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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo Dimelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcos Souza has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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142 lbs
11 - 7 - 1 |
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Basic striking
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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
11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Enzo Dimelo!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dimelo rushes Souza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimelo misses with some punches.
Dimelo throws a head punch that misses.
Souza blocking some punches.
Dimelo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dimelo prevents a body shot from Souza.
Dimelo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Dimelo has the dominant position.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Dimelo has him pressed against the cage.
Dimelo prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dimelo tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Dimelo back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimelo working aggressively here.
Dimelo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Dimelo.
Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Souza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dimelo effectively controlling the action here.
Dimelo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimelo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimelo lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Dimelo.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dimelo has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dimelo.
Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Dimelo controls the action.
Dimelo just leaning against Souza, taking a breather.
Dimelo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dimelo has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Dimelo has Souza pressed against the cage, preventing Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza is trying to push Dimelo away but Dimelo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
Dimelo has Souza pressed against the cage, preventing Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dimelo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza is trying to push Dimelo away but Dimelo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimelo struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
Souza definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Souza working aggressively here.
Souza misses with a body punch.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Dimelo has him pressed against the cage.
Dimelo keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dimelo keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Souza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dimelo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dimelo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Souza throws a lazy right hand but Dimelo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dimelo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza looks to land a left hand but Dimelo moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Souza misses its intended target.
Dimelo tries to counter with a clinch but Souza shakes him off and moves away.
Dimelo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Enzo Dimelo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Dimelo.
Dimelo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimelo throws a looping overhand right but Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Souza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dimelo misses with a straight left.
Souza takes a jab right on the kisser.
Souza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Souza looks to throw the jab but Dimelo is out of range.
Dimelo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Souza's head backwards.
Dimelo throws a looping overhand right but Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Souza is looking to counter punch.
Nice straight punches there by Dimelo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dimelo.
Dimelo digs a good body shot into Souza's ribs.
Dimelo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Souza works over Dimelo's head and body with a nice combination.
Souza is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dimelo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dimelo lands an overhand right.
Dimelo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimelo moves out of range of the strikes.
Dimelo throws a body punch but Souza moves out of range.
Dimelo moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Souza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dimelo prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimelo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza manages to break the clinch.
Souza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dimelo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Dimelo tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dimelo throws a wild body kick that Souza sees coming a mile off.
Souza is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Souza moves out of range as Dimelo strikes.
Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Dimelo's shoulder, as Dimelo tries to avoid the shot.
Souza drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Souza misses with an uppercut. Dimelo saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enzo Dimelo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dimelo instigates a clinch.
Dimelo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dimelo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
Souza misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Souza throws a hook but Dimelo avoids it easily.
Dimelo takes the fight into the clinch.
Dimelo takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dimelo.
Souza misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dimelo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Souza.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Dimelo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dimelo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Dimelo won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimelo misses with the head strike.
Dimelo stalling the fight.
Souza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dimelos head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dimelo.
Dimelo lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dimelo.
Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dimelo lands a slapping body shot.
Dimelo digs a good body shot into Souza's ribs.
Dimelo lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Souza is looking to counter punch.
Souza throws a looping overhand right but Dimelo ducks down to avoid it.
Dimelo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Dimelo wants to counter with a clinch but Souza pushes him away.
Souza misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut there from Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza checks the leg kick.
Souza appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Souza works the jab nicely.
Dimelo slips under a jab from Souza.
Dimelo lands a head shot.
Dimelo misses with a hook
letting Souza counter with a right hand.
Souza swings widly with a right hand
and Dimelo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dimelo closes the distance and pushes Souza back into the cage.
Enzo Dimelo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Still in the clinch, Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short left from Dimelo.
Souza is rocked!
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oh Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dimelo throws a head punch that misses.
Souza seems to have got his legs back now.
Dimelo cracks Souza with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Dimelo - that landed with a thud.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimelo has Souza pressed against the cage, preventing Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dimelo has Souza pressed against the cage, preventing Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Souza.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Dimelo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Souza or not.
Dimelo lands a left hand.
Dimelo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Souza is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dimelo prevents a body shot from Souza.
Dimelo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Souza blocks a body shot from Dimelo.
Dimelo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Souza.
Dimelo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Souza blocks a body shot from Dimelo.
A body shot lands from Dimelo.
A head punch on the inside from Dimelo fails to land.
Souza blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dimelo.
Souza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dimelo dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Dimelo tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dimelo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Souza.
Souza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dimelo scores with a nice right hand.
Dimelo sizes up Souza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dimelo rushes Souza and presses him up against the cage.
Dimelo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Souza is keeping busy.
Still in the clinch, Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dimelo can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
Dimelo prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dimelo fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enzo Dimelo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dimelo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Souza.
Souza looks to throw the jab but Dimelo is out of range.
Enzo Dimelo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dimelo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Souza.
Souza tried to counter with a leg kick but Dimelo avoided it.
Souza misses the jab.
Dimelo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Dimelo misses with a wild body shot.
Dimelo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Souza throws out the jab.
Dimelo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Dimelo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimelo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dimelo staying out of range there.
The crowd cheers as Dimelo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Souza doesn't seem phased though.
Dimelo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dimelo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dimelo throws a shot from downtown. Souza moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dimelo scores with a kick to the body.
Souza misses the jab.
A big left from Souza misses.
Dimelo connects with a nice looking jab.
Souza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Souza throws an off balance right hand
and Dimelo scores with a counter punch that sends Souza to the canvas! Dimelo smells blood - he's punishing Souza with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Souza has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enzo Dimelo!
A less than humble Enzo Dimelo misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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