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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Bantrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esposito comes to the cage accompanied by Sukh Knight. Bantrell has chosen 2pac-Tupac Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find as his entrance music. John Esposito has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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259 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sebastian Bantrell!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito misses with a leg kick.
Bantrell takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Esposito lands a right hook to the body.
Esposito connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bantrell's hands.
Esposito avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Esposito moves out of range as Bantrell throws a body kick.
Bantrell moves away from the strike by Esposito.
Bantrell throws the kick towards the body but Esposito avoids it.
Bantrell throws a sloppy head kick
and Esposito counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Sebastian Bantrell has been cut.
Donk. Esposito catches Bantrell right on the button with a cross.
Esposito sizes up Bantrell with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bantrell gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Esposito counters with a nice right hand that sends Bantrell toppling to the canvas! Bantrell scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Esposito finish him?!
Bantrell is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Esposito.
Esposito feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bantrell's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Esposito finds it's target.
Esposito changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from Esposito lands.
Esposito ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Bantrell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bantrell.
Esposito lands a left and a right that send Bantrell crashing to the mat, dazed. Esposito thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Bantrell is still on wobbly legs! Can Esposito finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Esposito lands a big uppercut and Bantrell crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Bantrell looks OK. Esposito waves Bantrell back to his feet!
Esposito misses with a looping left.
Bantrell seems to have recovered his senses.
Esposito sends Bantrell crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Esposito is motioning to the referee to let Bantrell up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Esposito throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Esposito scores with a leg kick.
Esposito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bantrell counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Esposito is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bantrell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Esposito.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bantrell - that will leave a mark!
Bantrell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like John Esposito has been cut.
Esposito connects with a looping right hand.
Esposito looks to land a left hand but Bantrell moved out of range nicely.
Bantrell tries to land a body kick
and Esposito counters with a nice uppercut.
Bantrell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Esposito throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bantrell scores with a hook.
Esposito takes a swing at Bantrell's ribcage but misses.
Bantrell throws a hook but Esposito blocks it.
Bantrell takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito throws an overhand right that lands on Bantrell's shoulder, as Bantrell tries to avoid the shot.
Esposito throws a body shot but no joy.
Bantrell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Esposito throws a shot from downtown. Bantrell moves away and avoids it.
Good standup being displayed there by Esposito as he connects with a hook.
Esposito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bantrell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bantrell tries to clinch but Esposito moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Esposito. That's going to slow Bantrell down.
Esposito throws a combination that misses
and Bantrell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bantrell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bantrell needs to keep his hands up - Esposito had a free shot at his head there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bantrell.
Esposito throws a body punch but Bantrell moves out of range.
Esposito swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bantrell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Esposito.
Bantrell moves out of range as Esposito throws a body kick.
John Esposito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Esposito chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Esposito misses with a body kick.
Esposito misses with a body shot.
Bantrell throws a looping overhand right but Esposito ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bantrell throws a wild body kick that Esposito sees coming a mile off.
Esposito throws a poor cross that misses
and Bantrell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Esposito throws a body punch but Bantrell moves out of range.
Bantrell scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Esposito 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.
Bantrell throws a sloppy head kick and Esposito moves out of range easily.
Bantrell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bantrell slips under a jab from Esposito.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bantrell might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Esposito has got the better of the exchanges.
Bantrell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Esposito lands a jab to Bantrell's midsection.
John Esposito is winning the standup battle so far.
Bantrell avoids the body shot from Esposito.
Bantrell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Esposito.
Nice defenses there by Bantrell.
Esposito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bantrell. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Bantrell misses
and Esposito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Esposito thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bantrell misses with a looping left.
Esposito throws a shot from downtown. Bantrell moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bantrell throws a sloppy head kick
and Esposito counters with a thumping low kick.
Esposito lands a nice shot that snaps Bantrell's head back.
Esposito looks to land a right hand but Bantrell moved out of range.
Bantrell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bantrell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bantrell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Esposito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bantrell can do to turn this around?
Esposito scores with a jab.
Esposito thumps Bantrell with a low kick.
Esposito slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Esposito tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bantrell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Esposito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bantrell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bantrell.
Bantrell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Esposito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bantrell blocks a low kick nicely.
Esposito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bantrell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Bantrell.
Esposito throws a jab when Bantrell was well out of range.
Bantrell blocks a jab.
Esposito uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Esposito lands with a cross.
Bantrell shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bantrell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bantrell blocks a jab.
Bantrell throws a head kick that half lands.
Bantrell instigates a clinch.
Esposito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Esposito's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Esposito lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bantrell tries a head kick but it misses.
Esposito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Esposito lands a lovely overhand right.
Bantrell walks into a straight right hand from Esposito.
Esposito connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Bantrell! He's out on his feet! Esposito rushes in and drops Bantrell with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Esposito!
John Esposito thanked the fans post fight for their support.
The defeated Sebastian Bantrell had this to say: 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.
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hype
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