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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Landry Stephenson (ranked 22894 p4p, 5358 weight class) and Ivan Yahontov (ranked 537 p4p, 472 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yahontov's choice of entrance music: Boney M. - Rasputin. On his way into the cage it seems that Landry Stephenson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Landry Stephenson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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13 - 17 - 1 |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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 13 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Landry Stephenson!
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, Ivan Yahontov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stephenson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stephenson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yahontov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Decent striking displayed by Yahontov there.
Stephenson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stephenson looks for a takedown but Yahontov sprawls well.
Yahontov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Landry Stephenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stephenson tries to close the distance and clinch but Yahontov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yahontov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stephenson fails with a takedown attempt.
Stephenson moves in looking to clinch but Yahontov pushes him off.
Yahontov slaps away a takedown attempt from Stephenson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Stephenson misses with a takedown
and Yahontov counters with a one-two to the body.
Stephenson swinging wildly here.
Yahontov cracks Stephenson with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yahontov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stephensons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yahontov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stephenson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Yahontov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yahontov breaks from the clinch.
Yahontov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stephenson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yahontov counters with a crisp one two that drops Stephenson! Yahontov thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Stephenson to his feet! Stephenson is in big trouble!
Stephenson is rocked!
Stephenson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stephenson is breathing heavily.
Stephenson moves out of range of the body kick.
Yahontov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oh Stephenson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yahontov drives through and clinches with Stephenson against the cage.
Stephenson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Yahontov after a bit of a struggle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stephenson being controlled against the cage.
Stephenson seems to have got his legs back now.
Yahontov just leaning against Stephenson, taking a breather.
Yahontov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yahontov just leaning against Stephenson, taking a breather.
Yahontov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stephenson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yahontov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Stephenson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Yahontov can turn it around.
Yahontov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yahontov lands a nice hook to Stephenson's body. Stephenson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yahontov checks a leg kick nicely.
Yahontov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stephenson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yahontov forces Stephenson back against the cage and clinches.
Yahontov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yahontov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stephenson shoots and misses
and Stephenson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stephenson gets tackled into the cage by Yahontov. Yahontov maintains the clinch.
Yahontov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yahontov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yahontov leaning against his opponent.
Yahontov manages to break the clinch.
Stephenson shoots in for a double leg but Yahontov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Yahontov is looking for the big counter here.
Stephenson blocks a low kick nicely.
Stephenson looks to clinch
and Yahontov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stephenson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yahontov lands a really nice looking cross but Stephenson seems unphased.
Yahontov closes the distance and pushes Stephenson back into the cage.
Yahontov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yahontov lands with a short shot to the head.
Yahontov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Yahontov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yahontov lands with a short shot to the head.
Yahontov stalling the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stephenson tries for a takedown but Yahontov manages to get underhooks.
Yahontov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stephenson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yahontov finds it's way round the side to connect with Stephenson's head.
Ivan Yahontov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yahontov leaves Stephenson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yahontov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yahontov wants it to stay on the feet.
Stephenson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yahontov circles away.
Yahontov scores with a nice right hand.
Stephenson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yahontov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yahontov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stephenson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Stephenson misses with a wild combination.
Yahontov lands a two punch combo.
Yahontov has Stephenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Yahontov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yahontov breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stephenson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stephenson moves in looking to clinch but Yahontov pushes him off.
Stephenson is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Yahontov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yahontov closes the distance and clinches.
Stephenson tries to score a body lock takedown but Yahontov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yahontov stalling against the cage.
Yahontov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stephenson 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.
Yahontov lands with a straight right. Stephenson didn't see that one coming.
Yahontov has closed the distance and engaged Stephenson in a clinch.
Yahontov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yahontov.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yahontov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Yahontov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yahontov just leaning against Stephenson, taking a breather.
Stephenson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Yahontov.
Yahontov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stephenson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Yahontov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Landry Stephenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yahontov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stephenson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yahontov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Stephenson is looking for a takedown.
Yahontov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stephenson backwards.
Stephenson tries to stall but Yahontov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stephenson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stephenson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Yahontov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yahontov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stephenson avoids a wild elbow strike from Yahontov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yahontov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ivan Yahontov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yahontov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stephenson is trying to drag Yahontov to the mat but Yahontov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A nice left hand lands by Yahontov.
Yahontov is struggling to control the position.
Stephenson tries a body shot but Yahontov blocks it.
Yahontov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yahontov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Yahontov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yahontov prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yahontov stops a takedown attempt from Stephenson.
A shot in the inside from Yahontov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Yahontov.
Yahontov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yahontov gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stephenson.
Stephenson tries to score a body lock takedown but Yahontov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yahontov breaks from the clinch.
Yahontov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yahontov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stephenson under the eye.
Stephenson throws a body kick that misses
and Yahontov counters with a huge left! Stephenson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Yahontov isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Stephenson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Yahontov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Yahontov!
Ivan Yahontov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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