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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felix Jaroslav (ranked 2236 p4p, 2473 weight class) and Rocco Damato (ranked 148 p4p, 160 weight class). Jaroslav comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound of Running Feet. Damato has chosen Thunderstruck as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 36 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Jaroslav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocco Damato!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato avoids the head kick by Jaroslav.
Damato tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaroslav swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Damato looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jaroslav.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Damato wants to clinch up but Jaroslav keeps it at a distance.
Damato walks into a straight right hand from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav throws a head kick but Damato moves out of range.
Damato throws out a powerful jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Damato has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Damato clobbers Jaroslav with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Damato cracks a nice hook into Jaroslav's ribs.
Jaroslav with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jaroslav slips a straight right by Damato.
Damato thuds a left hand into Jaroslav's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damato getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rocco Damato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jaroslav avoids the head kick by Damato.
Jaroslav tries to move into range but Damato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jaroslav is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Damato.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jaroslav counters with a series of strikes. Damato will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jaroslav pushes Damato up against the cage in a clinch.
Damato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Damato prevents a body shot from Jaroslav.
Damato is trying to break the clinch but Jaroslav has him pressed against the cage.
Jaroslav escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jaroslav misses with a few strikes there.
Damato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Damato connects with a right hand. Jaroslav shakes it off.
Damato lands the left hand.
Damato takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jaroslav.
Jaroslav throws a push kick but Damato slaps the foot to one side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaroslav loads up on a big right hand but Damato slips the punch.
Damato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Damato lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jaroslav misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jaroslav throws a shot to the body.
Damato is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jaroslav had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Damato avoids the body shot from Jaroslav.
Damato blocks a head kick by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damato moves into the clinch successfully.
Jaroslav managing to block the knees to the body from Damato.
Jaroslav works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jaroslav pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Damato misses the shot to the body.
Jaroslav feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Felix Jaroslav is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damato takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Damato jabs Jaroslav right on the nose. Jaroslav blinks but takes it well.
Damato works over Jaroslav's head and body with a nice combination.
Jaroslav takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Damato slips under a jab.
Damato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jaroslav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Jaroslav misses the target.
Jaroslav on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Damato on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jaroslav. Jaroslav obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Some wild striking there from Damato.
Jaroslav misses with a kick to the body
and Damato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Damato moves out of range of the body kick from Jaroslav.
Damato swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jaroslav.
Damato misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A leg kick checked by Damato.
Jaroslav connects with a solid leg kick.
Damato changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jaroslav tries to avoid it but Damato manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jaroslav to the ground. Jaroslav escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
As Damato looks to move away, Jaroslav throws a big counter combo but Damato just gets out of the way.
Jaroslav has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Damato finds it's way round the side to connect with Jaroslav's head.
Damato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaroslav will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jaroslav slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Damato punishes Jaroslav's body with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jaroslav misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Damato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Damato misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jaroslav doesn't seem bothered though.
Damato punishes Jaroslav's body with a nice straight punch.
Jaroslav moves in looking to clinch but Damato pushes him off.
Damato wants to land a leg kick but Jaroslav is out of range.
Jaroslav is looking to counter with head kicks.
Damato scores with a punch to the head.
Damato connects with a single shot there.
Damato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Damato lands a lovely overhand right.
Damato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Damato!
Damato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Damato thuds a left hand into Jaroslav's body.
Damato connects with a body shot that sends Jaroslav's belly button to the back.
Damato throws a series of punches but Jaroslav avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaroslav connects with a leg kick.
Damato shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jaroslav but Jaroslav pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Felix Jaroslav has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocco Damato.
Damato swings for the body but Jaroslav moves out of range.
Jaroslav takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rocco Damato dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jaroslav is looking to slow Damato down with leg kicks.
Damato's corner calls for a 1-2. Damato obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Damato.
Jaroslav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damato moves away.
Damato lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jaroslav throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damato throws a one two combo.
Damato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jaroslav manages to break the clinch.
Jaroslav walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaroslav looks to score with a jab to the body but Damato is just out of range.
Damato throws a hook to the side of Jaroslav's head but Jaroslav sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Damato connects with a single shot there.
Jaroslav instigates a clinch.
