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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pentti Hilkuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Evangelisti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evangelisti comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hunting For Death kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
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183 cm
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193 lbs
21 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pentti Hilkuri! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Evangelisti! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Evangelisti smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Hilkuri misses the jab. Evangelisti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Hilkuri 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. Evangelisti wants to clinch. Evangelisti rushes Hilkuri and presses him up against the cage. Hilkuri wants to get back to striking at distance but Evangelisti won't allow it.
Evangelisti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hilkuri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Evangelisti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hilkuri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Hilkuri throws a series of punches but Evangelisti moves out of range. A chopping leg kick lands by Evangelisti. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hilkuri misses with a low kick. Hilkuri takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Evangelisti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Evangelisti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big left from Hilkuri misses. Hilkuri swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Evangelisti throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Evangelisti throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Hilkuri loads up on a big right hand but Evangelisti slips the punch. Evangelisti throws a hook but Hilkuri avoids it easily. Hilkuri will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hilkuri shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Hilkuri catches Evangelisti with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Evangelisti rushes Hilkuri and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Hilkuri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Hilkuri has had enough of the clinch but Evangelisti keeps him there for the moment. Evangelisti controlling the action here for a moment.
Hilkuri has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Evangelisti breaks from the clinch.
Hilkuri scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Dante Evangelisti has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hilkuri is looking to chop away at Evangelisti's legs. Evangelisti cracks Hilkuri with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hilkuri cracks the inside of Evangelisti's front leg. Evangelisti scoring well with a low kick there.
Good exchange - Evangelisti coming out on top. Evangelisti slips a jab and a cross from Hilkuri.
Hilkuri scores with a one two! Evangelisti had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. A low kick from Evangelisti misses and Hilkuri counters with a nice low kick that buckles Evangelisti's knee momentarily. Hilkuri lands a leg kick that knocks Evangelisti off balance momentarily. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hilkuri crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Evangelisti - the referee stops the clock and Hilkuri gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Evangelisti. Hilkuri manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Hilkuri is breathing heavily. Hilkuri takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Hilkuri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evangelisti moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Hilkuri takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hilkuri takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Evangelisti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hilkuri has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Hilkuri throws a sloppy head kick and Evangelisti moves out of range easily. Hilkuri stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Evangelisti. That kick from Evangelisti tenderised Hilkuri's leg. Hilkuri is trying to keep his angry face on. Evangelisti connects with a body shot. Evangelisti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hilkuri. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hilkuri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Evangelisti connects with the punch. Evangelisti swinging wildly here.
Hilkuri moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Decent striking displayed by Evangelisti there. Hilkuri misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hilkuri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hilkuri gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Evangelisti. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hilkuri sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Pentti Hilkuri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Evangelisti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Evangelisti throws out a powerful jab. Evangelisti lands a big right hand that sends Hilkuri crashing to the mat! Evangelisti stays standing though and waves Hilkuri back to his feet!
Hilkuri is rocked! Evangelisti darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Hilkuri's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Evangelisti before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dante Evangelisti! Post fight, Dante Evangelisti took to the microphone: 'Run for your lives.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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