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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Meighen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Volbeat - The Human Instrument kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 lbs
34 - 12 - 0 |
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186 lbs
31 - 14 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Meighen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vinny Russo!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meighen tries a head kick but it misses.
Russo cracks Meighen with an open hand slap.
Vinny Russo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meighen misses with a low kick.
Meighen is looking to chop away at Russo's legs.
Meighen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Russo counters with a nice uppercut.
Meighen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Russo with a hook.
Russo lands a head kick that stumbles Meighen and the fighters go to the mat.
Meighen is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo postures up.
Oh Meighen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Meighen looking for a sweep. Not yet Meighen, not yet.
Russo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Meighen seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Russo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meighen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Meighen wants to sweep here but Russo controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo lands a couple of elbows.
Russo wants to control from the top but Meighen keeps moving.
Russo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Russo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Russo cracks Meighen with a solid left hand.
Meighen wants to sweep here but Russo controlling him for the moment.
Russo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Russo cracks Meighen with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo chips away with some ground and pound.
Russo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Meighen is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russo works over Meighen with some ground and pound from guard.
Russo is standing up over Meighen. Meighen looks to escape but Russo dives into side control.
Meighen can't do much from the bottom here.
Meighen is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo wants to control but Meighen is keeping him busy.
Russo with the ground and pound but Meighen regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Russo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Meighen sees it coming and defends easily.
Russo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Meighen is just riding it out for now. Russo eventually gives up the hold.
Russo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Russo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Russo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Meighen is pressing down on Russo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Russo postures up in Meighen's guard and throws a big left but Meighen blocks it.
Russo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russo trying to control the position from guard on top but Meighen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meighen keeping full guard, as Russo tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinny Russo dominated that round.
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.
Russo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Meighen wants to control but Russo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Russo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Russo is trying to control the action in half guard but Meighen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Meighen is controlling Russo's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Russo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Meighen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Russo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Russo with good strikes from the mount here!
Russo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Russo wants to control but Meighen has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Russo looks to land a strike but Meighen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Russo trying to control but Meighen is working from the bottom.
Russo lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meighen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
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!
Meighen keeping moving, preventing Russo from controlling successfully.
Meighen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Russo trying to control but Meighen is working from the bottom.
Russo is pushing down on Meighen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Meighen is fighting to maintain full guard but Russo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Russo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Meighen trying to control but Russo postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo is nestled in close to Meighen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Russo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Meighen is looking to improve his position.
Meighen gets back to full guard.
Meighen keeping moving, preventing Russo from controlling successfully.
Russo cracks Meighen with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen seems keen to control Russo's posture.
Russo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Russo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Russo is looking to work some ground and pound but Meighen has wrist control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meighen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Russo.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Russo landing with the ground and pound.
Vinny Russo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Russo won't allow Meighen to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meighen keeping moving, preventing Russo from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinny Russo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Russo jabs at Meighen's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Russo.
Meighen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Meighen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Russo.
Meighen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Meighen scores with a jab to the head.
Meighen slips a straight right by Russo.
Russo lands with a shot to the body.
Russo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Russo lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Meighen motions for Russo to come forward. Meighen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Russo. Meighen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Russo throws a combination. Meighen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Russo is looking to slow Meighen down with leg kicks.
Arthur Meighen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Russo 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.
Vinny Russo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Russo throws a leg kick that misses.
Meighen lands with a nice body kick.
Russo lands with a good body shot.
Meighen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Russo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meighen misses with a leg kick.
Russo swings for the body but Meighen moves out of range.
Russo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Russo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Meighen throws a leg kick but Russo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Meighen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russo avoids a kick to the body.
Russo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Russo lands a leg kick that knocks Meighen off balance momentarily.
Arthur Meighen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Meighen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo connects with an inside leg kick.
Russo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Russo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Russo wants to control from the top but Meighen keeps moving.
Russo throwing strikes but missing.
Russo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Meighen looking for a sweep. Not yet Meighen, not yet.
Russo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Meighen trying to keep a closed guard but Russo is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo won't allow Meighen to sweep him here.
Russo passes Meighen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Meighen wants to control but Russo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Russo is looking for a kimura but Meighen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Russo to get the leverage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meighen punching from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vinny Russo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Russo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinny Russo!
A very excited looking Vinny Russo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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