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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Dante (ranked 7586 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Morte (ranked 7387 p4p, 0 weight class). Pedro Morte told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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176 lbs
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174 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruce Dante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pedro Morte !
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morte has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morte . Dante does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dante looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dante moves out of range as Morte strikes.
Dante looks for a takedown but Morte sprawls well.
Dante shoots for a double leg takedown but Morte sprawls well. He's pushed Dante's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dante wants to clinch up but Morte keeps it at a distance.
Dante bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dante drops down looking for a counter takedown but Morte sprawls and moves away.
Dante staying out of range there.
Morte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morte throws a sloppy head kick and Dante moves out of range easily.
Morte looks to score with a jab to the body but Dante is just out of range.
Dante tries to clinch up but Morte circles away and keeps his distance.
Dante closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morte misses with an elbow strike.
Dante's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morte swats away the attempt to clinch by Dante.
Dante shoots in but Morte avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Morte steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dante.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Dante. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morte checks the leg kick.
Dante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Morte on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morte fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dante is out of range.
Morte has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Morte misses with a looping right.
Morte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morte throws a jab but it's blocked by Dante.
Dante uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morte .
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dante.
Dante tries to clinch there but Morte circles away.
Dante moves in looking to clinch but Morte pushes him off.
Morte walks into a jab.
Dante moves in looking to clinch but Morte pushes him off.
Dante moves out of range of the strikes.
Dante appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Morte scores with a jab to the head.
Pedro Morte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morte misses with a hook.
Morte throws a hook but Dante avoids it easily.
Dante feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Morte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dante moves in looking to clinch but Morte pushes him off.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dante is defended easily by Morte .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morte works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dante tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morte swivels and escapes.
Jab from Morte .
Morte might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dante finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dante walks into a left hand.
Dante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dante displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morte throws out the jab.
Dante tries to clinch up but Morte circles away and keeps his distance.
Morte keeps the fight on the outside.
Morte digs a good hook to Dante's body.
A swing and a miss from Morte .
Dante wants to clinch.
Morte misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morte tries a head kick but it misses.
Dante feinted with a counter takedown.
Morte clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Morte fails to land.
Morte throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morte can't find room to land a body shot as Dante controls the action.
Morte tries to land knees in the clinch but Dante avoids the damage to the body.
Morte misses with a punch on the inside.
Morte misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Morte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morte tries to throw a body punch but Dante avoids it by throwing Morte back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dante.
Morte is struggling to control the position.
Morte swings wildly with an uppercut but Dante uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dante blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morte lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dante backwards.
Morte swings wildly with an uppercut but Dante uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Morte fails to land.
Morte lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morte misses with a punch on the inside.
Dante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dante blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dante avoids it.
Dante blocks an uppercut.
Dante blocking some punches.
Morte lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dante backwards.
Morte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Morte dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dante shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morte eats them both and turns towards Dante to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Morte misses with a straight left.
Dante ducks under a wild hook from Morte .
Dante moves in looking to clinch but Morte pushes him off.
Morte is looking to land body kicks.
Morte loads up on a big right hand but Dante slips the punch.
Dante has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dante there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morte throws an overhand right that lands on Dante's shoulder, as Dante tries to avoid the shot.
Dante doesn't manage to clinch there - Morte circles away.
Dante has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Morte fails to land.
Morte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dante pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morte keeps the fight on the outside.
Dante fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morte gets tackled into the cage by Dante. Dante maintains the clinch.
Pedro Morte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morte lands an elbow that stopped Dante in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morte misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dante managing to block the knees to the body from Morte .
Dante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dante fails with the takedown.
Dante ducks under a wild hook from Morte .
A big left from Morte misses.
Dante is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dante tries to clinch there but Morte circles away.
Morte throws an overhand right that lands on Dante's shoulder, as Dante tries to avoid the shot.
Dante changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Nice defenses there by Dante.
Dante slips under a jab.
Dante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morte .
