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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dante Evangelisti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evangelisti's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hunting For Death. Eric Lawler has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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197 lbs
26 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Evangelisti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Lawler!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lawler!
It looks like Dante Evangelisti has been cut.
Evangelisti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lawler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evangelisti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Lawler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Evangelisti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Evangelisti throws an overhand right that lands on Lawler's shoulder, as Lawler tries to avoid the shot.
Lawler lands a jab to Evangelisti's midsection.
Lawler throws a low kick, looking for Evangelisti's leg but Evangelisti calmly moves out of range.
Lawler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lawler slips a jab from Evangelisti.
Lawler on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evangelisti. Evangelisti obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lawler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evangelisti.
Lawler fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lawler avoids the body shot from Evangelisti.
Lawler dodges the punch combination from Evangelisti.
Lawler ducks under a wild hook from Evangelisti.
Lawler looks for the body kick but Evangelisti saw that one coming.
Lawler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Evangelisti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evangelisti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lawler dips to his left and cracks Evangelisti with an uppercut!
Lawler misses the jab.
Dante Evangelisti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evangelisti sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lawler misses with a hook.
Evangelisti tries a head kick but it misses.
Evangelisti throws a looping overhand right but Lawler ducks down to avoid it.
Lawler moves out of range of the body kick from Evangelisti.
Lawler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Evangelisti rather than just go for the knockout.
Lawler punishes Evangelisti's body with a nice straight punch.
Evangelisti connects with an inside leg kick.
Evangelisti looks to score with a jab to the body but Lawler is just out of range.
Evangelisti misses with a straight right.
Lawler keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lawler, right into the meat.
Lawler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawler throws a sloppy head kick and Evangelisti moves out of range easily.
Evangelisti ducks under a wild hook from Lawler.
Evangelisti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
Evangelisti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Evangelisti forces Lawler back against the cage and clinches.
Evangelisti prevents a body shot from Lawler.
Evangelisti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lawler.
Lawler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lawler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Evangelisti just misses with a punch to the body.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evangelisti was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler misses the shot to the body.
Evangelisti slips a jab from Lawler.
Evangelisti scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lawler looks to land a body kick but Evangelisti moved away.
Evangelisti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lawler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lawler gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big right from Evangelisti misses.
Evangelisti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Evangelisti throws a body kick that misses.
Evangelisti comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Evangelisti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Evangelisti lands with an overhand left.
Evangelisti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
Evangelisti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lawler manages to avoid it.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evangelisti takes a swing at Lawler's ribcage but misses.
Lawler is looking to slow Evangelisti down with leg kicks.
Evangelisti avoids the head kick by Lawler.
Lawler takes a swing at Evangelisti's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lawler on the side of the head.
Lawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti misses with a head kick.
Lawler gets a clinch.
Lawler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Evangelisti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evangelisti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Evangelisti.
A big left from Lawler misses.
Lawler connects with a crisp jab.
Lawler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lawler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Evangelisti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler swings for the body but Evangelisti moves out of range.
Lawler misses with a looping right.
Evangelisti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lawler's sensitive parts.
Lawler tests Evangelisti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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 Dante Evangelisti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dante Evangelisti's cut.
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.
Lawler throws a body punch but Evangelisti moves out of range.
Evangelisti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lawler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evangelisti.
A head kick misses from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti looks to land a combination but Lawler avoids it well.
Evangelisti walks into a straight right hand from Lawler.
Evangelisti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lawler throws out the jab.
Evangelisti moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lawler slips a straight right by Evangelisti.
Lawler lands with a nice body punch.
A lazy body kick from Lawler
and Evangelisti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawler takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Lawler misses.
Evangelisti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti slips under a jab.
Lawler misses the shot to the body.
Lawler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lawler looks to score with a jab to the body but Evangelisti is just out of range.
Evangelisti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lawler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Evangelisti.
Lawler throws a looping overhand right but Evangelisti ducks down to avoid it.
Lawler misses with a series of wild punches.
Lawler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Evangelisti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evangelisti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lawler.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lawler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Evangelisti can't find room to land a body shot as Lawler controls the action.
Evangelisti blocks a body shot from Lawler.
Lawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evangelisti blocks a body shot from Lawler.
Lawler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lawler as Evangelisti tries to tie him up.
Evangelisti breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evangelisti thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Evangelisti misses.
