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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cloud Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Luigiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
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255 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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192 cm
25
265 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cloud Strife! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mario Luigiano! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Luigiano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Strife. A shot to the body from Luigiano misses and Strife counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Luigiano misses with an uppercut. Strife throws an off balance right hand
and Strife takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Luigiano looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. A looping hook to the body misses from Luigiano. Strife does a little dance to reset his feet. Strife showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luigiano.
Strife fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Strife looks to throw the jab but Luigiano is out of range. Cloud Strife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Luigiano ducks right into an uppercut from Strife. Luigiano misses with an uppercut. Luigiano punishes Strife's body with a nice straight punch. Strife seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Strife connects with the punch. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Strife connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Luigiano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Strife's head. Luigiano throws a big shot that misses. Strife jabs at Luigiano's body. Strife lands with a cross. Strife scores with a hook. Strife lands with a right hand. Strife lands a big uppercut and Luigiano crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Luigiano looks OK. Strife waves Luigiano back to his feet!
Luigiano is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! Luigiano moves out of range of the strikes. Strife is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Strife throws a lazy right hand but Luigiano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. A countering left hand to the body from Luigiano misses. Strife lands a big uppercut and Luigiano crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Luigiano looks OK. Strife waves Luigiano back to his feet! Luigiano is still on wobbly legs! Can Strife finish him? Strife looks to land a right hand but Luigiano moved out of range. Luigiano seems to have recovered his senses. Luigiano fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Strife takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Luigiano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Strife waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luigiano. Luigiano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Strife looks to land a left hand but Luigiano moved out of range nicely. Strife looks to land a left hand but Luigiano moved out of range nicely. Luigiano misses with a straight left. Luigiano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. A swing and a miss from Luigiano. Luigiano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strife ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luigiano moves away. Luigiano throws a big shot that misses. Luigiano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Strife throws a right hand that Luigiano ducks under and follows up with a left that Luigiano also avoids with ease. Strife throws a body shot but no joy. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luigiano! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nice cross by Luigiano. A big left from Strife misses. Luigiano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strife manages to avoid it. Strife swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Strife connects with a good right hand that stumbles Luigiano. Luigiano circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Strife connects with a crisp jab. Luigiano just misses with a punch to the body.
Strife throws a shot from downtown. Luigiano moves away and avoids it. Strife listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Strife bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Luigiano misses with a wild body shot. Strife tries to close the distance and clinch but Luigiano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Luigiano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Strife uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luigiano. Strife connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Luigiano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strife.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Luigiano throws a body punch but Strife moves out of range. Luigiano pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Strife tries to clinch there but Luigiano circles away.
Luigiano slips under a jab from Strife. A countering left hand to the body from Luigiano misses. Strife tries to clinch but Luigiano moves out of range. Strife lunges at Luigiano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Luigiano's hand. A shot to the liver by Luigiano. Beautiful body shot. Strife lands a jab to Luigiano's midsection. Strife misses the jab. Luigiano misses with a body shot
letting Strife counter with a right hand. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Strife misses with a hook. Luigiano loads up on a big right hand but Strife slips the punch. Strife misses with a wild body shot. Luigiano doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cloud Strife dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Strife scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Strife moves into the clinch successfully.
Strife can't find room to land a body shot as Luigiano controls the action.
Luigiano tries to throw a body punch but Strife avoids it by throwing Luigiano back against the cage. Luigiano lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strife. Luigiano tries to throw a body punch but Strife avoids it by throwing Luigiano back against the cage. Strife blocking some punches.
Luigiano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Strife throws a right hand that misses
enabling Luigiano to counter with a crisp jab. Luigiano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Luigiano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Strife momentarily.
Strife takes a shot right to the bread basket. Strife is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luigiano can do to turn this around? Nice shot by Strife. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Strife clobbers Luigiano with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. A big left from Luigiano misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Luigiano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strife gets in close and instigates a clinch. Strife tries a body shot but Luigiano blocks it.
Luigiano misses with a body punch.
Luigiano lands with a right to the head. Luigiano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strifes head. Strife working aggressively here.
Luigiano breaks the clinch.
Cloud Strife is winning the standup battle so far. Luigiano misses with a looping right. Strife misses the jab. Strife scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Strife misses with a straight right. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Strife. Strife tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luigiano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Strife cracks a nice hook into Luigiano's ribs. Strife slips a jab from Luigiano. Luigiano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Strife dips to his left and cracks Luigiano with an uppercut! Luigiano looks to score with a jab to the body but Strife is just out of range. Luigiano throws a looping overhand right but Strife ducks down to avoid it. Strife wants to clinch. Luigiano lands a right hook to the body.
Luigiano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Strife loads up on a big right hand but Luigiano slips the punch. Strife uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Strife throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Luigiano is breathing heavily. Luigiano misses with a body shot.
Luigiano lands a nice hook to Strife's body. Strife takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Strife tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Luigiano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Luigiano misses with a looping left. Strife tests Luigiano's chin there with a solid looking shot. Luigiano throws a sloppy body shot
and Strife counters with a nice uppercut. Luigiano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Strife's hands. Luigiano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strife forces Luigiano back against the cage and clinches. Strife lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Luigiano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luigiano misses with a hook from the clinch. Luigiano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Strife lands a shot to the body. A short right from Strife on the inside. Luigiano has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Strife creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Strife throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Strife tries a body shot but Luigiano blocks it.
Strife drops Luigiano onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Luigiano is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet! Strife pushes Luigiano against the cage. Strife is working some dirty boxing. Strife pushes off with a quick right hook! Luigiano goes down! Luigiano tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Strife moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cloud Strife! Cloud Strife retains his heavyweight title! Mario Luigiano spoke after the fight, saying 'The kid did good, congrats - but god he needs a stylist.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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