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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Dante (ranked 3578 p4p, 293 weight class) and Massimo Damiani (ranked 1273 p4p, 137 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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175 cm
30
156 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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174 cm
24
155 lbs
6 - 3 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Experienced |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Silvio Dante! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Massimo Damiani! The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Damiani ducks right into an uppercut from Dante. Dante looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Dante misses with a looping right. Dante misses with a double jab.
Dante throws a hook to the side of Damiani's head but Damiani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Damiani.
Damiani thumps Dante with a low kick. Dante misses with a body shot.
Damiani looks like he wants to counter punch here. Damiani lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Damiani throws a half hearted mid kick. Some wild striking there from Damiani.
Dante wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Damiani scores with a nice strike. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Damiani buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dante looks to score with a jab to the body but Damiani is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Damiani tries a head kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Dante misses the target. Dante throws a right and a left that Damiani avoids nicely. A lazy left from Damiani finds it's target. Dante throws a jab when Damiani was well out of range. Dante on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Damiani tries to move into range but Dante moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. An inside leg kick lands from Damiani. Damiani throws a front kick that sends Dante stumbling back into the cage. Dante walks straight into a right hand from Damiani - that's dropped him! Damiani jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Dante from any more punishment! Dante complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Massimo Damiani! Massimo Damiani decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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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
62% |
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