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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aloysius Martin Thesz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Lucania (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucania is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Murder Inc. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Salvatore Lucania enters the cage!
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210 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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193 cm
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220 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aloysius Martin Thesz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Salvatore Lucania!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucania throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lucania lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thesz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lucania. Lucania obviously looking to wear him down.
Thesz misses with a hook.
Lucania connects with a solid leg kick.
Lucania sizes up Thesz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lucania fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thesz is out of range.
Lucania scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lucania fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Thesz sprawls well initially but Lucania persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lucania wants to free his trapped foot but Thesz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lucania is still trying to improve position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thesz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lucania lands strikes from half guard.
Thesz is trying to get back to full guard.
Lucania has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thesz trying to control here.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lucania working his ground and pound in the gym.
Thesz is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Lucania is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Thesz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lucania.
Lucania tries to pass the half guard into mount. Thesz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Thesz trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thesz is looking for a sweep. Lucania is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lucania wants to pass to mount but Thesz is defending the position.
Lucania wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thesz keeps working.
Lucania throws a strike but Thesz avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Lucania won't allow Thesz to sweep him here.
Thesz working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lucania trying to control but Thesz is working from the bottom.
Thesz wants to sweep but no luck.
Lucania tries to free his leg and advance position but Thesz is retaining full guard.
Lucania trying to control but Thesz is working from the bottom.
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.
Lucania loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thesz has control of Lucania's left arm, preventing Lucania from doing any damage.
Thesz keeping full guard, as Lucania tries to pass.
Thesz looking for a sweep. Not yet Thesz, not yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lucania connects with a solid leg kick.
Thesz misses the jab.
Salvatore Lucania seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucania connects with a solid leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Thesz. Those never looked like landing.
Thesz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lucania counters with a nice uppercut.
Thesz moves out of range as Lucania strikes.
A slow jab from Lucania misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thesz looks to land a right hand but Lucania moved out of range.
Lucania keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thesz.
Lucania misses with a shot to the body
and Thesz counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Lucania!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thesz throws an elbow but Lucania slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lucania tries to buck Thesz off but Thesz is having none of it.
Lucania gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Thesz passes to side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucania is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Salvatore Lucania dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lucania throws a nice looking combination but Thesz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lucania connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lucania stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lucania wants it to stay on the feet.
Lucania lands a lovely overhand right.
Lucania just misses with a punch to the body.
Thesz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Lucania is trying to defend but Thesz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Lucania gets full guard.
Lucania has his foot on Thesz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thesz works his way back into a safe position though.
Lucania keeping moving, preventing Thesz from controlling successfully.
Lucania 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania trying to control the position.
Lucania looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thesz stands and throws Lucania's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Thesz wants to control for a moment but Lucania uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Thesz is trying to control the action in half guard but Lucania is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Thesz passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucania is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Aloysius Martin Thesz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Thesz landing strikes from the mount.
Thesz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lucania keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thesz landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucania regains half guard.
Thesz is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thesz drops an elbow to the side of Lucania's head.
Thesz controlling the pace.
Thesz is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Lucania looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Thesz trying to control the position from guard on top but Lucania is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucania escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Thesz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Thesz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lucania controls Thesz momentarily but Thesz frees himself.
Thesz looking to sit in guard and control but Lucania gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lucania wants to pass the guard but Thesz is keeping the position.
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 Aloysius Martin Thesz will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Lucania punishes Thesz's body with a nice straight punch.
Thesz scores with a head kick.
Lucania throws a poor cross that misses
and Thesz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lucania moves into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thesz trying to control the position from guard on top but Lucania is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thesz preventing the sweep.
Thesz tries to free his leg and advance position but Lucania is retaining full guard.
Lucania is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Thesz is aware though and is defending well.
Thesz stands and throws Lucania's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lucania is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thesz landing strikes.
Thesz trying to control the action but Lucania is working from the bottom.
Lucania takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Thesz scoring with punches and elbows.
Lucania dodges the ground and pound from Thesz.
Thesz trying to control the action but Lucania is working from the bottom.
Lucania being controlled for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thesz misses with the ground and pound.
Lucania is trying to get back to half guard.
Lucania keeps trying to improve his position.
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!
Lucania manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Thesz trying to control but Lucania postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thesz is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lucania is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Lucania prevents Thesz from improving his position.
Lucania is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Thesz sees it coming and defends easily.
Lucania is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Thesz defends it well.
Lucania is trying to work for a kimura but Thesz is defending well.
Thesz is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thesz holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Thesz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Lucania is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Thesz defends it well.
Thesz gets back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thesz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aloysius Martin Thesz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Thesz 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aloysius Martin Thesz!
A very excited looking Aloysius Martin Thesz made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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