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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kassidy Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sal Manella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manella comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Egg kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kassidy Cullen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
19 - 6 - 1 |
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173 cm
27
167 lbs
17 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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
19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kassidy Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sal Manella!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cullen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Manella throws a lazy right hand but Cullen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manella manages to avoid it.
Manella swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cullen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cullen. That's going to slow Manella down.
Kassidy Cullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manella. Cullen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cullen closes the distance and clinches up with Manella, looking for a takedown. Cullen pushes Manella against the cage but Manella circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Manella has closed the distance and engaged Cullen in a clinch.
Manella stalling in the clinch but Cullen improves position.
Cullen lands a body punch in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Cullen as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manella avoids the elbow strike from Cullen, against the cage.
Cullen blocks an elbow strike from Manella.
Cullen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Manella up against the cage.
Manella is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cullen is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cullen.
Cullen throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manella pushes off an throws an elbow but Cullen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cullen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cullen has Manella pressed against the cage.
Cullen seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Cullen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manella avoids it.
Manella throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Manella throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Manella throws an elbow but it misses.
Cullen misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen fails to pull guard.
With the fighters up against the cage, Manella throws an elbow but misses.
Cullen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manella is defending well for now.
Cullen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Manella up against the cage.
Manella is trying to maintain a safe position but Cullen gets an underhook and turns Manella into the cage.
Cullen is pushing Manella up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manella creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cullen has Manella pushed against the cage.
Cullen managing to block the knees to the body from Manella.
Cullen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Manella.
Cullen blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cullen fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kassidy Cullen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cullen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manella's elbow.
Cullen blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kassidy Cullen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Manella lands a jab to Cullen's midsection.
Manella misses the body punch
and Cullen counters with an inside leg kick.
Manella lands with a nice body kick.
Cullen 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.
Cullen shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cullen showed some decent athleticism there.
Manella trying to control here.
Cullen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cullen prevents Manella from improving his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cullen moves into full mount! Manella won't be happy about that!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen raining down shots from the mount!
Cullen unloading with bombs!
Manella can't escape the position.
Cullen 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.
Cullen looking to finish Manella with some ground and pound. This is bad for Manella!
It looks like Sal Manella has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cullen prevents Manella from getting the reversal.
Cullen lands a big shot there that rocks Manella but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Manella is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen unloading with bombs!
Manella is still in real trouble! Can Cullen finish him?
That has opened up Sal Manella's cut even more.
Cullen looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Manella covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kassidy Cullen!
Kassidy Cullen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hell's Balls Recovery (160) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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