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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Vermicelli (ranked 24582 p4p, 25015 weight class) and Riccardo Isidoro (ranked 540 p4p, 535 weight class). Vermicelli comes to the cage accompanied by Gonna Fly Now. John Vermicelli has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Vermicelli !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Riccardo Isidoro!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vermicelli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Isidoro ducks under a wild hook from Vermicelli .
Vermicelli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Isidoro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vermicelli throws a head kick but Isidoro moves out of range.
Vermicelli slips a jab and a cross from Isidoro.
Vermicelli swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Isidoro misses with an uppercut
and Vermicelli makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vermicelli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Isidoro manages to avoid it.
Isidoro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vermicelli is looking to counter punch.
Isidoro lands a really nice looking cross but Vermicelli seems unphased.
Vermicelli ducks under a wild hook from Isidoro.
Isidoro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Some wild striking there from Vermicelli .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Isidoro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Isidoro lands a nice shot that snaps Vermicelli 's head back.
Isidoro throws a big shot that misses.
Vermicelli throws a body punch but Isidoro moves out of range.
Isidoro lands a really nice looking cross but Vermicelli seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Isidoro misses with a hook.
Isidoro has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Vermicelli .
Vermicelli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big left from Vermicelli misses.
Vermicelli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Isidoro on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Isidoro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vermicelli .
No joy there for Isidoro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vermicelli scores with a head kick. Isidoro tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Isidoro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Isidoro thows a leg kick but Vermicelli checks it
and Vermicelli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Isidoro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vermicelli changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vermicelli walks into a jab.
Isidoro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vermicelli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Isidoro might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vermicelli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Isidoro.
As Isidoro backs away, Vermicelli returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Isidoro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Isidoro misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vermicelli lands with a straight right. Isidoro didn't see that one coming.
Vermicelli jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vermicelli throws a good cross that connects.
Isidoro is rocked!
Vermicelli lands a jab to the nose.
Isidoro is still on wobbly legs! Can Vermicelli finish him?
Vermicelli lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Isidoro falls backwards - clearly groggy! Vermicelli dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Vermicelli !
John Vermicelli 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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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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