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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gianfranco Sforza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruizinho De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 cm
18
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
20
187 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gianfranco Sforza! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ruizinho De Souza! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! De Souza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Sforza stalks De Souza and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Souza's face. De Souza staggers backwards, shaken. Sforza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Sforza swinging wilding here.
Sforza displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. De Souza shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sforza but Sforza pushes him off and we're back to square one. Sforza with a body punch. A glancing blow. Sforza misses with a wild combination.
De Souza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. De Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sforza.
Sforza throws a right and a left that De Souza avoids nicely. De Souza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Sforza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. De Souza shoots in looking for a takedown. Sforza tries to sprawl out of it but De Souza keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sforza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Gianfranco Sforza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruizinho De Souza. Sforza goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. De Souza shoots in but no luck this time. Sforza scores with a hook to the body. De Souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. De Souza looks gassed! De Souza takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A right-left combo lands from Sforza. Left hook, right uppercut from Sforza. Sforza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Souza fails with the takedown. De Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sforza scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Sforza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
De Souza takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Sforza looks to land a combination. De Souza sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
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De Souza is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Sforza drops De Souza with a straight left! Oh this is bad for De Souza! Sforza dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Gianfranco Sforza!
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
92% |
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