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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lefteris Papaioanou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo Matias Demaestri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lefteris Papaioanou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enzo Matias Demaestri!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papaioanou throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Papaioanou lands with a good body shot.
Demaestri throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Papaioanou counters with a straight right hand.
Papaioanou lands with a thumping leg kick.
Papaioanou moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Demaestri misses the target.
Demaestri throws a looping overhand right but Papaioanou ducks down to avoid it.
Papaioanou misses with a two punch combination.
Enzo Matias Demaestri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demaestri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Demaestri misses with the combination.
Demaestri throws a series of punches but Papaioanou moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Papaioanou misses its target.
Papaioanou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Demaestri walks into a left hand.
It looks like Enzo Matias Demaestri has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Demaestri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Papaioanou wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
An inside leg kick from Papaioanou misses.
Some wild striking there from Demaestri.
Demaestri misses with a looping right.
Papaioanou has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym of the Gods in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papaioanou throws a leg kick which misses Demaestri's front leg but catches the back leg as Demaestri tries to avoid it.
Demaestri throws a right and a left that both miss.
Papaioanou displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Demaestri throws out the jab.
Papaioanou buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Papaioanou.
Demaestri misses with a wild combination.
Demaestri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Papaioanou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Demaestri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Papaioanou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Demaestri lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Demaestri scores with a punch to the head.
Demaestri misses with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Papaioanou uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Demaestri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Papaioanou has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Demaestri takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Papaioanou lands with a thumping leg kick.
Papaioanou ducks under a wild hook from Demaestri.
Demaestri takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Demaestri throws a right hand that misses
and Demaestri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Demaestri. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Demaestri. Those never looked like landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou misses with a low kick.
Papaioanou is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Demaestri.
Papaioanou avoids the body shot from Demaestri.
A telegraphed right hand from Demaestri misses the target.
Demaestri staying out of range there.
Papaioanou misses the body punch
and Demaestri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papaioanou takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice body punch from Demaestri.
Papaioanou is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Papaioanou closes the distance and clinches.
Papaioanou manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Demaestri blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good body shot from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Papaioanou has Demaestri pressed against the cage.
Demaestri wants to break the clinch but can't.
Papaioanou tries to throw a body punch but Demaestri avoids it by throwing Papaioanou back against the cage.
Papaioanou trying to control the position but instead, Demaestri has worked for underhooks and has pushed Papaioanou into the cage.
Papaioanou stalling in the clinch but Demaestri improves position.
Demaestri is trying to push Papaioanou away but Papaioanou has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Demaestri's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Papaioanou stalling.
Papaioanou lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Demaestri has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Papaioanou seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Demaestri can turn it around.
Demaestri letting Papaioanou take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lefteris Papaioanou.
Demaestri throws a left and a right that both miss
and Papaioanou counters with a stiff right hand.
Demaestri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Papaioanou.
Demaestri throws a combination that misses
and Papaioanou makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Demaestri really felt that one!
Enzo Matias Demaestri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Demaestri looks winded!
An inside leg kick lands from Papaioanou.
Demaestri throws a right and a left that Papaioanou avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demaestri swinging wildly here.
A shot to the liver by Papaioanou. Beautiful body shot.
Papaioanou gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Papaioanou misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Papaioanou fails to land.
Papaioanou lands a nice shot to the body.
Papaioanou is trying to stall.
Papaioanou is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demaestri blocks an uppercut.
Demaestri wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lefteris Papaioanou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Enzo Matias Demaestri's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Papaioanou fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Demaestri looks to land a right hand but Papaioanou moved out of range.
Demaestri misses with a body shot.
Demaestri tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Papaioanou scores with a punch to the head.
Demaestri takes a swing at Papaioanou's ribcage but misses.
Papaioanou misses with a low kick.
Demaestri defending well as Papaioanou loads up on a big left hand.
Papaioanou instigates a clinch.
Demaestri is trying to break the clinch but Papaioanou has him pressed against the cage.
Papaioanou lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Papaioanou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Demaestri can do to turn this around?
Demaestri blocking some punches.
Demaestri's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A frustrated look appears on Demaestri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Demaestri as Papaioanou tries to tie him up.
Demaestri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Demaestri misses with a combination
and Papaioanou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou avoids a punch combination nicely.
Enzo Matias Demaestri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Papaioanou fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Demaestri looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lefteris Papaioanou is winning the standup battle so far.
Demaestri has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Demaestri throws a series of punches but Papaioanou moves out of range.
