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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Danger (ranked 12 p4p, 88 weight class) and Joe Dinapoli (ranked 1 p4p, 17 weight class). Danger comes to the cage accompanied by Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Danny Danger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Dinapoli!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danger tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dinapoli throws a hook but Danger blocks it.
Dinapoli comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dinapoli 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.
Dinapoli misses the jab.
A shot to the liver by Dinapoli. Beautiful body shot.
Dinapoli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Danger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dinapoli throws out the jab.
Danger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dinapoli.
Danger misses with a kick to the body.
Danger goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dinapoli throws out a counter right but Danger avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Dinapoli.
Dinapoli blocks a head kick by Danger.
Dinapoli throws out a counter right but Danger avoids it with no problem.
Dinapoli misses with a looping right.
A punch lands to the side of Danger 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dinapoli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dinapoli has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Danger is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dinapoli avoids the head kick by Danger.
Danger moves out of range of the body kick.
Danger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dinapoli.
A little feinted left hand from Danger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dinapoli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Danger throws out the jab.
Danger throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinapoli jabs Danger right on the nose. Danger blinks but takes it well.
Danger tries to clinch but Dinapoli is having none of it.
Danger tries to clinch up but Dinapoli circles away and keeps his distance.
A little jabbing left from Dinapoli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd cheers as Dinapoli lands an impressive looking overhand right. Danger doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinapoli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Danger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danger is looking to counter punch.
Danger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Danger misses with a body shot.
Dinapoli was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dinapoli connects with a crisp jab.
Danger moves out of range of the strikes.
Danger looks to land a body kick but Dinapoli moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danger has Dinapoli up against the cage in a clinch.
Dinapoli tries to work over Danger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Danger stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Danger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinapoli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Danger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Danger scores with a shoulder strike.
Danger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinapoli's elbow.
Danger has a couple of punches blocked by Dinapoli.
Danger lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dinapoli.
A head punch on the inside from Danger fails to land.
Danger throws a punch but it's blocked by Dinapoli.
A body shot lands from Danger.
I was talking to Danger's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Danger can't find room to land a body shot as Dinapoli controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Danger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Danger misses with a punch to the body.
Danger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinapoli's elbow.
Danger misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Danger as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danger misses with a punch to the body.
Danger tries to throw a body punch but Dinapoli avoids it by throwing Danger back against the cage.
Dinapoli tries a body shot but Danger blocks it.
Dinapoli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Danger backwards.
Dinapoli blocks a body shot from Danger.
Dinapoli lands a right hand that snaps the head of Danger backwards.
Danger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinapoli lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Danger can't find room to land a body shot as Dinapoli controls the action.
Danger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dinapoli struggles to land a body shot inside as Danger controls his hands.
Danger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Danger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Dinapoli dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dinapoli throws a body punch but Danger moves out of range.
Dinapoli attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Danger takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dinapoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Danger manages to avoid it.
Dinapoli just misses with a punch to the body.
Dinapoli throws a jab but it's blocked by Danger.
Dinapoli tries to land a leg kick but Danger saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danger clobbers Dinapoli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dinapoli misses with a looping left.
Dinapoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A quick step to the side and Danger tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinapoli connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dinapoli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Danger.
Danger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dinapoli.
Dinapoli throws an off balance right hand
enabling Danger to counter with a crisp jab.
Dinapoli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Danger.
Dinapoli misses with a low kick.
A low kick lands for Dinapoli.
Dinapoli defending well as Danger loads up on a big left hand.
Danger punishes Dinapoli's body with a nice straight punch.
Dinapoli ducks under a wild hook from Danger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dinapoli darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dinapoli throws a poor cross that misses
and Danger counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dinapoli thinking.
Dinapoli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Danger misses the target.
Dinapoli misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dinapoli throws a leg kick
letting Danger counter with a right hand.
Danger's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dinapoli under the eye.
Danger defending well as Dinapoli loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dinapoli.
Danger has closed the distance and engaged Dinapoli in a clinch.
Danger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Danger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinapoli has a couple of punches blocked by Danger.
Danger lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dinapoli backwards.
Dinapoli misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Dinapoli.
Danger swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinapoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Danger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Dinapoli.
Still in the clinch, Dinapoli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Danger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dinapoli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinapoli throws a lazy uppercut
and Danger counters with a nice body kick.
Dinapoli misses the shot to the body.
Danger was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Danger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dinapoli takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danger cracks a nice hook into Dinapoli's ribs.
Danger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dinapoli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Danger.
Danger moves in looking to clinch but Dinapoli pushes him off.
Danger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dinapoli misses with a straight right.
Danger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Danny Danger will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dinapoli scores with a hook to the body. Danger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Danger wants to clinch but Dinapoli slips to the side
and Danger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dinapoli lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Danger jabs at Dinapoli's body.
Jab by Danger.
Danger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dinapoli connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Danger's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Danger.
Danger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dinapoli.
Dinapoli throws a leg kick but Danger checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinapoli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Danger fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dinapoli, pushing him back against the cage.
Dinapoli keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Danger's efforts to push away.
Danger struggles to land a body shot inside as Dinapoli controls his hands.
Dinapoli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Danger backwards.
