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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manu Speziale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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180 lbs
14 - 5 - 1 |
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200 cm
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181 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manu Speziale!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Speziale.
Speziale chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Montana can pounce on him.
Montana fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Speziale.
Speziale shoots for a takedown but Montana saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Speziale pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Montana lands a lovely overhand right.
Speziale is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Speziale misses with a body kick.
Speziale blocks a jab.
Speziale throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Montana.
It looks like Lorenzo Montana has been cut.
Speziale with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Montana counter with a right hand.
Speziale pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Montana cracks Speziale with a right hand to the side of the head.
Speziale fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Montana checks it well.
Good shot there by Montana.
Speziale throws a sloppy head kick
and Montana makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Speziale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montana manages to avoid it.
Speziale throws a sloppy head kick and Montana moves out of range easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Montana. Speziale shrugs it off though.
Montana listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Manu Speziale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donk. Montana catches Speziale right on the button with a cross.
A jab lands there for Montana.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speziale.
Montana missing with a left hand there. Speziale was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Montana misses with the combination.
Speziale tries to land a leg kick but Montana saw it coming and moves away.
Speziale shoots in looking for a takedown. Montana tries to sprawl out of it but Speziale keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Montana manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lorenzo Montana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manu Speziale.
Montana tries to bum rush Speziale with a series of wild strikes but Speziale uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montana throws a right and a left that both miss.
A low kick from Speziale is predictable there
letting Montana counter with a right hand.
Montana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Montana throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Montana.
Speziale staying out of range there.
Montana scores with a jab to the jaw.
Montana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
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.
Speziale connects with a solid leg kick.
Montana connects with a single shot there.
Speziale throws a low kick, looking for Montana's leg but Montana calmly moves out of range.
Montana scores with a nice strike.
Montana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Speziale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice shot lands for Montana.
Montana loads up on a big right hand but Speziale slips the punch.
Montana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Speziale moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montana throws a nice outside leg kick.
Speziale tries to move into range but Montana moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Montana throws a hook but Speziale blocks it.
Montana is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Speziale throws a sloppy head kick
and Montana counters with a good low kick that Speziale was not able to check.
Montana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Speziale.
Speziale shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Montana avoids the head kick by Speziale.
Speziale misses with a left hand
and Montana counters with a low kick, right behind Speziale 's knee.
Montana misses with a straight right.
Montana misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana fails to land with a series of punches.
Montana lands with a hook. Speziale tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lorenzo Montana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Montana throws a nice outside leg kick.
Speziale is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Montana.
Montana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Speziale was well out of range. Poor timing from Montana.
Montana scores with a decent looking hook.
Montana just misses with a punch to the body.
Montana throws a right and a left that Speziale avoids nicely.
Montana misses with a hook
and Speziale counters with a series of strikes. Montana will be more careful next time no doubt.
Montana wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Speziale throws a leg kick but Montana sees it coming and moves out of range.
Speziale fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Montana avoids it really well and circles away.
Speziale moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Montana tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Speziale is able to avoid easily.
Montana works Speziale's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Montana.
Montana avoids the head kick by Speziale.
Montana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Montana darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Montana misses with a body kick.
Montana lands a nice leg kick that just misses Speziale's sensitive parts.
Some wild striking there from Montana.
Montana scores with a body shot.
Montana lands with a slapping head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Speziale is defended easily by Montana.
Montana works the jab nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danga de danga de dang - Montana scores with a four punch combination!
Speziale throws a head kick that misses
letting Montana counter with a right hand.
Montana lands a really nice looking cross but Speziale seems unphased.
Speziale uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Montana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Montana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lorenzo Montana's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Montana has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Montana wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Montana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Speziale.
Speziale blocks the body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Speziale.
Montana connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lorenzo Montana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Montana slips under a jab.
Montana moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Montana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Montana.
A shot to the body from Speziale misses
and Montana counters with a right hand to the body.
Montana misses with a body shot.
Montana buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Montana connects with an inside leg kick.
Speziale is breathing heavily.
Montana thuds a left hand into Speziale's body.
Speziale throws a predictable looking body shot
and Montana counters with a straight right hand.
Montana connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speziale tries for a takedown but Montana circles away easily
and Montana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Speziale walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Speziale moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Montana throws a nice outside leg kick.
A lazy left from Montana finds it's target.
Montana swinging wildly here.
Lorenzo Montana is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice straight punches there by Montana. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Montana.
Speziale has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Montana throws a right hand that misses
and Speziale counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A low kick from Speziale is predictable there
and Montana counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Montana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speziale.
