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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci (ranked 2268 p4p, 261 weight class) and Dino Pelayo (ranked 2869 p4p, 325 weight class). Dino Pelayo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 cm
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180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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176 cm
26
182 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dino Pelayo! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pelayo lands with a shot to the body. Da Vinci on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. A nice leg kick lands there from Da Vinci. A shot to the body from Pelayo misses and Da Vinci counters with a low kick, right behind Pelayo 's knee. Pelayo moves in looking to clinch but Da Vinci pushes him off. Da Vinci definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Da Vinci cracks the inside of Pelayo's front leg. Pelayo avoids a kick to the body.
Da Vinci with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pelayo swings and misses with a shot to the body and Da Vinci counters with a nice leg kick. Pelayo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Da Vinci. Pelayo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Da Vinci counters with a nice leg kick. An inside leg kick lands from Da Vinci. Pelayo has managed to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Da Vinci connects with a knee to the head.
Pelayo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Da Vinci tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelayo avoids the damage to the body. Pelayo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Da Vinci tries to break the clinch but Pelayo is controlling the position. Da Vinci tries a knee to the head but Pelayo blocks it.
Da Vinci crunches a lovely knee into Pelayo's ribcage. Pelayo tries to throw a body punch but Da Vinci avoids it by throwing Pelayo back against the cage. Pelayo tries to throw a body punch but Da Vinci avoids it by throwing Pelayo back against the cage. Pelayo struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Vinci controls his hands.
Da Vinci manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Da Vinci tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pelayo avoids it. Pelayo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Pelayo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Da Vinci. Da Vinci trying to land knees to the body.
Da Vinci scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Vinci pushes off an throws an elbow but Pelayo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Da Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
Pelayo is leaning against Da Vinci and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Da Vinci using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pelayo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pelayo tries a body shot but Da Vinci blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Da Vinci tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pelayo has Da Vinci pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Da Vinci manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Da Vinci is trying to force a seperation but Pelayo has the dominant position. Da Vinci is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pelayo is defending well for now. Da Vinci tries to throw a body punch but Pelayo avoids it by throwing Da Vinci back against the cage. Da Vinci lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Vinci misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelayo.
Pelayo misses with a hook to the ribs.
A knee to the head by Da Vinci.
It looks like Dino Pelayo has been cut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Knees in the clinch landing for Da Vinci.
Pelayo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Da Vinci breaks the clinch.
Da Vinci gets tackled into the cage by Pelayo. Pelayo maintains the clinch. Pelayo cracks Da Vinci with a nice body shot. Pelayo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. A knee to the head by Da Vinci.
Pelayo lands a hook that snaps the head of Da Vinci backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Da Vinci looking to throw knees to the head but Pelayo is blocking nicely.
Da Vinci lands a nice knee to the body. Pelayo struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Vinci controls his hands.
Da Vinci trying to land knees to the body.
Pelayo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pelayo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Da Vinci tries a knee to the head but Pelayo blocks it.
Pelayo lands with a light punch inside. Pelayo managing to block the knees to the body from Da Vinci.
Pelayo tries a body shot but Da Vinci blocks it.
Pelayo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Da Vinci or not. Pelayo misses with a punch to the body.
Pelayo tries a body shot but Da Vinci blocks it.
Da Vinci misses with a knee to the head. Da Vinci using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pelayo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Da Vinci putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pelayo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Da Vinci trying to land knees to the body.
Pelayo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Da Vinci fails to land. Da Vinci crunches a lovely knee into Pelayo's ribcage. Da Vinci tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelayo avoids the damage to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Da Vinci lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Vinci misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelayo.
Pelayo tries a body shot but Da Vinci blocks it.
Da Vinci is looking to control Pelayo's arms but Pelayo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Da Vinci has his back to the cage. A hook to the body from Pelayo.
Nice body punch from Pelayo. Da Vinci is breathing heavily. Da Vinci trying to control the position but instead, Pelayo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Da Vinci into the cage. Da Vinci tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelayo avoids the damage to the body. Da Vinci prevents the takedown attempt.
Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dino Pelayo. Pelayo tries a body shot but Da Vinci blocks it.
Da Vinci unloads a knee to the mid-section. Da Vinci landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci dominated that round. The cut man is working on Dino Pelayo's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pelayo clinches with his opponent.
Pelayo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Da Vinci landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pelayo managing to block the knees to the body from Da Vinci.
Da Vinci tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelayo avoids the damage to the body. Pelayo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Da Vinci tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pelayo avoids it. Pelayo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pelayo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Vinci landing knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pelayo. Pelayo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Pelayo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Da Vinci backwards. Pelayo tries a body shot but Da Vinci blocks it.
Pelayo can't find room to land a body shot as Da Vinci controls the action.
Pelayo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pelayo scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pelayo tries to pull guard but Da Vinci holds him up against the cage and eventually Pelayo drops back down to his feet.
Da Vinci prevents a body shot from Pelayo. Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci has scored more points in the clinch so far. Da Vinci looking to throw knees to the head but Pelayo is blocking nicely.
