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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianfranco Pagliera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pagliera has chosen Rammstein - Mein Herz Brennt as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Joe Jordan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Jordan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gianfranco Pagliera!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan throws a right hand that misses
and Pagliera counters with a good, hard body kick but Jordan shrugs it off.
Pagliera fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jordan avoids it really well and circles away.
Jordan wants to land a leg kick but Pagliera is out of range.
Jordan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Pagliera does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Jordan.
Nice takedown defense from Jordan. No joy for Pagliera on that attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pagliera tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jordan tries to clinch up but Pagliera circles away and keeps his distance.
Jordan thows a leg kick but Pagliera checks it
and Pagliera counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jordan swings widly with a right hand
and Pagliera counters by clinching up.
Jordan has a couple of punches blocked by Pagliera.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pagliera.
Jordan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Joe Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gianfranco Pagliera.
Jordan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pagliera avoids the head kick by Jordan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pagliera fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A big right from Jordan misses.
Jordan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jordan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jordan prevents Pagliera from improving his position.
Pagliera looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pagliera actively working from the bottom here.
Jordan trying to control from half guard but Pagliera is working away.
Jordan is working for a submission of some sort.
Pagliera is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jordan pulls his head out easily.
Pagliera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pagliera is pressing down on Jordan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pagliera is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jordan passes Pagliera's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Pagliera looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pagliera looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jordan moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Pagliera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Jordan 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.
Some bone on bone action there as Pagliera checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pagliera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pagliera shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pagliera looking to pass the guard.
Jordan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Pagliera trying to move into half guard but instead Jordan has managed to sweep!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Pagliera looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jordan looking to pass the guard.
Jordan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pagliera's guard.
Jordan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pagliera does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jordan tries to pass to full mount but Pagliera defends it.
Pagliera tries to get to full guard but Jordan has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pagliera actively working from the bottom here.
Jordan tries to pass to full mount but Pagliera defends it.
Pagliera is trying to control but can't.
Pagliera makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Pagliera.
Pagliera throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jordan escapes and throws Pagliera's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jordan is looking to take a break and control but Pagliera is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pagliera sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pagliera is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jordan pulls his head out easily.
Pagliera looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Jordan pushes past his half guard into mount!
Jordan working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Pagliera that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pagliera is trying to escape the mount.
Jordan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pagliera is trying to escape the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jordan landing shots from mount.
Pagliera is rocked!
Jordan drops a big elbow. That's hurt Pagliera! More shots from Jordan and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Jordan!
Joe Jordan retains his welterweight title!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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