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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ondrej Rigo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Pellegrini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellegrini has chosen Nicola Piovani - Il Camorrista as his entrance music. Ondrej Rigo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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170 cm
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195 lbs
9 - 5 - 1 |
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182 cm
25
186 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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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
9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ondrej Rigo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Salvatore Pellegrini! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pellegrini moves into the clinch. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pellegrini. Pellegrini tries to pull guard but Rigo holds him up against the cage and eventually Pellegrini drops back down to his feet.
Rigo has a couple of punches blocked by Pellegrini.
A short uppercut from Rigo. Pellegrini tries to pull guard but Rigo won't allow it.
Rigo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pellegrini backwards. A nice right hand lands inside from Rigo. Rigo lands with a short head shot on the inside. Pellegrini is trying to pull guard but Rigo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. Ondrej Rigo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Salvatore Pellegrini. Pellegrini tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rigo just stands there and leans against the cage. Rigo lands a body punch in the clinch. Rigo breaks from the clinch.
Pellegrini tries to clinch and Rigo counters with a nice uppercut. Rigo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pellegrini. This has been an exciting period of action! Pellegrini tries to clinch up but Rigo circles away and keeps his distance. It looked like Rigo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Pellegrini throws a body shot but no joy. Pellegrini shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pellegrini showed some decent athleticism there. Pellegrini is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rigo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pellegrini's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pellegrini's back! Rigo looking for the choke from the back. Pellegrini is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Rigo is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Pellegrini taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Rigo.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ondrej Rigo! Ondrej Rigo thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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FIGHT
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