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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael D Amato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Fatu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D Amato's entrance music is Mike Tyson Post-Fight Interview with Jim Gray. A fine choice. Fatu has chosen Umaga as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Michael D Amato has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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178 cm
26
234 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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187 cm
30
278 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael D Amato! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eddie Fatu! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fatu misses with a takedown attempt and D Amato makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Fatu darts in looking for a takedown but D Amato gets double underhooks and turns Fatu into the cage. Fatu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Nice takedown defense from D Amato. No joy for Fatu on that attempt. Michael D Amato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Fatu. Fatu shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. D Amato defends it nicely. D Amato slaps away a takedown attempt from Fatu, before circling back to the center of the mat. D Amato lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Fatu fails to land the takedown. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A jab from Fatu misses. Fatu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. D Amato scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Eddie Fatu has been cut. Fatu looks winded! Fatu misses with a takedown attempt letting D Amato counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. D Amato lands a big uppercut and Fatu crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Fatu looks OK. D Amato waves Fatu back to his feet!
Fatu is rocked! D Amato throws a shot to the body.
D Amato ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Fatu out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael D Amato! After the fight, Michael D Amato was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
77% |
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