Lawler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A swing and a miss from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti digs a good hook to Lawler's body.
Evangelisti lands with a shot to the body.
Lawler takes one to the side of the head.
Lawler staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti lands a jab to the nose.
Evangelisti looks for the body kick but Lawler saw that one coming.
Lawler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evangelisti moves away.
Evangelisti looks for the body kick but Lawler saw that one coming.
Evangelisti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Evangelisti throws a wild body kick that Lawler sees coming a mile off.
Evangelisti avoids the body shot from Lawler.
Evangelisti is looking to slow Lawler down with leg kicks.
Lawler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lawler misses with a wild body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Evangelisti scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evangelisti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Evangelisti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lawler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Evangelisti throws a sloppy head kick and Lawler moves out of range easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Evangelisti. Lawler shrugs it off though.
Evangelisti goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evangelisti. Lawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lawler's corner calls for a 1-2. Lawler obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Evangelisti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lawler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti 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.
Evangelisti tries to land a front kick but Lawler steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Evangelisti throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evangelisti swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lawler counters with a nice body shot.
Evangelisti pushes Lawler up against the cage in a clinch.
Evangelisti looking to slow down the pace here.
Evangelisti blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Evangelisti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dante Evangelisti's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Evangelisti missing with a left hand there. Lawler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Evangelisti lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lawler rushes Evangelisti and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lawler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lawler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Evangelisti can't break the clinch.
Evangelisti gets through Lawler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lawler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lawler stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawler trying to control the position but instead, Evangelisti has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lawler into the cage.
Lawler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evangelisti's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lawler.
A hook to the body from Lawler.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lawler lands with a short shot to the head.
Evangelisti avoiding damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lawler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lawler's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Evangelisti is trying to break free.
Evangelisti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lawler's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Evangelisti manages to break the clinch.
Lawler throws a looping overhand right but Evangelisti ducks down to avoid it.
Lawler tries to clinch but Evangelisti moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evangelisti. Lawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evangelisti throws a low kick but Lawler moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evangelisti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lawler gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Evangelisti.
Lawler wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Evangelisti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawler moves out of range of the body kick.
Lawler throws a leg kick but Evangelisti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lawler drives through and clinches with Evangelisti against the cage.
Evangelisti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lawler backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Evangelisti fails to land.
Evangelisti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lawler tries a head kick but it misses.
Lawler throws a hook to the side of Evangelisti's head but Evangelisti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dante Evangelisti is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Evangelisti, right into the meat.
Lawler moves out of range of the body kick from Evangelisti.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lawler.
Evangelisti swings for the body but Lawler moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lawler slips a jab from Evangelisti.
Lawler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evangelisti.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Evangelisti!
A nice combination there by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lawler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lawler blocks a leg kick.
Evangelisti ducks under a wild hook from Lawler.
Evangelisti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evangelisti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Evangelisti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Good standup being displayed there by Lawler as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evangelisti looks to land a right hand but Lawler moved out of range.
Lawler closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawler staying out of range there.
Evangelisti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Evangelisti.
Lawler scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lawler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Evangelisti lands an overhand right.
Good shot there by Evangelisti.
Nice cross by Evangelisti.
Lawler misses with a straight left.
Evangelisti scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evangelisti takes one on the button.
Lawler jabs Evangelisti to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Evangelisti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lawler moves away.
Evangelisti drops his hands momentarily and Lawler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Dante Evangelisti did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Dante Evangelisti's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lawler misses with a wild body shot.
Evangelisti takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lawler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Evangelisti at a distance.
Lawler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evangelisti moves away from the strike by Lawler.
Lawler looks to land a left hand but Evangelisti moved out of range nicely.
Lawler stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The fighters circling - Lawler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lawler connects with a jab.
Evangelisti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Evangelisti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
Nice shot by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti lands with a nice body kick.
Evangelisti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lawler is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Lawler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawler avoids the head kick by Evangelisti.
Lawler moves into range and clinches up with Evangelisti.
Eric Lawler seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hand to the body from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti is trying to break the clinch but Lawler is controlling him.
Lawler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evangelisti throws a body punch but Lawler moves out of range.
Evangelisti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lawler walks forward, straight into a front kick from Evangelisti.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evangelisti. Lawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
A clash of legs there as Evangelisti blocks the low kick.
