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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Atomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Gambacorto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atomi's entrance music is Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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167 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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168 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomi Atomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Gambacorto!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atomi throws a sloppy head kick and Gambacorto moves out of range easily.
Gambacorto moves into the clinch successfully.
Atomi is trying to force a seperation but Gambacorto has the dominant position.
Gambacorto missing with knees to the body.
Gambacorto pushes off an throws an elbow but Atomi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gambacorto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Atomi's efforts to push away.
Atomi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gambacorto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atomi throws out the jab.
Gambacorto stuns Atomi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mark Gambacorto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atomi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
No joy there for Atomi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gambacorto misses with a double jab.
Gambacorto tries to clinch up.
Gambacorto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Atomi ducks under a wild hook from Gambacorto.
Gambacorto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambacorto avoids the head kick by Atomi.
Atomi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gambacorto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gambacorto tries to clinch there but Atomi circles away.
Gambacorto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gambacorto throws a sloppy head kick
and Atomi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Atomi keeps the fight on the outside.
Atomi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Atomi tries for a takedown but Gambacorto sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gambacorto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atomi was well out of range. Poor timing from Gambacorto.
Gambacorto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gambacorto tries to sprawl but Atomi drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atomi thows a huge punch but Gambacorto dodges it nicely.
Atomi trying to pass the guard but Gambacorto defending well.
Atomi 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomi 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.
Atomi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gambacorto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Atomi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gambacorto is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atomi is nestled in close to Gambacorto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gambacorto tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Atomi has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Gambacorto wants to control but Atomi is having none of it.
Atomi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gambacorto hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
BOOM! Atomi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Gambacorto that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Atomi goes for an armbar but Gambacorto turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Gambacorto.
Atomi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Atomi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gambacorto passes into half guard.
Atomi is pressing down on Gambacorto's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi is looking for a triangle here but Gambacorto uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Atomi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gambacorto wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atomi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gambacorto's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Atomi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Atomi controls Gambacorto momentarily but Gambacorto frees himself.
Atomi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atomi trying to keep a closed guard but Gambacorto is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomi Atomi dominated that round.
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.
Atomi shoots in and drives through. Gambacorto sprawls well.
Gambacorto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gambacorto moves to clinch but Atomi breaks away
and Atomi counters with a left to the body.
Atomi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atomi. Gambacorto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Atomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gambacorto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gambacorto moves in looking to clinch but Atomi pushes him off.
Gambacorto displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Atomi.
Good work by Gambacorto as he checks the leg kick.
Atomi slips a straight right by Gambacorto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Atomi.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Atomi checks a leg kick.
Mark Gambacorto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gambacorto tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Atomi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Atomi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gambacorto with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gambacorto doesn't manage to clinch there - Atomi circles away.
Atomi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gambacorto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Atomi cracks Gambacorto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gambacorto moves out of range as Atomi strikes.
Gambacorto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Atomi throws a head kick that misses.
Atomi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gambacorto just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Atomi wants to land a leg kick but Gambacorto is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atomi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Atomi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gambacorto misses with a looping left.
Atomi connects with a looping right hand.
Atomi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gambacorto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gambacorto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gambacorto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gambacorto tries to sprawl but Atomi drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gambacorto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Atomi.
Gambacorto is trying to maintain the position but Atomi is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gambacorto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto wants to get back to his feet but Atomi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Atomi lands a couple of elbows.
Gambacorto seems keen to control Atomi's posture.
Gambacorto has momentary wrist control but Atomi slips an elbow through the middle.
Gambacorto keeping moving, preventing Atomi from controlling successfully.
Atomi looking to sit in guard and control but Gambacorto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Atomi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gambacorto manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi is looking to work some ground and pound but Gambacorto has wrist control.
Gambacorto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Atomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Gambacorto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gambacorto can't keep his opponent in guard - Atomi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gambacorto is pressing down on Atomi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Atomi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gambacorto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tomi Atomi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Atomi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atomi misses with a hook. Gambacorto ducked under it nicely.
Gambacorto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Atomi throws a low kick, looking for Gambacorto's leg but Gambacorto calmly moves out of range.
Gambacorto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atomi throws out the jab.
Nice sprawl there from Gambacorto as Atomi shoots in.
Gambacorto tries to score with a low kick but Atomi moves his leg out of the way.
Gambacorto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Atomi backs up against the cage.
Atomi lands a leg kick that knocks Gambacorto off balance momentarily.
Atomi throws the left hand but Gambacorto avoids the punch easily.
Atomi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gambacorto.
Mark Gambacorto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Atomi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gambacorto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gambacorto doesn't manage to clinch there - Atomi circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Gambacorto misses the target.
Gambacorto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Atomi.
Gambacorto 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.
Atomi lands with a good body shot.
Gambacorto misses with a wild body shot.
Atomi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Atomi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Atomi lands a jab to the nose.
Gambacorto misses with a head kick.
Atomi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomi Atomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atomi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gambacorto.
Atomi throws a sloppy head kick and Gambacorto moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto thows a leg kick but Atomi checks it
and Atomi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gambacorto lands a jab to Atomi's midsection.
Gambacorto works the jab nicely.
Atomi looks to throw the jab but Gambacorto is out of range.
Gambacorto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Atomi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gambacorto connects with an inside leg kick.
Gambacorto throws a poor cross that misses
and Atomi counters with a thumping low kick.
Gambacorto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Atomi's sensitive parts.
Gambacorto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gambacorto is looking to clinch but Atomi is avoiding it.
Atomi just misses with a punch to the body.
Gambacorto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tomi Atomi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atomi lands with a slapping head kick.
Gambacorto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gambacorto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Atomi.
Atomi 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.
A low kick from Gambacorto misses
and Atomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Atomi throws a hook but Gambacorto blocks it.
A leg kick checked by Gambacorto.
Gambacorto tries to clinch up but Atomi circles away and keeps his distance.
Gambacorto misses the shot to the body.
Gambacorto dips to his left and cracks Atomi with an uppercut!
Atomi scoring well with a low kick there.
Gambacorto throws a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gambacorto tries a head kick but it misses.
Gambacorto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mark Gambacorto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gambacorto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Atomi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gambacorto takes a swing at Atomi's ribcage but misses.
Atomi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gambacorto throws a low kick but Atomi moves out of range easily.
A big left from Atomi misses.
Gambacorto takes a jab right on the kisser.
Atomi lands a right hook to the body.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atomi swats away the attempt to clinch by Gambacorto.
Gambacorto throws a shot from downtown. Atomi moves away and avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Gambacorto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Atomi 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tomi Atomi!
A relieved looking Tomi Atomi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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