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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Small Richard (ranked 746 p4p, 772 weight class) and Marco Natta (ranked 64 p4p, 66 weight class). Small Richard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Small Richard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Natta!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Natta misses the shot to the body.
Richard feinted with a counter takedown.
A big right from Natta misses.
Richard attempts a counter takedown but Natta avoids it well and moves away.
Natta throws a body shot but no joy.
Richard changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Natta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Natta throws the left hand but Richard avoids the punch easily.
Natta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Richard feinted with a counter takedown.
Natta misses with a hook. Richard ducked under it nicely.
Richard attempts a counter takedown but Natta avoids it well and moves away.
Natta misses the shot to the body.
Richard half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Richard jumps guard but Natta turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Natta jumps guard.
Richard works over Natta with some ground and pound from guard.
Natta has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Zombie MMA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natta looking to control.
Natta is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Richard is fighting to break Natta's control of his arms but Natta is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Richard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Richard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Richard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Natta has his hands on Richard's head, controlling the position.
Richard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Richard definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's two 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.
Richard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Richard wants to control from the top but Natta keeps moving.
Richard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Natta's head.
Richard scoring with some ground and pound.
Natta is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Richard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Richard controls from within his opponent's guard.
Natta keeping full guard, as Richard tries to pass.
Richard is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Natta is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Richard keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Natta's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richard wants to control from the top but Natta keeps moving.
Natta is pulling down on Richard's head to control his posture.
Richard works over Natta with some ground and pound from guard.
Richard trying to control but Natta is working from the bottom.
Natta is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Richard wants to pass the guard but Natta is keeping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Small Richard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Natta moves in looking to clinch but Richard pushes him off.
Richard feinted with a counter takedown.
Natta throws a body shot but no joy.
Natta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Richard was well out of range. Poor timing from Natta.
Richard tries to counter with a takedown but Natta is quick to defend against it.
Natta throws a body shot but no joy.
Richard feinted with a counter takedown.
Natta looks to land a right hand but Richard moved out of range.
Natta throws an overhand right that lands on Richard's shoulder, as Richard tries to avoid the shot.
Natta is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Richard rather than just go for the knockout.
Richard moves out of range of the strikes.
Richard keeps the fight on the outside.
Richard drops down looking for a counter takedown but Natta sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richard drops down looking for a counter takedown but Natta sprawls and moves away.
Natta tries to close the distance and clinch but Richard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Natta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richard moves away.
Richard attempts a counter takedown but Natta avoids it well and moves away.
Marco Natta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Natta throws an off balance right hand
and Richard counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natta is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Richard is aware though and is defending well.
Richard trying to control the position from guard on top but Natta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Small Richard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Richard postures up and lands a big shot to Natta's brow.
Richard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Natta is controlling Richard's posture.
Natta trying to keep a closed guard but Richard is proving a slippery customer.
Richard trying to control but Natta is working from the bottom.
Natta wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Richard is now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard wants to work for an arm triangle but Natta is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Richard is working for a kimura but Natta is defending it quite comfortably.
Richard is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Natta defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richard slips a nice elbow through Natta's hands, connecting with Natta's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Natta defends it well.
Richard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Natta is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Richard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Richard's back!
Natta is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Richard has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Natta has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Richard taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Natta doesn't care though - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marco Natta!
A very excited looking Marco Natta made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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