Pelayo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Vinci throws a knee to the head but misses.
Da Vinci is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pelayo can do to turn this around? A short uppercut from Pelayo. Pelayo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pelayo cracks Da Vinci with a nice body shot. Da Vinci trying to land knees to the body.
Da Vinci blocks a body shot from Pelayo. Pelayo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Da Vinci lands a knee to the body.
Da Vinci is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Pelayo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Vinci misses with a knee strike.
Pelayo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Da Vinci backwards. Pelayo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Da Vinci working Pelayo over with knees to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Pelayo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pelayo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Da Vinci looking to throw knees to the head but Pelayo is blocking nicely.
Da Vinci prevents a body shot from Pelayo. Da Vinci tries to work over Pelayo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Da Vinci tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pelayo works on Da Vinci's body with a couple of short punches. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. A knee to the head by Da Vinci.
Da Vinci misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelayo.
Pelayo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pelayo lands a shot to the body. Pelayo tries to pull guard but Da Vinci won't allow it.
Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da Vinci has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dino Pelayo. Still in the clinch, Pelayo scores with a nice short uppercut. A right hook to the body lands for Pelayo.
Pelayo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pelayo tries to work over Da Vinci's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Da Vinci prevents a body shot from Pelayo. Pelayo misses with a punch to the body.
Da Vinci wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pelayo has him pressed against the cage. Pelayo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Pelayo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pelayo tries to throw a body punch but Da Vinci avoids it by throwing Pelayo back against the cage. Da Vinci's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Pelayo misses the shot to the body. Pelayo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. A head kick misses from Da Vinci. Da Vinci feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pelayo's calf. Da Vinci lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Da Vinci keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Da Vinci connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Pelayo is looking to clinch but Da Vinci is avoiding it.
Da Vinci takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Pelayo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pelayo lands a shoulder strike. Da Vinci missing with knees to the body.
Da Vinci connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Pelayo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pelayo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. A quick uppercut on the inside from Pelayo. Da Vinci misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pelayo.
Da Vinci prevents a body shot from Pelayo. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pelayo. Da Vinci is trying to break free. Nice body punch from Pelayo - that landed with a thud.
Pelayo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dino Pelayo will probably get the nod - 10:9. The cut man is working on Dino Pelayo's cut. That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Pelayo tries to clinch but fails miserably and Da Vinci counters with a nice leg kick. Pelayo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Da Vinci seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance. Pelayo moves into range and clinches up with Da Vinci. Da Vinci throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pelayo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. A short right from Pelayo. Da Vinci prevents a body shot from Pelayo. Da Vinci blocks a body shot from Pelayo. Da Vinci crunches a lovely knee into Pelayo's ribcage. Da Vinci gets underhooks to prevent Pelayo's takedown attempt.
Pelayo is working Da Vinci over against the cage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Da Vinci prevents a body shot from Pelayo. Pelayo pushes Da Vinci back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Pelayo struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Vinci controls his hands.
Pelayo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pelayo tries to throw a body punch but Da Vinci avoids it by throwing Pelayo back against the cage. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pelayo misses with a punch to the body.
Da Vinci tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelayo avoids the damage to the body. Pelayo avoiding damage as Da Vinci throws knees to the body.
Da Vinci wants to stall.
Da Vinci tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelayo avoids the damage to the body. Knees in the clinch landing for Da Vinci.
Pelayo scores with a hook to the body. Pelayo decides to pull guard. Pelayo managing to control the position. Da Vinci trying to control the position from guard on top but Pelayo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Pelayo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Da Vinci gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Da Vinci trying to control the position from guard on top but Pelayo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Da Vinci prevents Pelayo from getting back to his feet. Da Vinci stays in close to Pelayo's body and controls the position. Da Vinci trying to control but Pelayo is working from the bottom. Da Vinci with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity. Pelayo checks a low kick from Da Vinci.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pelayo misses with a wild combination.
Pelayo lands a jab to Da Vinci's midsection. Pelayo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pelayo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Da Vinci throws out a leg kick but Pelayo moves out of range and Da Vinci only half commits. Pelayo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pelayo tries to clinch up and Da Vinci counters with a leg kick. Pelayo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Pelayo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pelayo tries to clinch up. Pelayo gets a clinch. Da Vinci tries to land a knee to the head but Pelayo blocks with his arms.
Da Vinci tries to break the clinch but Pelayo is controlling the position. Da Vinci landing knees to the head.
Pelayo can't find room to land a body shot as Da Vinci controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Pelayo.
Pelayo lands with a short head shot on the inside. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Da Vinci with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pelayo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Da Vinci avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Pelayo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Pelayo takes a knee to the side of the body. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Pelayo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Vinci tries a knee to the head but Pelayo blocks it.
Pelayo lands a hook that snaps the head of Da Vinci backwards. Pelayo misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Dino Pelayo. I think Pelayo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29 Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29 Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dino Pelayo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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