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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duke Rance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gennaro Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke Rance is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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170 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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176 cm
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166 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Rance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gennaro Gattuso!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rance tries to clinch up but Gattuso circles away and keeps his distance.
Gattuso misses with the combination.
Rance fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rance looks to clinch
and Gattuso counters with a nice uppercut.
Rance tries to clinch up but Gattuso circles away and keeps his distance.
Gattuso closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rance quickly recovers to half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gattuso lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rance tries to roll over but Gattuso keeps him under control.
Gattuso working over Rance with some ground and pound. Rance looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rance is looking to improve his position.
Gattuso controlling the action here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gattuso throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Gattuso there.
Still in half guard, Gattuso seems content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gattuso trying to control from half guard but Rance is working away.
Rance knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gattuso on the ground.
Gattuso is thwarting Rance's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rance defending well though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gattuso in particular looking to stall.
Gattuso tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rance knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rance doesn't manage to clinch there - Gattuso circles away.
Rance fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duke Rance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rance gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gattuso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
I was talking to Rance's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gattuso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gattuso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Rance.
It looks like Gennaro Gattuso has been cut.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance prevents a body shot from Gattuso.
Rance lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gattuso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gattuso is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rance pulls him back up using the underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rance tries to land knees in the clinch but Gattuso avoids the damage to the body.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gattuso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rance gets a clinch.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gattuso has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso lands a nice uppercut.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gattuso blocks it with crossed arms.
Gattuso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot by Gattuso.
Gattuso connects with a crisp jab.
Rance moves to clinch but Gattuso breaks away
and Gattuso counters by moving into the clinch.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gattuso takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gattuso jumps into guard, dragging Rance to the mat.
Gattuso not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gattuso has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Rance should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Gattuso has tightened it up now! Rance should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Gennaro Gattuso!
A very excited looking Gennaro Gattuso made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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