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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Alito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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256 lbs
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272 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Alito!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Omar Little!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little misses with a lunging right hand
and Alito counters with a nice double leg into side control. Little won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alito postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Little is looking for a sweep.
Alito working the ground and pound.
Alito tries to score with some ground and pound. Little controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
You can see the frustration on Little's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alito stands up and beckons Little to his feet.
Little looks for a takedown but Alito sprawls well.
Alito connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Little.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alito counters with an inside leg kick.
Little has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Alito.
Little looks gassed!
Little tries for a takedown but Alito circles away easily
and Alito counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alito plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Omar Little has been cut.
Omar Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alito lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Alito throws a shot to the body.
Little takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Alito fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Little misses the body punch
and Alito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alito scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Alito drives through and clinches with Little against the cage.
Little blocks a body shot from Alito.
A right handed body shot lands from Alito.
Alito throws a head punch that misses.
Alito lands a nice shot to the body.
Alito pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alito works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alito misses with a knee strike.
Alito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Little.
Alito with a knee to the head.
Alito breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alito scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Little tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alito lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Alito connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Little throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alito counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Little looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alito scores with a head kick. Little tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Alito lands the left hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alito.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alito jabs at Little's body.
Alito clobbers Little with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Little takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Alito moves in looking to clinch but Little pushes him off.
Alito thumps Little with a low kick.
Alito connects with a leg kick. Little looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Little on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Alito. Alito obviously looking to wear him down.
Alito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Alito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Omar Little's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Little misses with a right hand
and Alito counters with a leg kick.
Little takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alito, right into the meat.
Little's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Alito misses with a looping left.
Alito lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Little circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alito looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Little moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Little is breathing heavily.
Alito lands a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alito lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sam Alito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Alito.
Alito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alito connects with a leg kick. Little looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alito tries to close the distance and clinch but Little swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Little keeps the fight on the outside.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Alito - that will leave a mark!
Little shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alito as he avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alito finds it's way round the side to connect with Little's head.
Little takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Alito here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Alito bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Alito lands a jab to the nose.
Alito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alito lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Little at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Alito.
Alito misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Alito.
Alito scores with a nice strike.
Alito fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Little on the side of the head.
Alito lands a right hook to the body.
Little takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Little takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Little has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Alito.
Alito keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alito tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Alito.
Little takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Little misses with a shot to the body
enabling Alito to counter with a crisp jab.
Alito fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Little has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alito.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Little. That did some damage!
Alito connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Alito dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Omar Little'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.
Alito misses with a wild body shot.
Alito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Little can do to turn this around?
Little shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Alito thumps Little with a low kick.
Alito tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Little manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alito with a nice cross.
Alito wants to clinch up but Little keeps it at a distance.
Little takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alito tries to clinch up.
A shot to the body from Alito misses
and Little makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Little misses with a hook to the body
and Alito counters with a leg kick.
Little is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alito rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little throws the left hand but Alito avoids the punch easily.
Alito gets caught flat footed, as Little shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Alito manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Alito raining down hammerfists from mount.
Alito working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Little is desperately trying to improve his position but Alito has a good base and remains in mount.
Alito thowing shots but they're missing.
Little avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alito.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little avoids a series of strikes thrown by Alito.
Alito punching from mount but Little doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Little tries to hold on but Alito postures up.
Little wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Alito.
Little holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Alito tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alito throwing strikes here but Little is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Alito looking to finish with strikes here!
Alito throwing strikes here but Little is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Little is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alito looking to finish with strikes here!
Little tries to lock up and control but Alito gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Alito throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Alito unloads with some shots from mount but Little bucks and avoids them well.
Little holds on to Alito around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
Alito thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Alito misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Alito there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Little is looking to improve his position but Alito isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Little regains half guard.
Little keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alito throwing shots but Little is blocking nicely.
Little avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alito.
Little is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Little's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Alito missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Alito is figuring out what he wants to do next.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Alito clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Omar Little's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Alito misses with a body kick.
A cross from Alito lands.
Little bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alito fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Little misses with a wild body shot.
Little has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Alito misses with a head kick.
Alito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alito paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alito pivots, looking for a leg kick but Little is out of range and Alito settles back down.
Alito tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alito stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Alito wants it to stay on the feet.
Little lands a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Alito.
Little cracks Alito with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alito. Little does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Alito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Little misses with an uppercut
and Alito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sam Alito is winning the standup battle so far.
Alito throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Little looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Alito!
Little is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Alito is working to get back to half guard.
Alito gets back to half guard.
Alito wants to get back to full guard.
Little performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alito is refusing to be controlled, as Little sits in half guard.
Little looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Omar Little.
That kick from Alito tenderised Little's leg. Little is trying to keep his angry face on.
Little has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Alito.
Alito avoids the body shot from Little.
Little takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Alito lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Little!
Little is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Little blocking the ground and pound.
Little wants to control but Alito is having none of it.
Alito wants to control the pace but Little is squirming around nicely.
Little is looking to get to half guard.
Alito looking to control but Little is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Alito had his way with Omar Little in that round.
The cut man is working on Omar Little's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Little with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alito to score with a decent uppercut.
Alito tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Little counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Little counters with a stiff right hand.
Alito scores with a body shot.
Alito lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Alito looks to score with a jab to the body but Little is just out of range.
Alito gets caught flat footed, as Little shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Little won't allow Alito to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alito is keeping the position for now.
Little forces his way into half guard.
Little seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alito does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Alito is looking to escape.
Alito is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Little sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Little wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alito keeps working.
Alito wants to improve his position but Little is controlling well.
Sam Alito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Little not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Alito is trying to control but can't.
Alito is refusing to be controlled, as Little sits in half guard.
Alito tries to get to full guard but Little has control of the leg.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Omar Little hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Little connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alito's hands.
Alito swings for the body but Little moves out of range.
Alito is looking to clinch but Little is avoiding it.
Omar Little has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little lands with a cross.
Alito cracks the inside of Little's front leg.
A jab from Little does it's job there.
Little throws a right hand that misses
and Alito counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Alito.
Alito tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Little avoids it.
Little fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Alito throws a punch but it's blocked by Little.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alito gets underhooks to prevent Little's takedown attempt.
Alito trying to land knees to the body.
Little tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alito just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sam Alito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Little.
Little has clasped his hands together around Alito's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Little has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Alito is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Omar Little comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alito has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 49:44
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 49:44
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:44
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Alito!
Sam Alito retains his heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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