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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Rose (ranked 286 p4p, 382 weight class) and Leonardo Esposito (ranked 35 p4p, 43 weight class). Rose's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Raining Blood. This should be fireworks!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonardo Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Esposito will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rose up against the cage.
Esposito throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Rose on the inside.
Esposito's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rose with a knee to the head.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Esposito throws a head punch that misses.
Rose tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito working aggressively here.
Esposito takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rose blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Esposito throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Esposito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito takes a shot to the head.
Rose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Esposito taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rose blocking some punches.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Rose.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
Esposito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Rose blocks an uppercut.
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rose has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Rose pushes Esposito back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Esposito avoiding damage as Rose throws knees to the body.
Esposito takes a shot to the head.
Esposito tries to throw a body punch but Rose avoids it by throwing Esposito back against the cage.
Esposito lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rose lands a right hand that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
Rose tries to land a knee to the head but Esposito blocks with his arms.
Rose managing to block the knees to the body from Esposito.
Our sources have told us that Rose has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Esposito misses with the head strike.
Esposito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rose's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rose.
Rose lands a hook that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
Rose tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Rose blocks a body shot from Esposito.
Esposito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Rose misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Rose.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rose.
Rose lands a left hand that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rose.
Esposito looks winded!
Rose misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Esposito throws a head punch that misses.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
Rose scores with a shoulder strike.
Rose lands a hook that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
Rose misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rose obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands with a short shot to the head.
Rose tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Rose looking to throw knees to the head but Esposito is blocking nicely.
Esposito pushes off an throws an elbow but Rose leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Esposito misses with a punch to the body.
Rose connects with a nasty looking knee right to Esposito's face.
Esposito is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rose creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Esposito is still on wobbly legs! Can Rose finish him?
Good body shot from Rose.
Rose lands a good knee to the midsection. Esposito won't want to take too many of those.
Rose creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Esposito's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Esposito drops to his knees and Rose pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Rose!
A relieved looking Thomas Rose thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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