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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Faustos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Christofi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
24 - 10 - 1 |
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187 cm
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215 lbs
4 - 3 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Faustos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Christofi!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faustos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Christofi takes a step back to recover.
Christofi blocks the body kick.
Christofi drives through with a takedown into Faustos's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Faustos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Faustos wants to stand but Christofi is controlling the position.
Christofi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Christofi throws a big elbow that misses.
Christofi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Faustos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Christofi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Faustos is breathing heavily.
Christofi looking to pass the guard.
Christofi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christofi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Faustos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Christofi is controlling him.
Faustos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Christofi controls the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Christofi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Christofi trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Faustos manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Faustos wanted to stand there but Christofi had control of the position.
Christofi pulls Faustos in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Chris Christofi hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Faustos leaves Christofi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Faustos takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Diego Faustos has been cut.
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!
Christofi shoots in for a double leg but Faustos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Christofi defending well as Faustos loads up on a big left hand.
Christofi shoots in looking for a takedown but Faustos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Christofi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Diego Faustos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Christofi.
Christofi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Faustos!
Faustos is trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faustos parries the strikes from Christofi easily there. Christofi is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Faustos to escape.
Christofi scoring with punches and elbows.
Faustos taking punishment in the form of punches.
Christofi working the ground and pound.
Christofi prevents Faustos from escaping the position.
Faustos trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Faustos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Christofi wants to control but Faustos is keeping him busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes there by Christofi.
Faustos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Faustos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Faustos is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faustos taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oh Faustos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christofi scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Faustos is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Christofi can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Christofi!
Our winner, Chris Christofi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
58% |
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