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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Zanotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muraki Tunamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zanotto's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ben Zanotto -by- Rancid. Muraki Tunamoto will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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180 cm
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194 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Zanotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Muraki Tunamoto!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zanotto with a nice cross.
A swing and a miss from Zanotto.
Zanotto takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tunamoto misses with a straight left.
Zanotto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zanotto looking to score a takedown here. Tunamoto is defending well but Zanotto drives through and ends up in Tunamoto's guard.
Zanotto wants to control from the top but Tunamoto keeps moving.
Zanotto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zanotto works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Zanotto stops Tunamoto from getting back to his feet.
Zanotto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Zanotto slips a nice elbow through Tunamoto's hands, connecting with Tunamoto's forehead.
Zanotto lands strikes from half guard.
Tunamoto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zanotto scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zanotto is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanotto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tunamoto looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ground and pound from Zanotto.
Tunamoto is not content to let Zanotto control the position.
Zanotto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zanotto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tunamoto can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zanotto lands strikes from half guard.
Zanotto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tunamoto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zanotto content to control rather than advance.
Zanotto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tunamoto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tunamoto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zanotto scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zanotto lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zanotto slips a nice elbow through Tunamoto's hands, connecting with Tunamoto's forehead.
Zanotto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tunamoto wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zanotto seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tunamoto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tunamoto looks like he's trying to stand up.
Zanotto is nestled in close to Tunamoto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tunamoto is rocked!
Zanotto with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zanotto lands a nice short elbow.
Tunamoto is still in real trouble! Can Zanotto finish him?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Zanotto connects with a nice short shot to Tunamoto's temple.
Zanotto scores with a big shot! Tunamoto's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Tunamoto! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Zanotto!
Ben Zanotto made sure to mention his sponsor, Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry in his post fight interview.
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hype
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