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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Scootsie Doubleday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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158 lbs
2 - 0 - 1 |
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176 cm
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163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Scootsie Doubleday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enrique Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooh a lovely combination from Doubleday sends Rizzo down but not out. Doubleday dives into side control looking to finish.
It looks like Enrique Rizzo has been cut.
Doubleday decides to stand back up. Doubleday steps back and let's Rizzo get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rizzo clinches up with Doubleday and pushes him back against the cage.
Doubleday wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doubleday wants to break free but Rizzo has control.
Rizzo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Doubleday wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Doubleday is trying to break free.
Rizzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scootsie Doubleday seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doubleday throws a series of punches but Rizzo avoids them all with ease.
A left lands for Rizzo.
Rizzo clinches with his opponent.
Rizzo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rizzo scores with a leg kick.
Doubleday looks to land a combination but Rizzo avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Doubleday.
Rizzo takes the fight into the clinch.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo landing knees to the body.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Rizzo.
Rizzo stalling in the clinch but Doubleday improves position.
Doubleday is trying to break the clinch but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage.
Doubleday is trying to break free.
Doubleday takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doubleday lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Doubleday is breathing heavily.
Doubleday wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rizzo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rizzo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Rizzo.
Doubleday on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Danga de danga de dang - Rizzo scores with a four punch combination!
A nice combination there by Doubleday.
Rizzo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rizzo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doubleday.
Rizzo misses with a hook. Doubleday ducked under it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doubleday looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doubleday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rizzo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Doubleday closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rizzo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rizzo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Doubleday misses with a looping right.
Rizzo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rizzo!
Doubleday swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rizzo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Doubleday's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rizzo's corner calls for a 1-2. Rizzo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rizzo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rizzo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Doubleday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rizzo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rizzo drives through and clinches with Doubleday against the cage.
Rizzo with a knee to the head.
Rizzo lands a knee to the body.
Rizzo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rizzo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doubleday lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo swings wildly with an uppercut but Doubleday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rizzo scores with a knee to the head.
Rizzo taking a breather.
Rizzo seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Doubleday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rizzo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Doubleday tries to break the clinch but Rizzo is controlling the position.
Doubleday managing to block the knees to the body from Rizzo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doubleday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rizzo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rizzo tries a knee to the head but Doubleday blocks it.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rizzo can't find room to land a body shot as Doubleday controls the action.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Doubleday can't break the clinch.
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Rizzo trying to land knees to the body.
Rizzo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Doubleday can't break the clinch.
Doubleday wants to break free but Rizzo has control.
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Rizzo is trying to maintain a safe position but Doubleday gets an underhook and turns Rizzo into the cage.
Doubleday wants to break the clinch but can't.
Doubleday wants to get back to striking at distance but Rizzo won't allow it.
Doubleday wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rizzo breaks from the clinch.
Doubleday fails to land with a series of punches.
Rizzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Doubleday. That did some damage!
Doubleday takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Doubleday jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Doubleday takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rizzo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Doubleday throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rizzo counters with a nice leg kick.
Rizzo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rizzo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rizzo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doubleday.
Doubleday misses with a few strikes there.
Rizzo throws out a loose jab but Doubleday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doubleday steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rizzo. That one must have hurt.
Doubleday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rizzo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Doubleday is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A punch combination from Rizzo misses.
Jab from Rizzo.
Some wild striking there from Doubleday.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rizzo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Doubleday in his tracks.
Rizzo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rizzo lands a high kick!
Rizzo throws a hook to the side of Doubleday's head but Doubleday sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enrique Rizzo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Enrique Rizzo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Doubleday walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Scootsie Doubleday is winning the standup battle so far.
Doubleday is looking to clinch but Rizzo is avoiding it.
Doubleday connects with a looping right hand.
Rizzo looks to land a combination but Doubleday avoids it well.
Scootsie Doubleday is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doubleday takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Doubleday misses with the combination.
Rizzo closes the distance and clinches.
Rizzo crunches a lovely knee into Doubleday's ribcage.
Rizzo lands a damaging elbow.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Doubleday wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Doubleday tries to break the clinch but Rizzo is controlling the position.
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Doubleday wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Doubleday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rizzo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Doubleday is keeping busy.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doubleday lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rizzo manages to break the clinch.
Doubleday walks into a stiff left hand from Rizzo.
Rizzo closes the distance and pushes Doubleday back into the cage.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Doubleday on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rizzo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rizzo.
A hook to the body from Rizzo.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rizzo throws a head punch that misses.
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Doubleday wants to get back to striking at distance but Rizzo won't allow it.
Doubleday wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rizzo landing knees to the body.
Rizzo tries to throw a body punch but Doubleday avoids it by throwing Rizzo back against the cage.
Doubleday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rizzo taking a breather.
Rizzo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Doubleday wants to break free but Rizzo has control.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Rizzo.
Rizzo prevents Doubleday from breaking the clinch.
Doubleday is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rizzo trying to land knees to the body.
Doubleday is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doubleday wants to get back to striking at distance but Rizzo won't allow it.
Rizzo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Doubleday with a jab.
