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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pietro Falasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falasco comes into the arena with Se lento ancora il fulmine blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pietro Falasco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fritzie Zivic!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zivic is looking to clinch but Falasco is avoiding it.
Falasco feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zivic's calf.
Falasco closes the distance and clinches.
Zivic tries a body shot but Falasco blocks it.
Falasco scores with a shot to the side of Zivic's head.
Falasco trying to stall but Zivic improves his position.
Falasco has Zivic pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Falasco.
Falasco effectively controlling the action here.
Falasco lands an uppercut.
Falasco lands with a right to the head.
Falasco takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falasco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Falasco lands an elbow just above Zivic 's eye.
It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
Falasco trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zivic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zivic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zivic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Falasco misses with a punch to the body.
Falasco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zivic avoids it.
Falasco prevents a body shot from Zivic.
Zivic blocks an elbow strike from Falasco.
Zivic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Falasco misses with a punch on the inside.
Zivic lands a shot to the body.
Falasco throws an elbow that misses.
Zivic can't break the clinch.
Zivic breaks from the clinch.
Zivic misses with a hook
and Falasco counters with a nice body shot.
Falasco tries to clinch but Zivic moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falasco tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zivic counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falasco bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zivic's head.
Falasco moves to clinch but Zivic breaks away
enabling Zivic to counter with a crisp jab.
Falasco scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zivic in his tracks.
Falasco throws a low kick but Zivic avoids it.
Zivic lands a slapping body shot.
Falasco misses with a body shot
and Zivic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Falasco misses with a double jab
enabling Zivic to counter with a crisp jab.
Falasco cracks Zivic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Falasco chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zivic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Falasco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zivic moves away from the strike by Falasco.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Falasco scores with a shot to the body.
Falasco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zivic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Falasco.
Zivic doesn't manage to clinch there - Falasco circles away.
Zivic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Falasco blocks a jab.
Falasco swats away the attempt to clinch by Zivic.
Danga de danga de dang - Zivic scores with a four punch combination!
Falasco is looking to score with low kicks.
Falasco moves out of range of the strikes.
Falasco uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zivic.
Zivic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falasco throws the left hand but Zivic avoids the punch easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zivic just misses with a punch to the body.
Zivic rushes Falasco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zivic scores with a shoulder strike.
Zivic avoids a wild elbow strike from Falasco.
Falasco tries a body shot but Zivic blocks it.
Falasco scores a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Falasco.
Zivic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Falasco is leaning against Zivic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zivic looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falasco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zivic avoids it.
Falasco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zivic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Falasco is stalling 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 Pietro Falasco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic'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.
Falasco throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Zivic's head.
Falasco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Falasco throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zivic cracks a nice hook into Falasco's ribs.
Zivic throws an overhand right that lands on Falasco's shoulder, as Falasco tries to avoid the shot.
Zivic throws a lazy uppercut
and Falasco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zivic scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zivic scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zivic ducks under a wild hook from Falasco.
Falasco looks to land a left hand but Zivic moved out of range nicely.
Zivic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zivic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Falasco throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falasco cracks Zivic with an open hand slap.
Zivic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Falasco counters with a nice body kick.
Pietro Falasco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zivic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zivic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Falasco scores with a punch to the head.
Falasco misses with an uppercut.
Falasco darts in trying to clinch
letting Zivic counter with a right hand.
Zivic throws a series of punches but Falasco moves out of range.
Falasco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zivic misses with a series of wild punches.
Falasco tries to clinch but Zivic is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Falasco.
Falasco wants to clinch
and Zivic counters with a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zivic is looking to clinch but Falasco is avoiding it.
Zivic looks to clinch
and Falasco counters by clinching up.
Zivic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Falasco backwards.
Falasco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zivic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Falasco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Falasco tries a body shot but Zivic blocks it.
Falasco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pietro Falasco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zivic tries to work over Falasco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Falasco throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falasco cracks Zivic with a nice body shot.
Zivic blocks a body shot from Falasco.
Zivic takes an elbow to the temple.
Falasco lands with a short shot to the head.
Falasco throws an elbow but it misses.
Falasco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Falasco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zivic.
Falasco lands with a left to the head.
Falasco has a couple of punches blocked by Zivic.
Falasco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zivic avoids it.
Falasco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Falasco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zivics head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falasco blocks a body shot from Zivic.
Falasco utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falasco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zivic gets through Falasco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Falasco tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zivic avoids it.
Falasco blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zivic.
Falasco lands a shot to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Falasco here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Falasco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zivic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Falasco throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zivic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zivic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zivic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Falasco misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Fritzie Zivic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
That's time! Falasco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Zivic misses with a straight right.
Falasco misses with a straight right.
Good exchange - Falasco coming out on top.
Zivic jabs Falasco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zivic misses with a series of wild punches.
Falasco lands a jab to Zivic's midsection.
Falasco throws a quick inside leg kick.
Falasco fakes the leg kick and cracks Zivic in the body.
Zivic throws a lazy right hand but Falasco sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Falasco misses with a series of wild punches.
Falasco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zivic moves away.
Zivic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falasco throws the left hand but Zivic avoids the punch easily.
Zivic misses with an uppercut. Falasco saw that one coming.
Zivic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Falasco.
The fight stays on the outside here - Falasco looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zivic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Falasco.
Zivic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Falasco.
Falasco closes the distance and pushes Zivic back into the cage.
Zivic throws a punch but it's blocked by Falasco.
Falasco lands with a right to the head.
Falasco throws a head punch that misses.
Falasco dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Zivic presses Falasco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic blocking some punches.
Zivic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zivic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Falasco's elbow.
Zivic tries to work over Falasco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Falasco lands a nice uppercut.
Falasco trying to land knees to the body.
Falasco misses with a body punch.
Zivic throws a punch but it's blocked by Falasco.
Zivic misses with a body punch.
Zivic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Falasco.
Falasco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zivic's elbow.
Zivic swings wildly with an uppercut but Falasco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zivic misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic lands with a short shot to the head.
Zivic throws a head punch that misses.
Falasco lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Falasco on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Falasco.
Zivic avoiding damage as Falasco throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Falasco.
Falasco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Falasco can't find room to land a body shot as Zivic controls the action.
Falasco tries to work over Zivic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zivic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zivic scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falasco landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zivic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zivic dodges an elbow strike from Falasco.
Zivic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zivic.
Falasco can't find room to land a body shot as Zivic controls the action.
Falasco lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Falasco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Zivic as the two fighters clinch.
Zivic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zivic scores with a hook to the body.
Falasco misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zivic.
Zivic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zivic tries a body shot but Falasco blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pietro Falasco showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Falasco has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pietro Falasco!
A very excited looking Pietro Falasco made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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