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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Gonzales (ranked 1796 p4p, 239 weight class) and Diego Lupertazzi (ranked 1939 p4p, 253 weight class). Diego Lupertazzi has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego Lupertazzi!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lupertazzi moves into the clinch.
Lupertazzi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gonzales has a couple of punches blocked by Lupertazzi.
Lupertazzi lands with a short shot to the head.
Gonzales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gonzales blocks the elbow strike.
Gonzales struggles to land a body shot inside as Lupertazzi controls his hands.
Lupertazzi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lupertazzi manages to break the clinch.
Lupertazzi digs a good body shot into Gonzales's ribs.
A low kick from Gonzales misses
letting Lupertazzi counter with a right hand.
Gonzales on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonzales looks to score with a jab to the body but Lupertazzi is just out of range.
It seemed like Lupertazzi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diego Lupertazzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lupertazzi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzales takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gonzales just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the body
and Lupertazzi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gonzales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lupertazzi closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lupertazzi prevents a body shot from Gonzales.
Lupertazzi digs a right hand underneath Gonzales's ribcage. Gonzales let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gonzales presses Lupertazzi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lupertazzi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Gonzales tries to pull guard but Lupertazzi forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Lupertazzi manages to break the clinch.
Lupertazzi clinches.
Lupertazzi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lupertazzi lands with an overhand left.
Lupertazzi clinches.
Lupertazzi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzales slips under a jab from Lupertazzi.
Lupertazzi scores with a nice right hand.
Gonzales misses with a left hand
and Lupertazzi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lupertazzi lands with an uppercut that bounces Gonzales off the cage and back into range.
Gonzales takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gonzales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lupertazzi lands the left hand.
Lupertazzi slips under a jab from Gonzales.
Lupertazzi pushes Gonzales up against the cage in a clinch.
Lupertazzi manages to break the clinch.
Gonzales bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonzales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lupertazzi manages to avoid it.
Gonzales takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lupertazzi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzales.
Gonzales looks to land a left hand but Lupertazzi moved out of range nicely.
Lupertazzi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gonzales steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lupertazzi.
Gonzales misses with a lunging right hand
and Lupertazzi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Lupertazzi. Beautiful body shot.
Lupertazzi tries to sprawl but Gonzales drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gonzales throws a strike but Lupertazzi avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gonzales controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gonzales with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gonzales is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lupertazzi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gonzales gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lupertazzi trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales wants to pass the guard but Lupertazzi is keeping the position.
Lupertazzi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Lupertazzi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lupertazzi is looking for a triangle but Gonzales pushes his legs off easily.
Gonzales with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lupertazzi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gonzales defends well.
Gonzales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lupertazzi is looking for a triangle but Gonzales pushes his legs off easily.
Gonzales throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Lupertazzi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gonzales walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lupertazzi lands a jab.
Lupertazzi lands a lovely overhand right.
Lupertazzi throws a series of punches but Gonzales moves out of range.
Lupertazzi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gonzales avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lupertazzi throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lupertazzi moves into range and clinches up with Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzales breaks from the clinch.
Lupertazzi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzales.
Lupertazzi cracks Gonzales with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupertazzi lands the left hand.
Lupertazzi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Lupertazzi blocks the leg kick.
Lupertazzi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gonzales misses with a hook. Lupertazzi ducked under it nicely.
Gonzales scores with a body shot.
Lupertazzi lands with a shot to the body.
Gonzales misses with a body punch
letting Lupertazzi counter with a right hand.
Lupertazzi throws the left hand but Gonzales avoids the punch easily.
Gonzales closes the distance and pushes Lupertazzi back into the cage.
Lupertazzi can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzales controls the action.
Gonzales tries to throw a body punch but Lupertazzi avoids it by throwing Gonzales back against the cage.
Lupertazzi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Gonzales jumps into guard, dragging Lupertazzi to the mat.
Lupertazzi postures up.
Lupertazzi distracts Gonzales with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupertazzi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gonzales is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gonzales has escaped and now he's on top!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzales wants to control from the top but Lupertazzi keeps moving.
