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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Staunton (ranked 2330 p4p, 299 weight class) and Sigurd Vinci (ranked 6759 p4p, 671 weight class). Staunton has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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201 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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195 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Staunton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sigurd Vinci!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Staunton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vinci tries to counter by closing the distance.
Staunton misses the jab.
Vinci clinches with his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vinci.
Vinci has a couple of punches blocked by Staunton.
Vinci lands a hook that snaps the head of Staunton backwards.
Vinci misses with the head strike.
Staunton struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinci controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Vinci fails to land.
Vinci working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Staunton - that landed with a thud.
Staunton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinci blocks an uppercut.
Staunton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Staunton lands with a left to the head.
Vinci has a couple of punches blocked by Staunton.
Staunton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vinci scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
Vinci misses with a hook from the clinch.
Staunton is trying to force a seperation but Vinci has the dominant position.
Staunton pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vinci struggles to land a body shot inside as Staunton controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
A frustrated look appears on Staunton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vinci avoiding damage as Staunton throws knees to the body.
Staunton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Staunton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
Vinci lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vinci throws a head punch that misses.
Vinci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Staunton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Staunton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Sigurd Vinci has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vinci lands with a light punch inside.
Staunton tries to land a knee to the head but Vinci blocks with his arms.
Staunton is breathing heavily.
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!
Staunton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Staunton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vinci lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vinci.
Vinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Staunton blocks an uppercut.
Vinci misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vinci working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Staunton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinci misses with a body punch.
Staunton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Staunton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Staunton blocks an uppercut.
Staunton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vinci blocks it with crossed arms.
Vinci lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vinci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vinci.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Staunton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vinci lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Staunton backwards.
Staunton is trying to force a seperation but Vinci has the dominant position.
Vinci working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Staunton trying to land knees to the body.
Staunton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vinci moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vinci wants to clinch.
Vinci blocks a head kick by Staunton.
Staunton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Staunton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vinci has closed the distance and engaged Staunton in a clinch.
Vinci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vinci softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vinci swings wildly with an uppercut but Staunton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Staunton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Staunton manages to break the clinch.
Staunton looks to land a right hand but Vinci moved out of range.
Vinci wants to counter with a clinch but Staunton pushes him away.
Vinci blocks a leg kick.
Vinci slips under a jab from Staunton.
Vinci gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Staunton blocking some punches.
A short left from Vinci.
Vinci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinci tries to work over Staunton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vinci misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigurd Vinci dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sigurd Vinci'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.
Vinci tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Staunton just misses with a punch to the body.
Staunton lands a right hook to the body.
Vinci clinches up against the cage.
Staunton tries a body shot but Vinci blocks it.
Vinci pushes Staunton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vinci lands an uppercut.
Staunton is leaning against Vinci and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Staunton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vinci misses with some punches.
Staunton breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinci fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Staunton, pushing him back against the cage.
Staunton misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vinci tries to work over Staunton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Staunton misses with the head strike.
Staunton throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinci.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staunton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Staunton struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinci controls his hands.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Staunton working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
Vinci has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vinci.
Vinci throws a punch but it's blocked by Staunton.
Vinci struggles to land a body shot inside as Staunton controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Vinci.
Staunton blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
Vinci pushes Staunton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Steve Staunton has been cut.
Vinci working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Vinci fails to land.
Staunton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Staunton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vinci misses with a punch on the inside.
Vinci works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Staunton prevents a body shot from Vinci.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staunton blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Vinci on the inside.
Vinci lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vinci lands a shoulder strike.
Staunton is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Staunton.
Oh Staunton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinci.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Staunton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vinci is keeping busy.
Staunton seems to have got his legs back now.
Vinci scores with a hook to the body.
Staunton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinci lands with a right to the head.
Vinci misses with a punch to the body.
Vinci has a couple of punches blocked by Staunton.
Vinci misses with some punches.
Vinci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sigurd Vinci seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vinci throws a head punch that misses.
Staunton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vinci lands a big right hand that drops Staunton! The killer instinct kicks in and Vinci finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Vinci!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sigurd Vinci!
Sigurd Vinci decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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