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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Pletnev (ranked 4218 p4p, 3638 weight class) and Lev Kuznetsov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lev Kuznetsov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nikolay Pletnev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lev Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pletnev keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lev Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Pletnev is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Kuznetsov creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Kuznetsov's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kuznetsov passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Pletnev!
Kuznetsov throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Pletnev working to try and regain half guard.
Pletnev wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kuznetsov.
BOOM! Kuznetsov connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuznetsov unloading with bombs!
Pletnev is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pletnev takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pletnev taking shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov raining down shots from the mount!
Pletnev knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kuznetsov on the ground.
Kuznetsov lands a couple of good shots and Pletnev has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuznetsov thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Pletnev is looking for a way out.
Pletnev is rocked!
Kuznetsov punishes Pletnev with strikes from the back mount.
Oh Pletnev is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pletnev is trapped and Kuznetsov is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Kuznetsov lands punches and elbows.
Kuznetsov cracks Pletnev with a big right hand from the back mount! Pletnev immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Kuznetsov takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lev Kuznetsov!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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