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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teodolito Cesariny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matteo Minonzio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Minonzio's choice of entrance music: Metallica Enter Sandman. Matteo Minonzio struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Matteo Minonzio enters the cage!
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192 lbs
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189 cm
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203 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Teodolito Cesariny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matteo Minonzio!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minonzio throws a series of strikes that have Cesariny backpedaling.
It looks like Teodolito Cesariny has been cut.
Minonzio misses with a head kick.
Minonzio throws a lazy head kick
so Cesariny counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Minonzio wants to stand and escape but Cesariny is having none of it.
Cesariny slips nicely into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Minonzio kicks off Cesariny and gets to his feet.
Cesariny shoots in and drives through. Minonzio sprawls well.
Cesariny uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Minonzio.
Cesariny looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Minonzio is fending him off so far but Cesariny persists. Nope, Minonzio circles away and we're back to standing.
Minonzio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cesariny with a lazy takedown attempt
and Minonzio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Minonzio.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teodolito Cesariny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Minonzio lands a damaging elbow.
Minonzio throws an elbow that misses.
Minonzio missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Minonzio throws an elbow but misses.
Minonzio throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Minonzio throws an elbow but misses.
Cesariny blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minonzio trying to land knees to the body.
Minonzio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cesariny avoids the elbow strike from Minonzio, against the cage.
Cesariny breaks from the clinch.
Cesariny darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cesariny stops Minonzio from getting back to his feet.
Cesariny is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cesariny trying to control from half guard but Minonzio is working away.
Cesariny is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Minonzio is trying to stand back up but Cesariny is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cesariny is trying for a kimura here. Minonzio looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Cesariny wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Teodolito Cesariny!
A victorious Teodolito Cesariny thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
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