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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Papageorgio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JoJo Caliente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papageorgio's entrance music is Holiday Road. A fine choice. JoJo Caliente will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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190 lbs
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202 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Papageorgio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, JoJo Caliente!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caliente avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Papageorgio avoids a kick to the body.
Caliente lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Papageorgio tries to bum rush Caliente with a series of wild strikes but Caliente uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Papageorgio shoots in and drives through. Caliente sprawls well.
Papageorgio wants to clinch.
Papageorgio tries to close the distance and clinch but Caliente swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Papageorgio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caliente swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Papageorgio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Caliente is looking for a sweep.
Papageorgio working the ground and pound.
Papageorgio trying to control the action but Caliente is working from the bottom.
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.
Papageorgio is staying tight to Caliente's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Papageorgio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Papageorgio wants to control but Caliente is keeping him busy.
Caliente avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Papageorgio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Papageorgio goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Caliente rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Papageorgio's guard! Nice work there by Caliente!
Caliente won't allow Papageorgio to get back to his feet.
Caliente slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Caliente prevents Papageorgio from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caliente must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Papageorgio is breathing heavily.
Caliente sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Papageorgio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Papageorgio might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Caliente lets loose with a powerful body kick. Papageorgio will feel that in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papageorgio misses with a wild combination.
Nick Papageorgio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caliente lands a high kick!
Papageorgio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Caliente fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Papageorgio.
Caliente lands a head kick. Papageorgio smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Caliente delivers a nice body kick.
Caliente throws a head kick that Papageorgio semi-blocks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Caliente.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A thudding body kick lands there by Caliente!
Caliente dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Papageorgio. That did some damage!
Caliente explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JoJo Caliente dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Caliente gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Caliente.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Caliente just misses with a elbow thrown towards Papageorgio's brow.
Caliente's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Papageorgio looks to throw a body kick
and Caliente counters with an inside leg kick.
Papageorgio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Papageorgio shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Papageorgio showed some decent athleticism there.
Papageorgio is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Caliente defends it well.
Caliente pushes Papageorgio off looking to stand but Papageorgio dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caliente gets back to full guard.
Caliente kicks Papageorgio off and gets to his feet.
Caliente connects with a high kick.
Papageorgio wants to clinch
and Caliente counters with a low kick, right behind Papageorgio 's knee.
JoJo Caliente seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caliente throws a head kick that half lands.
Crunch! Caliente slams his shin into Papageorgio's torso.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caliente.
Caliente throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caliente scores with a head kick.
Papageorgio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caliente.
Caliente throws a nice head kick!
Caliente turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Papageorgio will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Caliente throws a nice head kick!
Nick Papageorgio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caliente lands with a slapping head kick.
Caliente goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Caliente throws a head kick that half lands.
Papageorgio looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Papageorgio tries to clinch
and Caliente makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Papageorgio really felt that one!
Papageorgio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Caliente paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caliente stuffs the takedown.
Papageorgio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Papageorgio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Caliente. Caliente obviously looking to wear him down.
Caliente is looking to slow Papageorgio down with leg kicks.
Papageorgio closes the distance and clinches up with Caliente, looking for a takedown. Papageorgio pushes Caliente against the cage but Caliente circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Caliente lands a head kick!
Papageorgio with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Papageorgio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Papageorgio tries for a takedown but Caliente sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Caliente trying to land knees to the body.
Papageorgio successfully pulls guard.
Papageorgio can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Caliente controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caliente prevents Papageorgio from getting back to his feet.
Caliente pushing down on Papageorgio's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Caliente performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Papageorgio wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JoJo Caliente showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Papageorgio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Caliente throws a head kick but Papageorgio moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Papageorgio.
Caliente circles away from the clinch attempt
and Caliente counters with a nice body kick.
Caliente lands a head kick!
Papageorgio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caliente.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Caliente, right into the meat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Caliente throws a head kick that Papageorgio semi-blocks.
Papageorgio tries to clinch up
and Caliente counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papageorgio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Caliente lands with a kick to the ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Caliente.
Caliente lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Papageorgio shoots for a takedown but Caliente saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
JoJo Caliente is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caliente lands a nice leg kick that just misses Papageorgio's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Caliente. That's going to slow Papageorgio down.
Caliente chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Caliente connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caliente throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Caliente is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caliente connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caliente displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Papageorgio.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Papageorgio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caliente lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Caliente.
Caliente fakes the leg kick and cracks Papageorgio in the body.
Papageorgio darts in trying to clinch
and Caliente counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papageorgio takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Papageorgio throws a leg kick
and Caliente makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Papageorgio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Caliente slips under a jab from Papageorgio.
A good leg kick by Caliente.
JoJo Caliente is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Caliente throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Papageorgio's head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Caliente.
Papageorgio misses with a two punch combination.
Papageorgio darts in trying to clinch
and Caliente counters with an inside leg kick.
Nick Papageorgio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papageorgio fails to land with a series of punches.
Caliente has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Caliente lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Caliente drives through and clinches with Papageorgio against the cage.
Papageorgio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Caliente avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Caliente missing with knees to the body.
Caliente lands a damaging elbow.
Caliente breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caliente throws a nice outside leg kick.
Caliente lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Caliente scores with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papageorgio misses with a double jab.
Papageorgio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
JoJo Caliente comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Caliente winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JoJo Caliente!
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hype
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