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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Salvato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donivan Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donivan Hall will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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228 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derrick Salvato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donivan Hall!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall wants to clinch up but Salvato keeps it at a distance.
Hall darts in and clinches Salvato up against the cage.
Hall lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Derrick Salvato has been cut.
Hall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Salvato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hall clinches with his opponent.
Hall throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Salvato tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hall lands a nice knee to the body.
Hall lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hall tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Salvato trying to hold on to Hall's head to control him but Hall postures up.
Hall wants to get back to his feet.
Hall tries to pass the half guard into mount. Salvato knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Salvato to stand up.
Hall looks gassed!
Salvato tries to clinch
enabling Hall to counter with a crisp jab.
Hall looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Salvato looks for a takedown but Hall sprawls well.
Hall has closed the distance and engaged Salvato in a clinch.
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
Hall is trying to stall.
Hall seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Salvato stalling in the clinch but Hall improves position.
Hall stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Donivan Hall.
Hall scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hall stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall trying to pass the guard but Salvato defending well.
Hall wants to stand but Salvato has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Salvato looking for submissions off his back.
Hall wants to stand up but Salvato is controlling the position.
Salvato wants to control but Hall is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salvato pushes Hall off and gets back to his feet.
Hall tries for a takedown but Salvato circles away easily
and Salvato counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Salvato.
Salvato looking to slow down the pace here.
Salvato is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hall pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derrick Salvato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall has had enough of the clinch but Salvato keeps him there for the moment.
Salvato blocks the elbow strike.
Hall misses with an elbow strike.
Salvato lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Salvato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Salvato lands a shot to the body.
Salvato missing with knees to the body.
Hall lands an elbow just above Salvato 's eye.
Hall breaks from the clinch.
Donivan Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall throws a series of punches but Salvato moves out of range.
Salvato stuffs the takedown attempt from Hall. Hall gets slowly back to his feet.
Hall has a takedown stuffed.
Salvato clinches but Hall breaks the clinch
and Hall counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hall.
Hall looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvato fails to pull guard.
Salvato wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Salvato manages to break the clinch.
Salvato shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Salvato showed some decent athleticism there.
Salvato content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Salvato wants to take a breather but Hall is having none of it.
Salvato looks to land a strike but Hall avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salvato won't allow Hall to get back to his feet.
Salvato keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hall's head.
Salvato thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donivan Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Salvato'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.
Horrible takedown by Salvato or perhaps it was just good defense by Hall which made him look bad.
Hall looks to clinch
and Salvato counters by moving into the clinch.
Hall tries to break the clinch but Salvato is controlling the position.
Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Salvato has Hall pushed against the cage.
Salvato takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Salvato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Salvato tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hall smiles and moves away.
Salvato throws a head kick that half lands.
Salvato bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Salvato working away.
Salvato throws an elbow but Hall slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hall sneaks out the side door and pushes Salvato away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Salvato fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derrick Salvato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hall misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvato tries to clinch up.
Salvato throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hall's waist but Hall gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Salvato off to one side.
Hall tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Salvato counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hall is trying to stand up here but Salvato is controlling him well.
Salvato seems to be working for a kimura but Hall defends the submission attempt.
Hall is trying to stand back up but Salvato is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salvato wants to take a breather but Hall is having none of it.
Salvato stands up out of the half guard.
Salvato clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Salvato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall tries to clinch
and Salvato moves into the clinch.
Salvato is working for takedown but Hall is calmly controlling the position for now.
Salvato looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hall landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Salvato looking for a takedown.
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Salvato pulls guard.
Salvato looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Salvato not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Salvato is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Salvato working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hall doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hall manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Salvato throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Hall escapes and throws Salvato's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Hall decides to stand up, so the ref orders Salvato to his feet.
Hall is looking to slow Salvato down with leg kicks.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salvato misses with a takedown attempt - Hall sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hall throws a right hand that Salvato ducks under and follows up with a left that Salvato also avoids with ease.
Derrick Salvato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvato gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hall counters by moving into the clinch.
Salvato takes an elbow to the forehead.
Salvato trying to stall but Hall improves his position.
Hall manages to break the clinch.
Hall darts in trying to clinch
and Salvato counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Salvato trying to control the position from guard on top but Hall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salvato trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Salvato dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Salvato'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. And we move into the final round!
Salvato swats away the attempt to clinch by Hall.
Hall tries to clinch up
and Salvato counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hall darts in trying to clinch
and Salvato counters with a series of strikes. Hall will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hall takes the fight into the clinch.
Salvato fails to pull guard.
Salvato tries to pull guard but Hall won't allow it.
Salvato tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hall just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derrick Salvato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall scores with a shot to the side of Salvato's head.
Hall breaks the clinch.
Hall tries to keep at a distance but Salvato has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salvato misses with a takedown attempt - Hall sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hall decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hall prevents Salvato from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvato regains full guard. Nicely done.
Salvato pushes Hall off and scrambles back to his feet.
Salvato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hall tries to clinch up
so Salvato counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Salvato trying to control but Hall is working from the bottom.
Salvato won't allow Hall to get back to his feet.
Hall has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Salvato off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Hall fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Hall. No joy for Salvato on that attempt.
Hall with a lazy takedown attempt
and Salvato counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Salvato jabs Hall right on the nose. Hall blinks but takes it well.
Hall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salvato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hall tries to clinch up
and Salvato counters with a solid body kick.
Hall is looking to clinch but Salvato is avoiding it.
Hall lands with a straight right. Salvato didn't see that one coming.
Salvato is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Salvato flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Salvato is out cold! Hall holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donivan Hall!
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energy
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hype
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