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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Castiglione (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Damico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
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200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
23
212 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Francis Castiglione! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lou Damico! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Castiglione on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Damico wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Damico throws a shot from downtown. Castiglione moves away and avoids it. Jab, jab by Damico - just one landing. Castiglione tries to close the distance and clinch but Damico swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Damico is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Castiglione. Castiglione keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Damico, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Damico throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Castiglione misses with a double jab
and Damico connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Castiglione is rocked! Lou Damico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Damico throws a hook to the side of Castiglione's head but Castiglione sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Damico throws a big shot that misses. Castiglione uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damico.
That's one minute gone in the round. Castiglione lands a with a good body shot. Damico tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Castiglione was well out of range. Poor timing from Damico. Castiglione takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Oh Castiglione is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Damico looks to throw the jab but Castiglione is out of range. Damico misses with a hook. Castiglione ducked under it nicely. Castiglione seems to have got his legs back now. Damico fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damico throws a jab when Castiglione was well out of range. Damico fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Castiglione manages to avoid it. Castiglione avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Castiglione drops his hands momentarily and Damico takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Castiglione dives in and grabs Damico's left leg, looking for a takedown. Damico pushes down on Castiglione's head and hops out. Castiglione ducks under a wild hook from Damico. Damico throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Castiglione counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Castiglione on the wrong end of a nice hook. This has been an exciting period of action! Castiglione misses with a double jab
and Damico counters with a crisp right that sends Castiglione to the canvas! Damico follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lou Damico!
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
80% |
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