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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi (ranked 1862 p4p, 246 weight class) and Doppo Orochi (ranked 3043 p4p, 367 weight class). Orochi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. RISE - I Prevail kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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190 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Doppo Orochi!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orochi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Orochi misses with a looping right.
Orochi swings widly with a right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Orochi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Di Betto Bardi can't break the clinch.
Orochi scores with a shot to the side of Di Betto Bardi's head.
Orochi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Di Betto Bardi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Orochi.
Orochi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Di Betto Bardi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Di Betto Bardi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Orochi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Di Betto Bardi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Orochi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orochi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Orochi tries to close the distance and clinch but Di Betto Bardi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Di Betto Bardi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Orochi takes a step back to recover.
Orochi misses with a hook
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orochi looks to throw the jab but Di Betto Bardi is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi lands a high kick!
Di Betto Bardi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Orochi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Di Betto Bardi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Orochi throws an off balance right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Orochi throws a right hand that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Orochi throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Orochi misses with a wild body shot.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di Betto Bardi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Orochi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a low kick, right behind Orochi 's knee.
Orochi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Orochi.
Orochi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Orochi rushes Di Betto Bardi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Di Betto Bardi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Orochi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Di Betto Bardi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orochi's elbow.
Orochi lands a hook that snaps the head of Di Betto Bardi backwards.
Di Betto Bardi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Orochi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Di Betto Bardi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Di Betto Bardi connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi misses with a looping left.
Di Betto Bardi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Orochi takes a step back to recover.
Di Betto Bardi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orochi. Di Betto Bardi does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Orochi tries to get set, Di Betto Bardi tries to push him back and clinch up but Orochi manages to avoid the attempt.
Orochi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Orochi swings widly with a right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Di Betto Bardi connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Orochi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Orochi.
It looks like Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi has been cut.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a push kick.
Di Betto Bardi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orochi clinches with his opponent.
Orochi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Di Betto Bardi.
Di Betto Bardi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Orochi fails to land.
Di Betto Bardi misses with a punch to the body.
Di Betto Bardi tries to break free but Orochi pushes him back against the cage.
Di Betto Bardi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Orochi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orochi has Di Betto Bardi pressed against the cage, preventing Di Betto Bardi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orochi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Di Betto Bardi has had enough of the clinch but Orochi keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Orochi fails to land.
Di Betto Bardi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di Betto Bardi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orochi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a big head kick but Orochi shrugs it off.
Di Betto Bardi staying out of range there.
Orochi throws a series of punches but Di Betto Bardi moves out of range.
Orochi misses with a jab to the body
letting Di Betto Bardi counter with a right hand.
Orochi throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooh!!! Orochi has knocked Di Betto Bardi down with a huge combo! Orochi steps away and waves a wobbly Di Betto Bardi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Di Betto Bardi is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Orochi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Di Betto Bardi cracks the inside of Orochi's front leg.
Doppo Orochi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Di Betto Bardi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Orochi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Orochi misses with a body punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
Orochi throws a poor cross that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Orochi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi is winning the standup battle so far.
Orochi misses with a body shot
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a big head kick but Orochi shrugs it off.
Orochi rushes Di Betto Bardi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Orochi misses with the head strike.
Di Betto Bardi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Di Betto Bardi connects with a high kick.
Orochi misses with a right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a head kick that drops Orochi to the mat! Orochi scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Orochi is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Di Betto Bardi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Orochi is still on wobbly legs! Can Di Betto Bardi finish him?
Orochi tries to clinch up
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orochi seems to have recovered his senses.
Orochi throws a sloppy body shot
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice leg kick.
Orochi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Di Betto Bardi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orochi throws a jab when Di Betto Bardi was well out of range.
Orochi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a good low kick that Orochi was not able to check.
Orochi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Di Betto Bardi. Di Betto Bardi obviously looking to wear him down.
Orochi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Di Betto Bardi. Di Betto Bardi obviously looking to wear him down.
A slow jab from Orochi misses its intended target.
Di Betto Bardi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Orochi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Orochi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Orochi ducks under a wild hook from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi misses with a hook
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Di Betto Bardi, right into the meat.
Di Betto Bardi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orochi can do to turn this around?
Di Betto Bardi ducks under a wild hook from Orochi.
Orochi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Di Betto Bardi slips a straight right by Orochi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Orochi misses with a body punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a thumping low kick.
Orochi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orochi cracks Di Betto Bardi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A shot to the body from Orochi misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a thumping low kick.
