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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Inge Grepp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Esposito acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Inge Grepp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito digs a good hook to Grepp's body.
Inge Grepp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esposito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Esposito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grepp fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Esposito on the side of the head.
Grepp lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Grepp throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Grepp walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grepp bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Esposito's head backwards.
A telegraphed right hand from Esposito misses the target.
Grepp tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grepp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grepp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grepp throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Esposito checks the leg kick.
Grepp lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Grepp.
Grepp just misses with a punch to the body.
Grepp fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Esposito checks it well.
Esposito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grepp.
Grepp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Esposito moves away.
A slow jab from Esposito misses its intended target.
Grepp scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grepp throws an elbow that misses.
Grepp misses with the head strike.
Grepp misses with a punch on the inside.
Grepp on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Esposito stalls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grepp lands a body punch.
Esposito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Esposito misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Inge Grepp has been cut.
Grepp trying to land knees to the body.
Esposito gets through Grepp's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Esposito controlling the action here for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Esposito avoiding damage.
Esposito tries to work over Grepp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Esposito has Grepp pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Grepp controls the action.
Grepp lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Frank Esposito has been cut.
Grepp swings wildly with an uppercut but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Esposito avoiding damage as Grepp throws knees to the body.
Grepp trying to land knees to the body.
Esposito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grepp's defenses.
Grepp lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grepp just misses with a elbow thrown towards Esposito's brow.
Esposito slows down the pace here.
Grepp looking to throw knees to the head but Esposito is blocking nicely.
Esposito makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grepp lands a good knee to the midsection. Esposito won't want to take too many of those.
Grepp throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grepp just misses with a elbow thrown towards Esposito's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Esposito.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Esposito misses with a hook to the ribs.
A knee to the head by Esposito.
Esposito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Esposito avoiding damage as Grepp throws knees to the body.
Grepp throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Esposito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grepp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Esposito tries to work over Grepp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike.
Esposito tries to work over Grepp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grepp throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grepp trying to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Esposito lands an uppercut.
Esposito working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Inge Grepp will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Grepp misses with the combination.
Grepp is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Esposito walks into a left hand.
Grepp lands with a nice combination. Esposito backs away looking to recover.
Grepp throws a leg kick but Esposito sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Esposito throws a hook but Grepp blocks it.
Inge Grepp is winning the standup battle so far.
Grepp throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grepp throws a lazy head kick
and Esposito counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Esposito tries a head kick but it misses.
Esposito misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Grepp coming out on top.
Grepp scores with a hook to the body. Esposito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grepp throws out a loose jab but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grepp fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grepp misses with a straight left.
Esposito is looking to slow Grepp down with leg kicks.
Grepp slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Esposito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Esposito throws a series of punches but Grepp moves out of range.
Grepp with a hook.
Esposito misses with a leg kick.
Esposito misses with a wild body shot.
Grepp scores with a body shot.
Grepp lands a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grepp takes a swing at Esposito's ribcage but misses.
That kick from Grepp tenderised Esposito's leg. Esposito is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Esposito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grepp.
Grepp fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grepp looks to score with a jab to the body but Esposito is just out of range.
Grepp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Esposito moves away.
Esposito misses with an uppercut.
Esposito throws out a loose jab but Grepp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grepp avoids the head kick by Esposito.
Grepp misses with a wild body shot.
Grepp tries to keep at a distance but Esposito has taken the fight into the clinch.
Esposito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grepp tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Grepp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Esposito.
Esposito working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Grepp.
Frank Esposito seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Grepp controls the action.
Esposito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grepp misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grepp just misses with a elbow thrown towards Esposito's brow.
Esposito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Grepp misses with the head strike.
Grepp lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Esposito managing to block the knees to the body from Grepp.
Grepp is working Esposito over against the cage.
Grepp throws a head punch that misses.
Grepp throws an elbow that misses.
Grepp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Esposito blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grepp looking to throw knees to the head but Esposito is blocking nicely.
Grepp lands a shoulder strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grepp is struggling to control the position.
Grepp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grepp lands with a left to the head.
That has opened up Frank Esposito's cut even more.
Grepp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Esposito.
Esposito connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grepp's face.
Grepp misses with an elbow strike.
Grepp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grepp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Esposito.
Esposito creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esposito avoids the elbow strike from Grepp, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Esposito misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Grepp controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Inge Grepp dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Esposito avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Esposito scores with a jab to the head.
Esposito has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grepp.
Esposito takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Grepp throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Esposito sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Esposito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Esposito avoids the body shot from Grepp.
Grepp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Esposito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grepp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grepp misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Esposito lands a jab to Grepp's midsection.
Grepp looks to score with a jab to the body but Esposito is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grepp throws a leg kick but Esposito sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grepp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Esposito moves out of range of the body kick from Grepp.
Esposito tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grepp connects with a leg kick. Esposito looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grepp looks to land a right hand but Esposito moved out of range.
Grepp lands an overhand right.
Esposito misses with a hook.
Esposito throws out a loose jab but Grepp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grepp misses with a double jab.
Grepp misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grepp just misses with a punch to the body.
Grepp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grepp throws an off balance right hand
and Esposito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grepp misses with a wild body shot.
Grepp jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grepp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grepp closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito tries to clinch there but Grepp circles away.
Frank Esposito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Esposito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grepp misses with a hook.
Grepp stuns Esposito with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Esposito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grepp was well out of range. Poor timing from Esposito.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito dips to his left and cracks Grepp with an uppercut!
Grepp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Esposito scores with a nice strike.
Grepp scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grepp looks to score with a jab to the body but Esposito is just out of range.
Grepp doesn't manage to clinch there - Esposito circles away.
Grepp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Esposito manages to avoid it.
Esposito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grepp. That did some damage!
Grepp moves out of range as Esposito throws a body kick.
Grepp lands a lovely overhand right.
Esposito throws out a leg kick but Grepp moves out of range and Esposito only half commits.
Esposito circles away from the clinch attempt.
Inge Grepp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grepp keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Grepp loads up on a big right hand but Esposito slips the punch.
Grepp is looking to wear down Esposito with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Esposito misses with a hook. Grepp ducked under it nicely.
A low kick from Esposito is predictable there
and Grepp counters with a straight right hand.
Grepp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Esposito manages to avoid it.
Grepp scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grepp walks straight into a right hand from Esposito - that's dropped him! Esposito jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Grepp from any more punishment! Grepp complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Esposito!
Frank Esposito very nearly forgot to thank - - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - - 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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