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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Viticello (ranked 6491 p4p, 497 weight class) and Matt Kristo (ranked 960 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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203 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Enzo Viticello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matt Kristo!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kristo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kristo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Viticello swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Viticello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kristo tries to clinch there but Viticello circles away.
Viticello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Viticello 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.
Viticello misses with the combination.
Viticello cracks Kristo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kristo lands a head shot.
Kristo wants to clinch up but Viticello keeps it at a distance.
Viticello gets tackled into the cage by Kristo. Kristo maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kristo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kristo.
Kristo throws an elbow that misses.
Viticello fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Viticello has a couple of punches blocked by Kristo.
Kristo missing with knees to the body.
Kristo drops Viticello with a big knee straight up the middle! Viticello is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
It looks like Enzo Viticello has been cut.
Kristo tries to clinch but Viticello is having none of it.
Kristo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Viticello tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Viticello.
Viticello circles away from the clinch attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kristo forces Viticello back against the cage and clinches.
Kristo scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viticello is trying to push Kristo away but Kristo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kristo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kristo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kristo tries a body shot but Viticello blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kristo throws an elbow but misses.
Viticello stalling in the clinch.
Kristo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Viticello slowing the pace effectively.
Viticello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kristo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viticello blocks an elbow strike from Kristo.
Viticello wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kristo has him pressed against the cage.
Kristo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Viticello's efforts to push away.
Kristo throws an elbow but it misses.
Kristo landing knees to the body.
Viticello blocks an elbow strike from Kristo.
Nice elbow from Kristo.
Viticello dodges an elbow strike from Kristo.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Viticello controlling the action here for a moment.
Kristo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kristo lands an elbow just above Viticello 's eye.
Viticello lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kristo backwards.
Viticello lands a hook to the side of the head.
Viticello avoids a wild elbow strike from Kristo.
Viticello blocks an elbow strike from Kristo.
Kristo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Viticello blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Viticello managing to block the knees to the body from Kristo.
Kristo tries to land a knee to the head but Viticello blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Viticello fails to land.
Viticello managing to block the knees to the body from Kristo.
Viticello is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Kristo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Enzo Viticello's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Viticello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Viticello is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kristo darts in trying to clinch
and Viticello cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kristo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Viticello manages to avoid it.
Viticello misses with a two punch combination.
Kristo pushes Viticello up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kristo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Viticello avoids it.
Kristo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Enzo Viticello's cut is getting worse.
Kristo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kristo pushes off an throws an elbow but Viticello leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kristo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kristo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Viticello avoids it.
Kristo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kristo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Viticello swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Viticello is looking to counter the offense by Kristo and move into the clinch.
Kristo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kristo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Viticello paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Viticello staying out of range there.
Enzo Viticello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Viticello cracks Kristo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kristo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Viticello is rocked!
Enzo Viticello's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kristo tries to clinch but Viticello is having none of it.
It looked like Viticello was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kristo.
Viticello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kristo clinches.
Kristo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Viticello blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristo working the clinch nicely. Viticello is working for position but Kristo cracks him with a big knee to the head! Viticello crumples up against the cage and Kristo lands two more shots before the ref can save Viticello! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Matt Kristo!
Matt Kristo decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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