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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Betoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cliff Huxtable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Betoli comes to the cage accompanied by Mario theme. Mario Betoli could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cliff Huxtable's chin.
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282 lbs
36 - 13 - 0 |
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196 cm
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285 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Betoli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cliff Huxtable!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Betoli just misses with a punch to the body.
Huxtable slips a jab from Betoli.
Huxtable feints and then cracks Betoli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Betoli down.
Huxtable slips a straight right by Betoli.
Betoli lands with a shot to the body.
Huxtable blocks a jab.
Betoli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Huxtable sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Huxtable closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Huxtable softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Betoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Betoli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Huxtable fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Huxtable tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Betoli's elbow.
Huxtable misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huxtable swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huxtable tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huxtable misses with the head strike.
Huxtable has a couple of punches blocked by Betoli.
Huxtable pushes Betoli back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Huxtable working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Huxtable.
Huxtable lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Betoli blocking some punches.
Huxtable throws an elbow that misses.
Huxtable has a couple of punches blocked by Betoli.
Betoli blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Huxtable.
Betoli blocking some punches.
Huxtable misses with the head strike.
Huxtable fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Huxtable lands a hook to the side of the head.
Huxtable misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huxtable misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Huxtable looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Huxtable lands a hook to the side of the head.
Betoli is looking for a takedown.
Huxtable misses with a hook from the clinch.
Huxtable lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Betoli blocks an elbow strike from Huxtable.
Good body shot from Huxtable.
Betoli is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Huxtable.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Huxtable.
Betoli takes a shot to the head.
Huxtable lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huxtable scores with a shoulder strike.
Huxtable swings wildly with an uppercut but Betoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huxtable throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huxtable pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Huxtable has a couple of punches blocked by Betoli.
Huxtable scores with a nice hook to the head.
Huxtable connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Mario Betoli has been cut.
Huxtable doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huxtable working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Betoli pulls guard effortlessly.
Huxtable trying to stand up but can't free himself from Betoli's guard.
Huxtable showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Betoli wants to hit a switch here but Huxtable passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Betoli there!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Huxtable content just to control the position here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Huxtable avoids the attempt from Betoli to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cliff Huxtable dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Betoli's cut.
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.
Betoli blocks a low kick nicely.
Betoli checks a low kick from Huxtable.
Betoli slips a straight right by Huxtable.
A slapping leg kick lands for Huxtable.
Huxtable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Betoli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Huxtable tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Betoli manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Huxtable buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Huxtable throws a body punch but Betoli moves out of range.
Huxtable misses with the combination.
Betoli misses with an uppercut.
Betoli misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huxtable jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Huxtable has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Betoli misses with a hook.
Huxtable lands with a thumping leg kick.
Huxtable throws a series of punches but Betoli avoids them all with ease.
Betoli shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Huxtable as he avoids it easily.
Huxtable throws a low kick but Betoli moves out of range easily.
Huxtable fails to land with a series of punches.
Huxtable clinches up against the cage.
Huxtable tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Huxtable.
Betoli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Betoli jumps guard but Huxtable turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Huxtable throws a punch but it's blocked by Betoli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Huxtable scores with a nice short uppercut.
Betoli takes a shot to the head.
Huxtable tries a knee to the head but Betoli blocks it.
Huxtable lands with a short shot to the head.
Huxtable tries a body shot but Betoli blocks it.
Huxtable misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huxtable presses Betoli against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Huxtable swings wildly with an uppercut but Betoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huxtable swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huxtable throws a punch but it's blocked by Betoli.
A head punch on the inside from Huxtable fails to land.
Huxtable blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huxtable lands with a light punch inside.
Huxtable gets through Betoli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Betoli blocking some punches.
Huxtable scores with a nice hook to the head.
Huxtable misses with a short punch on the inside.
Huxtable lands a left hand.
Huxtable has a couple of punches blocked by Betoli.
Huxtable working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Huxtable scores with a nice short uppercut.
Huxtable can't find room to land a body shot as Betoli controls the action.
Huxtable stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Huxtable lands a left hand.
Huxtable misses with the head strike.
Huxtable lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Betoli goes for a takedown attempt but Huxtable pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Betoli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Betoli fails to land the takedown.
A big left from Huxtable misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Huxtable.
Huxtable fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Huxtable dips to his left and cracks Betoli with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Betoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Huxtable lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Huxtable cracks Betoli with a big right hand and Betoli goes down!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cliff Huxtable showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mario Betoli's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Huxtable rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Betoli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Huxtable cracks the inside of Betoli's front leg.
Huxtable misses with a wild combination.
Huxtable looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Huxtable throws a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Huxtable.
Cliff Huxtable seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Huxtable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Huxtable misses with a low kick.
Huxtable loads up on a big right hand but Betoli slips the punch.
Horrible takedown by Betoli or perhaps it was just good defense by Huxtable which made him look bad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Huxtable cracks the inside of Betoli's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huxtable gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Huxtable lands an elbow that stopped Betoli in his tracks for a moment.
Huxtable tries to work over Betoli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Betoli goes for a takedown attempt but Huxtable pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Huxtable throws a low kick but Betoli avoids it.
Huxtable doesn't manage to clinch there - Betoli circles away.
Nice body punch from Huxtable.
Cliff Huxtable is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huxtable scores with a decent looking hook.
Betoli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huxtable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huxtable connects with a solid leg kick.
The fighters circling - Huxtable throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Betoli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Huxtable lands a glancing blow to the side of Betoli's head.
Huxtable misses with a double jab.
That kick from Huxtable tenderised Betoli's leg. Betoli is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice shot lands for Huxtable.
Huxtable feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Betoli's calf.
Huxtable gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Betoli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice left hand lands by Huxtable.
Huxtable working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Betoli is rocked!
Huxtable blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Betoli takes an elbow to the temple.
Oh Betoli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Betoli working aggressively here.
Betoli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Betoli seems to have got his legs back now.
Huxtable working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Huxtable swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cliff Huxtable seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Huxtable misses with a punch to the body.
Huxtable scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Huxtable swings wildly with an uppercut but Betoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huxtable lands an elbow inside.
Huxtable lands a hook that snaps the head of Betoli backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Huxtable.
Huxtable misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huxtable lands a left hand that snaps the head of Betoli backwards.
Huxtable working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Betoli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Huxtable working aggressively here.
Betoli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Huxtable throws a big uppercut that drops Betoli! More strikes from Huxtable and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Betoli lies dazed against the cage as Huxtable celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cliff Huxtable!
Cliff Huxtable very nearly forgot to thank ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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