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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Sheen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinny Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Volbeat - The Human Instrument kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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180 lbs
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186 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Sheen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vinny Russo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheen avoids the head kick by Russo.
No joy there for Sheen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vinny Russo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sheen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sheen wants it to stay on the feet.
Russo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Russo moves away from the strike by Sheen.
Jab from Sheen.
Sheen throws a jab but it's blocked by Russo.
Sheen tries to land a leg kick but Russo saw it coming and moves away.
A bone on bone clash there as Russo blocks the leg kick.
Sheen tries to score with a low kick but Russo moves his leg out of the way.
Sheen stuffs the takedown attempt from Russo. Russo gets slowly back to his feet.
Charlie Sheen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinny Russo.
Sheen digs a good hook to Russo's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Sheen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sheen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Russo.
Russo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sheen.
Russo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sheen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sheen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Russo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sheen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sheen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sheen controlling Russo's posture.
Russo tries to free his leg and advance position but Sheen is retaining full guard.
Sheen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Russo on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russo lands a couple of elbows.
Russo throwing strikes from guard but Sheen blocks nicely.
Russo postures up and lands a big shot to Sheen's brow.
Sheen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Russo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sheen wants to sweep but no luck.
Russo landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sheen wants to sweep but no luck.
Russo wants to pass the guard but Sheen is keeping the position.
Sheen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Russo wants to control from the top but Sheen keeps moving.
Russo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Russo trying to control but Sheen is working from the bottom.
Russo stops Sheen from standing up.
Russo throws a big elbow that misses.
Russo throwing strikes but missing.
Russo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sheen is keeping the position for now.
Sheen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Russo wants to pass the guard but Sheen is keeping the position.
Russo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sheen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sheen is looking to clinch but Russo is avoiding it.
Sheen ducks right into an uppercut from Russo.
Russo fails with the takedown.
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!
Sheen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sheen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Russo.
Russo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Russo.
Russo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vinny Russo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Russo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Vinny Russo has been cut.
Russo blocks a jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Russo.
Russo throws a big shot that misses.
Russo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sheen throws a sloppy head kick and Russo moves out of range easily.
Russo scores with a decent looking hook.
Sheen misses with an uppercut. Russo saw that one coming.
Russo slips a jab and a cross from Sheen.
Russo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sheen defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Sheen misses.
Sheen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheen stalks Russo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Russo's face. Russo staggers backwards, shaken.
Horrible takedown by Russo or perhaps it was just good defense by Sheen which made him look bad.
Charlie Sheen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vinny Russo.
Sheen thows a leg kick but Russo checks it
and Russo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sheen's knee momentarily.
Russo slips under a jab from Sheen.
Russo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Russo misses with a two punch combination.
Russo throws a shot from downtown. Sheen moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sheen but Sheen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Russo looks for the body kick but Sheen saw that one coming.
Russo jabs at Sheen's body.
Russo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sheen circles away.
A jab from Sheen misses.
Sheen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Russo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sheen throws a nice looking combination but Russo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Russo throws a lazy head kick
and Sheen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Russo misses.
Sheen cracks Russo with a good jab.
Charlie Sheen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sheen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Russo.
Russo shoots in for a takedown but Sheen shows good takedown defense.
Sheen darts in trying to clinch
and Russo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sheen's guard now.
Russo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sheen is keeping the position for now.
Vinny Russo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sheen is controlling Russo's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sheen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Russo is controlling him.
Russo wants to control from the top but Sheen keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Charlie Sheen just wasn't active enough.
Russo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Russo's corner calls for a 1-2. Russo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo throws a series of punches but Sheen moves out of range.
Russo misses with a hook to the body
and Sheen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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 Charlie Sheen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vinny Russo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sheen misses with a head kick.
A head kick from Russo lands but Sheen takes it in his stride.
Sheen leaves Russo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sheen walks into a left hand.
Sheen checks a leg kick nicely.
Sheen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Russo gets a takedown into half guard.
Sheen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Russo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sheen's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo preventing the sweep.
Russo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sheen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Russo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sheen is keeping the position for now.
Sheen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sheen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Russo's guard.
Russo can't keep his opponent in guard - Sheen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sheen wants to pass to mount but Russo is defending the position.
Russo is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Sheen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Russo wants to improve his position but Sheen is controlling well.
Sheen is taking a breather. Russo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
We're going to have a standup here because Charlie Sheen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Russo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sheen controls Russo momentarily but Russo frees himself.
Sheen wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheen is working hard here to advance position.
Russo tries to free his leg and advance position but Sheen is retaining full guard.
Russo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Russo trying to control the position from guard on top but Sheen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Russo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sheen keeping moving, preventing Russo from controlling successfully.
Russo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sheen's head.
Russo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Russo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo is keen to just control but Sheen is a slippery customer.
Ground and pound from Russo.
Sheen is trying to maintain the position but Russo is very close to passing his half guard.
Sheen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Russo scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sheen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo wants to control from the top but Sheen keeps moving.
Sheen wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Russo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vinny Russo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Russo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinny Russo!
Vinny Russo took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Im not the brightest bulb on the tree, but even I can see there is something wrong with Mr. Sheen's eyes. What the heck? '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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