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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casimiro Nicoletta (ranked 1244 p4p, 1031 weight class) and Ki Ruyjini (ranked 184 p4p, 156 weight class). Nicoletta comes into the arena with For Once In My Life blaring out of the sound system. Ruyjini has chosen 修羅の花 Shura no hana by Meiko Kaji as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
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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 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Casimiro Nicoletta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ki Ruyjini!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicoletta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ruyjini. Ruyjini circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Ki Ruyjini has been cut.
Ruyjini loads up on a big right hand but Nicoletta slips the punch.
Ruyjini checks the leg kick.
Nicoletta looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruyjini is just out of range.
Ruyjini misses with a straight left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ruyjini.
Nicoletta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nicoletta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruyjini blocks a body shot from Nicoletta.
Ruyjini struggles to land a body shot inside as Nicoletta controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruyjini.
Ruyjini manages to break the clinch.
Nicoletta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ruyjini throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nicoletta misses with the body kick
letting Ruyjini counter with a right hand.
Nicoletta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ruyjini 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.
Nicoletta blocks a head kick by Ruyjini.
Nicoletta misses with a hook. Ruyjini ducked under it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Nicoletta.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruyjini throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nicoletta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ruyjini moves into the clinch.
Nicoletta scores with a shoulder strike.
Nicoletta lands a left hand.
Nicoletta throws a head punch that misses.
Ruyjini tries a body shot but Nicoletta blocks it.
Nicoletta lands a right hand.
Nicoletta digs a right hand into Ruyjini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ruyjini's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nicoletta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruyjini misses with a punch on the inside.
Nicoletta cracks Ruyjini with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Nicoletta.
A head punch on the inside from Nicoletta fails to land.
Nicoletta blocking some punches.
Nicoletta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nicoletta pushes Ruyjini back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruyjini misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Ruyjini fails to land.
Nicoletta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nicoletta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nicoletta has a couple of punches blocked by Ruyjini.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruyjini misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ruyjini lands a left hand.
Nicoletta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nicoletta lands a nice uppercut.
Nicoletta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nicoletta can't find room to land a body shot as Ruyjini controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Ruyjini fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Ruyjini fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ruyjini.
Ruyjini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruyjini misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ruyjini trying to control the position but instead, Nicoletta has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ruyjini into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Nicoletta.
Ruyjini looks winded!
Nicoletta scores with a shoulder strike.
Ruyjini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nicoletta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nicoletta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ruyjini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nicoletta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nicoletta.
Nicoletta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nicoletta struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruyjini controls his hands.
Nicoletta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ruyjini backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nicoletta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nicoletta throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruyjini.
Ruyjini blocks a body shot from Nicoletta.
A short left from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ruyjini.
Ruyjini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Nicoletta fails to land.
Ruyjini prevents a body shot from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nicoletta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ruyjini backwards.
Ruyjini lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nicoletta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruyjini backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nicoletta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nicoletta digs a right hand into Ruyjini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ruyjini's gas tank.
Nicoletta working aggressively here.
Nicoletta misses with a punch to the body.
Nicoletta tries to throw a body punch but Ruyjini avoids it by throwing Nicoletta back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletta lands with a short shot to the head.
Nicoletta tries to throw a body punch but Ruyjini avoids it by throwing Nicoletta back against the cage.
Nicoletta lands an uppercut.
Ruyjini misses with a punch to the body.
Ruyjini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nicoletta's elbow.
Nicoletta swings wildly with an uppercut but Ruyjini uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nicoletta.
Nicoletta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nicoletta struggles to land a body shot inside as Ruyjini controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Nicoletta.
A body shot lands from Nicoletta.
Nicoletta blocking some punches.
Nicoletta can't find room to land a body shot as Ruyjini controls the action.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nicoletta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruyjini backwards.
A short left from Nicoletta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nicoletta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nicoletta lands with a left to the head.
Nicoletta pushes Ruyjini back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nicoletta misses with a punch on the inside.
Nicoletta scores with a shoulder strike.
Ruyjini is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Casimiro Nicoletta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ki Ruyjini's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nicoletta connects with a body shot.
Nicoletta misses with a body kick.
Nicoletta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ruyjini takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ruyjini is still on wobbly legs! Can Nicoletta finish him?
Nicoletta throws an uppercut from hell that sends Ruyjini clean off his feet! He's out cold! Nicoletta stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Casimiro Nicoletta!
Casimiro Nicoletta seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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