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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Farquharson (ranked 627 p4p, 940 weight class) and Baba Yaga (ranked 95 p4p, 145 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duncan Farquharson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Baba Yaga!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Farquharson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yaga sprawls well initially but Farquharson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Farquharson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yaga avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Farquharson.
Yaga keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yaga looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yaga tries to roll over but Farquharson keeps him under control.
Farquharson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yaga's head.
Farquharson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Farquharson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farquharson is looking to take a break and control but Yaga is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Farquharson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Farquharson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Yaga!
Farquharson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yaga avoids a series of strikes thrown by Farquharson.
Farquharson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Farquharson raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farquharson content just to control the position here.
Farquharson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Farquharson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Farquharson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yaga can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson is landing with some decent strikes but Yaga is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yaga in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Farquharson working Yaga over with strikes here.
Yaga is rocked!
Farquharson softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Yaga is out cold! Farquharson jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duncan Farquharson!
Duncan Farquharson retains his light heavyweight title!
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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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