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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joel Hamster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Codazzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Codazzi has chosen Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot as his entrance music. Joel Hamster had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joel Hamster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Codazzi!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Codazzi scores with a jab to the body.
Hamster throws a right and a left that Codazzi avoids nicely.
Codazzi cracks a nice hook into Hamster's ribs.
Hamster misses with a jab to the body
and Hamster takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Codazzi lands a nice shot to the body.
Hamster throws a big shot that misses.
Hamster avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hamster throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hamster takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Codazzi misses with a double jab.
Codazzi's corner calls for a 1-2. Codazzi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Codazzi misses with a two punch combination.
Hamster takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Codazzi lands a nice hook to Hamster's body. Hamster takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hamster misses with a double jab
and Codazzi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hamster's guard now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hamster is breathing heavily.
Codazzi 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.
Codazzi tries to free his leg and advance position but Hamster is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamster being controlled here, momentarily.
Codazzi throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Codazzi preventing the sweep.
Hamster keeping moving, preventing Codazzi from controlling successfully.
Codazzi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Codazzi looking to sit in guard and control but Hamster gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Codazzi has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Hamster is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Codazzi.
Hamster staying calm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hamster has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Hamster wants to control but Codazzi is keeping him busy.
Hamster controls the position.
Codazzi is not content to let Hamster control the position.
Hamster tries to advance to mount but Codazzi denies him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Codazzi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Codazzi is trying to buck Hamster off.
Codazzi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hamster's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hamster sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamster is looking to take a break and control but Codazzi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Codazzi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Codazzi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hamster.
Codazzi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamster moves away.
Codazzi moves in looking to clinch but Hamster pushes him off.
Codazzi throws a combination that misses
and Hamster counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hamster looks to land a combination but Codazzi avoids it well.
Hamster swings for the body but Codazzi moves out of range.
Codazzi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Codazzi throws a body punch but Hamster moves out of range.
A punch combination from Hamster misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Codazzi misses.
Hamster tries to clinch up.
Codazzi avoids the body shot from Hamster.
Hamster moves into the clinch.
Hamster softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Codazzi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hamster breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Codazzi throws a combination that misses
and Hamster counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hamster misses with a double jab
and Codazzi counters with a three punch combo that has Hamster backing up. Hamster nods at Codazzi to acknowledge the strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Codazzi!
Hamster misses with a few strikes there.
Codazzi scores with a jab to the head.
Joel Hamster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hamster takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hamster takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hamster throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Codazzi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Codazzi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Codazzi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hamster rather than just go for the knockout.
Jab by Codazzi.
Codazzi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamster moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamster swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Codazzi counters with a three punch combo that has Hamster backing up. Hamster nods at Codazzi to acknowledge the strikes.
Codazzi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Codazzi swats away the attempt to clinch by Hamster.
Hamster wants to clinch up but Codazzi keeps it at a distance.
Codazzi throws a combination that misses
and Hamster counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamster throws a sloppy body shot
and Codazzi counters by clinching up.
Codazzi blocks an uppercut.
Hamster misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hamster is pushing Codazzi up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Codazzi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hamster gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hamster lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamster manages to break the clinch.
Codazzi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hamster.
Codazzi cracks Hamster with a good jab.
Hamster throws a right hand that Codazzi ducks under and follows up with a left that Codazzi also avoids with ease.
Hamster throws a combination that misses
letting Codazzi counter with a right hand.
Codazzi misses with a double jab.
Codazzi tries to clinch but Hamster is having none of it.
Hamster throws a combination that misses
and Codazzi counters with a three punch combo that has Hamster backing up. Hamster nods at Codazzi to acknowledge the strikes.
Hamster swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Codazzi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Joel Hamster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Codazzi misses with a combination
and Hamster counters with a three punch combo that has Codazzi backing up. Codazzi nods at Hamster to acknowledge the strikes.
Codazzi connects with a crisp jab.
Codazzi moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamster swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Codazzi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hamster thinking.
Codazzi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Codazzi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Joel Hamster is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hamster works the jab nicely.
Hamster is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Codazzi.
Hamster throws a combination that misses
and Codazzi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hamster swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hamster wants to clinch but Codazzi slips to the side
and Codazzi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hamster won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Codazzi decides to take the fight back to the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamster swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Codazzi counters with a left and a right that stings Hamster.
Codazzi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hamster counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Codazzi misses with a combination
and Hamster counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Codazzi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hamster's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Donk. Codazzi catches Hamster right on the button with a cross.
Hamster swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Codazzi.
Hamster tries to clinch up but Codazzi circles away and keeps his distance.
Hamster looks to score with a jab to the body but Codazzi is just out of range.
Codazzi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hamster stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hamster falls off balance throwing a combination
and Codazzi counters with a nice body shot.
Hamster swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hamster looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hamster gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hamster pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hamster tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Codazzi takes a swing at Hamster's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamster throws a hook but Codazzi blocks it.
Hamster takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hamster dodges the punch combination from Codazzi.
Hamster misses the shot to the body.
Hamster misses with a combination
and Codazzi counters with a nice body shot.
Hamster misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Hamster misses the target.
Codazzi misses with a double jab
and Hamster counters with a left to the body.
Hamster dodges the punch combination from Codazzi.
Hamster lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hamster.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Codazzi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hamster closes the distance and clinches.
Hamster is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hamster manages to break the clinch.
Codazzi misses with a hook.
Hamster looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hamster misses with a looping right.
Hamster throws a left and a right that both miss
and Codazzi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hamster showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Codazzi.
Codazzi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hamster circles away quickly and effectively.
Codazzi lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Codazzi. Hamster does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Codazzi misses with the combination.
Codazzi walks into a left hand.
Hamster throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hamster throws a predictable looking body shot
and Codazzi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Codazzi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hamster stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hamster throws a jab when Codazzi was well out of range.
Codazzi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hamster's head.
Codazzi slips a straight right by Hamster.
Codazzi lands with a nice body punch.
Codazzi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hamster.
Jab from Hamster.
Codazzi ducks under a wild hook from Hamster.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamster misses with a shot to the body
and Codazzi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Codazzi throws a right and a left that Hamster avoids nicely.
Diego Codazzi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Codazzi slips a jab from Hamster.
Codazzi connects with a crisp jab.
Joel Hamster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hamster misses with a few strikes there.
Hamster drops his hands momentarily and Codazzi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hamster throws a left and a right that both miss
and Codazzi counters with a series of strikes. Hamster will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hamster throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Codazzi counters with a straight right hand.
Hamster misses the body punch
and Codazzi counters with a left to the body.
Codazzi connects with a jab.
Hamster misses the body punch
and Codazzi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Codazzi blocks the strikes from Hamster.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Codazzi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Codazzi 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Codazzi!
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