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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Rockafella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bisping comes to the cage accompanied by You Dont Know - 50 Cent. Antonio Rockafella has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Michael Bisping's chin.
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Bisping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Rockafella!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bisping pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rockafella plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bisping tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rockafella lands a front kick.
Bisping avoids the body shot from Rockafella.
Bisping feints and as Rockafella raises his hands in defense, Bisping changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bisping will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bisping trying to control but Rockafella is working from the bottom.
Bisping sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bisping postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bisping's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bisping looking to pass the guard.
Bisping passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rockafella, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bisping throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bisping trying to control the action but Rockafella is working from the bottom.
Bisping working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
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.
Bisping tries to move to mount but Rockafella blocks the move with his legs.
Bisping working the ground and pound but Rockafella is defending the strikes.
Rockafella really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bisping. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bisping working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bisping working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockafella is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bisping in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Rockafella tries to bench press Bisping off him but Bisping keeps the position.
Rockafella is letting Bisping control him for a moment.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rockafella blocks a head kick by Bisping.
Bisping throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rockafella lands a high kick!
Rockafella tries to clinch up.
Bisping delivers a nice body kick.
Rockafella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bisping throws a lazy head kick
and Rockafella counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockafella swinging wilding here.
Rockafella throws a head kick that misses
and Bisping counters with a flying knee that drops Rockafella!
Bisping pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rockafella is keeping the position for now.
Rockafella looks gassed!
Bisping passes easily into side control. Nice work.
An elbow from Bisping crashes against the mat.
Bisping is looking to take a break and control but Rockafella is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bisping is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rockafella knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bisping dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A solid body kick from Bisping.
Rockafella slips a jab from Bisping.
Rockafella lands a high kick!
Rockafella lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rockafella swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rockafella throws a shot from downtown. Bisping moves away and avoids it.
Bisping misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Bisping misses
and Rockafella counters with a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bisping.
Bisping shoots for a double leg takedown but Rockafella sprawls well. He's pushed Bisping's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rockafella is breathing heavily.
Bisping pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bisping throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Rockafella stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Bisping follows into mount!
Rockafella is rocked!
It looks like Antonio Rockafella has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bisping drops a big elbow. That's hurt Rockafella! More shots from Bisping and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Bisping!
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hype
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FIGHT
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