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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Amodei (ranked 1609 p4p, 1079 weight class) and Adrian Picklesbly (ranked 101 p4p, 62 weight class). Picklesbly has chosen Pickle Song as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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15 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Excellent grappler
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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 24 - 16 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Amodei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adrian Picklesbly!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Picklesbly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Amodei.
Picklesbly misses with a double jab.
Amodei lands a nice shot that snaps Picklesbly's head back.
Amodei scores with a nice strike.
Picklesbly misses with a lunging right hand
and Amodei counters with a nice low kick that buckles Picklesbly's knee momentarily.
Picklesbly misses with a body shot
and Amodei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Picklesbly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Amodei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Picklesbly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Amodei bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Amodei lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amodei uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Amodei lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picklesbly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Amodei counters with a leg kick.
Amodei scores with a hook.
Picklesbly misses with a hook.
Picklesbly feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Amodeis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Amodei will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Picklesbly connects with a body shot.
Picklesbly avoids the body shot from Amodei.
Amodei fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Picklesbly throws a hook but Amodei avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Amodei misses its target.
Amodei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amodei misses with a low kick as Picklesbly jumps back.
Picklesbly appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Picklesbly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amodei scores with a nice head shot.
Amodei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Picklesbly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A lazy left from Picklesbly finds it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Picklesbly closes the distance and pushes Amodei back into the ropes.
Amodei struggles to land a body shot inside as Picklesbly controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Amodei backwards.
Picklesbly lands an uppercut.
Amodei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Amodei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Picklesbly's elbow.
Picklesbly works on Amodei's body with a couple of short punches.
Amodei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Picklesbly's elbow.
Amodei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Amodei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Picklesbly's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly lands a body shot.
Picklesbly lands an elbow just above Amodei 's eye.
It looks like Giuseppe Amodei has been cut.
Picklesbly lands a right hand.
Amodei throws a punch but it's blocked by Picklesbly.
A nice right hand lands inside from Picklesbly.
Amodei throws a punch but it's blocked by Picklesbly.
Picklesbly breaks the clinch.
Picklesbly keeps the fight on the outside.
Picklesbly throws a jab when Amodei was well out of range.
Picklesbly wants to clinch.
Amodei swings widly with a right hand
and Picklesbly counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Amodei misses
and Picklesbly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Amodei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Picklesbly is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Amodei with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly looks to land a right hand but Amodei moved out of range.
Amodei throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Amodei slips under a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amodei slips a jab from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly swings for the body but Amodei moves out of range.
Picklesbly blocks a low kick nicely.
Picklesbly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Amodei throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice side step and Picklesbly releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Picklesbly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Amodei.
Amodei scores with a jab to the jaw.
Amodei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amodei fails with the takedown
and Picklesbly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Adrian Picklesbly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Giuseppe Amodei's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Picklesbly lands with a nice body punch.
Amodei throws a quick inside leg kick.
Picklesbly punishes Amodei's body with a nice straight punch.
Amodei connects with a good right hand that stumbles Picklesbly. Picklesbly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Amodei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Amodei.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Picklesbly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Amodei.
Picklesbly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Picklesbly manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Picklesbly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Amodei.
Picklesbly throws a body punch but Amodei moves out of range.
Amodei throws an overhand right that lands on Picklesbly's shoulder, as Picklesbly tries to avoid the shot.
Picklesbly is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Amodei with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picklesbly misses with a straight right.
Picklesbly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amodei.
Amodei is looking to clinch.
Picklesbly bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Amodei's head backwards.
Picklesbly misses the shot to the body.
Amodei connects with a nice looking jab.
Giuseppe Amodei is winning the standup battle so far.
Picklesbly misses with a body punch
and Amodei counters with a slapping leg kick.
Amodei tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Picklesbly's jab looks to have found its range, popping Amodei under the eye.
Picklesbly misses with an uppercut.
Picklesbly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly throws a jab when Amodei was well out of range.
Amodei looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Adrian Picklesbly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Picklesbly misses with a lunging right hand
and Amodei counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Picklesbly avoids a kick to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Amodei checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Amodei swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Amodei does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Amodei is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Picklesbly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Amodei.
