Francesco Grandelli vs Mauro Forte (05-05-2023) Full Fight

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00:00 Forte, Grandelli, two set to get underway here from the Palais Sport Arena in Rome, Italy.

00:07 Jason Abelson with you here on ESPN+.

00:11 Great show presented by OPI since '82 and of course, top rank.

00:17 Round one underway here from Rome.

00:25 Southpaw, Forte in the black and blue.

00:32 The conventional Grandelli in the pink and white.

00:36 Grandelli trying to land with the jab.

00:48 And Forte looking to maintain his space and his comfort zone against the naturally more

00:55 aggressive Grandelli.

00:56 Right hook missing by Forte.

01:12 Both guys love to create pressure.

01:15 Believe it or not, even with Forte, he'll mix it up with his back to the ropes without

01:22 hesitation.

01:29 And Grandelli more than happy to throw punches and bunches.

01:34 And the Grandelli fans being booed out by the Forte fans.

01:45 Grandelli from Turin, Forte, the hometown fighter from Rome.

01:52 Right hand by Grandelli.

01:54 Forte moving to his right, firing that right jab.

02:02 Good double jab by Forte.

02:09 Look out for Forte's right to the body.

02:14 Or right to the head.

02:16 Kabu, best punch of the fight so far, courtesy of Moro Forte.

02:22 That straight left is a weapon and we saw it again.

02:28 That's two for Forte.

02:29 And three!

02:30 Down goes Grandelli.

02:34 What a shock.

02:37 Grandelli is hurt.

02:38 A KO, one for Moro Forte.

02:39 What?

02:40 What?

02:41 What a shocker.

02:42 What a statement.

02:43 Forte one KO.

02:44 Pays for the loss.

02:45 Plus 10,000 for a first round knockout from Forte and that is exactly what we saw.

03:11 What a straight left, a series of them by Forte.

03:17 Oh, Moro.

03:21 Well, it wasn't the fight of the year we expected, but it could have been the shot of the year.

03:32 Kabu, Moro Forte.

03:34 Very lethal left hand punctuated by the mother of lefts.

03:43 And the shock, first round stoppage.

03:48 A Francesco Grandelli, boom!

03:53 On the butt.

03:56 Bam!

03:58 A 100 to 1 result.

04:01 First round knockout for Grandelli.

04:07 Unbelievable.

04:09 I'm still in shock.

04:19 About as straight down the pike as you could possibly throw it.

04:23 And you can't argue about that stoppage from referee Vincent DuPas.

04:28 Grandelli was hurt.

04:35 Wow.

04:56 These two guys combined 33 fights, 33 victories, only 10 KOs.

05:05 None as emphatic as that.

05:07 You just never know.

05:10 Top flight pros carry lightning in their hands.

05:14 Sometimes it's in the bottle and sometimes it's in the form of a picture perfect straight

05:19 left like the one thrown tonight by Moro Forte.

05:35 That is a highlight reel.

05:38 Single shot knockout.

05:42 And a surprise one.

05:43 Who saw it coming?

05:48 Grandelli, not Vegas.

05:53 Or anyone else taking a bet.

05:56 10,000, plus 10,000 for a first round knockout for either fighter tonight.

06:07 That would have been $100 well spent.

06:25 A hundred to one outcome via a one in a million punch by Moro Forte right on the chin of Francesco

06:34 Grandelli.

06:39 And it's one of those shots where you just think about it and you get excited.

06:42 It may have happened three minutes ago but unbelievable.

06:55 How many people in the ring, in the Forte corner, put down 10 bucks on that outcome?

07:01 You got to think someone did.

07:03 Of course if they did, I don't know if the odds would have been 100 to one.

07:09 Unbelievable stuff.

07:10 Ladies and gentlemen, this fight came to an end at two minutes and 31 seconds into the

07:21 round number one.

07:22 Your winner by KO and the new European featherweight champion, Moro Forte.

07:34 Moro Forte.

07:38 This stop Europe, next stop maybe the world.

07:41 Unbelievable.

07:42 To have that kind of polish and finish from a southpaw who maintains that distance and

07:49 has that hand speed.

07:50 Let's also hear it for his opponent, Francesco Grandel.

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