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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco (ranked 3996 p4p, 198 weight class) and Leo Kovarov (ranked 6484 p4p, 272 weight class). Paulino Alfredo Francesco comes to the ring accompanied by Little Italy. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leo Kovarov!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovarov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco tries for a takedown but Kovarov circles away easily
and Kovarov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kovarov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paulino Alfredo Francesco to the mat! Paulino Alfredo Francesco manages to get full guard.
Kovarov controls from within his opponent's guard.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovarov passes into half guard.
Kovarov is taking a breather. Paulino Alfredo Francesco 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.
Kovarov is trying to control the action in half guard but Paulino Alfredo Francesco is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco tries to get to full guard but Kovarov has control of the leg.
Kovarov looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Paulino Alfredo Francesco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kovarov on the ground.
Kovarov controlling his opponent.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco reaches up to try and control the position but Kovarov seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Paulino Alfredo Francesco rolls and tries to escape and now Kovarov has his back!
Kovarov is punishing Paulino Alfredo Francesco with some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Will Kovarov go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Kovarov has good solid back control here.
Kovarov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco fending off the submission attempt from Kovarov.
Kovarov controlling the position well here. Paulino Alfredo Francesco rolled but Kovarov kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovarov controlling well, preventing Paulino Alfredo Francesco from escaping the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kovarov looking for the RNC.
Kovarov controls the action.
Paulino Alfredo Francesco tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovarov is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Paulino Alfredo Francesco taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Kovarov.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leo Kovarov!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
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