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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Dimitri (ranked 3414 p4p, 5657 weight class) and Nick Braulio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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185 cm
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marco Dimitri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Braulio!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.
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.
Dimitri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Braulio has time to react.
Dimitri misses with a hook.
Braulio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dimitri.
A big right from Braulio misses.
Braulio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dimitri slips a straight right by Braulio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dimitri swings widly with a right hand
and Braulio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitri throws a hook but Braulio avoids it easily.
Braulio throws a hook but Dimitri blocks it.
It looked like Dimitri wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Braulio misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Dimitri on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Braulio throws a hook but Dimitri blocks it.
Dimitri digs a good body shot into Braulio's ribs.
Braulio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Braulio scores with a nice right hand.
It looks like Marco Dimitri has been cut.
Braulio misses with a straight right.
Braulio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dimitri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Braulio misses with a body punch
and Dimitri counters with a stiff right hand.
Dimitri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braulio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dimitri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Braulio.
A big right from Braulio misses.
Dimitri was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Decent striking displayed by Braulio there.
Braulio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dimitri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braulio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braulio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dimitri.
Dimitri appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dimitri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Braulio.
Dimitri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braulio throws out a loose jab but Dimitri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimitri is looking to counter punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Dimitri misses the target.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Braulio takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Braulio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Dimitri's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Braulio defending well as Dimitri loads up on a big left hand.
Braulio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dimitri is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Braulio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dimitri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Braulio misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Dimitri on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheers as Dimitri lands an impressive looking overhand right. Braulio doesn't seem phased though.
Nick Braulio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dimitri misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braulio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braulio takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braulio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Dimitri to counter with a crisp jab.
Braulio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dimitri appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A jab from Dimitri misses.
Braulio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Braulio throws the left hand but Dimitri avoids the punch easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Dimitri misses its target.
Braulio misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri with a jab.
Braulio just misses with a punch to the body.
Dimitri swings widly with a right hand
and Braulio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dimitri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braulio moves away.
Dimitri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dimitri throwing a counter right hand but Braulio manages to avoid it.
Dimitri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braulio slips a jab from Dimitri.
A jab from Braulio does it's job there.
Braulio scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circling - Braulio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dimitri lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Braulio misses with a hook
and Dimitri makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braulio swings for the body but Dimitri moves out of range.
Braulio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Dimitri counter with a right hand.
Braulio misses with a straight left.
Braulio throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Dimitri to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dimitri moves forwards but Braulio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dimitri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braulio.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Dimitri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marco Dimitri's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Braulio misses with a straight left.
Dimitri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Braulio.
Braulio connects with a looping right hand.
Braulio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dimitri moves away.
Braulio misses with an uppercut. Dimitri saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dimitri.
Braulio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dimitri.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braulio misses with a left hand
and Braulio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Braulio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dimitri throws a big shot that misses.
Dimitri lands an overhand right.
Dimitri on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dimitri tests Braulio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braulio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dimitri moves away.
It looked like Dimitri was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Braulio.
Braulio throws a hook but Dimitri blocks it.
Dimitri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Braulio.
Braulio's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dimitri under the eye.
Dimitri staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braulio swings widly with a right hand
and Dimitri counters with a right hand to the body.
A big right from Dimitri misses.
Braulio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dimitri swings for the body but Braulio moves out of range.
Braulio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dimitri moves out of range of the strikes.
Dimitri throws a big shot that misses.
Braulio throws a big shot that misses.
Dimitri was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri moves out of range as Braulio strikes.
Dimitri slips a jab from Braulio.
Dimitri is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Braulio misses the jab.
Braulio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dimitri makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Braulio misses with an uppercut. Dimitri saw that one coming.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dimitri misses with a hook to the body
and Dimitri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Braulio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Braulio has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Braulio!
In his post fight interview, Nick Braulio started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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