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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Lavronenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhenya Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhenya Morozov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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212 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Lavronenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zhenya Morozov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morozov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lavronenko as he jumps to the side.
Lavronenko blocks a head kick by Morozov.
Morozov has a takedown stuffed.
Lavronenko tries to bum rush Morozov with a series of wild strikes but Morozov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morozov shoots in looking for a takedown. Lavronenko tries to sprawl out of it but Morozov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lavronenko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivan Lavronenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zhenya Morozov.
Morozov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morozov throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lavronenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morozov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morozov fails to land with a series of punches.
Lavronenko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morozov.
Morozov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lavronenko checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lavronenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zhenya Morozov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morozov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lavronenko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morozov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morozov has a takedown stuffed.
Lavronenko closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lavronenko lands in his opponent's guard.
Lavronenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Morozov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lavronenko might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lavronenko postures up and lands a big shot to Morozov's brow.
Lavronenko sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lavronenko wants to control from the top but Morozov keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Lavronenko slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The strikes coming from Lavronenko are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Lavronenko is chipping away with strikes.
Lavronenko tries to score with some ground and pound. Morozov controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Morozov is pushing Lavronenko's head away, looking to escape. Lavronenko manages to hold on to the position though.
Morozov looks gassed!
Lavronenko scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lavronenko looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Morozov is avoiding damage well.
Morozov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lavronenko landing a few strikes.
Morozov is rocked!
Lavronenko scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Morozov is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Lavronenko can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Lavronenko!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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