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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryu Musashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Conte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Musashi comes to the cage accompanied by Sword of the Stranger - Mukoh Hadan. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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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
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ryu Musashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Conte!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conte stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Musashi.
Conte moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Musashi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Musashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conte manages to break the clinch.
Conte 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.
Conte is looking to clinch but Musashi is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Musashi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Musashi throws a body punch but Conte moves out of range.
Conte fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Musashi is out of range.
Musashi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Musashi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Musashi throws out a loose jab but Conte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donk. Conte catches Musashi right on the button with a cross.
Musashi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Conte lands a body shot.
Conte throws a low kick but Musashi avoids it.
Conte tried to score with a low kick but Musashi checks it.
Conte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Musashi lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Musashi misses with a low kick as Conte jumps back.
Conte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conte closes the distance and pushes Musashi back into the cage.
Musashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Musashi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conte backwards.
Musashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conte tries to work over Musashi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Conte working hard to break the clinch.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Musashi misses with a punch on the inside.
Musashi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Conte lands a right hand.
Musashi misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Musashi.
Musashi scores with a shot to the side of Conte's head.
Conte blocks a body shot from Musashi.
Musashi is looking to take this one to the mat.
Musashi misses with the head strike.
Conte scores with a shoulder strike.
Conte lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Conte.
Good body shot from Conte.
Musashi misses with a punch to the body.
Musashi scores with a shot to the side of Conte's head.
Conte works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Musashi.
Musashi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Conte tries a body shot but Musashi blocks it.
Conte lands a left hand.
Musashi working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Conte.
Musashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conte tries to throw a body punch but Musashi avoids it by throwing Conte back against the cage.
Conte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Conte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conte misses with a punch to the body.
Conte lands with a left to the head.
Musashi misses with a punch to the body.
Conte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conte dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi tries to throw a body punch but Conte avoids it by throwing Musashi back against the cage.
Conte blocks an uppercut.
Conte misses with the head strike.
Conte lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conte.
Nice body punch from Conte.
Musashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Conte.
Conte can't find room to land a body shot as Musashi controls the action.
Conte landing knees to the head.
Musashi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Musashi blocks an uppercut.
Musashi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Musashi can't find room to land a body shot as Conte controls the action.
Conte lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Conte connects with a knee to the head.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Musashi fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conte lands a shoulder strike.
Conte misses with the head strike.
Conte manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Musashi blocks an uppercut.
Conte blocking some punches.
Conte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Musashi tries to work over Conte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Conte.
Musashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Musashi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Musashi tries a body shot but Conte blocks it.
Conte throws a punch but it's blocked by Musashi.
Conte lands a knee to the head.
Musashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Musashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Musashi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giorgio Conte dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Musashi misses with a low kick.
Conte looks to land a combination but Musashi avoids it well.
Conte ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Giorgio Conte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conte takes one to the side of the head.
Musashi looks to throw the jab but Conte is out of range.
Musashi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Conte counters with a body kick.
Musashi shoots in for a takedown but Conte shows good takedown defense.
Conte tries to counter by closing the distance.
Musashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conte.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Conte in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Musashi connects with a body shot.
Conte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Musashi throws a lazy right hand but Conte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Conte appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Conte misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conte tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Musashi lands with a hook. Conte tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Musashi scores with a body shot.
A cross from Musashi lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Musashi moves into range and clinches up with Conte.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conte.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Musashi.
Conte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Conte misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conte.
Musashi manages to pull guard.
Musashi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Conte pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Musashi is keeping the position for now.
Musashi seems keen to control Conte's posture.
Conte pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Musashi is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musashi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Conte controlling from the top position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Musashi throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Conte escapes and throws Musashi's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Musashi can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conte decides to stand back up. Conte steps back and let's Musashi get back to his feet.
Musashi takes a swing at Conte's ribcage but misses.
Musashi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Conte lands with a straight right. Musashi didn't see that one coming.
Conte throws a quick inside leg kick.
Conte blocks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Musashi blocks the low kick.
Musashi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Conte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Conte is looking for the big counter here.
Musashi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Musashi can pounce on him.
Good standup being displayed there by Conte as he connects with a hook.
Conte takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Conte misses with an uppercut
and Musashi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Musashi throws out a loose jab but Conte uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Musashi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conte looks to score with a jab to the body but Musashi is just out of range.
Conte blocks a low kick nicely.
A nice side step and Conte releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Conte throws a hook but Musashi blocks it.
Conte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Musashi scores with a jab to the head.
Giorgio Conte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Conte throws an off balance right hand
and Musashi counters with a good low kick that Conte was not able to check.
Musashi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Musashi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Conte has closed the distance and engaged Musashi in a clinch.
Musashi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Conte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Musashi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryu Musashi dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Musashi checks a leg kick nicely.
Conte wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Conte lands with an overhand left.
Musashi looks to land a left hand but Conte moved out of range nicely.
Musashi clinches with his opponent.
Conte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conte tries to throw a body punch but Musashi avoids it by throwing Conte back against the cage.
Conte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Musashi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Conte walks away with a smile on his face. Musashi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Musashi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Conte fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Musashi is looking to score with low kicks.
Conte lands a nice hook to Musashi's body. Musashi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Musashi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Conte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conte closes the distance looking to clinch
and Musashi counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conte with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Musashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ryu Musashi is winning the standup battle so far.
Musashi is looking to chop away at Conte's legs.
Musashi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Musashi ducks under a wild hook from Conte.
A head kick misses from Musashi.
Musashi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Musashi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Musashi moves forwards but Conte connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Conte takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Musashi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Conte throws a good cross that connects.
Conte misses with a kick to the body.
Conte attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Conte misses with a hook. Musashi ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Conte finds it's way through Musashi's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conte lands a really nice looking cross but Musashi seems unphased.
Conte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Conte fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Musashi checks it well.
Musashi is looking to slow Conte down with leg kicks.
Conte closes the distance and clinches.
Musashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Conte.
Conte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Conte struggles to land a body shot inside as Musashi controls his hands.
Conte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Musashi blocks it with crossed arms.
Musashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conte's elbow.
Conte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Musashi's elbow.
Musashi is trying to maintain a safe position but Conte gets an underhook and turns Musashi into the cage.
Musashi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Contes head.
Conte misses with a punch on the inside.
Conte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Musashi's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Conte fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Musashi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Conte blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Conte - that landed with a thud.
Musashi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Conte or not.
Conte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conte has a couple of punches blocked by Musashi.
Conte missing with knees to the body.
Musashi blocking some punches.
Conte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Musashi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Conte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Conte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Conte.
Giorgio Conte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Conte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Musashi's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conte.
Conte misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Musashi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Musashi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Conte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Conte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi is trying to maintain a safe position but Conte gets an underhook and turns Musashi into the cage.
Conte works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Conte's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice left hand lands by Conte.
Musashi wants to stall.
Musashi working aggressively here.
Musashi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Musashi.
Conte is looking to control Musashi's arms but Musashi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Conte has his back to the cage.
Musashi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Conte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Giorgio Conte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Conte has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giorgio Conte!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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