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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Rinaldi (ranked 581 p4p, 87 weight class) and Cody Myres (ranked 1010 p4p, 144 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Cody Myres was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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195 lbs
10 - 0 - 0 |
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194 cm
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197 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 London, Sam Rinaldi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cody Myres!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rinaldi throws a hook but Myres blocks it.
Myres dodges the punch combination from Rinaldi.
Myres wants to counter the offense by Rinaldi and move into the clinch position.
Rinaldi lands with a cross.
It looks like Cody Myres has been cut.
Rinaldi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rinaldi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rinaldi drops Myres with a left right combo! Rinaldi follows him down to the ground into side control.
Myres is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rinaldi in side control lands a decent elbow.
Myres is still in real trouble! Can Rinaldi finish him?
Rinaldi prevents Myres from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myres is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Myres is trying to get back to his feet.
Myres seems to have recovered his senses.
Rinaldi 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.
Rinaldi scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Myres to see if he's OK.
Myres takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rinaldi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Myres is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rinaldi connects with a decent elbow.
Myres takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rinaldi tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Rinaldi in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rinaldi cracks Myres with a big elbow.
Rinaldi prevents Myres from escaping the position.
Rinaldi is staying tight to Myres's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Myres wants to get back to his feet.
Rinaldi 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.
Rinaldi lands a nice forearm strike.
Rinaldi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Myres taking a bit of punishment here - Rinaldi scoring with strikes.
Rinaldi lands a few punches from side control.
Rinaldi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Myres is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Rinaldi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Rinaldi cracks Myres with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rinaldi prevents Myres from escaping the position.
Rinaldi working the ground and pound.
Rinaldi landing strikes.
Rinaldi content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rinaldi working the head with strikes.
Myres is pushing Rinaldi's head away, looking to escape. Rinaldi manages to hold on to the position though.
Myres prevents Rinaldi from improving position.
Rinaldi working the ground and pound from side control.
Rinaldi landing strikes.
Myres on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rinaldi tries to move to mount but Myres blocks the move with his legs.
Rinaldi in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinaldi cracks Myres with a big right hand but Myres just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rinaldi remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Myres is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rinaldi asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Rinaldi is putting a hurting on Myres here, landing some big shots from side control.
Myres really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rinaldi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Myres wants to get back to his feet but Rinaldi drags him back down.
Myres taking punishment in the form of punches.
Myres pushes Rinaldi away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Rinaldi gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Rinaldi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Myres takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The referee asks Rinaldi politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Rinaldi prefers to stall for the moment though.
Rinaldi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rinaldi scoring with punches and elbows.
Myres is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rinaldi is controlling him well.
Rinaldi working the body and head with strikes.
Myres wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Rinaldi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myres wants to get back to his feet but Rinaldi is dominant here and he's now got Myres's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rinaldi is punishing Myres with some ground and pound.
Rinaldi lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Rinaldi punishes Myres with strikes from the back mount.
Rinaldi gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Rinaldi lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Myres hold on?!
Rinaldi is landing big shots and Myres is squirming looking to escape! He can't escape though and the ref jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Rinaldi!
Sam Rinaldi retains his middleweight title!
After the fight, Sam Rinaldi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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