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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paolo Bonacelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Florian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paolo Bonacelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Florian!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonacelli fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Florian checks it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bonacelli, right into the meat.
Bonacelli throws a low kick, looking for Florian's leg but Florian calmly moves out of range.
Bonacelli misses with a leg kick.
Bonacelli throws a leg kick but Florian sees it coming and moves out of range.
Florian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Florian throws a hook to the side of Bonacelli's head but Bonacelli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Florian throws an overhand right that lands on Bonacelli's shoulder, as Bonacelli tries to avoid the shot.
Florian misses with an uppercut
and Bonacelli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Florian's knee momentarily.
Florian listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bonacelli fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Florian.
Bonacelli throws a big shot that misses.
Bonacelli throws a chopping leg kick but Florian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Florian checks a low kick from Bonacelli.
Bonacelli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Florian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut there from Bonacelli.
Florian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Florian lands an overhand right.
Florian scores with the left hand. Bonacelli knows he should have avoided that one.
Bonacelli tried to score with a low kick but Florian checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonacelli lands with a thumping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Florian.
Bonacelli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Florian lands with a cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bonacelli lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Florian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Florian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Florian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonacelli.
Florian misses with a looping right.
Florian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Florian throws a leg kick but Bonacelli checks it.
Bonacelli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonacelli connects with a solid leg kick.
Florian lands with a cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bonacelli lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Florian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Florian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bonacelli lands a leg kick that knocks Florian off balance momentarily.
Bonacelli dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Florian. That did some damage!
Bonacelli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonacelli misses with a looping left.
Florian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bonacelli makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bonacelli throws a front kick aimed at Florian's knee but Florian avoids it well.
Paolo Bonacelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonacelli throws a chopping leg kick but Florian manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Florian tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Florian looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonacelli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Florian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bonacelli. Florian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bonacelli misses with a hook
and Florian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bonacelli fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Florian checks it well.
Bonacelli connects with a leg kick. Florian looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bonacelli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Florian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bonacelli misses with a low kick.
Bonacelli tries to work over Florian's front leg with a kick but Florian checks it.
Bonacelli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bonacelli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bonacelli throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonacelli lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bonacelli connects with a looping right hand.
Florian swings widly with a right hand
and Bonacelli counters with a low kick, right behind Florian 's knee.
Florian takes a jab right on the kisser.
Florian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonacelli.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonacelli. That's going to slow Florian down.
Bonacelli scores with a hook to the body. Florian takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bonacelli fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Florian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bonacelli feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Florian's calf.
Bonacelli lands with a cross.
Bonacelli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bonacelli lands a body shot.
Bonacelli is looking to score with low kicks.
Bonacelli finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bonacelli attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonacelli wants to land a leg kick but Florian is out of range.
Bonacelli tries a low kick but Florian avoids it.
Florian staying out of range there.
Bonacelli thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Florian.
Bonacelli swings widly with a right hand
and Florian counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bonacelli keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Florian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bonacelli attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bonacelli throws a low kick, looking for Florian's leg but Florian calmly moves out of range.
Florian pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bonacelli connects with a solid leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Florian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Florian looks to land a left hand but Bonacelli moved out of range nicely.
Florian has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bonacelli.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paolo Bonacelli dominated that round.
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.
Florian throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bonacelli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bonacelli looks to score with a jab to the body but Florian is just out of range.
Bonacelli misses with a low kick.
Bonacelli lands a nice leg kick that just misses Florian's sensitive parts.
Bonacelli lands a jab to Florian's midsection.
Bonacelli turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bonacelli throws an overhand right that lands on Florian's shoulder, as Florian tries to avoid the shot.
Bonacelli throws a leg kick which misses Florian's front leg but catches the back leg as Florian tries to avoid it.
Bonacelli misses with a wild body shot.
Bonacelli attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bonacelli turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bonacelli misses with a low kick.
Florian looks to land a left hand but Bonacelli moved out of range nicely.
Bonacelli works Florian's body with a nice hook.
Bonacelli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Florian is breathing heavily.
Florian misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonacelli throws a leg kick that is checked
and Florian counters with a stiff right hand.
Bonacelli tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bonacelli is looking to chop away at Florian's legs.
