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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kos Pellegrino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi's entrance music is Joker's Wild. A fine choice. Pellegrino has chosen Meiju Suvas - Pure Mua as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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191 lbs
27 - 14 - 3 |
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199 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominick Rivaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kos Pellegrino!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivaldi misses with a hook.
Rivaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
Rivaldi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pellegrino. That one must have hurt.
Rivaldi connects with a crisp jab.
Rivaldi with a hook.
Pellegrino has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
An inside leg kick from Rivaldi misses.
Rivaldi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rivaldi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Kos Pellegrino has been cut.
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!
Rivaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rivaldi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rivaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Pellegrino moves out of range easily.
Dominick Rivaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rivaldi throws a front kick aimed at Pellegrino's knee but Pellegrino avoids it well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pellegrino checks a leg kick.
Rivaldi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi scores with a hook.
Rivaldi cracks the inside of Pellegrino's front leg.
Rivaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rivaldi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pellegrino has time to react.
Rivaldi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pellegrino tries to move into range but Rivaldi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rivaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rivaldi misses with a body shot.
Rivaldi is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Rivaldi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rivaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pellegrino moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pellegrino on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rivaldi. Rivaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
Rivaldi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pellegrino is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Pellegrino sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rivaldi fakes the leg kick and cracks Pellegrino in the body.
Rivaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Pellegrino moves out of range easily.
Rivaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pellegrino looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pellegrino scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rivaldi misses with an uppercut. Pellegrino saw that one coming.
Rivaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pellegrino checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rivaldi avoids the head kick by Pellegrino.
A cross from Rivaldi lands.
Pellegrino misses with a body kick.
Pellegrino takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A leg kick checked by Rivaldi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pellegrino crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rivaldi - the referee stops the clock and Pellegrino gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rivaldi. Pellegrino manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rivaldi throws a shot from downtown. Pellegrino moves away and avoids it.
Rivaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pellegrino checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rivaldi walks into a straight right hand from Pellegrino.
Rivaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Pellegrino off balance momentarily.
Rivaldi connects with a leg kick. Pellegrino looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rivaldi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rivaldi!
Rivaldi lands a head kick. Pellegrino smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivaldi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rivaldi lands a big head kick that sends Pellegrino to the canvas! Rivaldi follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominick Rivaldi!
During a confident post fight interview, Dominick Rivaldi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Kos Pellegrino stepped up to the mic, saying 'I got robbed'.
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hype
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