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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Min-Sik Song (ranked 685 p4p, 84 weight class) and Sesto D Ippolito (ranked 1036 p4p, 123 weight class). Song kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is nkoha - Akatsuki. D Ippolito comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Squeeze- Cool for Cats kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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186 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Min-Sik Song!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sesto D Ippolito!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Song. D Ippolito does a little dance to reset his feet.
D Ippolito has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Song is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Song throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song misses with a low kick.
D Ippolito with the counter takedown but Song avoids it easily.
Song throws a shot from downtown. D Ippolito moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from D Ippolito misses its intended target.
Song swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Song on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice uppercut there from Song.
Song lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
D Ippolito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song tries to land a body kick
and D Ippolito counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by D Ippolito.
Song is looking to stand up but D Ippolito isn't so interested in that idea.
D Ippolito keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Song's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as D Ippolito accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
D Ippolito throws an elbow that misses. Song uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in D Ippolito's guard. Nice move by Song!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
D Ippolito is working an open guard so Song takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Song ducks under a wild hook from D Ippolito.
D Ippolito doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from D Ippolito.
It looked like Song wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
D Ippolito misses with a wild body shot.
D Ippolito blocks a head kick by Song.
Song fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. D Ippolito looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
D Ippolito shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
D Ippolito is looking for a kimura but Song is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for D Ippolito to get the leverage.
Song has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but D Ippolito is on him like a limpet, forcing Song back against the cage.
Song goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Song misses with a short punch on the inside.
Song tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
D Ippolito is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Song to keep the fight standing.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Song.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
D Ippolito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
D Ippolito is trying to pull guard but Song has him pressed against the cage.
Min-Sik Song has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sesto D Ippolito.
D Ippolito jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Song walks away with a smile on his face. D Ippolito gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
D Ippolito tries to score a power double leg takedown but Song sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten D Ippolito somewhat.
Song tried to counter with a leg kick but D Ippolito avoided it.
Song looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
D Ippolito misses with a series of wild punches.
Song blocks a low kick nicely.
Song scores with a punch to the head.
Song lands a right hook to the body.
D Ippolito takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Song takes a swing at D Ippolito's ribcage but misses.
D Ippolito takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Song misses with an uppercut. D Ippolito saw that one coming.
D Ippolito shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Song defends it nicely.
Min-Sik Song is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Song scoring well with a low kick there.
Song looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Song lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Song dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on D Ippolito. That did some damage!
Min-Sik Song seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
D Ippolito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Song.
A slow jab from Song misses its intended target.
Song gets caught flat footed, as D Ippolito shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Song is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
D Ippolito chips away with some ground and pound.
D Ippolito cracks Song with a solid left hand.
D Ippolito has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Song manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Song bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of D Ippolito's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
D Ippolito's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Song connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! D Ippolito scrambles back to his feet.
Song connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Song throws the left hand but D Ippolito avoids the punch easily.
Nice body kick there by Song.
Song scores with a jab.
D Ippolito takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
D Ippolito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Song throws a body punch but D Ippolito moves out of range.
D Ippolito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
D Ippolito closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nice strikes from D Ippolito there.
Song wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Song pushes D Ippolito off and gets back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Song throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good leg kick by Song there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Song avoids the body shot from D Ippolito.
Song misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
D Ippolito slips a straight right by Song.
Song gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows D Ippolito to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Song is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Min-Sik Song dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
D Ippolito throws a leg kick but Song checks it.
Song connects with a leg kick. D Ippolito looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Song scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Song throws a push kick but D Ippolito slaps the foot to one side.
Song uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from D Ippolito.
D Ippolito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Song.
D Ippolito shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Song as he avoids it easily.
D Ippolito has taken the fight to the clinch.
D Ippolito can't find room to land a body shot as Song controls the action.
D Ippolito tries to work over Song's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Song.
A nice left hand lands by Song.
Song misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Song working some nice short punches in the clinch.
D Ippolito is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Song scores with a nice short uppercut.
D Ippolito is still on wobbly legs! Can Song finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Song.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Song lands a big right hand that drops D Ippolito! The killer instinct kicks in and Song finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Song!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Min-Sik Song!
In his post fight interview, Min-Sik Song started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated Sesto D Ippolito had this to say: 'soundcloud.com/spinmanfinn'.
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