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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edward Gamer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Zanotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gamer might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to krolithika. Zanotto has chosen Ben Zanotto -by- Rancid as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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33 - 18 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edward Gamer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Zanotto!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zanotto throws a leg kick but Gamer checks it.
Zanotto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Zanotto blocks the leg kick.
Gamer tests Zanotto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gamer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zanotto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zanotto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Zanotto attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zanotto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gamer.
Zanotto cracks a nice hook into Gamer's ribs.
Ben Zanotto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Zanotto misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zanotto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamer misses with the combination.
Gamer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zanotto dips to his left and cracks Gamer with an uppercut!
Gamer throws a head kick that misses.
Zanotto scores with a jab. Gamer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zanotto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Edward Gamer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Zanotto.
Gamer slips a straight right by Zanotto.
Zanotto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gamer throws a head kick that misses.
Zanotto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gamer has time to react.
Zanotto gets the takedown into side control.
Gamer explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zanotto cracks Gamer with a good jab.
Edward Gamer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zanotto takes a swing at Gamer's ribcage but misses.
Gamer throwing a counter right hand but Zanotto manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Zanotto lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gamer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zanotto is working Gamer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zanotto is looking to work some ground and pound but Gamer has wrist control.
Zanotto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gamer is keeping the position for now.
Zanotto postures up in Gamer's guard and throws a big left but Gamer blocks it.
Gamer pulls Zanotto in to control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gamer trying to keep a closed guard but Zanotto is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Zanotto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gamer avoids the body shot from Zanotto.
Gamer throwing a counter right hand but Zanotto manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto has a takedown stuffed.
Zanotto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gamer misses with a low kick.
Gamer slips a straight right by Zanotto.
Zanotto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gamer.
A nice side step and Zanotto releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gamer avoids the body shot from Zanotto.
A low kick from Zanotto misses
and Gamer counters with an outside leg kick.
Zanotto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gamer looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gamer lands with a right hand.
Gamer sizes up Zanotto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gamer looks to land a right hand but Zanotto moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zanotto. Gamer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gamer fires out a quick counter leg kick but Zanotto just manages to avoid it.
Zanotto throws the left hand but Gamer avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Gamer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gamer misses with a hook. Zanotto ducked under it nicely.
Zanotto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zanotto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gamer.
Zanotto scores with a hook to the body. Gamer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice straight punches there by Zanotto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zanotto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zanotto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gamer momentarily.
Nice takedown defense from Gamer. No joy for Zanotto on that attempt.
Gamer feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Zanotto shoots for a double leg takedown but Gamer sprawls well. He's pushed Zanotto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Zanotto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zanotto fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gamer sprawls well initially but Zanotto persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Zanotto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gamer slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Zanotto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Zanotto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gamer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zanotto.
Zanotto looks to throw the jab but Gamer is out of range.
Zanotto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gamer moves away.
Zanotto just misses with a punch to the body.
Gamer tried to counter with a leg kick but Zanotto avoided it.
Zanotto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Zanotto.
Zanotto moves out of range of the leg kick from Gamer.
Zanotto fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gamer to the ground. Zanotto is now in Gamer's guard.
Gamer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gamer is controlling Zanotto's posture.
Gamer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zanotto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zanotto trying to control but Gamer is working from the bottom.
Zanotto throws a big right hand that misses.
Zanotto works over Gamer with some ground and pound from guard.
Zanotto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Zanotto shoots and misses
and Gamer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Gamer.
Zanotto misses with a hook. Gamer ducked under it nicely.
Gamer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gamer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gamer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zanotto has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Zanotto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zanotto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gamer was well out of range. Poor timing from Zanotto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto misses with a lunging right hand
and Gamer counters with a good low kick that Zanotto was not able to check.
Gamer gets caught napping as Zanotto dives in and scores a takedown. Gamer manages to retain guard.
Zanotto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gamer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zanotto throwing strikes but missing.
Zanotto trying to control but Gamer is working from the bottom.
Zanotto with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Zanotto lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Zanotto wants to control from the top but Gamer keeps moving.
Zanotto being controlled here momentarily.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gamer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamer slips under a jab.
Gamer throwing a counter right hand but Zanotto manages to avoid it.
Gamer takes one to the chin there.
Zanotto drives through with a takedown into Gamer's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Gamer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gamer has momentary wrist control but Zanotto slips an elbow through the middle.
Zanotto throws a big elbow that misses.
Zanotto stands up over Gamer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Zanotto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gamer seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gamer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zanotto fails with the takedown.
Edward Gamer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Zanotto.
Gamer throws a leg kick but Zanotto sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zanotto fails with a takedown attempt.
Zanotto connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zanotto misses with a hook
and Gamer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Zanotto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Zanotto shoots in looking for a takedown. Gamer tries to sprawl out of it but Zanotto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gamer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gamer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zanotto.
Zanotto blocks a head kick by Gamer.
Zanotto throws a body shot but no joy.
Gamer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zanotto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zanotto checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zanotto scores with a body shot.
Zanotto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zanotto tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gamer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zanotto somewhat.
Edward Gamer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Zanotto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamer misses with a head kick.
Zanotto ducks under a wild hook from Gamer.
Gamer's corner calls for a 1-2. Gamer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zanotto shoots for a double leg takedown but Gamer sprawls well. He's pushed Zanotto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gamer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gamer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zanotto throws out a loose jab but Gamer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zanotto looks to score with a jab to the body but Gamer is just out of range.
Good exchange - Zanotto coming out on top.
Gamer throws a solid leg kick but Zanotto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gamer.
Gamer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gamer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zanotto.
Nice straight punches there by Zanotto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zanotto.
Ben Zanotto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gamer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zanotto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gamer but Gamer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The fighters circling - Gamer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zanotto moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zanotto swings for the body but Gamer moves out of range.
Zanotto looks to score with a jab to the body but Gamer is just out of range.
Zanotto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gamer tries to get to full guard but Zanotto has control of the leg.
Zanotto wants to control but Gamer is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gamer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zanotto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gamer keeps working.
Zanotto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zanotto misses with a head shot. Gamer uses the momentum to regain guard.
Zanotto is looking to work some ground and pound but Gamer has wrist control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gamer working a defensive guard but Zanotto passes into half guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Zanotto misses with a hook. Gamer ducked under it nicely.
Gamer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zanotto scores with a hook to the body. Gamer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Edward Gamer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zanotto throws a poor cross that misses
and Gamer counters with a nice uppercut.
Gamer gets caught napping as Zanotto dives in and scores a takedown. Gamer manages to retain guard.
Gamer has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Zanotto off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Zanotto shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gamer sprawls well. Gamer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zanotto gets slowly back to his feet.
Zanotto scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gamer throws Zanotto to one side and escapes!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zanotto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zanotto doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gamer counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Zanotto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zanotto has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Zanotto!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ben Zanotto thanked Affordable Quality + Reliable Laundry for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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