Florian throws a poor cross that misses
and Bonacelli counters with a nice low kick that buckles Florian's knee momentarily.
Bonacelli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Florian.
Florian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bonacelli finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bonacelli throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A combination from Florian does no damage.
Bonacelli shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Florian misses.
Florian throws a combination. Bonacelli tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Florian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bonacelli finds it's way round the side to connect with Florian's head.
Bonacelli connects with an inside leg kick.
Bonacelli throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bonacelli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Florian.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bonacelli lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Florian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Florian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bonacelli shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bonacelli cracks Florian with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bonacelli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Paolo Bonacelli is winning the standup battle so far.
Bonacelli throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Florian to counter with a crisp jab.
Bonacelli swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Florian.
Bonacelli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bonacelli misses with a low kick.
Bonacelli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Florian checks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Bonacelli.
Florian throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Florian blocks the leg kick.
Bonacelli slips under a jab from Florian.
Bonacelli moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bonacelli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A low kick from Bonacelli misses
letting Florian counter with a right hand.
Bonacelli throws a leg kick
and Florian counters with a series of strikes. Bonacelli will be more careful next time no doubt.
Florian has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bonacelli.
Bonacelli is looking to score with low kicks.
Bonacelli throws a nice outside leg kick.
Florian checks a low kick from Bonacelli.
Bonacelli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Florian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bonacelli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonacelli throws a front kick aimed at Florian's knee but Florian avoids it well.
Florian misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonacelli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Florian.
Bonacelli darts in and clinches Florian up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bonacelli content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bonacelli lands a body punch in the clinch.
The referee calls for Bonacelli to work.
Bonacelli lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Florian or not.
Bonacelli pushes Florian back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Bonacelli.
Bonacelli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Florian backwards.
Bonacelli lands a hook that snaps the head of Florian backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paolo Bonacelli dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A left and a right from Bonacelli both land. Nice combination.
An inside leg kick from Bonacelli misses.
Florian throws a solid leg kick but Bonacelli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Florian.
Florian throws a head kick but Bonacelli moves out of range.
A low kick from Bonacelli misses
and Florian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Florian has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bonacelli.
Bonacelli misses with a leg kick.
Florian throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonacelli counters with a nice leg kick.
Bonacelli throws a low kick but Florian avoids it.
Bonacelli thows a leg kick but Florian checks it
enabling Florian to counter with a crisp jab.
Florian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Florian checks the leg kick nicely there.
Florian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A low kick from Bonacelli misses
and Florian counters with a head kick. That will keep Bonacelli thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Florian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bonacelli feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Florian's calf.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonacelli rushes Florian and presses him up against the cage.
Bonacelli lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Florian or not.
Bonacelli stalling against the cage.
Bonacelli digs a right hand underneath Florian's ribcage. Florian let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bonacelli is leaning against Florian and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bonacelli gets through Florian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bonacelli lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bonacelli throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bonacelli stalling against the cage.
Florian takes a shot to the head.
Florian tries to work over Bonacelli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bonacelli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonacelli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Florians head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bonacelli.
Bonacelli lands a body punch.
Bonacelli digs a right hand underneath Florian's ribcage. Florian let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bonacelli stalling in the clinch.
Bonacelli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Florian backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bonacelli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bonacelli stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bonacelli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Florians head.
A short right from Bonacelli.
Bonacelli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bonacelli lands a left hand.
Bonacelli lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Florian or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonacelli slows down the pace here.
Bonacelli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bonacelli lands a hook that snaps the head of Florian backwards.
Come on Bonacelli - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bonacelli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Bonacelli.
A right hook to the body lands for Bonacelli.
Bonacelli lands a left hand.
Bonacelli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Florians head.
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.
Bonacelli is working Florian over against the cage.
Bonacelli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bonacelli lands with a light punch inside.
The referee calls for Bonacelli to work.
A short body shot lands from Bonacelli as the two fighters clinch.
Bonacelli digs a right hand into Florian's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Florian's gas tank.
Bonacelli scores with a nice hook to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bonacelli lands a shot to the body.
Bonacelli is struggling to control the position.
Bonacelli lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paolo Bonacelli showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bonacelli 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paolo Bonacelli!
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