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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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