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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Antonio Siffredi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Siffredi has chosen Kill them all as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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190 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
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189 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy Fitzgerald!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocco Antonio Siffredi!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siffredi lunges at Fitzgerald with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fitzgerald's hand.
Siffredi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald missing with a left hand there. Siffredi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fitzgerald lands a nice shot that snaps Siffredi's head back.
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot.
Fitzgerald misses with an uppercut
and Siffredi counters with a nice uppercut.
Fitzgerald rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Siffredi counters with a right hand to the body.
Fitzgerald avoids the body shot from Siffredi.
A swing and a miss from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Siffredi.
Fitzgerald walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fitzgerald avoids the body shot from Siffredi.
Fitzgerald stuns Siffredi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fitzgerald has Siffredi up against the cage in a clinch.
Fitzgerald lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Siffredi as Fitzgerald tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siffredi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siffredi is trying to break the clinch but Fitzgerald has him pressed against the cage.
Siffredi lands a nice shot to the body.
Siffredi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Siffredi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzgerald lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Siffredi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fitzgerald backwards.
Siffredi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fitzgerald or not.
Siffredi is looking to break free of the clinch but Fitzgerald has double underhooks.
Fitzgerald struggles to land a body shot inside as Siffredi controls his hands.
Siffredi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Fitzgerald on the inside.
Fitzgerald trying to stall but Siffredi improves his position.
Fitzgerald throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Siffredis head.
Siffredi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fitzgerald misses with the head strike.
Siffredi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fitzgerald stalling the fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siffredi.
Fitzgerald lands a left hand that snaps the head of Siffredi backwards.
Fitzgerald has Siffredi pressed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Siffredi.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siffredi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzgerald tries to work over Siffredi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Siffredi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Siffredi.
Siffredi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siffredi is trying to break the clinch but Fitzgerald has him pressed against the cage.
Fitzgerald misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siffredi lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Siffredi.
Siffredi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fitzgerald throws an elbow but it misses.
Siffredi misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fitzgerald.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fitzgerald throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fitzgerald scores with a shoulder strike.
Siffredi blocks an elbow strike.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siffredi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Fitzgerald fails to land.
Fitzgerald misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Siffredi digs a right hand into Fitzgerald's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fitzgerald's gas tank.
Fitzgerald is breathing heavily.
Fitzgerald lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fitzgerald tries to work over Siffredi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzgerald softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Siffredi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Siffredi tries to work over Fitzgerald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzgerald misses with some punches.
Fitzgerald takes a shot to the head.
Siffredi working hard to break the clinch.
I was talking to Fitzgerald's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Siffredi blocking some punches.
Fitzgerald takes a shot to the head.
Siffredi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fitzgerald lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Siffredi lands a shoulder strike.
Siffredi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fitzgerald backwards.
Fitzgerald lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siffredi backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Siffredi.
Siffredi presses Fitzgerald against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Siffredi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fitzgerald.
Siffredi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Siffredi tries to throw a body punch but Fitzgerald avoids it by throwing Siffredi back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siffredi is trying to break the clinch but Fitzgerald is controlling him.
Fitzgerald stalling in the clinch but Siffredi improves position.
Siffredi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siffredi can't break the clinch.
Fitzgerald throws a punch but it's blocked by Siffredi.
A left hand lands to the body for Siffredi.
Siffredi can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzgerald controls the action.
A short uppercut from Siffredi.
Fitzgerald throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Siffredi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fitzgerald creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Siffredi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fitzgerald prevents a body shot from Siffredi.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Siffredi is trying to break free.
Fitzgerald tries a body shot but Siffredi blocks it.
Siffredi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fitzgerald has Siffredi pressed against the cage, preventing Siffredi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Siffredi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Siffredi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with an uppercut but Siffredi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siffredi blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rocco Antonio Siffredi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Fitzgerald's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fitzgerald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siffredi.
Siffredi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fitzgerald.
Siffredi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fitzgerald lands with a nice body punch.
Siffredi ducks under a wild hook from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald misses with a straight right.
Fitzgerald throws a lazy right hand but Siffredi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fitzgerald throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fitzgerald throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Siffredi.
A shot to the liver by Fitzgerald. Beautiful body shot.
Siffredi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fitzgerald looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzgerald scoring well with a low kick there.
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot.
Siffredi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fitzgerald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Siffredi.
Siffredi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fitzgerald was well out of range. Poor timing from Siffredi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fitzgerald loads up on a big right hand but Siffredi slips the punch.
Siffredi misses with a straight left.
Fitzgerald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andy Fitzgerald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Fitzgerald throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Fitzgerald throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A countering left hand to the body from Siffredi misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Siffredi. Fitzgerald does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Fitzgerald on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fitzgerald ducks under a wild hook from Siffredi.
Siffredi swats away the attempt to clinch by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald scores with a sloppy right hand. Siffredi should have avoided that one.
Siffredi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Siffredi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fitzgerald with a body shot.
Siffredi looks to throw the jab but Fitzgerald is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siffredi misses the shot to the body.
Fitzgerald is looking to counter punch.
Fitzgerald catches Siffredi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Andy Fitzgerald is winning the standup battle so far.
Siffredi lands a jab.
Fitzgerald misses the body punch
and Siffredi counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Andy Fitzgerald has been cut.
Fitzgerald throws a series of punches but Siffredi moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzgerald throws an overhand right that lands on Siffredi's shoulder, as Siffredi tries to avoid the shot.
Siffredi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fitzgerald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Siffredi moves away.
Siffredi moves away from the strike by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald misses with a hook. Siffredi ducked under it nicely.
Siffredi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Siffredi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Siffredi sends Fitzgerald crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Siffredi is motioning to the referee to let Fitzgerald up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Fitzgerald is rocked!
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot
and Siffredi counters with a crisp right hand that drops Fitzgerald! Siffredi lets Fitzgerald back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Fitzgerald is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fitzgerald throws an off balance right hand
and Siffredi counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Fitzgerald out cold! What a finish! Siffredi is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rocco Antonio Siffredi!
Rocco Antonio Siffredi is the new middleweight champion!
Rocco Antonio Siffredi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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