Demaestri misses with a jab, cross combination.
Papaioanou misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Demaestri.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Papaioanou.
Demaestri is rocked!
A swing and a miss from Papaioanou.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papaioanou tries to close the distance and clinch but Demaestri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Papaioanou attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Papaioanou shoots in for a double leg but Demaestri sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Demaestri is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Demaestri misses with a double jab.
Papaioanou lands a jab to the nose.
Demaestri is still on wobbly legs! Can Papaioanou finish him?
Papaioanou walks into a jab.
Demaestri seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demaestri with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Papaioanou to score with a decent uppercut.
Papaioanou lands a big shot that drops Demaestri! Can he finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Demaestri being controlled here, momentarily.
Demaestri wants to get back to his feet but Papaioanou is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Papaioanou's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Papaioanou trying to control the position from guard on top but Demaestri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Papaioanou prevents Demaestri from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Demaestri swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Papaioanou dodges the punch combination from Demaestri.
Papaioanou feints and then cracks Demaestri's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Demaestri down.
Papaioanou smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Papaioanou lands with a hook. Demaestri tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That has opened up Enzo Matias Demaestri's cut even more.
Papaioanou misses with a body shot.
Papaioanou is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Demaestri.
Demaestri lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Papaioanou slips a jab and a cross from Demaestri.
Papaioanou is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Demaestri swings for the body but Papaioanou moves out of range.
It appears Papaioanou was looking to counter with a kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou lands with a kick to the temple. Demaestri shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papaioanou connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Demaestri slips a jab from Papaioanou.
Demaestri ducks under a wild hook from Papaioanou.
Demaestri throws a body shot but no joy.
Papaioanou is looking to counter punch.
Papaioanou tries to clinch but Demaestri moves out of range.
Papaioanou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Demaestri paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Demaestri throws a hook to the side of Papaioanou's head but Papaioanou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Papaioanou was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Demaestri.
Demaestri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Papaioanou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Papaioanou slips a straight right by Demaestri.
An inside leg kick lands from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Demaestri throws a right and a left that Papaioanou avoids nicely.
Demaestri is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Papaioanou finds it's way through Demaestri's defenses.
Papaioanou digs a good body shot into Demaestri's ribs.
Papaioanou gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Papaioanou dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lefteris Papaioanou dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Enzo Matias Demaestri's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Papaioanou showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Demaestri.
Papaioanou lands a left and a right that sends Demaestri crashing to the canvas! Papaioanou dives into mount looking to finish!
Demaestri really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Papaioanou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Papaioanou works his way to his opponent's back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papaioanou controls the action.
Demaestri wants to get back to his feet.
Papaioanou looking to break Demaestri's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Demaestri remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Papaioanou will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Papaioanou trying to control.
Demaestri is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Papaioanou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demaestri wants to get back to his feet.
Demaestri is trying to get back to his feet. He's worked up on to his knees and now he's on his feet with his head on the canvas, trying to shake Papaioanou off. It looks like it's working - Papaioanou slides off, much to his dismay, and we're back to standing! Demaestri displaying calm under pressure there.
Papaioanou tries to clinch up.
Papaioanou is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Demaestri.
Demaestri gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Papaioanou catches Demaestri napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Demaestri to the canvas!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papaioanou trying to control the position from guard on top but Demaestri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Demaestri keeping full guard, as Papaioanou tries to pass.
Enzo Matias Demaestri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Demaestri can do anything to dispel that myth.
Demaestri is looking to stand back up but Papaioanou counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Demaestri.
Demaestri is trying to stand.
Papaioanou controlling the action here.
Demaestri is looking to escape.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Demaestri!
Papaioanou wants to finish this one by submission but Demaestri is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Papaioanou.
Papaioanou looking for a guillotine from mount but Demaestri is having none of it.
Papaioanou controlling from the full mount.
Demaestri somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papaioanou lands a really nice looking cross but Demaestri seems unphased.
Demaestri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Papaioanou moves away.
Papaioanou paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Demaestri just misses with a punch to the body.
Papaioanou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lefteris Papaioanou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Papaioanou jabs Demaestri right on the nose. Demaestri blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Papaioanou.
Nice defenses there by Papaioanou.
Papaioanou lands a nice leg kick that just misses Demaestri's sensitive parts.
Papaioanou works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Demaestri looks to land a left hand but Papaioanou moved out of range nicely.
Demaestri misses with a double jab
and Papaioanou counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lefteris Papaioanou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Papaioanou 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lefteris Papaioanou!
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