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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rhodes (ranked 3385 p4p, 3067 weight class) and Ahmad Syaiful (ranked 403 p4p, 362 weight class). Ryan Rhodes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ahmad Syaiful's chin.
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ryan Rhodes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ahmad Syaiful!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhodes fails to land with a series of punches.
Rhodes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Syaiful's coach down at Champion Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Syaiful's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Syaiful rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rhodes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rhodes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rhodes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rhodes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Syaiful scores with a hook.
Rhodes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Syaiful throws out the jab.
Rhodes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Syaiful dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rhodes throws a right and a left that Syaiful avoids nicely.
Syaiful looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Syaiful swings widly with a right hand
enabling Rhodes to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhodes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rhodes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Syaiful swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rhodes.
Syaiful with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Syaiful lands with a good body shot.
Rhodes staying out of range there.
Rhodes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rhodes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Syaiful lands a glancing blow to the side of Rhodes's head.
Syaiful lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Syaiful scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rhodes in his tracks.
Syaiful is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rhodes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Syaiful connects with a nice looking jab.
 Rhodes is rocked!
Syaiful cracks Rhodes with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Rhodes falls to his knees and Syaiful doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ahmad Syaiful!
Ahmad Syaiful seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Topo Sanchez (ranked 24823 p4p, 25123 weight class) and Ashley Covington (ranked 555 p4p, 558 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Covington's choice of entrance music: .... The key to victory for Topo Sanchez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Topo Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ashley Covington!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Covington lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanchez doesn't seem phased though.
Covington closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Covington has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Sanchez defend it? Covington steps over the head and cranks it - Sanchez is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Covington!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ashley Covington!
A less than humble Ashley Covington misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leopold Strauss (ranked 1933 p4p, 5224 weight class) and Ali Maskhadov (ranked 140 p4p, 274 weight class). Maskhadov has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Ali Maskhadov will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leopold Strauss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ali Maskhadov!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strauss on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Strauss jabs at Maskhadov's body.
Maskhadov looks winded!
Strauss pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Strauss dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Strauss connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maskhadov's hands.
 It looks like Ali Maskhadov has been cut.
Strauss is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maskhadov.
Maskhadov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Strauss with a body shot.
Strauss jabs Maskhadov right on the nose. Maskhadov blinks but takes it well.
Strauss takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Strauss on the inside.
Strauss lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Strauss on the inside.
Strauss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
 Maskhadov is rocked!
Strauss lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maskhadov is still on wobbly legs! Can Strauss finish him?
Strauss lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from Strauss.
Strauss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Strauss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Strauss creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Strauss creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Maskhadov's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Maskhadov drops to his knees and Strauss pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leopold Strauss!
A relieved looking Leopold Strauss 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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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gervonta Davis (ranked 3162 p4p, 4912 weight class) and Photon Muller (ranked 222 p4p, 283 weight class). Davis comes to the cage accompanied by Tank Davis (TKO) Unofficial Music-Video. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gervonta Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Photon Muller!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muller throws a series of punches but Davis moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Davis misses the target.
Muller misses with a wild combination.
Muller throws a series of punches but Davis avoids them all with ease.
Davis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Muller misses with a double jab
and Davis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Muller misses with a combination
and Davis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Muller swinging wildly here.
Davis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice body punch from Davis.
Davis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Davis lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Muller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Muller looks winded!
Davis connects with a body shot.
Muller lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Davis.
Sloppy strikes from Muller. Those never looked like landing.
Davis lands a big uppercut and Muller crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Muller looks OK. Davis waves Muller back to his feet!
Muller is rocked!
It looks like Photon Muller has been cut.
Davis throws a pinpoint strike between Muller's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Muller crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Davis scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gervonta Davis!
An out of breath Gervonta Davis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paco Avila (ranked 2782 p4p, 3806 weight class) and Gage Jordan (ranked 187 p4p, 238 weight class). Jordan has chosen Big Pun - Beware as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paco Avila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gage Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Avila throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jordan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And Jordan tries to counter it with a takedown but Avila pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Avila ducks under a wild hook from Jordan.
Avila on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jordan throws a wild body kick that Avila sees coming a mile off.
Avila blocks a head kick by Jordan.
Good exchange - Avila coming out on top.
Jordan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jordan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Avila throws out a powerful jab.
Jordan is rocked!
Avila dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jordan is still on wobbly legs! Can Avila finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jordan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Avila checks it well.
Jordan switches off momentarily and Avila cracks him with a monster right hand! Jordan topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Avila dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Avila!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paco Avila!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Atticus Nelson (ranked 3343 p4p, 2847 weight class) and Moses Umbaku (ranked 394 p4p, 360 weight class). Atticus Nelson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Atticus Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Moses Umbaku!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Umbaku.
Nelson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Umbaku fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nelson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
 It looks like Atticus Nelson has been cut.
Nelson looks to score with a jab to the body but Umbaku is just out of range.