Orochi misses with a body shot
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi cracks the inside of Orochi's front leg.
Di Betto Bardi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Orochi. Those never looked like landing.
Orochi throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Orochi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi throws out a loose jab but Di Betto Bardi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orochi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Orochi is breathing heavily.
Orochi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Di Betto Bardi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Orochi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Di Betto Bardi.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Di Betto Bardi. Orochi shrugs it off though.
Di Betto Bardi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Orochi's sensitive parts.
Di Betto Bardi cracks the inside of Orochi's front leg.
Di Betto Bardi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Di Betto Bardi scoring well with a low kick there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi throws a right hand that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Orochi throws a sloppy body shot
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orochi. Di Betto Bardi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Di Betto Bardi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Di Betto Bardi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Di Betto Bardi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Di Betto Bardi lands a high kick!
Orochi tries to clinch up but Di Betto Bardi circles away and keeps his distance.
Orochi looks to clinch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
Orochi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi misses with a left hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Di Betto Bardi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A shot to the body from Orochi misses
and Di Betto Bardi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Orochi really felt that one!
Orochi wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orochi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Di Betto Bardi. That one must have hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Di Betto Bardi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Orochi.
Orochi takes the fight into the clinch.
Di Betto Bardi is trying to break free.
Orochi wants to break free but Di Betto Bardi has control.
Orochi misses with a punch to the body.
Orochi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orochi breaks from the clinch.
Orochi misses with an uppercut
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an inside leg kick.
Orochi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Di Betto Bardi.
Orochi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Di Betto Bardi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Orochi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Orochi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a thumping low kick.
Di Betto Bardi throws a head kick that half lands.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Orochi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Di Betto Bardi - the referee stops the clock and Orochi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Di Betto Bardi. Orochi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orochi misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Orochi. Di Betto Bardi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Di Betto Bardi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Orochi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Orochi throws an off balance right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
That kick from Di Betto Bardi tenderised Orochi's leg. Orochi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Orochi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Orochi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Orochi misses with a body shot
and Di Betto Bardi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Orochi really felt that one!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Di Betto Bardi, right into the meat.
Orochi throws a right hand that misses
and Di Betto Bardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Di Betto Bardi moves out of range of the strikes.
Di Betto Bardi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Orochi's calf.
You can see that Orochi has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Orochi moves out of range of the strikes.
Di Betto Bardi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Orochi. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orochi throws a sloppy body shot
and Di Betto Bardi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Di Betto Bardi.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Di Betto Bardi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orochi's elbow.
Di Betto Bardi breaks the clinch.
Orochi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Di Betto Bardi can pounce on him.
Orochi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Di Betto Bardi can pounce on him.
Di Betto Bardi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Orochi tries to clinch there but Di Betto Bardi circles away.
Di Betto Bardi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Orochi just manages to avoid it.
Orochi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Di Betto Bardi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Orochi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Di Betto Bardi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Di Betto Bardi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi thumps Orochi with a low kick.
Di Betto Bardi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Orochi throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Orochi misses with a hook to the body
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Orochi scores with a four punch combination!
Orochi throws a sloppy body shot
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a head kick that drops Orochi to the mat! Orochi scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Orochi clinches up with Di Betto Bardi and pushes him back against the cage.
Orochi prevents Di Betto Bardi from breaking the clinch.
Orochi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Di Betto Bardi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Di Betto Bardi blocks a body shot from Orochi.
Di Betto Bardi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Orochi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orochi misses the shot to the body.
Orochi doesn't manage to clinch there - Di Betto Bardi circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Di Betto Bardi walks into a straight right hand from Orochi.
Orochi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Betto Bardi manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Di Betto Bardi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di Betto Bardi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Orochi swings widly with a right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a low kick, right behind Orochi 's knee.
Di Betto Bardi throws a hook to the side of Orochi's head but Orochi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orochi throws a body shot but no joy.
Orochi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Di Betto Bardi throws a nice head kick!
Orochi throws a right hand that misses
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Orochi's knee momentarily.
Orochi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Orochi misses with a lunging right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with a low kick, right behind Orochi 's knee.
A thudding body kick lands there by Di Betto Bardi!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Orochi finds it's way through Di Betto Bardi's defenses.
Orochi misses with a lunging right hand
and Di Betto Bardi counters with an outside leg kick.
Di Betto Bardi takes one to the chin there.
Di Betto Bardi keeps the fight on the outside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Di Betto Bardi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi!
After winning the bout, Donato Di Niccolo Di Betto Bardi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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