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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Rigatoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jEREMY garozzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). garozzo has chosen anthem italy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. jEREMY garozzo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Rigatoni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, jEREMY garozzo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rigatoni throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like jEREMY garozzo has been cut.
Rigatoni scores a takedown into full mount!
garozzo tries to hold on but Rigatoni pushes him away.
Rigatoni controlling his opponent.
garozzo wants to hold on but Rigatoni pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
garozzo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
garozzo is trying to get back to full guard.
garozzo is trying to control but can't.
garozzo is trying is best to control the position here.
garozzo is refusing to be controlled, as Rigatoni sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
garozzo wants to get back to full guard.
Rigatoni is thwarting garozzo's attempts to control the position.
Rigatoni stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
garozzo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - garozzo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
garozzo misses with a takedown attempt
and Rigatoni counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rigatoni postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
garozzo controls Rigatoni momentarily but Rigatoni frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
garozzo keeping moving, preventing Rigatoni from controlling successfully.
Rigatoni is breathing heavily.
Rigatoni tries to free his leg and advance position but garozzo is retaining full guard.
garozzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
garozzo looking for a guillotine here but Rigatoni defends easily.
Rigatoni sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rigatoni trying to control but garozzo is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
garozzo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rigatoni counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
garozzo is trying to control the position but Rigatoni postures up.
Rigatoni controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rigatoni is working garozzo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
garozzo had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Rigatoni is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. garozzo Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Rigatoni's back instead.
Rigatoni prevents garozzo from getting a body triangle.
garozzo doesn't have the hooks in and Rigatoni manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rigatoni is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
garozzo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rigatoni gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Rigatoni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on jEREMY garozzo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rigatoni lands with a kick to the temple. garozzo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rigatoni lands with a nice body punch.
Rigatoni shoots for a double leg takedown but garozzo sprawls well. He's pushed Rigatoni's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
garozzo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rigatoni counters with a takedown into side control.
garozzo is not content to let Rigatoni control the position.
garozzo is trying to control Rigatoni's posture but Rigatoni avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
garozzo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rigatoni kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rigatoni decides to stand up, so the ref orders garozzo to his feet.
garozzo tries to clinch up.
Rigatoni fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
garozzo tries for a takedown but Rigatoni circles away easily
so Rigatoni counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Joey Rigatoni overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
garozzo is trying to keep Rigatoni in close.
Rigatoni scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rigatoni gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Joey Rigatoni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rigatoni throws a series of punches but garozzo moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Rigatoni. No joy for garozzo on that attempt.
Joey Rigatoni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jEREMY garozzo.
garozzo shoots in but Rigatoni avoids the takedown attempt easily.
garozzo has a takedown stuffed.
garozzo blocks a jab.
Rigatoni lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but garozzo circles away quickly and effectively.
garozzo misses with a takedown attempt
and Rigatoni counters with a thumping low kick.
Rigatoni decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
garozzo looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Rigatoni pushes past his half guard into mount!
Rigatoni working the ground and pound effectively.
garozzo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
garozzo is squirming around, avoiding Rigatoni's attempts to control the action.
Rigatoni takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
BOOM! Rigatoni connects with a massive shot to the dome!
garozzo tries to hold on but Rigatoni postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rigatoni controlling his opponent.
Rigatoni landing punches.
Rigatoni dominating with strikes here.
garozzo tries to hold on but Rigatoni pushes him away.
garozzo working to try and regain half guard.
garozzo is trying to reverse the position but instead Rigatoni has taken his back - oops!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Rigatoni dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on jEREMY garozzo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Rigatoni throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rigatoni darts in and clinches garozzo up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Rigatoni.
Rigatoni stalling.
Rigatoni jumps guard but garozzo stands there with Rigatoni around his waist. Rigatoni gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
garozzo manages to pull guard.
garozzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rigatoni could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
garozzo working a defensive guard here.
Rigatoni postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
garozzo wants to sweep here but Rigatoni controlling him for the moment.
garozzo keeping full guard, as Rigatoni tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rigatoni postures up.
garozzo trying to strike off his back.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
garozzo slips a jab and a cross from Rigatoni.
Rigatoni misses with a wild body shot.
garozzo misses with a takedown
and Rigatoni counters by moving into the clinch.
Rigatoni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
garozzo moves into the clinch.
Rigatoni scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rigatoni goes for a takedown in the clinch but garozzo prevents it.
Rigatoni tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. garozzo smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Rigatoni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
garozzo darts in trying to clinch
and Rigatoni counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for garozzo!
garozzo wants to hold on but Rigatoni pushes him away.
Rigatoni wants to control the pace but garozzo is squirming around nicely.
garozzo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rigatoni tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rigatoni scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish garozzo?
garozzo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rigatoni controlling his opponent.
garozzo is squirming around, avoiding Rigatoni's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
garozzo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
garozzo tries to reverse the position but Rigatoni maintains control.
Rigatoni lands a nice shot to the head.
garozzo is trying to escape the mount.
Rigatoni looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Rigatoni working garozzo over with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Rigatoni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rigatoni has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Rigatoni!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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