Nelson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Umbaku lands with a shot to the body.
Umbaku sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Nelson's defenses. It connects perfectly with Nelson's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Moses Umbaku!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arkady Chikovani (ranked 3744 p4p, 5382 weight class) and Josh Brooks (ranked 249 p4p, 295 weight class). Arkady Chikovani could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Josh Brooks's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arkady Chikovani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chikovani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brooks dives in and grabs Chikovani's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chikovani pushes down on Brooks's head and hops out.
Chikovani throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brooks shoots for a double leg takedown but Chikovani sprawls well. He's pushed Brooks's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chikovani throwing a counter right hand but Brooks manages to avoid it.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chikovani paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brooks closes the distance and clinches up with Chikovani, looking for a takedown. Brooks pushes Chikovani against the cage but Chikovani circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Chikovani on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Arkady Chikovani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Brooks.
Chikovani takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Brooks misses.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown but Chikovani shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Chikovani leaves Brooks with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Chikovani throws a quick counter head kick but Brooks was just out of range.
Arkady Chikovani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks takes the fight into the clinch.
Chikovani taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brooks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chikovani leaning against his opponent.
Chikovani has Brooks pushed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brooks has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chikovani is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chikovani managing to block the knees to the body from Brooks.
Chikovani leaning his opponent against the cage.
Chikovani slows down the pace here.
Brooks tries to pull guard but Chikovani holds him up against the cage and eventually Brooks drops back down to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chikovani taking a breather.
Chikovani definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Brooks misses with an elbow over the top.
Brooks with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chikovani slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arkady Chikovani.
Brooks shoots in but no luck this time.
Chikovani is looking to counter punch.
Brooks tries to clinch but Chikovani is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brooks closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Chikovani's guard.
Chikovani has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Brooks doesn't defend quickly enough and Chikovani has managed to lock this one up! Can Brooks escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Chikovani on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Arkady Chikovani!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luigi Sztojka (ranked 4975 p4p, 5528 weight class) and Ozuma Ozumab (ranked 456 p4p, 478 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luigi Sztojka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ozuma Ozumab!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozumab tried to score with a low kick but Sztojka checks it.
Ozumab scores with the left hand. Sztojka knows he should have avoided that one.
Ozumab shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sztojka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ozumab was well out of range. Poor timing from Sztojka.
Ozumab misses with a few strikes there.
Sztojka misses with a kick to the body.
Ozumab closes the distance and clinches.
Ozumab lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sztojka backwards.
Ozumab throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sztojka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ozumab gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozumab.
Sztojka is working Ozumab over against the cage.
Sztojka manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sztojka lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sztojka lands with a nice body kick.
Nice shot lands for Sztojka.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sztojka.
Sztojka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ozumab in his tracks.
Ozumab is rocked!
Sztojka steps in with a hook that catches Ozumab right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sztojka follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Ozumab looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luigi Sztojka!
Luigi Sztojka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sigurd Knutsson (ranked 1673 p4p, 1862 weight class) and Kingsley Igwe (ranked 201 p4p, 217 weight class). Knutsson comes into the arena with war drums blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sigurd Knutsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kingsley Igwe!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knutsson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Igwe defends it nicely.
Sigurd Knutsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Igwe lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Sigurd Knutsson has been cut.
Knutsson shoots in for a takedown but Igwe shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Igwe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knutsson shoots in for a takedown but Igwe shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sigurd Knutsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knutsson shoots in looking for a takedown. Igwe tries to sprawl out of it but Knutsson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Igwe manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Igwe loads up on a big right hand but Knutsson slips the punch.
Knutsson shoots in for a takedown but Igwe shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Knutsson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Igwe misses with a hook. Knutsson ducked under it nicely.
Igwe drops Knutsson with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Knutsson looks back up at him and smiles so Igwe waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Knutsson is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knutsson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Igwe kicks off Knutsson and gets to his feet.
Oh Knutsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knutsson walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Igwe! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kingsley Igwe!
Kingsley Igwe is the new middleweight champion!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Svensson Von Tancred (ranked 1930 p4p, 2534 weight class) and Sergei Borisov (ranked 236 p4p, 298 weight class). Sergei Borisov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Svensson Von Tancred!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sergei Borisov!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Tancred lands a glancing blow to the side of Borisov's head.
Borisov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Von Tancred under the eye.
Von Tancred definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Von Tancred comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Borisov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Borisov is rocked!
It looks like Sergei Borisov has been cut.
Borisov throws the left hand but Von Tancred avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Von Tancred was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Borisov.
Borisov is still on wobbly legs! Can Von Tancred finish him?
Von Tancred misses with a left hand
enabling Borisov to counter with a crisp jab.
Borisov seems to have recovered his senses.
It looks like Svensson Von Tancred has been cut.
BAM! Von Tancred delivers a spinning backfist that drops Borisov like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Svensson Von Tancred!
Svensson Von Tancred is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Svensson Von Tancred thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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