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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Vendarra (ranked 2157 p4p, 4489 weight class) and Furio Spartan (ranked 305 p4p, 571 weight class). Vendarra comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Of Wolf And Man. The crowd seem to be enjoying Spartan's choice of entrance music: This is Sparta. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Vendarra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Furio Spartan!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vendarra gets tackled into the cage by Spartan. Spartan maintains the clinch.
Vendarra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Vendarra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Despite the aggression on Spartan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Vendarra takes a swing at Spartan's ribcage but misses.
Spartan wants to counter the offense by Vendarra and move into the clinch position.
Spartan misses with a combination
letting Vendarra counter with a right hand.
Spartan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Spartan is trying to trip Vendarra. He has hold of a leg but Vendarra is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Spartan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Spartan is standing up over Vendarra. Vendarra looks to escape but Spartan dives into side control.
Vendarra is letting Spartan control him for a moment.
Vendarra is trying to get back to his feet.
Spartan decides to stand up, so the ref orders Vendarra to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spartan throws a one two combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spartan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spartan lands with a right hand.
Spartan just misses with a punch to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Vendarra misses its target.
Spartan looks to land a combination. Vendarra sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Vendarra is rocked!
Spartan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Oh Vendarra is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vendarra tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Spartan manages to move to mount!
Vendarra is working to get back to half guard.
Vendarra seems to have got his legs back now.
Spartan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartan wants to take his opponent's back but Vendarra doesn't allow it.
Spartan has isolated one of Vendarra's arms. Vendarra looking to fight him off but Spartan twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Furio Spartan!
Our winner, Furio Spartan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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