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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tristan Alighieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Man D (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alighieri comes to the cage accompanied by Mosquito Song by Queens Of The Stone Age. D has chosen The Prodigy - Firestarter as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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245 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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184 cm
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270 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan Alighieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Man D!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alighieri lands a straight punch to the body, keeping D at a distance.
Alighieri misses the shot to the body.
Alighieri takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jab, jab by Alighieri - just one landing.
It looks like Man D has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alighieri lands with a nice combination. D backs away looking to recover.
Alighieri digs a good body shot into D's ribs.
Alighieri scores with a shot to the body.
D looks gassed!
D takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alighieri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent D stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alighieri looks to score with a jab to the body but D is just out of range.
Alighieri is looking to wear down D with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
D takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alighieri digs a good hook to D's body.
Alighieri misses with a wild body shot.
Alighieri looks to score with a jab to the body but D is just out of range.
Alighieri looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alighieri scores with a hook to the body. D takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
D takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alighieri lands a slapping body shot.
Alighieri tried to score with a low kick but D checks it.
Alighieri throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alighieri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alighieri scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Alighieri tries for a takedown but D sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alighieri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but D was well out of range. Poor timing from Alighieri.
Alighieri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
D throws a shot from downtown. Alighieri moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
D uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alighieri.
Alighieri shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Alighieri.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tristan Alighieri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alighieri misses with a wild body shot.
Alighieri's jab looks to have found its range, popping D under the eye.
Alighieri listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alighieri drives through with a takedown into D's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Alighieri has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Alighieri preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alighieri wants to control from the top but D keeps moving.
Alighieri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as D works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alighieri wants to control from the top but D keeps moving.
D looking to control but Alighieri passes into half guard.
D regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Alighieri.
D is trying to keep Alighieri in close.
Alighieri sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed D's guard.
Alighieri is trying to control. D wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alighieri tries to pass the half guard into mount. D knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Alighieri working over D with some ground and pound. D looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alighieri 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.
Alighieri passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for D!
Alighieri lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
D is in all sorts of trouble here.
Alighieri with the ground and pound from mount.
Alighieri jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… D is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by D and Alighieri has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tristan Alighieri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Man D's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
D on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A good leg kick by D.
Tristan Alighieri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alighieri moves into range and connects with a jab.
D takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Alighieri. Those never looked like landing.
Alighieri lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alighieri misses with a wild body shot.
Alighieri changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. D tries to avoid it but Alighieri manages to keep hold of a leg and drag D to the ground. D escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alighieri will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
D is breathing heavily.
Alighieri's corner calls for a 1-2. Alighieri obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alighieri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from D.
Alighieri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that D can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alighieri drops his shoulder and cracks D with a huge uppercut! D goes down! Can Alighieri finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
D tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alighieri wants to control from the top but D keeps moving.
Alighieri postures up and lands a big shot to D's brow.
D has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Alighieri off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
D connects with a nice looking jab.
Alighieri drops his shoulder and cracks D with a huge uppercut! D goes down! Can Alighieri finish him?
D is rocked!
D keeping full guard, as Alighieri tries to pass.
D is still in real trouble! Can Alighieri finish him?
Alighieri loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
D seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alighieri throwing strikes from guard but D blocks nicely.
Alighieri with a nice head shot there.
Alighieri throws a big elbow that misses.
Alighieri working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alighieri trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Alighieri works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Alighieri is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Alighieri is trying to control. D wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alighieri is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Alighieri has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of D's face.
D working to try and regain half guard.
Alighieri lands with some vicious ground and pound - can D hang on?
D takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
D taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alighieri tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Alighieri is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, D has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Alighieri loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have D scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Alighieri land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Alighieri stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tristan Alighieri!
Tristan Alighieri took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Through me you enter into the city of woes.
Through me you enter into eternal pain.
Through me you enter the population of loss.
Abandon all hope, you who enter here.'.
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hype
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RATING
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