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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michele Albertini (ranked 2764 p4p, 3396 weight class) and Sato Ngata (ranked 331 p4p, 399 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michele Albertini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sato Ngata!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albertini takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Sato Ngata has been cut.
Albertini closes the distance and clinches.
Ngata breaks the clinch.
Albertini scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ngata gets a double leg takedown into Albertini's guard.
Albertini trying to control the position here.
Ngata scoring with some ground and pound.
Ngata is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Albertini throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Albertini seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Albertini is looking to sweep but instead, Ngata has passed into half guard.
Ngata is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Albertini wants to get back to full guard.
Albertini tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Ngata has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Albertini defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Ngata.
A nice elbow there by Ngata.
Ngata can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Albertini is looking to escape.
Ngata cracks Albertini with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albertini bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Albertini with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Albertini throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Albertini looking to sit in guard and control but Ngata gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Albertini avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ngata passes Albertini's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ngata prevents Albertini from standing back up.
Ngata wants to take a breather but Albertini is having none of it.
Ngata seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngata is nestled in close to Albertini, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ngata looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Albertini tries to roll over but Ngata keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ngata looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sato Ngata dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sato Ngata's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ngata throws a head kick but Albertini moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ngata's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Albertini scores with a decent looking hook.
Oooooh!!! Albertini has knocked Ngata down with a huge combo! Albertini steps away and waves a wobbly Ngata back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Ngata is rocked!
Albertini lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Ngata - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Albertini!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michele Albertini!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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