Dinapoli lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dinapoli misses with some punches.
Danger working aggressively here.
Danger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinapoli.
Danger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dinapoli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danger throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dinapoli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Danger prevents a body shot from Dinapoli.
Danger tries to throw a body punch but Dinapoli avoids it by throwing Danger back against the cage.
Dinapoli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
Danger blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Danger fails to land.
Danger can't find room to land a body shot as Dinapoli controls the action.
Dinapoli misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Danger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dinapoli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab from Dinapoli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Danger. Dinapoli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Danger lands with a right hand.
Danger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dinapoli.
Danger throws a looping overhand right but Dinapoli ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Dinapoli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Danger lands with a nice body punch.
Dinapoli loads up on a big right hand but Danger slips the punch.
Dinapoli ducks under a wild hook from Danger.
Dinapoli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circling - Danger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dinapoli swings widly with a right hand
and Danger counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danger scores with a body shot.
Dinapoli throws out a loose jab but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dinapoli swings widly with a right hand
and Danger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Danger lands a right hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dinapoli.
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!
Dinapoli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dinapoli tries to land a leg kick but Danger saw it coming and moves away.
Dinapoli connects with an inside leg kick.
Danger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dinapoli.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Danger clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dinapoli. That's going to slow Danger down.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dinapoli.
Dinapoli looks to land a right hand but Danger moved out of range.
Danger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dinapoli misses with a right hand
and Danger counters with a nice uppercut.
Dinapoli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinapoli lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Danger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dinapoli was well out of range. Poor timing from Danger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger has taken the fight to the clinch.
Danger is trying to break the clinch but Dinapoli has him pressed against the cage.
Dinapoli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Danger breaks the clinch.
Danger is looking to clinch but Dinapoli is avoiding it.
Dinapoli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Danger.
Danger closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dinapoli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danger works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dinapoli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joe Dinapoli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinapoli misses with an uppercut. Danger saw that one coming.
Danger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Danger scores with a nice head shot.
Dinapoli misses with a hook
enabling Danger to counter with a crisp jab.
Danger thuds a left hand into Dinapoli's body.
Dinapoli lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinapoli misses with an uppercut.
Dinapoli misses with an uppercut.
Dinapoli blocks a head kick by Danger.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dinapoli! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danger doesn't manage to clinch there - Dinapoli circles away.
Dinapoli throws out a counter right but Danger avoids it with no problem.
Danger throws a body kick that misses
and Dinapoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Danger drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Danger misses with a low kick.
Danger wants to clinch up but Dinapoli keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Dinapoli does it's job there.
Danger tries to close the distance and clinch but Dinapoli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dinapoli!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danger ducks under a wild hook from Dinapoli.
Dinapoli misses with an uppercut
and Danger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dinapoli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dinapoli scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Danger avoids the body shot from Dinapoli.
Dinapoli tries a low kick but Danger avoids it.
Danger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dinapoli.
Danger is looking to counter punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danger clinches up with Dinapoli and pushes him back against the cage.
Dinapoli lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Danger lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Dinapoli dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Dinapoli misses with a hook
and Danger counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Dinapoli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dinapoli misses with a head kick.
Danger scores with a nice right hand.
Danger lands a jab-cross combination.
Dinapoli is rocked!
Dinapoli misses with an uppercut. Danger saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinapoli missing with a left hand there. Danger was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Danger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dinapoli can pounce on him.
Dinapoli takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Danger misses
and Dinapoli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Danger looks to score with a jab to the body but Dinapoli is just out of range.
Danger pushes Dinapoli up against the cage in a clinch.
Danger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danger misses with a punch on the inside.
Dinapoli blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Danger.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinapoli.
Danger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Dinapoli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Danger tries to throw a body punch but Dinapoli avoids it by throwing Danger back against the cage.
Danger throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Danger fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinapoli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Danger scores with a shoulder strike.
Dinapoli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Danger misses with some punches.
Danger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dinapoli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danger throws a shot from downtown. Dinapoli moves away and avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danger lands the left hand.
Jab by Dinapoli.
Dinapoli lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danger's sensitive parts.
A low kick lands for Dinapoli.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinapoli loads up on a big right hand but Danger slips the punch.
Dinapoli swings for the body but Danger moves out of range.
Dinapoli throws a big shot that misses.
Dinapoli throws a right hand that misses
and Danger counters with a one-two to the body.
Dinapoli throws the left hand but Danger avoids the punch easily.
Dinapoli on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Danger avoids the head kick by Dinapoli.
Danger was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dinapoli lands the left hand.
Dinapoli misses with a hook. Danger ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danger slips under a jab.
Nice shot lands for Dinapoli.
Danger takes the fight into the clinch.
Dinapoli misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danger misses with a punch to the body.
Danger can't find room to land a body shot as Dinapoli controls the action.
Dinapoli has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Danger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinapoli's elbow.
Dinapoli lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Danger.
Danger lands a right hand.
Danger can't find room to land a body shot as Dinapoli controls the action.
Danger gets through Dinapoli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Danger showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Danger has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Danger!
Danny Danger retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Danny Danger thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Joe Dinapoli spoke after the fight, saying 'IQ 90, Heavy Hands, Fast Learner'.
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