Speziale bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Speziale swinging wildly here.
Montana scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Montana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Montana throws a combination that misses
and Speziale counters with a head kick.
Speziale drops his hands momentarily and Montana takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Speziale takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Montana scores with a shot to the body.
Montana dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Montana connects with a high kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Speziale doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Montana jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Speziale thows a leg kick but Montana checks it
and Montana counters with a thumping low kick.
Speziale slips a jab and a cross from Montana.
Montana connects with a crisp jab.
Speziale has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Montana scores with a body shot.
Speziale throws a leg kick
and Montana counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Montana does it's job there.
Speziale moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana lands with a straight right. Speziale didn't see that one coming.
Speziale thows a leg kick but Montana checks it
and Montana finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Montana connects with a good right hand that stumbles Speziale. Speziale circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Montana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montana thumps Speziale with a low kick.
Montana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Montana looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Montana does it's job there.
Montana blocks a head kick by Speziale.
Montana fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Speziale on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Montana scores with a crisp jab that stopped Speziale in his tracks.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Speziale takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A low kick from Speziale misses
and Montana counters with a stiff right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Montana.
Montana connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana lands a lovely overhand right.
Montana misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by Montana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Speziale is trying desperately to land a takedown but Montana is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Speziale.
Montana lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Speziale might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Montana has got the better of the exchanges.
Montana throws a nice outside leg kick.
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!
Speziale drops his hands momentarily and Montana takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Montana.
A big left from Montana misses.
Speziale takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Montana fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Speziale on the side of the head.
Montana lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Montana misses with a body shot
letting Speziale counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speziale moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Speziale tries for a takedown but Montana circles away easily
and Montana counters with an outside leg kick.
Lorenzo Montana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manu Speziale.
Montana is looking to slow Speziale down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Montana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lorenzo Montana's cut.
That's time! Montana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Montana lands a two punch combo.
Speziale's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good standup being displayed there by Montana as he connects with a hook.
Montana connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Speziale goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A left and a right from Montana both land. Nice combination.
A low kick from Speziale is predictable there
and Montana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Speziale takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Speziale throws a body kick that misses.
Montana lands a really nice looking cross but Speziale seems unphased.
Speziale throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Montana lands a nice hook to Speziale's body. Speziale takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick from Montana lands but Speziale takes it in his stride.
Montana connects with the punch.
Speziale takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Speziale shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Montana looks to land a combination. Speziale sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Speziale fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Montana is out of range.
Speziale throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Montana.
Speziale takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Montana misses with a few strikes there.
Speziale misses with a takedown attempt
and Montana counters with a straight right hand.
Montana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Speziale throws a leg kick that is checked
and Montana counters with a nice leg kick.
Jab from Montana.
Speziale throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speziale avoids the head kick by Montana.
Speziale has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Montana.
Montana works over Speziale's head and body with a nice combination.
Speziale takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Montana lands a jab-cross combination.
Montana lands with a cross.
Montana lands a leg kick that knocks Speziale off balance momentarily.
Montana throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Manu Speziale has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lorenzo Montana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speziale on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Montana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Speziale can do to turn this around?
Montana moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Speziale moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Montana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Speziale moves away.
Speziale throws a leg kick that is checked
and Montana makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Montana throws a shot to the body.
Montana lands a jab.
Montana smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Montana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Speziale moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Montana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Montana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Speziale throws out the jab.
Montana throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Speziale.
Speziale thumps Montana with a low kick.
Montana swings widly with a right hand
and Speziale counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speziale avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Montana. Those never looked like landing.
Montana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speziale.
Montana scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A looping hook to the body misses from Montana. Speziale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Speziale throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Speziale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Montana was well out of range. Poor timing from Speziale.
Speziale throws out a loose jab but Montana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speziale takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Montana tries a head kick but it misses.
Montana throws a nice looking combination but Speziale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Speziale shoots in looking for a takedown but Montana manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Speziale's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Speziale takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Montana is looking to slow Speziale down with leg kicks.
Speziale looks to land a body kick but Montana moved away.
Montana scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Montana lands with an uppercut that bounces Speziale off the cage and back into rage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Montana cracks Speziale with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Montana lands a jab.
Montana ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Montana changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Speziale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Montana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Speziale moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Montana, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Montana pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Speziale.
Montana scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Speziale avoids the head kick by Montana.
Montana punishes Speziale's body with a nice straight punch.
Montana lands with a straight right. Speziale didn't see that one coming.
Speziale throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Montana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Montana 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Montana!
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