Jaroslav struggles to land a body shot inside as Damato controls his hands.
Jaroslav controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato is trying to break free.
Jaroslav breaks the clinch.
Damato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Damato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Damato trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Damato is working Jaroslav over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Damato trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Damato drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Jaroslav manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Damato has Jaroslav in his guard.
Jaroslav postures up.
Damato has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Jaroslav is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato drags the fight down to the ground.
Jaroslav stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Damato swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Damato utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jaroslav stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Damato swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Damato keeping moving, preventing Jaroslav from controlling successfully.
Jaroslav is looking to stand up but Damato won't let him.
Jaroslav trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jaroslav pushing down on Damato's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato is trying to control but can't.
Damato manages to get to full guard.
Damato controls Jaroslav momentarily but Jaroslav frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jaroslav accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Damato keeping moving, preventing Jaroslav from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jaroslav looking to sit in guard and control but Damato gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Damato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav can't keep his opponent in guard - Damato advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jaroslav is looking to get back to is feet but Damato passes into side control.
Damato misses with the ground and pound.
Jaroslav wants to get back to his feet.
Damato throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Damato tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Damato has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Damato prevents Jaroslav from escaping the position.
Damato tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Damato has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rocco Damato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Damato cracks Jaroslav with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jaroslav avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jaroslav looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Damato fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Damato staying out of range there.
Damato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jaroslav takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jaroslav shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Damato eats them both and turns towards Jaroslav to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Damato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Damato shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jaroslav with a nice calf kick.
Jaroslav misses with the combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damato scores with a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Damato.
Jaroslav lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaroslav has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jaroslav there as he acknowledges the shot.
Damato lands with a hook. Jaroslav tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab lands there for Damato.
Jaroslav swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Damato scores with the left hand. Jaroslav knows he should have avoided that one.
Jaroslav throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jaroslav looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A leg kick checked by Jaroslav.
Damato scores with a nice strike.
Jab, jab by Jaroslav - just one landing.
A leg kick checked by Damato.
Damato fails with a takedown attempt.
Damato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaroslav.
Jaroslav is looking to chop away at Damato's legs.
Jaroslav lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaroslav missing with a left hand there. Damato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jaroslav throws the left hand but Damato avoids the punch easily.
Damato tries to clinch up but Jaroslav circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Damato fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaroslav looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Damato works Jaroslav's body with a nice hook.
Damato fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Felix Jaroslav has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocco Damato.
Jaroslav misses with a low kick.
Jaroslav throws a jab but it's blocked by Damato.
Damato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damato scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Damato takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Damato lands with an overhand left.
Nice cross by Damato.
Jaroslav walks into a jab.
Damato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jaroslav.
Jaroslav looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Damato lands a jab to Jaroslav's midsection.
Damato throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav ducks under a wild hook from Damato.
Jaroslav lands with a kick to the ribs.
Damato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jaroslav manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jaroslav scores with a push kick.
Damato will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jaroslav quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Damato just misses with a punch to the body.
Damato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jaroslav.
Damato ducks right into an uppercut from Jaroslav.
Damato tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jaroslav defends well and Damato ends up having to push Jaroslav into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jaroslav tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Damato manages to circle out of the way.
Damato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jaroslav misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Damato! But no joy.
Damato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jaroslav in his tracks.
Damato cracks Jaroslav with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Damato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Damato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaroslav.
Damato swings for the body but Jaroslav moves out of range.
Jaroslav tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Damato manages to circle out of the way.
Jaroslav goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damato fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jaroslav manages to avoid it.
Damato will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Damato throws a body shot but no joy.
Jaroslav has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jaroslav there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jaroslav pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Damato fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Damato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jaroslav can pounce on him.
Jaroslav uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Damato.
Jaroslav gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rocco Damato is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Damato walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jaroslav.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaroslav throws an overhand right that lands on Damato's shoulder, as Damato tries to avoid the shot.
Damato wants to counter with a clinch but Jaroslav pushes him away.
Jaroslav connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Damato throws out a loose jab but Jaroslav uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jaroslav wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Felix Jaroslav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Damato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Damato takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rocco Damato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Damato winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocco Damato!
During a confident post fight interview, Rocco Damato thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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