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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Sassano Jnr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santi Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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166 lbs
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156 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Sassano Jnr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Santi Santoro!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santoro misses with a series of wild punches.
Sassano Jnr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Santoros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sassano Jnr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santoro.
Sassano Jnr slips a jab from Santoro.
Santoro ducks under a wild hook from Sassano Jnr.
Santoro misses with a takedown attempt
and Sassano Jnr counters with a straight right hand.
Sassano Jnr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santoro.
Sassano Jnr is looking to counter punch.
Santoro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sassano Jnr was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Santoro throws a series of punches but Sassano Jnr avoids them all with ease.
Sassano Jnr moves into the clinch.
Santoro drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sassano Jnr pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tony Sassano Jnr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santi Santoro.
Sassano Jnr has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sassano Jnr is pressed up against the cage. Santoro has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sassano Jnr down to the mat. Sassano Jnr avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sassano Jnr fails to land with a series of punches.
Santoro with the counter takedown but Sassano Jnr avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sassano Jnr throws a body punch but Santoro moves out of range.
Sassano Jnr lands a leg kick that knocks Santoro off balance momentarily.
Sassano Jnr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Santoro's sensitive parts.
Sassano Jnr gets a clinch.
Sassano Jnr lands a shoulder strike.
Santoro takes a shot to the head.
Sassano Jnr lands a knee to the body.
I was talking to Sassano Jnr's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sassano Jnr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Santoro is rocked!
Santoro looking for a takedown.
Sassano Jnr lands with a light punch inside.
Santoro is still on wobbly legs! Can Sassano Jnr finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santoro is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sassano Jnr gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santoro has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sassano Jnr is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Santoro seems to have recovered his senses.
A short body shot lands from Sassano Jnr as the two fighters clinch.
Santoro looks winded!
Sassano Jnr lands a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Sassano Jnr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Sassano Jnr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sassano Jnr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr crunches a lovely knee into Santoro's ribcage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sassano Jnr.
Sassano Jnr effectively controlling the action here.
Sassano Jnr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santoro in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sassano Jnr crunches a lovely knee into Santoro's ribcage.
Sassano Jnr digs a right hand into Santoro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santoro's gas tank.
Sassano Jnr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santoro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sassano Jnr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sassano Jnr lands a shoulder strike.
Sassano Jnr lands an elbow that stopped Santoro in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Santi Santoro has been cut.
Sassano Jnr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santoro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Sassano Jnr.
Sassano Jnr lands with a right to the head.
Sassano Jnr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sassano Jnr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sassano Jnr is working Santoro over against the cage.
Santoro is trying to drag Sassano Jnr to the mat but Sassano Jnr just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Sassano Jnr.
Sassano Jnr lands an uppercut.
Sassano Jnr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santoro.
Santoro takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Sassano Jnr on the inside.
Sassano Jnr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sassano Jnr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santoro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right handed body shot lands from Sassano Jnr.
Santoro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sassano Jnr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santoro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sassano Jnr lands a big right hand that drops Santoro! The killer instinct kicks in and Sassano Jnr finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sassano Jnr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Sassano Jnr!
Tony Sassano Jnr tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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