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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony D Amico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordie St Pietro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pietro has chosen GSP TRIBUTE as his entrance music. Jordie St Pietro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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172 cm
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182 lbs
16 - 12 - 0 |
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179 cm
28
170 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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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
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony D Amico! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jordie St Pietro! The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! D Amico stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from St Pietro. D Amico closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. St Pietro quickly recovers to half guard. St Pietro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from D Amico. St Pietro taking some punishment here, with D Amico in his half guard. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. D Amico connects with a nice short shot to St Pietro's temple. St Pietro wants to control but D Amico is keeping busy.
St Pietro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. D Amico has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. D Amico throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! St Pietro pushes D Amico off and gets back to his feet. St Pietro is looking to clinch. St Pietro throws a lazy uppercut
and D Amico cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. D Amico takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
It looks like Anthony D Amico has been cut. D Amico closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. D Amico is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so St Pietro is just riding it out for now. D Amico eventually gives up the hold. D Amico prevents St Pietro from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round. D Amico is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but St Pietro still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, St Pietro has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work! D Amico manages to get back to half guard. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! D Amico makes his way to full guard. A much better position for D Amico. D Amico lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for St Pietro! D Amico is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. St Pietro can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
D Amico with good strikes from the mount here! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. D Amico drops a big elbow. That's hurt St Pietro! More shots from D Amico and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony D Amico! After winning the bout, Anthony D Amico thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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