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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mattia Nicoletti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Lancaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy Lancaster will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mattia Nicoletti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Troy Lancaster!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicoletti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nicoletti has closed the distance and engaged Lancaster in a clinch.
A short right from Lancaster.
Nicoletti lands an elbow just above Lancaster 's eye.
Nicoletti definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lancaster on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lancaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lancaster presses Nicoletti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nicoletti lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicoletti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nicoletti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nicoletti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lancaster's brow.
Nicoletti throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lancaster misses with a punch on the inside.
Lancaster lands a nice uppercut.
Lancaster avoids a wild elbow strike from Nicoletti.
Nicoletti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nicoletti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lancaster avoids a wild elbow strike from Nicoletti.
Nicoletti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lancaster lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nicoletti.
Nicoletti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lancaster blocks an uppercut.
Nicoletti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lancaster's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicoletti jumps guard but Lancaster stands there with Nicoletti around his waist. Nicoletti gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lancaster fails to land.
Lancaster controlling the action here for a moment.
Nicoletti lands a damaging elbow.
Nicoletti misses with an elbow over the top.
Lancaster dodges an elbow strike from Nicoletti.
A short uppercut from Lancaster.
Lancaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lancaster.
Lancaster blocks the elbow strike.
Nicoletti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nicoletti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nicoletti takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Nicoletti.
Lancaster's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nicoletti misses with a knee strike.
Lancaster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nicoletti backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Nicoletti blocks it.
Nicoletti lands an elbow inside that Lancaster shrugs off.
Nicoletti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lancaster lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nicoletti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lancaster's defenses.
Lancaster lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nicoletti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lancaster's brow.
A short uppercut from Lancaster.
Nicoletti misses with an elbow over the top.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lancaster lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nicoletti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lancaster lands with a left to the head.
Nicoletti tries a knee to the head but Lancaster blocks it.
Lancaster lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nicoletti backwards.
Lancaster lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nicoletti.
Lancaster lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nicoletti backwards.
Lancaster tries a body shot but Nicoletti blocks it.
Nicoletti tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lancaster smiles and moves away.
Nicoletti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletti is looking to clinch.
Nicoletti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lancaster counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Nicoletti's guard now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Lancaster won't allow Nicoletti to sweep him here.
Lancaster scoring with some ground and pound.
Nicoletti can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lancaster controls the pace.
Lancaster postures up and lands a big shot to Nicoletti's brow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lancaster is in close to Nicoletti's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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!
Lancaster works over Nicoletti with some ground and pound from guard.
Lancaster preventing the sweep.
Nicoletti is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lancaster preventing the sweep.
Lancaster scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nicoletti is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lancaster defends well.
Nicoletti is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nicoletti is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nicoletti's head.
Nicoletti looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lancaster passes into side control.
Lancaster is putting a hurting on Nicoletti here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nicoletti is rocked!
Nicoletti is trying to improve his position.
Lancaster working the ground and pound.
Nicoletti takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Oh Nicoletti is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lancaster cracks Nicoletti with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Nicoletti takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nicoletti tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nicoletti is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Lancaster dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lancaster misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nicoletti seems to have got his legs back now.
Nicoletti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lancaster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nicoletti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nicoletti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lancaster blocks an elbow strike from Nicoletti.
Lancaster dodges an elbow strike from Nicoletti.
Nicoletti pushes off an throws an elbow but Lancaster leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nicoletti throws an elbow but misses.
Lancaster lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nicoletti backwards.
Nicoletti with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lancaster lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lancaster avoids a wild elbow strike from Nicoletti.
Lancaster lands a big uppercut and Nicoletti is down! He's in big trouble - Lancaster follows him to the mat!
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!
Lancaster is keen to just control but Nicoletti is a slippery customer.
Lancaster scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lancaster lands a big elbow - Nicoletti is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Lancaster!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Troy Lancaster!
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hype
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