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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jordam Jiannotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Lanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jordam Jiannotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joshua Lanford!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jiannotti swats away the attempt to clinch by Lanford.
Jiannotti shoots and misses
and Lanford counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jiannotti jumps guard but Lanford stands there with Jiannotti around his waist. Jiannotti gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lanford.
Lanford breaks the clinch.
Lanford blocks a head kick by Jiannotti.
Jiannotti throws a sloppy head kick and Lanford moves out of range easily.
Lanford connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jiannotti. Jiannotti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lanford scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lanford scores with a hook.
Jiannotti wants to clinch.
Jiannotti tries to clinch up.
Lanford lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Joshua Lanford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanford stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lanford wants it to stay on the feet.
Lanford doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jordam Jiannotti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jiannotti shoots for a double leg takedown but Lanford sprawls well. He's pushed Jiannotti's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Despite the aggression on Lanford's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lanford misses with a few strikes there.
Lanford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jiannotti tries to clinch but Lanford moves out of range.
Jiannotti shoots in but no luck this time.
Jiannotti throws a body punch but Lanford moves out of range.
Jiannotti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jiannotti is breathing heavily.
Jiannotti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jiannotti wants to clinch.
Lanford with a hook.
Lanford sizes up Jiannotti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lanford works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lanford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jiannotti backwards.
Lanford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lanford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jiannotti backwards.
Lanford lands a right hand.
Lanford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jiannotti closes the distance and clinches up with Lanford, looking for a takedown. Jiannotti pushes Lanford against the cage but Lanford circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lanford fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jiannotti to the ground. Lanford is now in Jiannotti's guard.
Lanford lands a couple of elbows.
Lanford landing with the ground and pound.
Lanford makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lanford stands up over Jiannotti, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jiannotti is rocked!
Lanford thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oh Jiannotti is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jiannotti keeping moving, preventing Lanford from controlling successfully.
Jiannotti seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lanford scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lanford lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lanford keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jiannotti's head.
Jiannotti looking for a sweep. Not yet Jiannotti, not yet.
Lanford sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jiannotti keeping moving, preventing Lanford from controlling successfully.
Lanford scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lanford content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jiannotti might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lanford works over Jiannotti with some ground and pound from guard.
Lanford connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lanford lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lanford slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lanford missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lanford trying to control but Jiannotti is working from the bottom.
Lanford lands a couple of digs.
Lanford wants to control from the top but Jiannotti keeps moving.
Lanford postures up and lands a big shot to Jiannotti's brow.
Jiannotti keeping moving, preventing Lanford from controlling successfully.
Lanford is in close to Jiannotti's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joshua Lanford dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lanford scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lanford misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lanford is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lanford swinging wildly here.
Lanford cracks Jiannotti with an open hand slap.
Jordam Jiannotti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lanford dives in and scores a takedown into Jiannotti's guard.
Jiannotti looking to control.
Lanford works over Jiannotti with some ground and pound from guard.
Jiannotti keeping moving, preventing Lanford from controlling successfully.
Lanford connects with a couple of short punches.
Lanford lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lanford trying to control the position from guard on top but Jiannotti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jiannotti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lanford lands a couple of elbows.
Lanford is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lanford trying to control but Jiannotti is working from the bottom.
Lanford is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jiannotti is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Joshua Lanford has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lanford postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lanford's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lanford lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jiannotti looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lanford postures up and lands a big shot to Jiannotti's brow.
Lanford landing some decent shots from guard.
Lanford lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lanford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lanford scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lanford is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lanford is working Jiannotti over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lanford lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lanford is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lanford working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jiannotti's head.
Lanford arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Jiannotti's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joshua Lanford!
Joshua Lanford decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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