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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alaric Cosenza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stacy Powel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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214 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alaric Cosenza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stacy Powel!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cosenza throws out a leg kick but Powel moves out of range and Cosenza only half commits.
Powel tries for a takedown but Cosenza sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Powel shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cosenza sprawls well. Cosenza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Powel gets slowly back to his feet.
Powel shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cosenza as he avoids it easily.
Alaric Cosenza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stacy Powel.
Cosenza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cosenza looks to land a left hand but Powel moved out of range nicely.
Powel doesn't manage to clinch there - Cosenza circles away.
Powel shoots in but Cosenza avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cosenza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cosenza throws a nice looking combination but Powel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Powel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cosenza.
Powel moves away from the strike by Cosenza.
Powel decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Powel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cosenza manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Powel keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Cosenza prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cosenza prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosenza is trying to force a seperation but Powel has the dominant position.
Powel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Powel has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cosenza is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Powel breaks from the clinch.
Powel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cosenza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Powel looks for a takedown but Cosenza sprawls well.
Powel fails to land the takedown.
Powel shoots in and gets a takedown into Cosenza's guard.
Powel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cosenza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cosenza has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Powel is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Powel lands a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cosenza wants to stand up but Powel is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powel stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Cosenza has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Powel manages to get his head free but now Cosenza has transitioned to an armbar! Powel grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Cosenza! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alaric Cosenza!
In his post fight interview, Alaric Cosenza started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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