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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flavio Guidi (ranked 2682 p4p, 316 weight class) and Rosario Fusco (ranked 1433 p4p, 187 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 cm
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265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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205 cm
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270 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flavio Guidi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rosario Fusco! The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Guidi takes a body punch but keeps moving. Guidi forces Fusco back against the cage and clinches. Guidi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Guidi pushes Fusco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Guidi wants to stall.
Fusco lands with a short head shot on the inside. Guidi lands an uppercut. A quick uppercut on the inside from Fusco. Guidi misses with a punch on the inside.
Guidi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fusco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Fusco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fusco tries to work over Guidi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Fusco swings wildly with an uppercut but Guidi uses good head movement to avoid it. Fusco misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Guidi working some nice short punches in the clinch. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fusco. Guidi stalling in the clinch.
Fusco tries a body shot but Guidi blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guidi. Guidi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Guidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Fusco. Guidi has a couple of punches blocked by Fusco.
Fusco tries to work over Guidi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Fusco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fusco misses with a short punch on the inside. Guidi lands a hook to the side of the head. Guidi swings wildly with an uppercut but Fusco uses good head movement to avoid it. Guidi prevents a body shot from Fusco. Guidi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fusco backwards. Fusco lands a body punch. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Fusco trying to control the position but instead, Guidi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fusco into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fusco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fusco. Still in the clinch, Guidi scores with a nice short uppercut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Guidi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Fusco throws a head punch that misses. Fusco struggles to land a body shot inside as Guidi controls his hands.
Fusco presses Guidi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Fusco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Guidi. Fusco tries to work over Guidi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Fusco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Guidi backwards. Guidi working aggressively here.
Fusco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Fusco.
Fusco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guidi has a couple of punches blocked by Fusco.
Fusco swings wildly with an uppercut but Guidi uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Guidi lands a hook that snaps the head of Fusco backwards. Guidi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Fusco. Fusco scores with a shoulder strike. Fusco lands an uppercut. A short body shot lands from Fusco as the two fighters clinch.
Guidi is breathing heavily. Fusco digs a right hand into Guidi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Guidi's gas tank. Fusco lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guidi backwards. Guidi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fusco gets through Guidi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Nice body punch from Fusco. Fusco stalling in the clinch.
Guidi is looking to control Fusco's arms but Fusco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Guidi has his back to the cage. Guidi blocking some punches.
Fusco cracks Guidi with a nice body shot. A right hook to the body lands for Fusco.
Fusco tries to throw a body punch but Guidi avoids it by throwing Fusco back against the cage. Fusco scores with a shot to the side of Guidi's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Fusco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. A right hook to the body lands for Fusco.
A short right from Fusco. Fusco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Guidi misses with a hook from the clinch. Fusco scores with a shot to the side of Guidi's head. Fusco misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Fusco scores with a nice short uppercut. Stalling in the clinch from Fusco.
Fusco lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Fusco's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Fusco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Guidi. Fusco lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guidi backwards. Guidi throws a punch but it's blocked by Fusco. A right hand to the body from Fusco.
Fusco scores with a shoulder strike. A short left from Fusco. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rosario Fusco dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Guidi slips a jab from Fusco. The fight stays on the outside here - Guidi looks like he's thinking about clinching though. A countering left hand to the body from Fusco misses. Fusco throws an overhand right that drops Guidi like a sack of potatoes! Fusco dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosario Fusco! A very excited looking Rosario Fusco made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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