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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Semenko (ranked 121 p4p, 19 weight class) and Miguel Cotto (ranked 234 p4p, 35 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Miguel Cotto enters the cage!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Semenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cotto thuds a left hand into Semenko's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Semenko darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Semenko instigates a clinch.
Cotto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cotto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Semenko misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Cotto.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Semenko.
Cotto prevents a body shot from Semenko.
Cotto has had enough of the clinch but Semenko keeps him there for the moment.
Cotto blocks an uppercut.
Cotto missing with knees to the body.
Cotto lands with a left to the head.
Semenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Semenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cotto is working Semenko over against the cage.
Cotto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cotto lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Semenko lands with a light punch inside.
Semenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cotto breaks from the clinch.
Cotto missing with a left hand there. Semenko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cotto throws the left hand but Semenko avoids the punch easily.
Semenko throws a leg kick but Cotto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good work by Semenko as he checks the leg kick.
Semenko defending well as Cotto loads up on a big left hand.
Cotto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Semenko. Cotto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cotto rushes Semenko and presses him up against the cage.
Cotto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Semenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cotto is defending well for now.
Semenko tries a body shot but Cotto blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Cotto.
Cotto tries a body shot but Semenko blocks it.
Semenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Semenko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Cotto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cotto.
Semenko takes a shot to the head.
Semenko lands a nice shot to the body.
Semenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Semenko.
Semenko can't find room to land a body shot as Cotto controls the action.
Cotto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Semenko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Semenko working aggressively here.
Semenko scores with a hook to the body.
Semenko scores with a shot to the side of Cotto's head.
Cotto breaks from the clinch.
Semenko tests Cotto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cotto misses with the combination.
As Cotto tries to get set, Semenko tries to push him back and clinch up but Cotto manages to avoid the attempt.
Semenko misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotto checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Semenko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cotto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Semenko throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cotto lands with a nice body punch.
Cotto lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Semenko moves out of range as Cotto strikes.
Cotto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cotto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Semenko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cotto takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cotto working aggressively here.
Semenko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Semenko.
A head punch on the inside from Cotto fails to land.
Cotto throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cotto.
Semenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cotto backwards.
Cotto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Semenko misses with the head strike.
Our sources have told us that Semenko has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Cotto scores with a shot to the side of Semenko's head.
Cotto can't find room to land a body shot as Semenko controls the action.
Good body shot from Cotto.
Semenko swings wildly with an uppercut but Cotto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cotto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cotto missing with knees to the body.
Cotto has a couple of punches blocked by Semenko.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Semenko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Semenko lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Semenko - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Miguel Cotto will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Left hook, right uppercut from Semenko.
Semenko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Semenko walks into a straight right hand from Cotto.
Cotto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cotto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cotto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Semenko moves away.
Semenko thinks about countering with a body kick.
Semenko is looking to clinch.
Cotto tries a head kick but it misses.
Semenko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Semenko lands with a shot to the body.
Semenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cotto misses with a low kick.
Semenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cotto.
Miguel Cotto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenko lands a really nice looking cross but Cotto seems unphased.
Cotto throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cotto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Semenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Semenko dodges the punch combination from Cotto.
Cotto throws a leg kick
and Semenko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Semenko blocks the body kick.
Semenko lands with a kick to the temple. Cotto shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut.
Semenko throws a shot from downtown. Cotto moves away and avoids it.
Semenko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cotto throws a low kick, looking for Semenko's leg but Semenko calmly moves out of range.
Cotto walks into a straight right hand from Semenko.
Cotto jabs Semenko right on the nose. Semenko blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cotto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Semenko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto tries a low kick but Semenko avoids it.
Semenko was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Semenko dips to his left and cracks Cotto with an uppercut!
Semenko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cotto lands a right hook to the body.
Semenko thumps Cotto with a low kick.
Cotto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Miguel Cotto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cotto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Semenko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Semenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cotto.
As Cotto looks to move away, Semenko throws a big counter combo but Cotto just gets out of the way.
Cotto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cotto misses with a head kick.
Semenko darts in and clinches Cotto up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cotto.
Semenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Semenko has a couple of punches blocked by Cotto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Semenko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cotto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cotto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Semenko misses with a body punch.
Cotto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Semenko working aggressively here.
Semenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Semenko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Semenko dodges an elbow strike from Cotto.
Cotto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cotto has a couple of punches blocked by Semenko.
A nice left hand lands by Semenko.
Dave Semenko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Semenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cotto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cotto working hard to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Semenko.
Cotto throws a head punch that misses.
Cotto misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Semenko misses with a punch to the body.
Semenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cotto is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Semenko.
Good body shot from Semenko.
Semenko lands a hook that snaps the head of Cotto backwards.
Semenko struggles to land a body shot inside as Cotto controls his hands.
Cotto throws a head punch that misses.
Semenko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Semenko misses with a body punch.
Cotto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Semenko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Semenko tries to work over Cotto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Semenko lands with a right to the head.
Semenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Semenko on the inside.
Cotto is rocked!
Semenko blocks a body shot from Cotto.
Cotto is still on wobbly legs! Can Semenko finish him?
Semenko has a couple of punches blocked by Cotto.
Semenko pushes Cotto against the cage. Semenko is working some dirty boxing. Semenko pushes off with a quick right hook! Cotto goes down! Cotto tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Semenko moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Semenko!
Dave Semenko seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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