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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gino Giovanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Tyler acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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189 lbs
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185 cm
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190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gino Giovanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Tyler!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giovanni throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tyler's head.
It looks like Sam Tyler has been cut.
Giovanni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Giovanni has managed to clinch.
Giovanni manages to break the clinch.
Giovanni moves in looking to clinch but Tyler pushes him off.
Tyler swats away the attempt to clinch by Giovanni.
Tyler fails with the takedown.
Giovanni gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tyler counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Giovanni is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tyler shoots in and drives through. Giovanni sprawls well.
Tyler gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyler looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tyler thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tyler in side control, throwing shots but Giovanni defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giovanni is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyler is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Giovanni is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tyler wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Giovanni, who protects the arm well.
Giovanni gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Tyler sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Giovanni defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Giovanni punching from the bottom.
Giovanni manages to get to full guard.
Giovanni had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tyler defends it easily.
Tyler wants to control from the top but Giovanni keeps moving.
Giovanni wants to sweep here but Tyler controlling him for the moment.
Tyler prevents Giovanni from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Giovanni avoids the head kick by Tyler.
Giovanni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyler motions for Giovanni to come forward. Tyler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Giovanni lands with a cross.
Giovanni tries to clinch but Tyler moves away
and Tyler counters with a big head kick but Giovanni shrugs it off.
Giovanni with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tyler counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Giovanni is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyler trying to control the position from guard on top but Giovanni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyler tries to free his leg and advance position but Giovanni is retaining full guard.
Giovanni looking for a guillotine here but Tyler defends easily.
Tyler advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giovanni pushes Tyler away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tyler gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tyler trying to control the action but Giovanni is working from the bottom.
Tyler has hold of Giovanni's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Giovanni tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Tyler cranks the arm and Giovanni screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Giovanni, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Sam Tyler!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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