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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Moriarty (ranked 4162 p4p, 4874 weight class) and Tony Pacucci (ranked 0 p4p, 498 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tony Pacucci was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Moriarty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Pacucci!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moriarty misses the jab.
Pacucci tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moriarty avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moriarty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moriarty swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacucci.
Pacucci tries to clinch up but Moriarty circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacucci tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moriarty manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moriarty throws a body shot but no joy.
Pacucci tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moriarty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pacucci tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moriarty swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moriarty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pacucci.
Pacucci tries to clinch but Moriarty moves out of range.
Pacucci tries to clinch but Moriarty is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacucci tries to close the distance and clinch but Moriarty swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacucci gets tackled into the cage by Moriarty. Moriarty maintains the clinch.
Moriarty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moriarty is trying to break free.
Moriarty misses with a body punch.
Pacucci blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moriarty lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moriarty misses with the head strike.
Pacucci blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moriarty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moriarty blocks a body shot from Pacucci.
Pacucci doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Pacucci - that landed with a thud.
Moriarty tries a body shot but Pacucci blocks it.
Pacucci works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pacucci tries a body shot but Moriarty blocks it.
Pacucci blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moriarty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moriarty wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pacucci has him pressed against the cage.
Moriarty misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacucci keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moriarty's efforts to push away.
Pacucci lands a body punch.
Moriarty is breathing heavily.
Pacucci tries a body shot but Moriarty blocks it.
Moriarty swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacucci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pacucci jumps guard but Moriarty stands there with Pacucci around his waist. Pacucci gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pacucci misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacucci lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Moriarty or not.
Pacucci successfully pulls guard.
Pacucci trying to keep a closed guard but Moriarty is proving a slippery customer.
Moriarty in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pacucci is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pacucci looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Moriarty with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moriarty wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pacucci has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pacucci is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Moriarty is just riding it out for now. Pacucci eventually gives up the hold.
Nice strikes from Pacucci there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moriarty trying to control from the bottom.
Moriarty is trying to get back to full guard.
Pacucci maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Moriarty could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Pacucci has cracked it and Moriarty is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Pacucci!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tony Pacucci!
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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
38% |
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