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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dante Evangelisti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Habanero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evangelisti comes to the cage accompanied by Hell's Gate. Habanero has chosen NERD - Rockstar as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dante Evangelisti had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Evangelisti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Habanero!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evangelisti lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Habanero takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Evangelisti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Evangelisti walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Habanero checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Evangelisti throws a shot to the body.
Evangelisti throws the left hand but Habanero avoids the punch easily.
Evangelisti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Evangelisti lunges at Habanero with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Habanero's hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evangelisti jabs Habanero right on the nose. Habanero blinks but takes it well.
Evangelisti jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Habanero misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dante Evangelisti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evangelisti lands a jab to the nose.
Habanero is rocked!
Habanero takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Evangelisti. That's going to slow Habanero down.
Evangelisti lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice body punch from Evangelisti.
Habanero jabs Evangelisti right on the nose. Evangelisti blinks but takes it well.
Habanero looks to throw the jab but Evangelisti is out of range.
Evangelisti looks to throw a body kick
and Habanero counters with a nice body shot.
Habanero plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Evangelisti throws a body punch but Habanero moves out of range.
Evangelisti misses with a hook
and Habanero counters with a nice leg kick.
Evangelisti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Habanero throws an overhand right that lands on Evangelisti's shoulder, as Evangelisti tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habanero checks the leg kick nicely there.
Evangelisti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Habanero.
Habanero takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Habanero moves forwards but Evangelisti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Habanero blocks a head kick by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Habanero.
Habanero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evangelisti moves away.
Evangelisti looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Habanero misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Habanero tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evangelisti was well out of range. Poor timing from Habanero.
Habanero swings for the body but Evangelisti moves out of range.
A jab from Evangelisti misses.
Evangelisti throws a right and a left that Habanero avoids nicely.
Evangelisti misses with a head kick.
A big right from Evangelisti misses.
Habanero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Habanero stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Habanero on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slow jab from Evangelisti misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Evangelisti swings widly with a right hand
and Habanero counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evangelisti works Habanero's body with a nice hook.
Evangelisti is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Evangelisti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Evangelisti misses with a hook
and Habanero counters with a stiff right hand.
Evangelisti throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Habanero looks gassed!
Nice uppercut there from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti cracks Habanero with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evangelisti misses with a straight left.
Evangelisti lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Evangelisti dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Evangelisti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Habanero avoids the body shot from Evangelisti.
Habanero ducks under a wild hook from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti lands with a good body shot.
Evangelisti blocks a leg kick.
Evangelisti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Habanero.
Evangelisti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Habanero is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Evangelisti rather than just go for the knockout.
Evangelisti tries to bum rush Habanero with a series of wild strikes but Habanero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evangelisti throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Habanero avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Habanero's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Evangelisti lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Habanero.
Evangelisti misses with an uppercut
and Habanero counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Habanero looks to score with a jab to the body but Evangelisti is just out of range.
Dante Evangelisti is winning the standup battle so far.
Evangelisti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Habanero counters with a head kick.
A big right from Evangelisti misses.
Evangelisti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Evangelisti throws a leg kick but Habanero moved away.
Habanero connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Evangelisti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evangelisti throws a poor cross that misses
and Habanero counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evangelisti throws a lazy uppercut
and Habanero counters with an outside leg kick.
Evangelisti thows a body shot but no joy.
Evangelisti scores with a jab to the head.
Habanero takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A slapping leg kick lands for Evangelisti.
Evangelisti throws a body punch but Habanero moves out of range.
Evangelisti throws a hook to the side of Habanero's head but Habanero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Evangelisti throws an overhand right that lands on Habanero's shoulder, as Habanero tries to avoid the shot.
Evangelisti throws a sloppy head kick
and Habanero finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Evangelisti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Evangelisti.
Evangelisti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Habanero.
Evangelisti is looking to land body kicks.
Habanero checks a leg kick nicely.
Evangelisti throws a lazy head kick
and Habanero counters with an inside leg kick.
Evangelisti has Habanero up against the cage in a clinch.
Habanero softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Evangelisti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A leg kick checked by Evangelisti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti takes a swing at Habanero's ribcage but misses.
Evangelisti misses with a right hand
and Habanero counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Evangelisti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Habanero connects with a leg kick. Evangelisti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Evangelisti looks to throw the jab but Habanero is out of range.
Evangelisti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Habanero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evangelisti.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Habanero takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Evangelisti throws an off balance right hand
and Habanero counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A big right from Evangelisti misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Evangelisti dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Evangelisti looks for the body kick but Habanero saw that one coming.
Evangelisti just misses with a punch to the body.
Habanero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evangelisti misses with an uppercut.
Habanero needs to keep his hands up - Evangelisti had a free shot at his head there.
Evangelisti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evangelisti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Evangelisti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Evangelisti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Habanero's head.
Evangelisti moves out of range as Habanero throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelisti takes a swing at Habanero's ribcage but misses.
Evangelisti lands a slapping body shot.
Evangelisti misses with a hook.
Evangelisti throws a push kick but Habanero slaps the foot to one side.
Evangelisti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Evangelisti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Habanero can do to turn this around?
Habanero stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Evangelisti.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Habanero checks a leg kick.
Evangelisti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Habanero takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Habanero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evangelisti throws a head kick that misses.
Rafael Habanero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Habanero throws a body kick the misses
and Evangelisti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Habanero throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Habanero blocks the leg kick.
Evangelisti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Habanero checks it well.
Habanero jabs Evangelisti to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evangelisti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evangelisti misses with a kick to the body.
Evangelisti lands with a straight right. Habanero didn't see that one coming.
Evangelisti delivers a nice body kick.
Evangelisti looks to land a left hand but Habanero moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti lands with a shot to the body.
Evangelisti lands with a straight right. Habanero didn't see that one coming.
Evangelisti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Evangelisti throws a shot from downtown. Habanero moves away and avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Evangelisti.
Evangelisti moves out of range as Habanero throws a body kick.
Habanero misses with a looping right.
Habanero has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Evangelisti finds it's way round the side to connect with Habanero's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelisti jabs Habanero right on the nose. Habanero blinks but takes it well.
Evangelisti is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Habanero is still on wobbly legs! Can Evangelisti finish him?
Habanero ducks right into an uppercut from Evangelisti.
Habanero throws a leg kick
and Evangelisti counters with a good, hard body kick but Habanero shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evangelisti scores with a jab. Habanero acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Evangelisti throws a monster overhand right that drops Habanero! Evangelisti follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Evangelisti!
An out of breath Dante Evangelisti thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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