Luca takes one on the button. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Buticchio throws a lazy right hand but De Luca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Buticchio connects with a body shot that sends De Luca's belly button to the back. Buticchio throws out a token jab with nothing on it. De Luca gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
De Luca is rocked! De Luca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oh De Luca is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! De Luca glances at the clock... BAM! Buticchio nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends De Luca crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, De Luca is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andrea Buticchio!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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