Morte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dante closes the distance and clinches up with Morte , looking for a takedown. Dante pushes Morte against the cage but Morte circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dante is looking to clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dante tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dante avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dante fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Dante. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dante displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morte throws out the jab.
Dante wants to clinch up but Morte keeps it at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Morte .
Bruce Dante is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dante wants to clinch up but Morte keeps it at a distance.
Morte wants to counter with a clinch but Dante pushes him away.
Dante tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morte swivels and escapes.
Morte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dante throws a head kick that misses.
Dante tries to clinch up but Morte circles away and keeps his distance.
Morte drops his hands momentarily and Dante takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dante moves away.
Morte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dante moves away.
Morte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morte tries a head kick but it misses.
Dante moves away from the strike by Morte .
Morte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dante does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A telegraphed right hand from Morte misses the target.
Morte swats away the attempt to clinch by Dante.
Dante tries to clinch up but Morte circles away and keeps his distance.
Dante slips under a jab.
Dante defending well as Morte loads up on a big left hand.
Dante doesn't manage to clinch there - Morte circles away.
Dante fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Morte misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morte . Dante does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pedro Morte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dante staying out of range there.
Morte swings for the body but Dante moves out of range.
Dante tries to clinch there but Morte circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morte . Dante does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dante is looking to clinch but Morte is avoiding it.
Morte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dante bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dante tries to counter with a takedown but Morte is quick to defend against it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dante dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morte missing with a left hand there. Dante was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dante manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Morte on his heels. He'll look to pass Morte 's guard now, I'm sure.
Morte is looking to stand up but Dante isn't so interested in that idea.
Morte being controlled here, momentarily.
Morte is looking to stand up but Dante isn't so interested in that idea.
Dante pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morte is keeping the position for now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dante stopping the sweep attempt from Morte .
Dante is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Morte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Dante tries to clinch up but Morte circles away and keeps his distance.
A big right from Morte misses.
Dante fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dante tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morte swivels and escapes.
Dante lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dante tries to clinch but Morte moves out of range.
Morte keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dante tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Morte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morte missing with a left hand there. Dante was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morte looks to land a right hand but Dante moved out of range.
Dante slips a jab from Morte .
Dante misses with a body kick.
Dante staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dante uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morte .
Morte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dante was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dante displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morte throws out the jab.
Dante moves out of range as Morte strikes.
Morte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dante sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dante tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morte wants to counter with a clinch but Dante pushes him away.
Dante closes the distance and clinches.
Morte lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dante backwards.
Morte pushes Dante back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morte is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Morte swings wildly with an uppercut but Dante uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morte takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morte .
Morte tries to work over Dante's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morte has a couple of punches blocked by Dante.
Dante dodges an elbow strike from Morte .
Still in the clinch, Morte scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morte scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dante breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dante slips under a jab from Morte .
Dante wants to clinch up but Morte keeps it at a distance.
Morte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morte pushes Dante up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dante's elbow.
Morte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morte misses with an elbow strike.
Morte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dante breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dante is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pedro Morte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice sprawl there from Morte as Dante shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Dante. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dante tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dante tries to close the distance and clinch but Morte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morte throws a body shot but no joy.
Morte instigates a clinch.
Dante breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Morte .
Pedro Morte is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dante looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dante tries to clinch but Morte is having none of it.
Dante fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morte throws a big shot that misses.
Dante tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dante looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morte missing with a left hand there. Dante was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dante has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morte finds it's way round the side to connect with Dante's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dante moves out of range as Morte strikes.
Dante tries to clinch up but Morte circles away and keeps his distance.
Morte closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morte tries to throw a body punch but Dante avoids it by throwing Morte back against the cage.
Morte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dante wants to take the fight to the mat but Morte manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Morte can't find room to land a body shot as Dante controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dante breaks from the clinch.
Morte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morte scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morte is looking to clinch.
Bruce Dante has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dante sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Morte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morte 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Morte !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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