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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Cesaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Edjedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edjedi has chosen ZVEZDA LE ZVEZDA LE !!! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Antonio Cesaro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 cm
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165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Cesaro! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marko Edjedi! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Edjedi gets caught napping as Cesaro dives in and scores a takedown. Edjedi manages to retain guard. Edjedi has momentary wrist control but Cesaro slips an elbow through the middle. Cesaro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Cesaro is in close to Edjedi's body, working some short punches and elbows. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Cesaro lands a couple of elbows. Cesaro lands a couple of elbows. Cesaro looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Cesaro scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Edjedi is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Cesaro dives into side control.
Edjedi on the wrong end of some ground and pound. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Cesaro is putting a hurting on Edjedi here, landing some big shots from side control. Cesaro advances to full mount. Cesaro lands a big shot there that rocks Edjedi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cesaro working away from the top, dropping strikes. Edjedi is trying to get back to his feet but can't. Cesaro scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Edjedi?
Cesaro lands a big shot there that rocks Edjedi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cesaro landing shots from mount. Cesaro landing strikes from the mount and Edjedi is in trouble!
Edjedi is rocked! Cesaro lands a couple of good shots and Edjedi has given up his back, trying to escape the position! Edjedi is still in real trouble! Can Cesaro finish him? The referee is taking a good look at Edjedi as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Cesaro!
Cesaro lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK. Cesaro lands strikes from the back and Edjedi isn't doing enough to escape the position. The referee steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Cesaro! After winning the bout, Antonio Cesaro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
92% |
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