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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Coppola (ranked 5364 p4p, 2408 weight class) and Darius Thibodeaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coppola comes to the cage accompanied by Duality. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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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 11 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Salvatore Coppola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Thibodeaux checks a leg kick.
Coppola shoots in looking for a takedown. Thibodeaux tries to sprawl out of it but Coppola keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thibodeaux manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux misses with a straight right.
Coppola scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coppola shoots in looking for a takedown. Thibodeaux tries to sprawl out of it but Coppola keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thibodeaux manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Coppola gets the takedown into side control.
Thibodeaux felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Coppola postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Coppola wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Thibodeaux, who protects the arm well.
Coppola is trying to get an arm triangle but Thibodeaux is defending well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thibodeaux can do anything to dispel that myth.
Coppola tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Coppola trying to control the action but Thibodeaux is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coppola is trying to get an arm triangle but Thibodeaux is defending well.
Coppola wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Thibodeaux, who protects the arm well.
Coppola thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Thibodeaux tries to improve position but can't.
That's four 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.
Coppola looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Thibodeaux is avoiding damage well.
Coppola working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Coppola trying to control the action but Thibodeaux is working from the bottom.
Coppola misses with the ground and pound.
Coppola working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Coppola wants to control but Thibodeaux is keeping him busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Salvatore Coppola dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Coppola fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thibodeaux avoids it really well and circles away.
Thibodeaux doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Darius Thibodeaux has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thibodeaux connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coppola closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thibodeaux circles away.
Thibodeaux scores with the left hand. Coppola knows he should have avoided that one.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Coppola.
Thibodeaux throws Coppola to one side and escapes!
Darius Thibodeaux is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coppola circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Thibodeaux. Coppola falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Thibodeaux!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darius Thibodeaux!
A very excited looking Darius Thibodeaux 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
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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