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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Dio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clown Loach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dio kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Man of the Silver Mountain. The key to victory for Ricky Dio has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Dio!
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, Clown Loach!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loach paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dio gets a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Loach is working Dio over against the cage.
Loach avoiding damage as Dio throws knees to the body.
Dio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loach blocks it with crossed arms.
Loach misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Loach's defenses.
Nice body punch from Loach.
Dio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dio missing with knees to the body.
Loach taking a breather.
Loach takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dio misses with a knee to the head.
Loach works on Dio's body with a couple of short punches.
Dio lands a damaging elbow.
Dio missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dio throws an elbow but misses.
Dio lands an elbow inside.
Dio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Loach makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Dio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dio.
A right hook to the body lands for Loach.
Dio pushes off an throws an elbow but Loach leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Loach is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Loach throws an elbow but misses.
Dio can't find room to land a body shot as Loach controls the action.
Dio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Loach blocks an elbow strike.
Dio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dio trying to control the position but instead, Loach has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dio into the cage.
Loach leaning against his opponent.
Loach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Loach stalling the fight.
Dio throws an elbow but it misses.
Dio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dio misses with an elbow over the top.
Loach has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dio avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dio could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Loach is defending well for now.
Dio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dio is breathing heavily.
Loach misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Loach blocks an uppercut.
Dio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Loach.
Loach is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are getting on Loach's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Loach is working for takedown but Dio is calmly controlling the position for now.
Loach working aggressively here.
Loach's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dio prevents a body shot from Loach.
Loach avoids the elbow strike from Dio, against the cage.
Loach controlling the action here for a moment.
Loach tries to stall but Dio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dio crunches a lovely knee into Loach's ribcage.
Loach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dio misses with a knee strike.
Loach is trying to maintain a safe position but Dio gets an underhook and turns Loach into the cage.
Loach tries to score a body lock takedown but Dio shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ricky Dio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clown Loach.
A right hook to the body lands for Loach.
Dio landing knees to the head.
Loach misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loach avoids the elbow strike from Dio, against the cage.
Loach has a couple of punches blocked by Dio.
Dio blocking some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dio.
Dio misses with an elbow over the top.
Dio misses with the head strike.
Loach struggles to land a body shot inside as Dio controls his hands.
Loach throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A bit of stalling here from Loach.
Loach misses with a punch on the inside.
Dio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Loach is defending well for now.
Loach tries a body shot but Dio blocks it.
Loach controlling the action here for a moment.
Loach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Loach stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Loach lands a damaging elbow.
Loach digs a right hand underneath Dio's ribcage. Dio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dio pushes off an throws an elbow but Loach leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dio throws a head punch that misses.
Loach avoiding damage as Dio throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Loach creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dio's defenses.
It looks like Ricky Dio has been cut.
Loach wants the takedown. Dio is fighting it off but Loach persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Dio's guard against the cage.
Loach is looking to work some ground and pound but Dio has wrist control.
Loach scoring with punches to the head and body.
Loach throwing strikes from guard but Dio blocks nicely.
Dio on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dio tries to get out of the position.
Loach forces his way into half guard.
Loach slips a nice elbow through Dio's hands, connecting with Dio's forehead.
Loach is pressing down on Dio's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dio is holding on for now.
Loach winds up and cracks Dio with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Loach drops an elbow to the side of Dio's head.
Loach is trying to control the action in half guard but Dio is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clown Loach dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Dio's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Loach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Loach tries to clinch but Dio is having none of it.
Loach dives in and grabs Dio's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dio pushes down on Loach's head and hops out.
Dio tries to keep at a distance but Loach has taken the fight into the clinch.
Loach gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Dio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Loach with a nice head shot there.
Dio trying to control the position.
Loach postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Dio is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Loach, into his guard.
Loach wants to stand but Dio is controlling the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loach preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Loach is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dio trying to control but Loach is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Loach is trying to control the position but Dio postures up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Loach digs a good body shot into Dio's ribs.
Loach misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dio feints and as Loach raises his hands in defense, Dio changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Loach working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dio.
Loach controlling the position.
Dio has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dio wants to control from the top but Loach keeps moving.
Loach manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dio manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loach throwing strikes but missing.
Loach wants to control from the top but Dio keeps moving.
Loach tries to free his leg and advance position but Dio is retaining full guard.
Loach postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Loach accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Loach throwing strikes from guard but Dio blocks nicely.
Dio controls Loach momentarily but Loach frees himself.
Dio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Loach.
That's four 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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dio, right into the meat.
Dio fails with a takedown attempt.
Dio misses with a takedown
and Loach counters by clinching up.
Loach has Dio pushed against the cage.
Dio prevents a takedown attempt there.
Loach gets through Dio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Loach is pushing Dio up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Loach lands with a short shot to the head.
Dio working Loach over with knees to the body.
Loach managing to block the knees to the body from Dio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clown Loach showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricky Dio'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. And we move into the final round!
Loach checks a low kick from Dio.
Dio fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Loach, pushing him back against the cage.
Loach lands with a light punch inside.
Dio lands an elbow inside that Loach shrugs off.
Dio lands an elbow just above Loach 's eye.
Dio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Loach managing to block the knees to the body from Dio.
Loach stalling.
Loach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dio trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Loach's brow.
Dio blocks an uppercut.
Loach is trying to stall.
Loach turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Loach manages to end up in side control.
Loach misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Loach looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dio is avoiding damage well.
Loach working the body and head with strikes.
Loach working the strikes but Dio uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Loach wants to take a breather but Dio is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loach throwing shots but Dio is blocking nicely.
Loach stalling away here and it's allowed Dio to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Loach trying to control but Dio is working from the bottom.
Loach scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dio keeping moving, preventing Loach from controlling successfully.
Loach lands a couple of elbows.
Dio keeping moving, preventing Loach from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loach missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Loach with a flurry of punches that miss.
Loach scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dio wants to sweep but no luck.
Loach trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Loach wants to control from the top but Dio keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Loach is looking to clinch.
Loach wants to clinch up but Dio keeps it at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dio gets underhooks to prevent Loach's takedown attempt.
Dio throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Loach fails to land.
Clown Loach is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Loach blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Loach takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dio wants to stall.
Loach pushes Dio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loach is working Dio over against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Loach.
Dio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Loach.
Ricky Dio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Loach is leaning against Dio and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dio is fighting off a takedown attempt but Loach is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dio to the mat. Dio regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Loach content to stall in guard here.
Loach is working Dio over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Loach is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loach wants to control from the top but Dio keeps moving.
Loach working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dio's head.
Loach in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Loach throwing strikes but missing.
Loach slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Loach controls the position.
Loach scores with punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clown Loach comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Loach 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clown Loach!
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