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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Petrucci (ranked 3206 p4p, 301 weight class) and Izzy Bang (ranked 4179 p4p, 357 weight class). Petrucci comes to the cage accompanied by Artificial Fear - Mako Reactor. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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245 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Petrucci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Izzy Bang!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrucci clinches up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Petrucci as the two fighters clinch.
Petrucci is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bang to keep the fight standing.
Petrucci avoiding damage.
Petrucci tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bang just stands there and leans against the cage.
Petrucci using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petrucci jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bang walks away with a smile on his face. Petrucci gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Petrucci. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Petrucci clinches up with Bang and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bang tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Petrucci smiles and moves away.
Petrucci shoots in but no luck this time.
Petrucci wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang feints and as Petrucci raises his hands in defense, Bang changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bang showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bang gets to his feet - Petrucci follows without any prompting.
Petrucci throws a combination. Bang tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Petrucci changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bang tries to avoid it but Petrucci manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bang to the ground. Bang escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bang fails with the takedown
and Petrucci counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang misses with a body kick.
Bang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bang throws a series of punches but Petrucci moves out of range.
Petrucci fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Petrucci doesn't manage to clinch there - Bang circles away.
Bang unleashes a big counter combination but Petrucci bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Petrucci looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bang is fending him off so far but Petrucci persists. Nope, Bang circles away and we're back to standing.
Petrucci is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrucci tries to clinch up but Bang circles away and keeps his distance.
Bang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bang tries for a takedown but Petrucci sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Bang misses.
Petrucci could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bang misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrucci fails in his attempt to clinch.
Petrucci throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bang is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Petrucci gets caught flat footed, as Bang shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bang's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Petrucci throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bang postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Petrucci has momentary wrist control but Bang slips an elbow through the middle.
Bang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bang thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bang postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bang with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Bang's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Izzy Bang dominated that round.
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.
Bang misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bang closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Petrucci quickly recovers to half guard.
Petrucci taking some punishment here, with Bang in his half guard.
Bang is trying to control. Petrucci wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bang is nestled in close to Petrucci, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bang decides to stand and escape the position.
Bang drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Petrucci can't do much from the bottom here.
Izzy Bang has got the better of the ground game so far.
Check out the look on Bang's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
We've been informed that Bang has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bang working the ground and pound.
Petrucci knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bang on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang wants to control but Petrucci is keeping him busy.
Bang looks up at the clock and then as Petrucci takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bang smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bang creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bang trying to control the position but Petrucci is working away.
Petrucci stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Bang trying to control the position but Petrucci is working away.
Bang controlling the position.
Bang in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Bang drives through with a takedown into Petrucci's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bang lands a couple of digs.
Bang seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Petrucci on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Petrucci tries to get out of the position.
Bang content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Petrucci being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang lands a couple of elbows.
Bang scoring with some ground and pound.
Bang slips nicely into half guard.
Bang lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bang lands a nice short elbow.
Bang controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bang looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bang winds up and cracks Petrucci with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bang perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Izzy Bang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bang manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Petrucci on his heels. He'll look to pass Petrucci's guard now, I'm sure.
Petrucci working for submissions but it's allowed Bang to get to half guard.
Bang looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Petrucci with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Bang there.
Nice strikes from Bang there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bang connects with a nice short shot to Petrucci's temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ground and pound from Bang.
Petrucci has a hand on Bang's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Bang takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Bang unloading with bombs!
Bang has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
BOOM! Bang connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bang pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Petrucci is rocked!
Bang punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oh Petrucci is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bang working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Petrucci seems to have got his legs back now.
Bang postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Petrucci bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bang and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Izzy Bang!
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