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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Macellaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Whitey O Whitersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovanni Macellaio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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171 cm
23
168 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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175 cm
21
168 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giovanni Macellaio! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Whitey O Whitersson! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! O Whitersson throws a series of punches but Macellaio avoids them all with ease. O Whitersson tests Macellaio's chin there with a solid looking shot. O Whitersson ducks under a wild hook from Macellaio. O Whitersson checks a leg kick. Macellaio bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Macellaio has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Butcher's Block in the buildup to the fight. Macellaio lands a jab to O Whitersson's midsection. O Whitersson throws a right hand that Macellaio ducks under and follows up with a left that Macellaio also avoids with ease. O Whitersson dips down and scores with a jab to the body. O Whitersson misses with a series of wild punches.
Macellaio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Whitersson misses with the combination.
Macellaio is looking to land body kicks. A swing and a miss from Macellaio. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Donk. Macellaio catches O Whitersson right on the button with a cross. O Whitersson just misses with a punch to the body.
O Whitersson drops his hands momentarily and Macellaio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Macellaio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Whitersson.
Macellaio darts in looking for a takedown but O Whitersson gets double underhooks and turns Macellaio into the cage. Macellaio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Whitersson.
Macellaio connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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It looks like Whitey O Whitersson has been cut. O Whitersson throws a series of punches but Macellaio avoids them all with ease. Macellaio misses with a hook. Macellaio throws a nice looking combination but O Whitersson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Nice jab there from Macellaio.
Macellaio looking to score a takedown here. O Whitersson is defending well but Macellaio drives through and ends up in O Whitersson's guard. O Whitersson pulls Macellaio in close to prevent any damage. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Macellaio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. O Whitersson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. O Whitersson looking for a sweep. Not yet O Whitersson, not yet.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. O Whitersson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Macellaio pushes down on O Whitersson's leg and manages to get into half guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. O Whitersson is trying to stand.
O Whitersson tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Macellaio has advanced to mount. Uh oh. O Whitersson wants to try and get back to his feet. O Whitersson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Macellaio throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macellaio swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Giovanni Macellaio! A very excited looking Giovanni Macellaio rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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