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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Damato (ranked 2645 p4p, 2897 weight class) and Keir Toal (ranked 216 p4p, 232 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Damato might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Thunderstruck. Toal has chosen Irish Pub Song as his entrance music. Keir Toal struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. This should be a great matchup!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous GnP
Good kicks
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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 20 - 44 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocco Damato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keir Toal!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato tries for a takedown but Toal sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Toal releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Damato throws a hook but Toal avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Toal on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Damato finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Toal looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Toal. Damato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damato throws a combination that misses
and Damato takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Damato gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Toal counter with a right hand.
Damato tries to clinch up but Toal circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice side step and Toal releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Damato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toal slips a jab and a cross from Damato.
Damato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Toal lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Toal clinches.
Damato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato blocks a body shot from Toal.
Damato wants to take the fight to the mat but Toal manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Damato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Damato has had enough of the clinch but Toal keeps him there for the moment.
Toal tries a body shot but Damato blocks it.
Toal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Damato is trying to pull guard but Toal has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocco Damato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toal tries a body shot but Damato blocks it.
Toal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Damato pulls guard effortlessly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato looking to control but Toal passes into half guard.
Damato is looking to improve his position.
Damato is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Toal pulls his head out easily.
Toal with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Damato trying to control from the bottom.
Damato misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Toal working over Damato with some ground and pound. Damato looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Toal controlling the pace.
Damato trying to hold on to Toal's head to control him but Toal postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato tries to get to full guard but Toal has control of the leg.
Damato regains full guard. Nicely done.
Damato had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Toal defends it easily.
Toal engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Damato throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Damato seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Damato tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Damato being controlled here, momentarily.
Damato has momentary wrist control but Toal slips an elbow through the middle.
Damato is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Damato is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Damato is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Damato is working for a submission of some sort.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Keir Toal will probably get the nod.
That's time! Damato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Damato throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
As Damato backs off Toal throws a huge counter combo but Damato manages to avoid it all.
Damato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Toal.
Toal staying out of range there.
Toal replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Damato blocks it well.
Damato throws a leg kick that is checked
and Toal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damato pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Toal back to the cage. Damato follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Damato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Toal with the counter takedown but Damato avoids it easily.
Damato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Toal makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Damato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Toal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damato throws a leg kick that is checked
and Toal counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Damato!
Damato bucks up and tries to throw Toal off but instead Toal has got his back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toal avoiding Damato 's attempts to control his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato tries to roll but Toal sticks to his back.
Toal really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Damato. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Toal controlling from the back.
Damato tries to roll but Toal sticks to his back.
Toal is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Toal is trying to stick to Damato's back but Damato is turning into Toal. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Toal's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Damato.
Damato looking to pass the guard.
Damato trying to control the position from guard on top but Toal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Toal utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rocco Damato overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Damato pushing down on Toal's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Damato throwing shots but Toal is blocking nicely.
Toal trying to control here.
Damato is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Toal defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato prevents Toal from improving his position.
Damato is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Toal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Toal is defending against the submission attempts here by Damato.
Toal regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Damato postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toal keeping full guard, as Damato tries to pass.
Damato trying to control the position from guard on top but Toal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Damato working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Damato has gone for a leg lock! Toal slips out almost immediately though and dives into Damato's guard.
Damato looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Damato is looking to stand up but Toal isn't so interested in that idea.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rocco Damato will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Damato throws a left and a right that both miss
and Toal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Damato is defended easily by Toal.
Toal is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Damato fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Damato shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Toal counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocco Damato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damato misses with a right hand
and Toal counters with a left to the body.
Damato shoots in for a takedown but Toal shows good takedown defense.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Toal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toal slows the pace down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damato can't do much from the bottom here.
A lull in the action here as Toal stalls from top position.
Toal's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Toal tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Damato wants to control but Toal postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Toal just content to control the position.
Damato tries to buck Toal off but Toal is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Damato's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Toal moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato looks to throw a body kick
and Toal makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Toal displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Damato.
Toal is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Damato lands with a straight right. Toal didn't see that one coming.
Damato drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Damato looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Toal is avoiding damage well.
Damato is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Toal knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Toal is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Damato yanks on the arm and Toal is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Damato.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rocco Damato!
Rocco Damato decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Keir Toal was interviewed post fight and said 'I will be better!'.
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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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