Lawler has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Evangelisti cracks a nice hook into Lawler's ribs.
Evangelisti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lawler looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Evangelisti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lawler.
Evangelisti lands a jab.
Evangelisti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti tries a head kick but it misses.
Lawler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Evangelisti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lawler moves in looking to clinch but Evangelisti pushes him off.
Lawler with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Evangelisti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lawler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Evangelisti loads up on a big right hand but Lawler slips the punch.
Good work by Evangelisti as he checks the leg kick.
Evangelisti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawler.
The fighters circling - Lawler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evangelisti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lawler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Evangelisti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lawler changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti misses with a head kick.
Evangelisti throws a series of punches but Lawler avoids them all with ease.
Lawler throws a shot to the body.
Lawler moves out of range of the body kick.
Lawler cracks Evangelisti with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Evangelisti.
Lawler punishes Evangelisti's body with a nice straight punch.
Evangelisti scores with a push kick.
Lawler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lawler looks to land a right hand but Evangelisti moved out of range.
Evangelisti sizes up Lawler with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Evangelisti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Evangelisti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lawler.
Evangelisti throws a leg kick but Lawler sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lawler has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Evangelisti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lawler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lawler takes a swing at Evangelisti's ribcage but misses.
Evangelisti misses with a head kick.
Evangelisti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evangelisti lands a head kick!
Evangelisti throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lawler throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evangelisti throws a leg kick that misses.
Evangelisti throws the left hand but Lawler avoids the punch easily.
Lawler stalks Evangelisti and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Evangelisti's face. Evangelisti staggers backwards, shaken.
Evangelisti blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Dante Evangelisti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dante Evangelisti's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Evangelisti misses with a body shot.
Lawler lunges at Evangelisti with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Evangelisti's hand.
Evangelisti misses with a jab to the body
and Lawler counters with a left to the body.
Evangelisti walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lawler checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lawler misses with a body shot.
Evangelisti thows a body shot but no joy.
Evangelisti throws the left hand but Lawler avoids the punch easily.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evangelisti was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Lawler.
Evangelisti lunges at Lawler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lawler's hand.
Evangelisti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Both fighters circling a little - Evangelisti finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lawler loads up on a big right hand but Evangelisti slips the punch.
Evangelisti lands with a kick to the temple. Lawler shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lawler's sensitive parts.
Evangelisti works the jab nicely.
Evangelisti explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evangelisti was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evangelisti manages to avoid it.
Evangelisti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lawler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti misses with a wild combination.
Evangelisti looks to land a left hand but Lawler moved out of range nicely.
Evangelisti misses with a body shot.
Evangelisti misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Lawler. Those never looked like landing.
Lawler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti cracks Lawler with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Evangelisti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evangelisti wants to land a leg kick but Lawler is out of range.
Evangelisti lands a jab to Lawler's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evangelisti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lawler momentarily.
Lawler lands with a shot to the body.
Lawler slips a straight right by Evangelisti.
Lawler misses the jab.
Evangelisti misses with a lunging right hand
and Lawler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lawler lands a head shot.
Evangelisti tries to score with a low kick but Lawler moves his leg out of the way.
Evangelisti is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Evangelisti blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Lawler.
Lawler looks to throw the jab but Evangelisti is out of range.
Evangelisti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lawler scores with a sloppy right hand. Evangelisti should have avoided that one.
Lawler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Evangelisti can pounce on him.
Lawler swings for the body but Evangelisti moves out of range.
Evangelisti throws the left hand but Lawler avoids the punch easily.
Lawler throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A lazy left from Evangelisti finds it's target.
Lawler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evangelisti. Lawler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evangelisti plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Evangelisti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lawler scores with a body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evangelisti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lawler moves away.
Evangelisti blocks a head kick by Lawler.
Nice shot lands for Evangelisti.
Evangelisti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lawler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lawler with a hook.
Evangelisti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lawler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lawler blocks a jab.
Lawler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evangelisti was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawler.
Lawler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lawler misses with a hook.
Lawler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evangelisti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eric Lawler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evangelisti is looking to land body kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Evangelisti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Evangelisti, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Dante Evangelisti!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Dante Evangelisti!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Dante Evangelisti!
Dante Evangelisti wins by unanimous decision!
Dante Evangelisti is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Dante Evangelisti started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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