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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Lee Italiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hit Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hit Man has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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175 lbs
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176 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paul Lee Italiano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hit Man!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Italiano.
Italiano is looking to clinch.
Italiano tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Italiano closes the distance but Man moves to the side
and Man counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Italiano darts in trying to clinch
and Man counters with a good low kick that Italiano was not able to check.
Italiano tries to keep at a distance but Man has taken the fight into the clinch.
Italiano trying to land knees to the body.
Italiano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Man has had enough of the clinch but Italiano keeps him there for the moment.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Italiano blocks an elbow strike.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the head but Man blocks with his arms.
Man breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Italiano really is a fat lump.
Italiano tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Man counters with a low kick, right behind Italiano 's knee.
Man moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Italiano missing with knees to the body.
Man is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Italiano to keep the fight standing.
Man looks winded!
Italiano tries to land a knee to the head but Man blocks with his arms.
Italiano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Italiano lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Man.
Italiano tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Italiano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Man jumps guard but Italiano stands there with Man around his waist. Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man looking to slow down the pace here.
Italiano crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Italiano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Italiano tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man avoiding damage as Italiano throws knees to the body.
Man tries to pull guard but Italiano won't allow it.
Paul Lee Italiano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hit Man.
Man is trying to stall.
Italiano landing knees to the head.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Italiano.
Italiano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Italiano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Italiano lands a knee to the body.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Italiano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Italiano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Italiano landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Italiano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Italiano missing with knees to the body.
Italiano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Italiano landing knees to the body.
Italiano tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Italiano.
Italiano working Man over with knees to the body.
Italiano misses with a knee strike.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Italiano.
Knees in the clinch landing for Italiano.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Italiano.
Italiano tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Italiano.
Man takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Italiano lands a knee to the body.
Italiano working Man over with knees to the body.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Italiano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Italiano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Italiano lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.
Italiano working Man over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Italiano.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the head but Man blocks with his arms.
Italiano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man avoiding damage as Italiano throws knees to the body.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Italiano connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Lee Italiano dominated that round.
That's time! Italiano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Italiano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Italiano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Italiano was covering up waiting for the punch and Man finishes the takedown easily into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Italiano is looking to stand up but Man isn't so interested in that idea.
Man is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man with a flurry of punches that miss.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Italiano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Italiano.
Italiano wants to clinch.
Italiano is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Man gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Italiano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Italiano working Man over with knees to the body.
Italiano crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Italiano.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Italiano stops a takedown attempt from Man.
Italiano scores a nice knee to the body.
Italiano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Italiano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Italiano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Italiano connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Hit Man has been cut.
Italiano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Italiano scores a nice knee to the body.
Italiano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Italiano lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Italiano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Italiano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Italiano obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Italiano trying to land knees to the body.
Italiano landing knees to the body.
Italiano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Man avoiding damage as Italiano throws knees to the body.
Italiano lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.
Italiano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Italiano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Man can do to turn this around?
Italiano working Man over with knees to the body.
Italiano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Italiano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Italiano tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Italiano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Italiano misses with a knee strike.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Italiano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man jumps guard but Italiano stands there with Man around his waist. Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Italiano crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Man takes a knee right on the jaw!
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Italiano with a knee to the head.
Italiano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've been informed that Man has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Italiano looking to throw knees to the head but Man is blocking nicely.
Italiano missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Italiano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Italiano trying to land knees to the body.
Man jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Italiano walks away with a smile on his face. Man gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Paul Lee Italiano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hit Man.
Man avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Lee Italiano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hit Man'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. This is the final round!
Italiano tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Italiano doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Man closes the distance and pushes Italiano back into the cage.
Man gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Italiano regains guard.
Man won't allow Italiano to get back to his feet.
Man is pushing down on Italiano's leg trying to pass to half guard. Italiano is fighting to maintain full guard but Man has managed to sneak the leg through.
Italiano blocking the ground and pound attempt from Man.
Italiano might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Man seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Italiano does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Man takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Hit Man hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Italiano tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Italiano doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Hit Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Italiano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Italiano tries to clinch up
and Man counters with a three punch combo that has Italiano backing up. Italiano nods at Man to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Italiano.
Italiano drives through and clinches with Man against the cage.
Italiano tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Italiano landing knees to the head.
Paul Lee Italiano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Man takes a knee to the side of the body.
Italiano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Italiano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Italiano misses with a knee to the head.
Man jumps guard but Italiano stands there with Man around his waist. Man gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Italiano scores with a knee to the head.
Italiano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Italiano keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Italiano prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Italiano.
Man managing to block the knees to the body from Italiano.
Italiano landing knees to the head.
Italiano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Italiano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Italiano misses with a knee to the head.
Italiano lands a nice knee to the body.
Man tries to pull guard but Italiano forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Paul Lee Italiano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hit Man.
Italiano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Man avoiding damage as Italiano throws knees to the body.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man trying to land knees to the body.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Italiano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Italiano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Italiano misses with a knee strike.
Man is trying to pull guard but Italiano turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Italiano working Man over with knees to the body.
Italiano lands a knee to the body.
Italiano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Italiano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Italiano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Italiano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Italiano scores a nice knee to the body.
Italiano missing with knees to the body.
Italiano misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Italiano tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man jumps guard and drags Italiano to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hit Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Italiano trying to stand up but can't free himself from Man's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Lee Italiano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Italiano, 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Lee Italiano!
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