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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sic Vicious (ranked 2234 p4p, 324 weight class) and Steve Cusumano (ranked 6617 p4p, 675 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cusumano's choice of entrance music: Gamefire. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sic Vicious !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Cusumano!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Vicious darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vicious keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vicious works the jab nicely.
Cusumano closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cusumano is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vicious keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Vicious is looking to improve his position.
Vicious is looking to escape.
Vicious is positioning himself well to prevent Cusumano advancing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cusumano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vicious defending well though.
Cusumano scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cusumano misses with a head shot. Vicious uses the momentum to regain guard.
Vicious looking for a sweep. Not yet Vicious , not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cusumano working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vicious 's head.
Vicious has his hands on Cusumano's head, controlling the position.
Cusumano trying to control the position from guard on top but Vicious is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vicious working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cusumano.
Cusumano lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cusumano throws a strike but Vicious rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vicious loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vicious is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cusumano controlling Vicious 's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cusumano wants to get back to his feet but Vicious is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've been hearing good reports from Vicious 's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Cusumano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vicious gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cusumano closes the distance and clinches up with Vicious , looking for a takedown. Cusumano pushes Vicious against the cage but Vicious circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Vicious lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cusumano will feel that in the morning.
Vicious looks for the body kick but Cusumano saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vicious looks for the body kick but Cusumano saw that one coming.
Vicious swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cusumano.
Vicious throws a wild body kick that Cusumano sees coming a mile off.
Cusumano shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vicious lands with a nice body kick.
Cusumano has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A left lands for Vicious .
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cusumano shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vicious as he avoids it easily.
It looked like Vicious wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sic Vicious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Cusumano.
Vicious lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cusumano circles away quickly and effectively.
Cusumano scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vicious manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cusumano's best efforts.
Vicious makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Vicious .
The fighters are working up against the cage. Vicious manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Vicious breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cusumano will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vicious goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sic Vicious is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vicious rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cusumano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sic Vicious seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vicious lands with a good body shot.
No joy there for Vicious , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vicious bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cusumano's head.
Vicious works the jab nicely.
Vicious misses with a kick to the body.
Vicious misses with a kick to the body.
Cusumano throws a low kick, looking for Vicious 's leg but Vicious calmly moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Cusumano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cusumano misses with a wild body shot.
Vicious takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cusumano shoots in for a takedown but Vicious shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vicious throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cusumano walks into a stiff left hand from Vicious .
Vicious throws a wild body kick that Cusumano sees coming a mile off.
Nice sprawl there from Vicious as Cusumano shoots in.
Vicious throws a body kick that misses.
Cusumano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vicious cracks Cusumano with a good jab.
Cusumano shoots for a takedown but Vicious saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cusumano shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vicious pinned against the cage. Vicious gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sic Vicious dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cusumano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vicious .
Cusumano takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vicious is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cusumano can do to turn this around?
Vicious connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cusumano momentarily.
Sic Vicious is winning the standup battle so far.
Vicious swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cusumano.
A nice leg kick lands there from Vicious .
Vicious avoids a kick to the body.
Vicious throws the kick towards the body but Cusumano avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Cusumano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cusumano darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vicious tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vicious lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cusumano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vicious misses with a body kick.
Vicious scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Cusumano misses.
Vicious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vicious explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cusumano tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Vicious defends well and Cusumano ends up having to push Vicious into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Vicious is looking for a counter combo.
Vicious is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cusumano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vicious moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck for Cusumano with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Vicious .
Cusumano darts in looking for a takedown but Vicious gets double underhooks and turns Cusumano into the cage.
Sic Vicious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Cusumano.
Cusumano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Steve Cusumano has been cut.
Vicious on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vicious cracks Cusumano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vicious .
Cusumano throws a one two combo.
Cusumano shoots in for a double leg but Vicious sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cusumano is breathing heavily.
Vicious throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vicious misses with a kick to the body.
Cusumano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cusumano moves out of range of the body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cusumano slips a jab and a cross from Vicious .
Cusumano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vicious moves away.
Vicious throws a good cross that connects.
Vicious throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice shot by Vicious .
Cusumano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Good work by Cusumano as he checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cusumano walks into a left hand.
Cusumano shoots in but Vicious avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cusumano throws a body punch but Vicious moves out of range.