Lupertazzi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gonzales doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gonzales manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gonzales got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lupertazzi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gonzales has managed to get both his arms back between Lupertazzi's legs - danger averted.
Lupertazzi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lupertazzi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gonzales is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupertazzi working for a triangle but Gonzales defends it easily.
Lupertazzi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lupertazzi is breathing heavily.
Lupertazzi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gonzales.
Gonzales in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lupertazzi working for a triangle but Gonzales defends it easily.
Gonzales slips nicely into half guard.
Lupertazzi trying to hold on to Gonzales's head to control him but Gonzales postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gonzales is trying to control. Lupertazzi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzales throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gonzales seems to be working for a kimura but Lupertazzi defends the submission attempt.
Gonzales missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gonzales stops Lupertazzi from getting back to his feet.
Lupertazzi trying to control but Gonzales postures up.
Gonzales is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lupertazzi trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Lupertazzi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lupertazzi throws a right and a left that Gonzales avoids nicely.
Gonzales throws a lazy uppercut
and Lupertazzi counters by moving into the clinch.
Gonzales takes a shot to the head.
Gonzales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lupertazzi's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lupertazzi.
A short right from Gonzales on the inside.
I was talking to Gonzales's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lupertazzi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lupertazzi lands with a right to the head.
Lupertazzi stops a takedown attempt from Gonzales.
Gonzales swings wildly with an uppercut but Lupertazzi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gonzales misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lupertazzi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diego Lupertazzi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lupertazzi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lupertazzi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzales.
Lupertazzi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gonzales doesn't seem bothered though.
Gonzales shoots in and drives through. Lupertazzi sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupertazzi closes the distance and clinches.
Lupertazzi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lupertazzi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lupertazzi tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzales swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gonzales looks to land a right hand but Lupertazzi moved out of range.
Lupertazzi slips a jab and a cross from Gonzales.
Gonzales closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice jab there from Lupertazzi.
Jab from Lupertazzi.
Gonzales slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lupertazzi works Gonzales's body with a nice hook.
Lupertazzi sizes up Gonzales with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lupertazzi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gonzales looks to land a right hand but Lupertazzi moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lupertazzi counters with a left and a right that stings Gonzales.
Gonzales looks to score with a jab to the body but Lupertazzi is just out of range.
Gonzales looks to land a right hand but Lupertazzi moved out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Lupertazzi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lupertazzi.
Diego Lupertazzi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lupertazzi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lupertazzi catches Gonzales with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gonzales has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gonzales there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lupertazzi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gonzales looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lupertazzi throws a jab when Gonzales was well out of range.
Gonzales appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Lupertazzi lands with an uppercut that bounces Gonzales off the cage and back into range.
Gonzales moves forwards but Lupertazzi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lupertazzi fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales misses with a body punch
and Lupertazzi counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonzales throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lupertazzi blocks a jab.
Gonzales is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lupertazzi's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lupertazzi cracks a nice hook into Gonzales's ribs.
Lupertazzi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gonzales at a distance.
Gonzales missing with a left hand there. Lupertazzi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lupertazzi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzales.
Joe Gonzales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gonzales has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lupertazzi finds it's way round the side to connect with Gonzales's head.
Lupertazzi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gonzales on the side of the head.
Gonzales loads up on a big right hand but Lupertazzi slips the punch.
Gonzales throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Lupertazzi to counter with a crisp jab.
Lupertazzi cracks Gonzales with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lupertazzi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lupertazzi breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lupertazzi is looking to clinch but Gonzales is avoiding it.
Gonzales walks into a left hand.
Gonzales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lupertazzi moves away.
Lupertazzi works Gonzales's body with a nice hook.
Gonzales takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gonzales throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gonzales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lupertazzi tries to clinch up.
Lupertazzi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lupertazzi.
Lupertazzi takes the fight into the clinch.
Gonzales misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzales misses with a body punch.
Diego Lupertazzi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diego Lupertazzi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lupertazzi.
Gonzales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gonzales tries to work over Lupertazzi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Lupertazzi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lupertazzi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Lupertazzi!
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energy
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RATING
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