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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Enrico Ciccone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sub Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norris has chosen Norris Man - When Your Time Is Up as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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157 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
29
154 lbs
24 - 18 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enrico Ciccone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sub Norris!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris instigates a clinch.
Norris lands a right hand.
Norris lands a nice shot to the body.
Norris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ciccone definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ciccone missing with knees to the body.
Ciccone is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Norris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ciccone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Norris is trying to stall.
Ciccone tries to score a body lock takedown but Norris shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ciccone blocks the elbow strike.
Norris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ciccones head.
Norris scores with a shot to the side of Ciccone's head.
Norris lands a damaging elbow.
Ciccone lands a nice shot to the body.
Norris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciccone's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norris.
Ciccone avoids a wild elbow strike from Norris.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Norris lands an elbow inside that Ciccone shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enrico Ciccone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Norris.
Ciccone misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Norris.
Norris pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ciccone fails to land.
Ciccone avoids a wild elbow strike from Norris.
Norris looking to slow down the pace here.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Norris has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ciccone's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ciccone working aggressively here.
Norris misses with some punches.
Norris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ciccone goes for a takedown in the clinch but Norris prevents it.
Norris leaning against his opponent.
Ciccone avoids the elbow strike from Norris, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciccone is working for takedown but Norris is calmly controlling the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ciccone is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Norris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short uppercut from Norris.
Ciccone can't get the takedown.
Norris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Norris.
Norris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norris stalling against the cage.
Norris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Ciccone - that landed with a thud.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norris throws an elbow but misses.
Norris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciccone's elbow.
Norris blocks a body shot from Ciccone.
A short right from Norris.
A short left from Norris.
Ciccone wants to get back to striking at distance but Norris won't allow it.
Norris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Norris is pushing Ciccone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Norris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Norris.
Ciccone takes a shot to the head.
Norris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Norris misses with a body punch.
Ciccone has picked Norris up - he's going for a ride! Ciccone dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Norris looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ciccone working Norris over with strikes.
Norris pushes Ciccone off and gets back to his feet.
Norris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ciccone manages to avoid it.
Sub Norris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Norris slaps away a takedown attempt from Ciccone, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Norris stuns Ciccone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
Norris doesn't manage to clinch there - Ciccone circles away.
Norris throws a hook to the side of Ciccone's head but Ciccone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from Ciccone does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciccone shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Norris napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Norris explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Norris tries to clinch but Ciccone moves out of range.
Norris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ciccone fails to land the takedown.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ciccone doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Norris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ciccone fails to pull guard.
Norris taking a breather.
Ciccone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciccone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Norris gets through Ciccone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Norris lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ciccone takes an elbow to the temple.
Norris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sub Norris dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The crowd cheers as Norris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ciccone doesn't seem phased though.
Norris looks to land a combination but Ciccone avoids it well.
Norris misses with a body shot.
Norris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ciccone circles away quickly and effectively.
Norris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ciccone was well out of range. Poor timing from Norris.
Norris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Norris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ciccone manages to avoid it.
Norris is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ciccone.
Ciccone instigates a clinch.
Ciccone blocks the elbow strike.
Norris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ciccone's efforts to push away.
Ciccone has clasped his hands together around Norris's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ciccone misses with the ground and pound.
Norris is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ciccone connects with a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norris is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Norris is looking to regain half guard here but Ciccone keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris trying his best to control but Ciccone has mounted him.
Ciccone with shots to the head and body - Norris looks very uncomfortable down there.
Norris is bucking up trying to escape but Ciccone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Norris is bucking up trying to escape but Ciccone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ciccone tries to control but Norris wriggling away.
Ciccone avoids the attempt from Norris to control.
Norris is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Norris can't escape the position.
Ciccone won't let Norris get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Ciccone lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Norris hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norris is trying to stand.
Norris is squirming around, avoiding Ciccone's attempts to control the action.
Norris is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris is bucking up trying to escape but Ciccone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Norris is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ciccone landing strikes from the mount.
Ciccone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Norris is rocked!
Ciccone is landing with some decent strikes but Norris is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Norris is still in real trouble! Can Ciccone finish him?
The referee warns Norris that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Norris takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Ciccone's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enrico Ciccone!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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