Vicious swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vicious lands with an uppercut that bounces Cusumano off the cage and back into range.
Vicious throws a body shot but no joy.
A cross from Vicious lands.
Vicious swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cusumano.
Cusumano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cusumano shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vicious as he jumps to the side.
Cusumano misses with the combination.
It looked like Vicious was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cusumano.
Cusumano scores with a one two! Vicious had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A jab from Vicious does it's job there.
Vicious lands a glancing blow to the side of Cusumano's head.
Vicious misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vicious , as that shot connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vicious tries to work over Cusumano's front leg with a kick but Cusumano checks it.
Vicious is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Vicious cracks Cusumano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cusumano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cusumano throws a low kick but it's checked well by Vicious .
Vicious seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cusumano has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vicious misses the shot to the body.
Vicious throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vicious scores with a sloppy right hand. Cusumano should have avoided that one.
Vicious lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cusumano circles away quickly and effectively.
Vicious swinging wildly here.
Cusumano goes for a double leg but Vicious avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Vicious continues to drive forward.
Vicious throws a jab but it's blocked by Cusumano.
Cusumano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vicious lands a jab to the nose.
Cusumano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vicious fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cusumano just manages to avoid it.
Cusumano takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Steve Cusumano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cusumano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vicious cracks a nice hook into Cusumano's ribs.
Vicious throws a hook to the side of Cusumano's head but Cusumano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cusumano misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Vicious .
Vicious connects with a looping right hand.
Vicious keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cusumano dodges the punch combination from Vicious .
Cusumano shoots in but Vicious avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vicious throws a wild body kick that Cusumano sees coming a mile off.
Vicious stalks Cusumano and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cusumano's face. Cusumano staggers backwards, shaken.
Cusumano slips under a jab from Vicious .
Vicious fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vicious throws a poor cross that misses
and Cusumano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cusumano misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cusumano shoots in and drives through. Vicious sprawls well.
Some wild striking there from Vicious .
Vicious throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cusumano misses with a double jab.
As Cusumano looks to move away, Vicious throws a big counter combo but Cusumano just gets out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sic Vicious dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steve Cusumano's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Vicious scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vicious digs a good hook to Cusumano's body.
Cusumano misses the shot to the body.
Cusumano feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cusumano postures up and lands a big shot to Vicious 's brow.
Cusumano stands up over Vicious , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Vicious utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vicious bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cusumano's guard.
Cusumano is looking to stand back up but Vicious counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Cusumano.
Vicious trying to control the pace.
Vicious continues to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cusumano is trying to stand.
Cusumano is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Vicious jumps into side control!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Cusumano tries to escape but Vicious is in control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Cusumano parries the strikes from Vicious easily there. Vicious is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cusumano to escape.
Vicious content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Vicious has control of an arm but Cusumano manages to advance to Vicious 's back!
Sic Vicious is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cusumano lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Cusumano is trying to stick to Vicious 's back but Vicious is turning into Cusumano. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Cusumano's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Vicious .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cusumano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cusumano is working an open guard so Vicious takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Vicious walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cusumano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Good exchange - Vicious coming out on top.
Some wild striking there from Vicious .
A lazy left from Vicious finds it's target.
Vicious just misses with a punch to the body.
Vicious tests Cusumano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vicious lands an overhand right.
Cusumano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vicious rather than just go for the knockout.
Cusumano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vicious connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cusumano's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vicious catches Cusumano with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cusumano walks into a stiff left hand from Vicious .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cusumano looks for a takedown but Vicious sprawls well.
Vicious misses with a low kick as Cusumano jumps back.
Nice uppercut there from Vicious .
Cusumano looks to score with a jab to the body but Vicious is just out of range.
Cusumano throws a series of punches but Vicious moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Vicious . Beautiful body shot.
Cusumano lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vicious circles away quickly and effectively.
Cusumano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cusumano throws an overhand right that lands on Vicious 's shoulder, as Vicious tries to avoid the shot.
Steve Cusumano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vicious jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cusumano misses with a wild body shot.
Vicious scores with a hook.
Vicious with a hook.
Cusumano looks to score with a jab to the body but Vicious is just out of range.
Vicious throws a half hearted mid kick.
An inside leg kick from Vicious misses.
Cusumano checks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sic Vicious showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vicious has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Sic Vicious !
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Sic Vicious !
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Sic Vicious !
Sic Vicious wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Sic Vicious thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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