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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pointon Slavey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Rossi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slavey comes to the ring accompanied by I Predict A Riot. Rossi has chosen Talking Heads - Burning Down the House as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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184 cm
29
194 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
222 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pointon Slavey! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Rossi! The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rossi shoots for a double leg takedown but Slavey sprawls well. He's pushed Rossi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Rossi avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick from Slavey misses. Nice sprawl there from Slavey as Rossi shoots in. Rossi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Slavey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Pointon Slavey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Rossi. Excellent takedown into side control there by Rossi. Rossi is looking to take a break and control but Slavey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Rossi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Slavey is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Slavey tries to get back to half guard but can't. Slavey is trying to control Rossi's posture but Rossi avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rossi fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rossi swings around for an armbar but Slavey sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Rossi's guard. Slavey preventing the sweep. Slavey is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Rossi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Slavey defends well. Rossi controls Slavey momentarily but Slavey frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Slavey trying to control the position from guard on top but Rossi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. Rossi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Slavey stacks Rossi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Slavey! Rossi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rossi is trying to control Slavey's posture but Slavey avoids it. Rossi tries to bench press Slavey off him but Slavey keeps the position. Rossi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Slavey tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily. Rossi wants to control but Slavey postures up. Slavey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rossi on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rossi tries to strike from the bottom but misses. Rossi is trying to control Slavey's posture but Slavey avoids it. Rossi tries to escape but Slavey is in control. Rossi bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet! Slavey misses with a hook. Rossi ducked under it nicely.
That's five minutes gone in the round. Rossi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Slavey circles away. Slavey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Slavey misses with an uppercut. Slavey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pointon Slavey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Slavey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rossi. Rossi moves out of range as Slavey strikes. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Rossi misses with a takedown attempt and Slavey counters with a stiff right hand. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Slavey. Rossi shoots in looking for a takedown but Slavey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rossi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Rossi looks gassed! A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rossi. Slavey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slavey slaps away a takedown attempt from Rossi, before circling back to the center of the mat. Slavey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Slavey keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Rossi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Slavey.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Slavey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rossi. Rossi closes the distance and clinches up with Slavey, looking for a takedown. Rossi pushes Slavey against the ropes but Slavey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Rossi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Slavey lands a left and a right that send Rossi crashing to the mat, dazed. Slavey thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Rossi is rocked! Slavey lands with a right and another and another! Rossi is in big trouble! Slavey lands again and this time it's lights out for Rossi! A quality knockout there for Slavey.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pointon Slavey!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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