Amodei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Picklesbly.
Amodei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Amodei throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Picklesbly counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amodei stuns Picklesbly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Picklesbly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Amodei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Picklesbly throws a right hand that misses
and Amodei counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Picklesbly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amodei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Amodei swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Picklesbly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Amodei connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Picklesbly scrambles back to his feet.
An inside leg kick from Picklesbly misses.
Amodei misses with a leg kick
letting Picklesbly counter with a right hand.
Amodei lands with a shot to the body.
Picklesbly throws a leg kick
and Amodei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Picklesbly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Amodei.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei scores with a leg kick.
A big right from Picklesbly misses.
Picklesbly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Amodei stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Picklesbly is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Amodei misses with an uppercut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Amodei, as that shot connected.
Picklesbly lunges at Amodei with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Amodei's hand.
Picklesbly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amodei.
Picklesbly looks to score with a jab to the body but Amodei is just out of range.
And Amodei counters with a quick kick to the body but Picklesbly blocks it.
Amodei defending well as Picklesbly loads up on a big left hand.
Amodei throws a leg kick which misses Picklesbly's front leg but catches the back leg as Picklesbly tries to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Picklesbly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Giuseppe Amodei's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Picklesbly walks into a stiff left hand from Amodei.
Picklesbly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amodei was well out of range. Poor timing from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly 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.
Picklesbly misses with a body shot
enabling Amodei to counter with a crisp jab.
Amodei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Picklesbly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Amodei lands a slapping body shot.
Amodei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Picklesbly manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Picklesbly misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Picklesbly takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Picklesbly misses with a body punch
and Amodei makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Amodei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Amodei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amodei wants to slow Picklesbly down by chopping away at his legs.
No joy there for Picklesbly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Amodei with a nice calf kick.
Amodei with a hook.
Picklesbly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Amodei scores with a crisp jab that stopped Picklesbly in his tracks.
Amodei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Picklesbly.
Amodei appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Picklesbly closes the distance and pushes Amodei back into the ropes.
Amodei misses with a punch to the body.
Picklesbly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Amodei or not.
Adrian Picklesbly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Picklesbly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Amodei struggles to land a body shot inside as Picklesbly controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amodei blocks the elbow strike.
Amodei lands a right hand.
Amodei throws a head punch that misses.
Amodei blocks an elbow strike from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly pushes Amodei back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amodei swings wildly with an uppercut but Picklesbly uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Amodei.
Amodei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Picklesbly trying to land knees to the body.
Picklesbly lands with a short shot to the head.
Amodei drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Picklesbly gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Picklesbly trying to land knees to the body.
Picklesbly lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Picklesbly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Amodei prevents a body shot from Picklesbly.
Picklesbly is working Amodei over against the ropes.
Picklesbly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Picklesbly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picklesbly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amodei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amodei cracks Picklesbly with a nice body shot.
Picklesbly lands an elbow inside.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amodei takes an elbow to the forehead.
Amodei takes an elbow to the forehead.
Amodei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Amodei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Giuseppe Amodei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Picklesbly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Picklesbly blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Amodei.
Picklesbly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Amodei with a hook.
Picklesbly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Amodei. Amodei obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Picklesbly tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Picklesbly digs a good hook to Amodei's body.
Picklesbly moves out of range of the leg kick from Amodei.
Picklesbly doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Amodei throws a hook but Picklesbly blocks it.
A big right from Picklesbly misses.
Amodei changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Amodei lands a glancing blow to the side of Picklesbly's head.
Picklesbly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Amodei doesn't seem bothered though.
Picklesbly misses with a wild body shot.
Amodei fires out a quick counter leg kick but Picklesbly just manages to avoid it.
Amodei connects with an inside leg kick.
Picklesbly throws a series of punches but Amodei avoids them all with ease.
Jab, jab by Amodei - just one landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Giuseppe Amodei.
I think Picklesbly has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Adrian Picklesbly!
During a confident post fight interview, Adrian Picklesbly thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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