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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Fortunado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Vinetto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fortunado comes to the cage accompanied by Stairway to Heaven. Vinetto has chosen Forgive Me Being Lost as his entrance music. Joaquin Fortunado is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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208 lbs
25 - 8 - 0 |
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210 lbs
24 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joaquin Fortunado!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Vinetto!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinetto gets a clinch.
Vinetto throws a head punch that misses.
Vinetto is working Fortunado over against the cage.
Vinetto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortunado tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vinetto smiles and moves away.
Fortunado staying out of range there.
Fortunado throws a poor cross that misses
and Vinetto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vinetto avoids a kick to the body.
Fortunado throws a nice looking combination but Vinetto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vinetto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fortunado scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fortunado fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fortunado walks into a stiff left hand from Vinetto.
Vinetto has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortunado avoids the head kick by Vinetto.
Vinetto avoids the body shot from Fortunado.
Fortunado wants to land a leg kick but Vinetto is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortunado bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vinetto misses with a body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Vinetto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vinetto moves away from the strike by Fortunado.
Fortunado lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vinetto takes a step back to recover.
Fortunado walks forward, straight into a front kick from Vinetto.
Vinetto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fortunado under the eye.
It looks like Joaquin Fortunado has been cut.
Fortunado throws an off balance right hand
and Vinetto counters with a stiff right hand.
Vinetto moves out of range of the body kick.
Vinetto is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Vinetto misses with a left hand
letting Fortunado counter with a right hand.
Fortunado scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Vinetto.
An attempted straight right counter from Fortunado misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado misses with a hook.
Fortunado slips a straight right by Vinetto.
Fortunado misses the jab.
Fortunado wants to land a leg kick but Vinetto is out of range.
Fortunado avoids the head kick by Vinetto.
Fortunado fails to land with a series of punches.
Vinetto counters with a body kick.
Fortunado scores with a punch to the head.
Fortunado looks to throw the jab but Vinetto is out of range.
Fortunado with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vinetto throws a head kick that misses.
Fortunado drops down looking for a counter takedown but Vinetto sprawls and moves away.
Fortunado lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vinetto throws a shot from downtown. Fortunado moves away and avoids it.
Fortunado misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fortunado throws the kick towards the body but Vinetto avoids it.
And Vinetto responds with a good body kick, but Fortunado manages to step out the way in time.
Vinetto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Vinetto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fortunado throws a sloppy body shot
and Vinetto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vinetto looks to land a left hand but Fortunado moved out of range nicely.
Vinetto connects with a looping right hand.
Vinetto 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vinetto checks a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Vinetto.
Vinetto tests Fortunado's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vinetto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fortunado definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fortunado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vinetto manages to avoid it.
Vinetto throws out a counter right but Fortunado avoids it with no problem.
Vinetto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vinetto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado throws a right hand that misses
and Vinetto counters with a left to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortunado tries a head kick but it misses.
Vinetto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fortunado.
Fortunado is looking to score with low kicks.
Joaquin Fortunado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vinetto avoids a kick to the body.
Fortunado lands with a hook. Vinetto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fortunado motions for Vinetto to come forward. Fortunado throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fortunado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vinetto looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Fortunado delivers a nice body kick.
Vinetto slips a straight right by Fortunado.
That kick from Fortunado tenderised Vinetto's leg. Vinetto is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquin Fortunado dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joaquin Fortunado'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.
Vinetto misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Fortunado misses the target.
Vinetto works Fortunado's body with a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fortunado.
Vinetto tries to clinch but Fortunado is having none of it.
A leg kick checked by Vinetto.
Fortunado throws a low kick but Vinetto moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Fortunado misses
and Vinetto makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Fortunado really felt that one!
Fortunado throws a lazy right hand but Vinetto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vinetto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fortunado throws a low kick but Vinetto avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for Vinetto.
Fortunado misses with a wild body shot.
Fortunado throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Vinetto counter with a right hand.
Fortunado throws a lazy body kick
and Vinetto counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinetto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fortunado.
Fortunado swings for the body but Vinetto moves out of range.
Fortunado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vinetto was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortunado.
Vinetto moves out of range as Fortunado strikes.
Fortunado gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fortunado slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fortunado. Vinetto does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fortunado crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vinetto - the referee stops the clock and Fortunado gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vinetto. Fortunado manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fortunado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fortunado on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fortunado uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vinetto.
Fortunado fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vinetto.
Fortunado throws a body kick that misses
and Vinetto counters by clinching up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinetto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vinetto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fortunado tries to circle away but Vinetto has him pinned against the cage.
Fortunado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vinetto tries a body shot but Fortunado blocks it.
Fortunado tries to break free but Vinetto pushes him back against the cage.
Fortunado tries to break the clinch but Vinetto is controlling the position.
Vinetto lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortunado lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fortunado breaks from the clinch.
Fortunado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fortunado misses with a kick to the body.
Vinetto looks to land a left hand but Fortunado moved out of range nicely.
Fortunado thuds his right hand into Vinetto's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fortunado throws a poor cross that misses
and Vinetto counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vinetto blocks a body shot from Fortunado.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fortunado.
Vinetto is leaning against Fortunado and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vinetto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fortunado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vinetto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Vinetto lands a head shot.
Vinetto lands with a hook. Fortunado tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fortunado lands a nice shot that snaps Vinetto's head back.
Fortunado throws a sloppy head kick
and Vinetto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vinetto looks to land a right hand but Fortunado moved out of range.
Fortunado throws a right hand that misses
and Vinetto counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fortunado throws a right hand that Vinetto ducks under and follows up with a left that Vinetto also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vinetto's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vinetto cracks Fortunado with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Vinetto has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Fortunado to stand back up!
Fortunado is rocked!
Fortunado throws an off balance right hand
and Vinetto counters with a big left hand that crumples Fortunado! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vincent Vinetto!
Vincent Vinetto is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Vincent Vinetto 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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energy
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hype
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