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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Giancana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rip Snorten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snorten has chosen King drum as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Giancana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rip Snorten!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giancana throws a body punch but Snorten moves out of range.
Snorten lands a really nice looking cross but Giancana seems unphased.
Giancana takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Snorten cracks Giancana with a good jab.
Rip Snorten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giancana takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Giancana takes one on the button.
Giancana is rocked!
Snorten scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Snorten shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Snorten showed some decent athleticism there.
Oh Giancana is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snorten stalling.
Giancana seems to have got his legs back now.
Giancana tries to get to full guard but Snorten has control of the leg.
Giancana is not content to let Snorten control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorten throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Snorten moves into full mount! Giancana won't be happy about that!
Snorten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Snorten punching from mount but Giancana doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Snorten looking to control and managing it successfully.
Giancana is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giancana wants to hold on but Snorten pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Snorten there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Snorten throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Giancana because Snorten loaded up on that one.
Snorten looking to control but Giancana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Snorten controlling the pace for now.
Snorten's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Giancana is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giancana wants to control but Snorten is having none of it.
Snorten misses with a head shot.
Giancana keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Giancana wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Snorten.
Snorten throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Snorten scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Giancana?
Snorten sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Snorten trying to control but Giancana is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giancana avoids a series of strikes thrown by Snorten.
Giancana avoids a series of strikes thrown by Snorten.
Snorten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Snorten sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Giancana is squirming around, avoiding Snorten's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rip Snorten dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Giancana takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Snorten connects with a body shot.
Snorten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snorten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snorten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Snorten lands a head shot.
Snorten ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Giancana swings for the body but Snorten moves out of range.
Snorten closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Giancana is letting Snorten control him for a moment.
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!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giancana is looking for a sweep.
Snorten postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Giancana tries to control but Snorten manages to take his back.
Giancana prevents Snorten from getting a body triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Snorten throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Giancana is in bad spot here.
Snorten trying to control momentarily.
Snorten throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Snorten controlling the position well here. Giancana rolled but Snorten kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giancana tries to escape the position.
Snorten patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giancana rolls, trying to escape but Snorten keeps control of the position.
Snorten trying to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Snorten throwing sloppy strikes.
Snorten missing with punches from the back.
Giancana has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Snorten.
Snorten is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Snorten is punishing Giancana with strikes - can he finish him?!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giancana is really stuck here.
Snorten trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Giancana covering up well and avoiding damage.
Giancana is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Snorten.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Snorten wants to control but Giancana is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rip Snorten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Snorten staying out of range there.
Snorten will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Giancana gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Snorten uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Giancana.
Giancana takes one on the button.
Snorten moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Snorten.
Giancana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Snorten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Snorten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Snorten throws out a counter right but Giancana avoids it with no problem.
Snorten cracks Giancana with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Snorten with a nice cross.
Snorten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Giancana.
Snorten slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snorten moves out of range of the strikes.
Snorten connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorten throws a monster overhand right that drops Giancana! Snorten follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rip Snorten!
Our winner, Rip Snorten, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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