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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Luvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luvi comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica- Creeping Death. Paul Luvi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Luvi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nicky Santoro!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luvi.
And Santoro tries to counter it with a takedown but Luvi pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Luvi digs a good hook to Santoro's body.
Luvi missing with a left hand there. Santoro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santoro is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Paul Luvi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luvi connects with a crisp jab.
Santoro scores with the left hand. Luvi knows he should have avoided that one.
Santoro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luvi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Luvi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Luvi takes a swing at Santoro's ribcage but misses.
Luvi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santoro.
It looked like Luvi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luvi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santoro moves away.
Luvi throws a right and a left that Santoro avoids nicely.
Good leg kick by Luvi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luvi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luvi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luvi scoring well with a low kick there.
Santoro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luvi scoring well with a low kick there.
Santoro throws a right hand that misses
and Santoro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luvi misses with a body shot.
Santoro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Santoro swings for the body but Luvi moves out of range.
Luvi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santoro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luvi moves into range and clinches up with Santoro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luvi lands with a short shot to the head.
Luvi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santoro misses with a looping right.
Santoro takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Luvi ducks under a wild hook from Santoro.
Luvi scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice uppercut there from Luvi.
Luvi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Santoro.
Luvi throws a low kick but Santoro avoids it.
Luvi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Luvi throws a body punch but Santoro moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santoro on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Luvi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luvi throws a low kick but Santoro avoids it.
Luvi throws a chopping leg kick but Santoro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Santoro feints the counter takedown.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Santoro crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Luvi - the referee stops the clock and Santoro gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Luvi. Santoro manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Santoro misses with the combination.
Santoro takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Luvi works Santoro's body with a nice hook.
Santoro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Luvi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Luvi connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luvi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luvi lands a right hook to the body.
Santoro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Luvi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santoro. That did some damage!
Luvi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Luvi misses with a low kick.
Santoro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Luvi throws a solid leg kick but Santoro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Luvi.
Santoro changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Luvi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Luvi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Santoro avoids the body shot from Luvi.
Santoro tries to score a power double leg takedown but Luvi sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santoro somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Luvi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Luvi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luvi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Santoro scores with a decent looking hook.
Luvi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santoro can do to turn this around?
Santoro takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Luvi throws a leg kick which misses Santoro's front leg but catches the back leg as Santoro tries to avoid it.
Luvi throws a shot from downtown. Santoro moves away and avoids it.
Luvi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Santoro at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Luvi. Beautiful body shot.
Donk. Luvi catches Santoro right on the button with a cross.
Luvi tried to score with a low kick but Santoro checks it.
Paul Luvi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Luvi misses.
Luvi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santoro.
Luvi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Luvi throws a sloppy head kick
and Santoro counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Luvi is looking to control Santoro's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Luvi avoid being mounted?
Luvi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Luvi is staying active underneath Santoro, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Luvi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Santoro pulls his head out easily.
Luvi tries to get to full guard but Santoro has control of the leg.
Santoro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santoro working over Luvi with some ground and pound. Luvi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've been hearing good reports from Luvi's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Santoro stalling.
Luvi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Santoro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Luvi wants to sweep here but Santoro controlling him for the moment.
Santoro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Santoro's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santoro is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Santoro chips away with some ground and pound.
Luvi is looking to stand up but Santoro isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santoro trying to control but Luvi is working from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Luvi trying to keep a closed guard but Santoro is proving a slippery customer.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Luvi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Santoro or perhaps it was just good defense by Luvi, which made it look bad.
Luvi misses with a body kick.
Santoro drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Luvi defends it well.
Luvi punishes Santoro's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Luvi tenderised Santoro's leg. Santoro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Santoro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luvi can pounce on him.
Luvi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Luvi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Santoro's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Luvi.
Luvi cracks Santoro with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Santoro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santoro is rocked!
Santoro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Santoro is still on wobbly legs! Can Luvi finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luvi lands with a nice body punch.
Santoro seems to have recovered his senses.
Luvi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santoro drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Luvi defends it well.
Luvi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santoro.
Luvi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Santoro moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Luvi dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A head kick from Luvi lands but Santoro takes it in his stride.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luvi.
Luvi misses with an uppercut.
Luvi throws a leg kick which misses Santoro's front leg but catches the back leg as Santoro tries to avoid it.
Luvi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santoro's hands.
Luvi scores with the left hand. Santoro knows he should have avoided that one.
Santoro feints and as Luvi raises his hands in defense, Santoro changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Luvi wants to sweep but no luck.
Luvi looking to control but Santoro passes into half guard.
Santoro prevents Luvi from improving his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santoro is keen to just control but Luvi is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luvi is trying to maintain the position but Santoro is very close to passing his half guard.
Santoro lands with a punch from half guard.
Luvi looks like he's trying to stand up.
Luvi wants to improve his position but Santoro is controlling well.
Santoro takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Luvi is looking to control Santoro's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Luvi avoid being mounted?
Nicky Santoro has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Luvi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santoro feints the counter takedown.
You can see that Santoro has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A head kick from Luvi lands but Santoro takes it in his stride.
Luvi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luvi connects with a leg kick. Santoro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Luvi throws a leg kick which misses Santoro's front leg but catches the back leg as Santoro tries to avoid it.
Luvi misses with a body kick.
Santoro looking to score a takedown here. Luvi is defending well but Santoro drives through and ends up in Luvi's guard.
Santoro lands a couple of elbows.
Luvi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santoro won't allow Luvi to sweep him here.
Luvi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nicky Santoro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luvi wants to stand but Santoro is controlling the position.
Luvi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santoro is one step ahead there.
Santoro being controlled here momentarily.
Santoro postures up in Luvi's guard and throws a big left but Luvi blocks it.
Santoro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Luvi trying to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Santoro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luvi is fending him off so far but Santoro persists. Nope, Luvi circles away and we're back to standing.
Santoro looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Luvi looking for a sweep. Not yet Luvi, not yet.
Santoro working some strikes from top position.
Santoro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santoro wants to control from the top but Luvi keeps moving.
Santoro working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Luvi is looking to stand up but Santoro isn't so interested in that idea.
Luvi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Luvi.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Luvi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Luvi!
A very excited looking Paul Luvi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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