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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Zitto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yanhi Buentello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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207 lbs
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210 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hank Zitto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yanhi Buentello!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zitto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zitto moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Yanhi Buentello has been cut.
Zitto shoots in looking for a takedown. Buentello tries to sprawl out of it but Zitto keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Buentello manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Buentello fails to land with a series of punches.
Zitto connects with a crisp jab.
Buentello shoots and misses
and Zitto counters with a nice double leg into side control. Buentello won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buentello is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zitto prevents Buentello from escaping the position.
Buentello is looking for a sweep.
Zitto connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Buentello some visible discomfort.
Zitto lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Buentello down.
Zitto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zitto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Buentello is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zitto scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buentello to see if he's OK.
Buentello takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes there by Zitto.
Zitto cracks Buentello with a big elbow.
Zitto scores with a couple of short elbows.
Zitto works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Zitto lands a few punches from side control.
Zitto lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Buentello down.
Zitto wants to control but Buentello is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zitto grinds an elbow into Buentello's temple.
Buentello takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Buentello takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Zitto working away.
Zitto could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Buentello looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitto is looking to take a break and control but Buentello is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zitto works to advance to full mount. Buentello defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Zitto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Buentello looks a forlorn figure.
Zitto working the ground and pound effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zitto looking to control but Buentello is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Zitto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Zitto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Buentello hang on?
Zitto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zitto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zitto looking to control but Buentello is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zitto lands a big elbow.
Zitto landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zitto working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Buentello is in a horrible position here. Zitto smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zitto working the ground and pound effectively.
Zitto pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zitto landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zitto connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Zitto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zitto landing strikes from the mount.
Buentello is in a horrible position here. Zitto smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zitto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Buentello hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zitto lands a heavy elbow.
Zitto has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Buentello's face.
Zitto lands a big elbow.
Zitto with the ground and pound from mount.
Zitto raining down shots from the mount!
Zitto lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Buentello really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zitto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Buentello hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Zitto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yanhi Buentello's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A right-left combo lands from Zitto.
Zitto drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Zitto landing strikes.
Buentello takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Zitto trying to control the position but Buentello is working away.
Buentello is looking to reverse the position.
Zitto scores with a couple of short elbows.
Buentello taking a bit of punishment here - Zitto scoring with strikes.
Zitto lands a decent elbow from side control.
Buentello wants to control but Zitto postures up.
Buentello is breathing heavily.
Zitto in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Zitto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buentello can do to turn this around?
Zitto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zitto scoring with punches from side control.
Zitto in side control lands a decent elbow.
You can see the frustration on Buentello's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Zitto moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Buentello takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Buentello is looking for a sweep.
Zitto landing strikes.
Zitto tries to advance to mount but Buentello denies him.
Zitto works to advance to full mount. Buentello defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zitto dominating with strikes here.
Zitto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Zitto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Buentello takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zitto prevents Buentello from getting the reversal.
Zitto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Buentello really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zitto looking to finish Buentello with some ground and pound. This is bad for Buentello!
Buentello can't escape the position.
Zitto is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Buentello can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Buentello is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zitto scoring with strikes but Buentello is staying in there.
Zitto landing strikes, looking to finish!
Buentello is in a horrible position here. Zitto smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Zitto.
Zitto punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zitto working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Buentello tries to hold on but Zitto postures up.
Zitto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Buentello flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zitto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Zitto dominating with strikes here.
Zitto wants to control the pace but Buentello is squirming around nicely.
Zitto unloading with bombs!
Zitto cracks Buentello with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zitto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Zitto wants to control the pace but Buentello is squirming around nicely.
Zitto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zitto with good strikes from the mount here!
Zitto with the ground and pound from mount.
Zitto lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Zitto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yanhi Buentello's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Buentello gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zitto to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zitto works over Buentello with some ground and pound from guard.
Zitto won't allow Buentello to get back to his feet.
Zitto trying to control the position from guard on top but Buentello is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hank Zitto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zitto connects with a couple of short punches.
Zitto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Zitto working the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zitto lands some shots froms side control.
Buentello is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zitto in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Zitto trying to control the position but Buentello is working away.
Zitto grinds an elbow into Buentello's temple.
Buentello is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Zitto scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buentello to see if he's OK.
Zitto scores with a couple of short elbows.
Zitto working the head and body with strikes.
Zitto scoring with punches and elbows.
Buentello is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Zitto's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zitto lands a nice short elbow.
Zitto wants to take a breather but Buentello is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buentello throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Zitto working the head and body with strikes.
Zitto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Zitto is taking a breather. Buentello 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.
Zitto tries to pass to full mount but Buentello defends it.
Buentello is trying to get back to full guard.
Zitto looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Buentello with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Buentello has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zitto is working away from the top position though.
Zitto perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buentello trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Buentello is looking to get to half guard.
Zitto with the ground and pound from mount.
Zitto landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zitto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Buentello looks a forlorn figure.
Buentello really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Zitto controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Zitto unloading with bombs!
Zitto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Zitto landing punches.
Zitto with the ground and pound from mount.
Zitto landing punches.
Yanhi Buentello has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zitto dominating with strikes here.
Zitto lands a big shot there that rocks Buentello but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Buentello tries to reverse the position but Zitto maintains control.
Zitto looking to control but Buentello is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zitto content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Zitto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zitto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Zitto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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