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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luther Jackson (ranked 303 p4p, 40 weight class) and Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi (ranked 2640 p4p, 312 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 lbs
10 - 0 - 0 |
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190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luther Jackson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt - Di Betto Bardi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Di Betto Bardi counters with a body kick.
Jackson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jackson shoots in for a double leg but Di Betto Bardi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Di Betto Bardi scoring well with a low kick there.
Jackson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luther Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Di Betto Bardi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jackson fails with the takedown
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a body kick.
Di Betto Bardi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Di Betto Bardi holds on to Jackson's head and controls the position momentarily.
Di Betto Bardi gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Di Betto Bardi is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi tries to lock up and control but Jackson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jackson looking to ground and pound but Di Betto Bardi is blocking nicely.
Jackson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jackson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jackson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Di Betto Bardi because Jackson loaded up on that one.
Jackson prevents Di Betto Bardi from getting the reversal.
Jackson misses with a head shot.
Di Betto Bardi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jackson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Di Betto Bardi is looking to escape.
Jackson avoids the attempt from Di Betto Bardi to control.
Di Betto Bardi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jackson.
Jackson avoids the attempt from Di Betto Bardi to control.
Jackson dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looking for a guillotine from mount but Di Betto Bardi is having none of it.
Di Betto Bardi taking shots to the head.
Di Betto Bardi wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Di Betto Bardi is squirming around, avoiding Jackson's attempts to control the action.
Jackson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Di Betto Bardi hang on?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jackson wants to take Di Betto Bardi's back but he can't do it this time.
Di Betto Bardi tries to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Di Betto Bardi working to try and regain half guard.
Jackson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Di Betto Bardi hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Di Betto Bardi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jackson.
Jackson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Di Betto Bardi is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luther Jackson!
Luther Jackson retains his middleweight title!
Luther Jackson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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