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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Courtney Upshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Upshaw comes to the cage accompanied by Retaliation. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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225 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Courtney Upshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Ferrari!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferrari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Upshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Upshaw throws a body punch but Ferrari moves out of range.
Ferrari looks to clinch
and Upshaw counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Mario Ferrari has been cut.
Upshaw throws the kick towards the body but Ferrari avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Upshaw.
Upshaw swings for the body but Ferrari moves out of range.
Upshaw throws the left hand but Ferrari avoids the punch easily.
Ferrari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Upshaw.
Ferrari lands with a nice body kick.
Ferrari drives through and clinches with Upshaw against the cage.
Ferrari digs a right hand into Upshaw's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Upshaw's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Upshaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Ferrari has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ferrari.
It looks like Courtney Upshaw has been cut.
We've been informed that Ferrari has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Upshaw.
Ferrari looking to stall.
Upshaw misses with a punch to the body.
Ferrari tries a knee to the head but Upshaw blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Upshaw fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrari tries to land knees in the clinch but Upshaw avoids the damage to the body.
Ferrari lands a knee to the body.
Upshaw stalling in the clinch but Ferrari improves position.
Upshaw takes a shot to the head.
Ferrari lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Upshaw backwards.
Upshaw misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Upshaw content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ferrari struggles to land a body shot inside as Upshaw controls his hands.
Ferrari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ferrari lands a knee to the body.
Ferrari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ferrari misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Upshaw.
Upshaw's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ferrari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ferrari is looking to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Upshaw swats away the attempt to clinch by Ferrari.
Mario Ferrari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferrari scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ferrari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ferrari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ferrari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Upshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Upshaw blocks a head kick by Ferrari.
Ferrari keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ferrari lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ferrari clinches.
Upshaw lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferrari backwards.
Upshaw lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ferrari swings wildly with an uppercut but Upshaw uses good head movement to avoid it.
Upshaw scores with a nice hook to the head.
Upshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ferrari obliges.
Ferrari lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Upshaw backwards.
Upshaw stalling in the clinch but Ferrari improves position.
Ferrari has a couple of punches blocked by Upshaw.
Upshaw letting Ferrari take a breather here.
Upshaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ferrari throws a head kick but Upshaw moves out of range.
Ferrari slips under a jab from Upshaw.
Ferrari throws a sloppy head kick
and Upshaw connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ferrari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Upshaw throws a series of punches but Ferrari moves out of range.
Upshaw ducks under a wild hook from Ferrari.
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!
Ferrari is looking to clinch.
Upshaw throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ferrari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ferrari throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Upshaw throws a leg kick but Ferrari checks it.
Upshaw misses with a wild combination.
Upshaw on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ferrari. Ferrari obviously looking to wear him down.
Ferrari thows a body shot but no joy.
Ferrari throws a head kick that misses
and Upshaw counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ferrari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ferrari.
Ferrari misses with a head kick.
Ferrari moves to clinch but Upshaw breaks away
and Upshaw counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ferrari scores with a head kick.
Upshaw throws a series of punches but Ferrari moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Ferrari dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ferrari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Upshaw manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ferrari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferrari.
Ferrari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Upshaw misses with some punches.
Mario Ferrari seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Upshaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ferrari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Upshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ferrari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Upshaw.
Ferrari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ferrari moves out of range as Upshaw strikes.
Mario Ferrari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ferrari moves in looking to clinch but Upshaw pushes him off.
Upshaw gets tackled into the cage by Ferrari. Ferrari maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrari connects with a knee to the head.
Upshaw misses with a punch on the inside.
Upshaw lands with a left to the head.
Upshaw takes a knee right on the jaw!
Courtney Upshaw's cut is getting worse.
Upshaw lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ferrari misses with a body punch.
Upshaw has a couple of punches blocked by Ferrari.
Ferrari lands a nice knee to the body.
Ferrari lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferrari with a knee to the head.
Ferrari displaying some good clinch control by pressing Upshaw up against the cage.
Ferrari connects with a knee to the head.
Ferrari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ferrari.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ferrari.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari misses with a knee strike.
Upshaw swings wildly with an uppercut but Ferrari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Upshaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferrari breaks from the clinch.
Ferrari moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ferrari closes the distance and clinches.
Ferrari is trying to maintain a safe position but Upshaw gets an underhook and turns Ferrari into the cage.
Ferrari breaks the clinch.
Courtney Upshaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ferrari forces Upshaw back against the cage and clinches.
Upshaw misses with a body punch.
Upshaw tries to break the clinch but Ferrari is controlling the position.
Ferrari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ferrari misses with a body punch.
Upshaw blocks an uppercut.
Ferrari blocks an uppercut.
Ferrari lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ferrari as Upshaw tries to tie him up.
Ferrari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ferrari jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Courtney Upshaw's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ferrari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ferrari tries to close the distance and clinch but Upshaw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferrari tries to clinch there but Upshaw circles away.
Ferrari avoids the head kick by Upshaw.
Upshaw keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ferrari.
Ferrari lands with a kick to the temple. Upshaw shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ferrari wants to clinch up but Upshaw keeps it at a distance.
Ferrari throws a jab but it's blocked by Upshaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari wants to clinch but Upshaw slips to the side
and Upshaw counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ferrari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ferrari tries to clinch up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Upshaw looks to land a combination but Ferrari avoids it well.
Ferrari tries to clinch up.
Ferrari throws a right hand that Upshaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Upshaw also avoids with ease.
Ferrari tries to clinch there but Upshaw circles away.
Ferrari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Upshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Upshaw swats away the attempt to clinch by Ferrari.
Ferrari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ferrari throws a sloppy head kick
and Upshaw cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ferrari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Upshaw counters with a left and a right that stings Ferrari.
Upshaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Ferrari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Ferrari misses with a wild body shot.
Ferrari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Upshaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ferrari swinging wildly here.
Ferrari throws a head kick that misses.
Upshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Upshaw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ferrari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ferrari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Upshaw jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ferrari doesn't manage to clinch there - Upshaw circles away.
Ferrari misses with a wild body shot.
Upshaw fails to land with a series of punches.
Upshaw takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferrari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ferrari closes the distance but Upshaw moves to the side
and Upshaw counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ferrari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Upshaw scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Upshaw takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferrari throws a right and a left that Upshaw avoids nicely.
Ferrari tries to clinch but Upshaw is having none of it.
Ferrari darts in and clinches Upshaw up against the cage.
Ferrari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Upshaw.
Ferrari lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Upshaw backwards.
Jeez, Courtney Upshaw's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ferrari connects with a nasty looking knee right to Upshaw's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upshaw lands an uppercut.
Ferrari lands an uppercut.
Upshaw has Ferrari pressed against the cage.
Upshaw seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Ferrari using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Upshaw swings wildly with an uppercut but Ferrari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferrari breaks from the clinch.
Ferrari has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ferrari tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Upshaw counters with a three punch combo that has Ferrari backing up. Ferrari nods at Upshaw to acknowledge the strikes.
Upshaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Ferrari takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferrari tries to land a front kick but Upshaw steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Upshaw tries to score with a low kick but Ferrari moves his leg out of the way.
Courtney Upshaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ferrari tries to clinch there but Upshaw circles away.
Upshaw keeps the fight on the outside.
Ferrari scores with a head kick.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Courtney Upshaw's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mario Ferrari!
An out of breath Mario Ferrari thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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