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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Furio Giunta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and winston churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giunta's entrance music is The Godfather Theme - Fantomas. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Furio Giunta!
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, winston churchill!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
churchill moves into range and clinches up with Giunta.
churchill fails to pull the fight into his guard.
churchill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
churchill takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Giunta scores with a jab to the body.
churchill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giunta attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Giunta throws a shot to the body.
churchill looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giunta sends churchill crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Giunta is motioning to the referee to let churchill up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
churchill is rocked!
churchill clinches up against the cage.
churchill is still on wobbly legs! Can Giunta finish him?
Giunta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Giunta fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Giunta.
Giunta is trying to break free.
churchill tries to pull guard but Giunta holds him up against the cage and eventually churchill drops back down to his feet.
churchill seems to have recovered his senses.
churchill keeps control of Giunta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Giunta is trying to break free.
Giunta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Giunta is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but churchill is keeping busy.
Giunta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Giunta has had enough of the clinch but churchill keeps him there for the moment.
Giunta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
churchill keeps control of Giunta as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Giunta tries to break the clinch but churchill is controlling the position.
Giunta is looking to break free of the clinch but churchill has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giunta has had enough of the clinch but churchill keeps him there for the moment.
churchill goes for a takedown in the clinch but Giunta prevents it.
Furio Giunta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of winston churchill.
Giunta is trying to break the clinch but churchill has him pressed against the cage.
Giunta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but churchill has him pressed against the cage.
churchill fails to pull guard.
churchill struggles to land a body shot inside as Giunta controls his hands.
Giunta has had enough of the clinch but churchill keeps him there for the moment.
churchill jumps into guard, dragging Giunta to the mat.
Giunta stands and steps away. churchill gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
churchill drops his hands momentarily and Giunta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
churchill scores with a leg kick.
churchill forces Giunta back against the cage and clinches.
churchill jumps guard and drags Giunta to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Giunta won't allow churchill to get back to his feet.
churchill looking to hit a scissor sweep but Giunta is one step ahead there.
churchill looking to control.
Giunta might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
churchill is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
churchill wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
churchill working for a triangle but Giunta defends it easily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Giunta scores with a jab to the body.
Giunta misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown by churchill or perhaps it was just good defense by Giunta which made him look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giunta scores with a jab to the body.
Giunta goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Giunta scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Giunta connects with a crisp jab.
Furio Giunta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giunta thuds a left hand into churchill's body.
Giunta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
churchill with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Giunta to score with a decent uppercut.
churchill fails to land the takedown.
Giunta misses with a jab, cross combination.
churchill has Giunta up against the cage in a clinch.
Giunta wants to get back to striking at distance but churchill won't allow it.
churchill pulls Giunta into guard.
churchill trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
churchill bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Giunta's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
churchill looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
churchill is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
churchill trying to control but Giunta is working from the bottom.
Giunta is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst churchill is controlling him.
churchill is standing up over Giunta. Giunta looks to escape but churchill dives into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
churchill wants to control but Giunta is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Furio Giunta 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.
Giunta swings for the body but churchill moves out of range.
Giunta loads up on a big right hand but churchill slips the punch.
churchill shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Giunta but Giunta pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A big left from Giunta misses.
churchill shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Giunta but Giunta pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Furio Giunta is winning the standup battle so far.
Giunta moves into range and connects with a jab.
churchill dodges the punch combination from Giunta.
Giunta throws a series of punches but churchill moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
churchill wants to clinch.
Giunta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from churchill. That one must have hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
churchill needs to keep his hands up - Giunta had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giunta throws a hook to the side of churchill's head but churchill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
churchill gets a clinch.
churchill lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Giunta or not.
Giunta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
churchill lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Giunta backwards.
churchill ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. churchill no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
churchill wants to sweep but no luck.
churchill is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
churchill is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Giunta tries to stand but churchill is controlling from the bottom.
churchill working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Giunta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before churchill has time to react.
churchill throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Giunta's waist but Giunta gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing churchill off to one side.
Furio Giunta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of winston churchill.
churchill takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Giunta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Giunta lands a glancing blow to the side of churchill's head.
Furio Giunta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Giunta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Giunta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
churchill wants to clinch up but Giunta keeps it at a distance.
Giunta is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Horrible takedown by churchill or perhaps it was just good defense by Giunta which made him look bad.
churchill shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Giunta as he avoids it easily.
churchill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
churchill shoots for a takedown but Giunta saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
churchill shoots for a double leg takedown but Giunta sprawls well. He's pushed churchill's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
churchill throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Giunta's waist but Giunta gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing churchill off to one side.
Giunta scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Giunta waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract churchill.
Giunta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
churchill gets a clinch.
churchill pulls Giunta into guard.
Giunta has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of churchill is proving hard to escape from.
churchill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giunta has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of churchill is proving hard to escape from.
Giunta controlling from the top position.
churchill tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Giunta content to stall in guard here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
churchill ducks under a wild hook from Giunta.
Giunta lands with a nice body punch.
churchill clinches up with Giunta and pushes him back against the cage.
Giunta can't break the clinch.
churchill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Furio Giunta dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Giunta chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before churchill can pounce on him.
Giunta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Giunta misses with a body shot.
churchill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Giunta throws a hook but churchill blocks it.
churchill fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Giunta lands a body shot.
Giunta lands a jab-cross combination.
Giunta cracks churchill with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Giunta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by churchill.
Giunta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Giunta throws a series of strikes that have churchill backpedaling.
churchill instigates a clinch.
churchill jumps guard and drags Giunta to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Giunta controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Giunta's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giunta wants to get up but he can't break churchill's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
churchill controls Giunta momentarily but Giunta frees himself.
churchill working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Giunta doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Giunta manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Giunta controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
churchill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
churchill had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Giunta is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. churchill Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Giunta's back instead.
Giunta controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Giunta turns into churchill and is now in his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giunta content to stall in guard here.
Giunta stands up from churchill's guard - Giunta perhaps looking for a knockout.
churchill tries to clinch but Giunta is having none of it.
Giunta throws a right and a left that churchill avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
churchill fails in his attempt to clinch.
churchill shoots for a takedown but Giunta saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Furio Giunta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of winston churchill.
A shot to de liver by Giunta. Beautiful body shot.
churchill clinches up against the cage.
churchill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
churchill looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Giunta is fending him off so far but churchill persists. Nope, Giunta circles away and we're back to standing.
Giunta throws a series of punches but churchill avoids them all with ease.
winston churchill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
churchill rushes Giunta and presses him up against the cage.
churchill breaks from the clinch.
churchill takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Giunta swinging wilding here.
churchill looks for a takedown but Giunta sprawls well.
Giunta connects with a body shot.
Oooh a lovely combination from Giunta sends churchill down but not out. Giunta dives into side control looking to finish.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Giunta content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Furio Giunta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Giunta, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Furio Giunta!
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