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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi's entrance music is Joker's Wild. A fine choice. Black has chosen Dr Dre - The Next Episode as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Rivaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Black!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henry Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A leg kick checked by Rivaldi.
Black moves into the clinch successfully.
Black is leaning against Rivaldi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Black lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
A head punch on the inside from Rivaldi fails to land.
Rivaldi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rivaldi is defending well for now.
Black tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivaldi's elbow.
Rivaldi stalling.
Rivaldi managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
Rivaldi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Black. That's going to slow Rivaldi down.
Black throws a wild body kick that Rivaldi sees coming a mile off.
Black misses with a head kick.
Black lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black instigates a clinch.
Black lands an elbow that stopped Rivaldi in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Dominick Rivaldi has been cut.
Rivaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Black tries a knee to the head but Rivaldi blocks it.
Black misses with some punches.
Black missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Black.
Rivaldi tries to work over Black's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rivaldi prevents a body shot from Black.
Rivaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Black.
A right hand to the body from Black.
Black taking a breather.
Black lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivaldi moves out of range of the body kick.
Black throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rivaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
Black tries to bum rush Rivaldi with a series of wild strikes but Rivaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Black throws a body kick that misses
and Rivaldi counters with a three punch combo that has Black backing up. Black nods at Rivaldi to acknowledge the strikes.
Rivaldi tests Black's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rivaldi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Black.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Black scores with a hook to the body. Rivaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Black bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a wild combination.
Black moves out of range of the body kick.
Rivaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Black avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivaldi scores with a nice right hand.
An inside leg kick from Black misses.
Crunch! Black slams his shin into Rivaldi's torso.
Rivaldi tries to work over Black's front leg with a kick but Black checks it.
Black swings for the body but Rivaldi moves out of range.
Black shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rivaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rivaldi misses with a body punch.
Rivaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black misses with some punches.
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!
Rivaldi stalling the fight.
Black is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rivaldi tries to break free but Black pushes him back against the cage.
Rivaldi avoids a wild elbow strike from Black.
Rivaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Black creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Black creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Henry Black will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dominick Rivaldi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rivaldi misses with a low kick.
Rivaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Black checks a low kick from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi misses with a leg kick.
Rivaldi blocks the body kick.
Black bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rivaldi's head.
Black takes one on the button.
A combination from Black does no damage.
Dominick Rivaldi is winning the standup battle so far.
Rivaldi misses the shot to the body.
Rivaldi tries to work over Black's front leg with a kick but Black checks it.
Crunch! Black slams his shin into Rivaldi's torso.
Rivaldi stuns Black with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good leg kick by Black there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivaldi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi lands with a straight right. Black didn't see that one coming.
Black looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rivaldi swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Rivaldi ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Rivaldi throws out a leg kick but Black moves out of range and Rivaldi only half commits.
Black checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rivaldi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rivaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Black looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivaldi is just out of range.
Rivaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivaldi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice uppercut there from Black.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi moves in looking to clinch but Black pushes him off.
Nice defenses there by Rivaldi.
Black doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivaldi circles away.
Rivaldi connects with a leg kick. Black looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Black throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Rivaldi.
Black slips a straight right by Rivaldi.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rivaldi on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black looks for the body kick but Rivaldi saw that one coming.
Good leg kick by Rivaldi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Black looks to land a left hand but Rivaldi moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Black moved away.
Rivaldi throws a looping overhand right but Black ducks down to avoid it.
Rivaldi's corner calls for a 1-2. Rivaldi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rivaldi tries to land a front kick but Black steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rivaldi misses with a low kick.
Black misses with an attempted mid kick.
Black ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Rivaldi misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Black, right into the meat.
Rivaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Black.
Black throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice shot by Black.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Black in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Black tries to score with a low kick but Rivaldi moves his leg out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Rivaldi.
Black instigates a clinch.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Rivaldi avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.
Rivaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rivaldi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Black takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rivaldi moves in looking to clinch but Black pushes him off.
Rivaldi throws a hook to the side of Black's head but Black sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A shot to the body from Black misses
and Black takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black connects with an inside leg kick.
Black misses with a body shot.
Rivaldi blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dominick Rivaldi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dominick Rivaldi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rivaldi throws a low kick but Black avoids it.
Rivaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Black throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Black drops his hands momentarily and Rivaldi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rivaldi lands a nice looking body kick.
Rivaldi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Black wants to slow Rivaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
Rivaldi fakes the leg kick and cracks Black in the body.
Black fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rivaldi.
Black blocks a low kick nicely.
Rivaldi swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Rivaldi misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rivaldi fails to land with a series of punches.
Rivaldi with a jab.
Rivaldi connects with a leg kick. Black looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Black throws a jab when Rivaldi was well out of range.
Rivaldi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rivaldi misses with an uppercut.
Black misses with a body kick.
Rivaldi staying out of range there.
Rivaldi cracks Black with a right hand to the side of the head.
Black lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rivaldi at a distance.
A big right from Rivaldi misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Rivaldi on the inside.
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!
Rivaldi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Black lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Rivaldi gets through Black's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rivaldi prevents a body shot from Black.
Rivaldi tries a body shot but Black blocks it.
Black holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Black lands an uppercut.
Rivaldi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Black up against the cage.
Black tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rivaldi scores with a push kick.
Black chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivaldi can pounce on him.
Rivaldi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Black misses with a wild body shot.
Rivaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Rivaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rivaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Black.
Rivaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Black uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rivaldi.
Black throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Black lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Black takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Black checks it.
Black motions for Rivaldi to come forward. Black throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rivaldi throws a series of strikes that have Black backpedaling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivaldi thumps Black with a low kick.
Rivaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rivaldi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Black tries to land a front kick but Rivaldi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rivaldi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rivaldi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivaldi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Black throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick Rivaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rivaldi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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