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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianfranco Sforza (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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213 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roy Hook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gianfranco Sforza!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sforza moves out of range of the strikes.
Hook looks to land a right hand but Sforza moved out of range.
Sforza ducks under a wild hook from Hook.
A combination from Hook does no damage.
Sforza misses with a double jab
and Hook counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short left from Hook.
Sforza blocking some punches.
Hook dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hook lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sforza looks gassed!
Hook throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sforza blocks it with crossed arms.
Hook pushes Sforza back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hook leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hook tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hook lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Hook.
Sforza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sforza avoids it.
Hook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sforza managing to block the knees to the body from Hook.
Sforza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hook scores with a shoulder strike.
Hook lands an uppercut.
Hook slows down the pace here.
A short right from Hook.
Hook lands a hook that snaps the head of Sforza backwards.
Hook lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sforza backwards.
Hook presses Sforza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hook missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Hook.
Hook lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sforza is looking to control Hook's arms but Hook gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sforza has his back to the cage.
Hook gets through Sforza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sforza avoids the elbow strike from Hook, against the cage.
Hook lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sforza.
Hook is leaning against Sforza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hook swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sforza counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sforza moves away.
Hook clobbers Sforza with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hook clobbers Sforza with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hook moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hook.
Hook working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hook works on Sforza's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hook.
Hook lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hook lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook has Sforza pushed against the cage.
Hook misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hook creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hook working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hook.
Hook works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hook pushes Sforza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hook lands a body shot.
Hook lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hook will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sforza up against the cage.
Hook lands with a light punch inside.
Hook stalls.
Hook lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sforza blocks an elbow strike from Hook.
Hook pushes off an throws an elbow but Sforza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hook misses with an uppercut.
Hook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hook throws out a powerful jab.
Sforza dodges the punch combination from Hook.
Sforza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hook's head backwards.
Hook misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hook throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hook misses with a combination
and Sforza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roy Hook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Sforza misses with an uppercut. Hook saw that one coming.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Hook dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sforza swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hook connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sforza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hook misses with a combination
and Sforza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hook looks to score with a jab to the body but Sforza is just out of range.
Hook pushes Sforza up against the cage in a clinch.
Hook scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hook.
Hook lands with a right to the head.
Sforza blocking some punches.
Sforza is looking to break free of the clinch but Hook has double underhooks.
Sforza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hook pushes off an throws an elbow but Sforza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hook lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sforza backwards.
Hook throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Hook on the inside.
Sforza is breathing heavily.
Hook keeps control of Sforza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hook lands a right hand.
Hook missing with knees to the body.
Hook throws a head punch that misses.
Hook pushes Sforza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hook throws a right and a left that Sforza avoids nicely.
Hook scores with a body shot.
Hook jabs at Sforza's body.
Hook fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sforza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Hook finds it's way through Sforza's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sforza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sforza is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hook tries to clinch up but Sforza circles away and keeps his distance.
Sforza is still on wobbly legs! Can Hook finish him?
Hook tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sforza was well out of range. Poor timing from Hook.
Sforza seems to have recovered his senses.
A punch lands to the side of Sforza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hook throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sforza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hook scores with the left hand. Sforza knows he should have avoided that one.
Hook lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Sforza can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Hook and Sforza drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Hook.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roy Hook!
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