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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Pappalardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giovanni Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovanni Greco has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Derek Pappalardo's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Basic striking
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Derek Pappalardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Giovanni Greco!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pappalardo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Greco.
Pappalardo throwing a counter right hand but Greco manages to avoid it.
Greco forces Pappalardo back against the cage and clinches.
Greco lands with a left to the head.
Pappalardo misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Greco.
Pappalardo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greco looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Greco taking a breather.
Pappalardo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Greco has closed the distance and engaged Pappalardo in a clinch.
Pappalardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pappalardo.
Greco working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pappalardo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Greco has a couple of punches blocked by Pappalardo.
Pappalardo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pappalardo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Greco takes a shot to the head.
Pappalardo tries to break free but Greco pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greco misses with the head strike.
Greco blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pappalardo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pappalardo.
A head punch on the inside from Greco fails to land.
A short left from Greco.
Greco has a couple of punches blocked by Pappalardo.
A nice left hand lands by Pappalardo.
Greco softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pappalardo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Greco misses with the head strike.
Pappalardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pappalardo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Greco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Pappalardo fails to land.
Greco lands with a left to the head.
Greco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Greco throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greco dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Greco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Greco working aggressively here.
Greco misses with a punch on the inside.
Pappalardo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Greco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pappalardo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pappalardo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pappalardo counters with a stiff right hand.
Pappalardo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Greco throws a hook but Pappalardo avoids it easily.
Pappalardo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Pappalardo.
Greco misses with a hook. Pappalardo ducked under it nicely.
Greco thuds a left hand into Pappalardo's body.
Pappalardo stuns Greco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pappalardo missing with a left hand there. Greco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pappalardo manages to avoid it.
Greco misses with a hook
and Pappalardo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Greco drives through and clinches with Pappalardo against the cage.
Greco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pappalardo is keeping busy.
Pappalardo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Greco looks to score with a jab to the body but Pappalardo is just out of range.
Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Greco.
Greco misses with a straight left.
Greco throws a looping overhand right but Pappalardo ducks down to avoid it.
Greco closes the distance and clinches.
Pappalardo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Greco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greco stalling in the clinch but Pappalardo improves position.
Pappalardo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Greco or not.
Greco looks winded!
Greco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pappalardo pushes Greco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pappalardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greco throws a head punch that misses.
Pappalardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the body from Greco misses
letting Pappalardo counter with a right hand.
Pappalardo lands with a shot to the body.
Greco misses with a looping right.
Greco ducks right into an uppercut from Pappalardo.
Nice jab there from Pappalardo.
Greco slips a straight right by Pappalardo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Greco. Pappalardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Greco swings widly with a right hand
and Pappalardo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Greco connects with a jab.
Greco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Pappalardo misses the target.
Pappalardo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Derek Pappalardo will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Greco has closed the distance and engaged Pappalardo in a clinch.
Pappalardo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Greco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pappalardo lands a hook that snaps the head of Greco backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pappalardo.
Pappalardo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pappalardo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pappalardo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pappalardo misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Greco.
Greco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pappalardo.
Giovanni Greco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Greco swings wildly with an uppercut but Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pappalardo throws a head punch that misses.
Pappalardo scores with a hook to the body.
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!
Greco swings wildly with an uppercut but Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greco pushes Pappalardo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pappalardo fails to land.
Pappalardo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pappalardo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pappalardo misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Pappalardo.
Pappalardo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Greco swings wildly with an uppercut but Pappalardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pappalardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pappalardo pushes Greco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pappalardo throws a head punch that misses.
Greco misses with the head strike.
Greco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pappalardo backwards.
Greco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pappalardo is keeping busy.
Pappalardo works on Greco's body with a couple of short punches.
Greco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pappalardo backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pappalardo lands with a right to the head.
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!
Pappalardo breaks from the clinch.
Greco ducks under a wild hook from Pappalardo.
Greco tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pappalardo misses the shot to the body.
Pappalardo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Greco throws out the jab.
Greco throws a right hand that misses
and Pappalardo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Greco is breathing heavily.
Pappalardo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Greco wants to clinch but Pappalardo slips to the side
enabling Pappalardo to counter with a crisp jab.
Greco rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pappalardo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Greco closes the distance but Pappalardo moves to the side
and Pappalardo counters with a nice body shot.
Greco takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Greco takes one to the chin there.
Pappalardo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Greco.
Pappalardo moves out of range as Greco strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pappalardo digs a good body shot into Greco's ribs.
Pappalardo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Greco throws a series of punches but Pappalardo avoids them all with ease.
Pappalardo is looking to counter punch.
Greco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pappalardo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pappalardo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Greco takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Greco avoids the body shot from Pappalardo.
Greco tries to clinch but Pappalardo is having none of it.
Greco misses the body punch
and Pappalardo counters with a stiff right hand.
Greco takes a swing at Pappalardo's ribcage but misses.
Pappalardo lands a nice hook to Greco's body. Greco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Greco tries to move into range but Pappalardo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pappalardo looks to land a left hand but Greco moved out of range nicely.
Greco staying out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greco rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Greco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Greco throws a right hand that misses
and Pappalardo counters with a nice body shot.
Pappalardo misses with a straight left.
Greco misses with a right hand
and Pappalardo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Greco on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pappalardo lands a really nice looking cross but Greco seems unphased.
Pappalardo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Greco is rocked!
Greco darts in trying to clinch
and Pappalardo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Greco is still on wobbly legs! Can Pappalardo finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greco misses with a double jab
and Pappalardo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Pappalardo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Greco darts in trying to clinch
and Pappalardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Greco seems to have recovered his senses.
Greco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pappalardo was well out of range. Poor timing from Greco.
Greco misses with a wild body shot.
Greco rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pappalardo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pappalardo misses the jab.
Some wild striking there from Greco.
The crowd cheers as Pappalardo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Greco doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greco tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pappalardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pappalardo. Greco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Greco misses with a left hand
and Greco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Pappalardo.
Greco moves into the clinch successfully.
Greco is looking to control Pappalardo's arms but Pappalardo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Greco has his back to the cage.
Pappalardo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pappalardo has a couple of punches blocked by Greco.
Greco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pappalardo misses with some punches.
Pappalardo blocking some punches.
Pappalardo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Greco can do to turn this around?
Greco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Greco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pappalardo.
Greco misses with the head strike.
Pappalardo scores with a shoulder strike.
Pappalardo breaks the clinch.
Greco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pappalardo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Greco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greco swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pappalardo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Greco takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Greco rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pappalardo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greco throws a poor cross that misses
and Greco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Greco throws a sloppy body shot
and Pappalardo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Greco closes the distance and pushes Pappalardo back into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Pappalardo.
Greco prevents a body shot from Pappalardo.
Pappalardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Greco tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pappalardo counters with a nice uppercut.
Greco walks straight into a right hand from Pappalardo - that's dropped him! Pappalardo jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Greco from any more punishment! Greco complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Derek Pappalardo!
A victorious Derek Pappalardo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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