Doubleday throws a one two combo.
Doubleday throws a leg kick
and Rizzo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rizzo prevents Doubleday from breaking the clinch.
Doubleday takes a shot to the head.
Doubleday wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Doubleday wants to get back to striking at distance but Rizzo won't allow it.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rizzo scores with a knee to the head.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rizzo.
Doubleday blocks an elbow strike.
Doubleday wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rizzo stalling in the clinch but Doubleday improves position.
Doubleday wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rizzo keeps control of Doubleday as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doubleday can't break the clinch.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Doubleday managing to block the knees to the body from Rizzo.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rizzo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Doubleday wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Doubleday wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rizzo lands a right hand.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head.
Doubleday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doubleday lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rizzo.
Doubleday wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rizzo is working Doubleday over against the cage.
Doubleday can't break the clinch.
Doubleday wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rizzo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Doubleday misses with a combination
and Rizzo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rizzo looks to land a left hand but Doubleday moved out of range nicely.
A left and a right from Rizzo both land. Nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Doubleday scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Doubleday lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rizzo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Doubleday keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rizzo.
Doubleday cracks Rizzo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Doubleday swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rizzo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Doubleday misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rizzo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A punch combination from Doubleday misses.
Rizzo throws a combination that misses
and Doubleday counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rizzo lands a slapping body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rizzo.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rizzo, right into the meat.
Rizzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Doubleday paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rizzo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A low kick from Doubleday is predictable there
and Rizzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Doubleday fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rizzo clinches up with Doubleday and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enrique Rizzo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Enrique Rizzo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Doubleday bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Doubleday lands a head shot.
A punch combination from Doubleday misses.
Rizzo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Doubleday misses with a two punch combination.
Doubleday uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rizzo.
Doubleday lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rizzo circles away quickly and effectively.
Rizzo lands with a nice body punch.
Rizzo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doubleday.
Rizzo throws a head kick that Doubleday semi-blocks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo tries to bum rush Doubleday with a series of wild strikes but Doubleday uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Doubleday, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doubleday lands a nice shot that snaps Rizzo's head back.
Rizzo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rizzo moves in looking to clinch but Doubleday pushes him off.
Rizzo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Doubleday.
Doubleday misses with a two punch combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rizzo struggles to land a body shot inside as Doubleday controls his hands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo crunches a lovely knee into Doubleday's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo lands a left hand.
Rizzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rizzo trying to control the position but instead, Doubleday has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rizzo into the cage.
Rizzo landing knees to the body.
Rizzo is trying to maintain a safe position but Doubleday gets an underhook and turns Rizzo into the cage.
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but Doubleday avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rizzo.
Doubleday wants to get back to striking at distance but Rizzo won't allow it.
Doubleday prevents a body shot from Rizzo.
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Doubleday takes an elbow to the temple.
Rizzo breaks from the clinch.
Doubleday tests Rizzo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doubleday throws a combination that misses
and Rizzo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Doubleday's knee momentarily.
Rizzo is looking to slow Doubleday down with leg kicks.
Doubleday misses with a double jab.
Rizzo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doubleday smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rizzo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Doubleday swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rizzo counters with an inside leg kick.
Rizzo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Doubleday.
Good leg kick by Rizzo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rizzo throws a hook to the side of Doubleday's head but Doubleday sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Doubleday lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rizzo backs up against the cage.
Doubleday looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rizzo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rizzo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Doubleday moves in looking to clinch but Rizzo pushes him off.
Rizzo connects with a right hand. Doubleday shakes it off.
Doubleday wants to clinch.
Rizzo moves in looking to clinch but Doubleday pushes him off.
Doubleday fails to land with a series of punches.
Doubleday misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo misses with a wild combination.
Rizzo catches Doubleday with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Doubleday misses with the combination.
Doubleday gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rizzo.
Rizzo throws a lazy right hand but Doubleday sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rizzo throws a series of punches but Doubleday avoids them all with ease.
Doubleday misses with a double jab.
Doubleday takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rizzo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rizzo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rizzo darts in and clinches Doubleday up against the cage.
Rizzo breaks from the clinch.
Rizzo throws the left hand but Doubleday avoids the punch easily.
Rizzo dips to his left and cracks Doubleday with an uppercut!
Doubleday scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rizzo. Doubleday shrugs it off though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Doubleday's sensitive parts.
Rizzo moves into range and clinches up with Doubleday.
Rizzo is trying to stall.
Rizzo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doubleday has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doubleday breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Rizzo misses the target.
A nice combination there by Doubleday.
Rizzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Doubleday's calf.
Doubleday throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rizzo counters with a straight right hand.
Rizzo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Enrique Rizzo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Doubleday wants to break free but Rizzo has control.
Doubleday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rizzo lands a body punch.
Doubleday on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Doubleday has had enough of the clinch but Rizzo keeps him there for the moment.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Doubleday wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rizzo stalling in the clinch but Doubleday improves position.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head.
Scootsie Doubleday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Doubleday managing to block the knees to the body from Rizzo.
Doubleday lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Enrique Rizzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rizzo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Rizzo!
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