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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Donato (ranked 2959 p4p, 334 weight class) and Matt Kristo (ranked 958 p4p, 131 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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208 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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194 cm
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220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Donato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Kristo!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kristo misses the shot to the body.
Kristo misses with a few strikes there.
Kristo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kristo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Donato jumps guard but Kristo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kristo lands an elbow just above Donato 's eye.
Kristo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Billy Donato has been cut.
Donato managing to block the knees to the body from Kristo.
Kristo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Donato is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Donato fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Donato jumps guard but Kristo stands there with Donato around his waist. Donato gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Donato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kristo with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donato content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kristo scores a nice knee to the body.
Donato wants a takedown but no success here.
Kristo connects with a knee to the head.
Kristo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kristo cracks Donato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donato is rocked!
Matt Kristo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kristo finds Donato's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Donato flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Kristo lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Donato will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Kristo!
A very excited looking Matt Kristo rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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