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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Giorgio Petrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kappi Bateman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bateman has chosen 20th century boy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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170 cm
25
145 lbs
8 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Giorgio Petrosyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kappi Bateman!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Petrosyan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Petrosyan throws a sloppy head kick and Bateman moves out of range easily.
Bateman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Petrosyan pushes Bateman up against the cage in a clinch.
Petrosyan landing knees to the head.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bateman wants to stall.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrosyan as Bateman tries to tie him up.
Bateman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrosyan as Bateman tries to tie him up.
Bateman tries to land knees in the clinch but Petrosyan avoids the damage to the body.
Bateman looking to stall.
Bateman stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
Petrosyan clinches up against the cage.
Bateman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the body.
Petrosyan misses with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bateman is working Petrosyan over against the cage.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Petrosyan misses with a knee strike.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bateman avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrosyan misses with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bateman lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Petrosyan is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.
Bateman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bateman taking a breather.
Bateman stalling in the clinch.
Petrosyan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bateman's face.
Bateman is looking to control Petrosyan's arms but Petrosyan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bateman has his back to the cage.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body.
Bateman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bateman throws an elbow but it misses.
Bateman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bateman is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
Bateman gets tackled into the cage by Petrosyan. Petrosyan maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bateman trying to stall but Petrosyan improves his position.
Bateman managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head.
Bateman avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Petrosyan missing with knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but Bateman blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bateman seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Petrosyan tries to land knees in the clinch but Bateman avoids the damage to the body.
Petrosyan looking to throw knees to the head but Bateman is blocking nicely.
Petrosyan missing with knees to the body.
Bateman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Petrosyan is keeping busy.
Bateman tries to land knees in the clinch but Petrosyan avoids the damage to the body.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bateman taking a breather.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrosyan as Bateman tries to tie him up.
Bateman missing with knees to the body.
Petrosyan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Petrosyan avoiding damage as Bateman throws knees to the body.
Bateman tries to stall but Petrosyan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bateman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrosyan as Bateman tries to tie him up.
Petrosyan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bateman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.
Bateman managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bateman has Petrosyan pressed against the cage.
Petrosyan misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bateman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giorgio Petrosyan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bateman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bateman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petrosyan circles away quickly and effectively.
A head kick by Bateman misses
and Petrosyan counters with a body kick.
Bateman connects with a single shot there.
Bateman avoids the head kick by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan rushes Bateman and presses him up against the cage.
Bateman missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Petrosyan.
Bateman takes a knee right on the jaw!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bateman tries to stall but Petrosyan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Petrosyan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
A nice leg kick lands there from Petrosyan.
A low kick from Petrosyan misses
and Bateman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Giorgio Petrosyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrosyan clinches up against the cage.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bateman avoids it.
Petrosyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bateman stalling in the clinch.
Bateman tries to stall but Petrosyan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Petrosyan connects with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Petrosyan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bateman is defending well for now.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Petrosyan missing with knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrosyan avoiding damage as Bateman throws knees to the body.
Bateman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bateman landing knees to the body.
Petrosyan letting Bateman take a breather here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
Bateman scores with a jab.
Bateman tries to bum rush Petrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Petrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Petrosyan moves away from the strike by Bateman.
Petrosyan tries a head kick but it misses.
Bateman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bateman lands with a nice body punch.
Bateman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bateman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bateman misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan moves into range and clinches up with Bateman.
Bateman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Giorgio Petrosyan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Petrosyan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bateman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bateman looking to stall.
Bateman is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Petrosyan has denied him.
Bateman tries to land knees in the clinch but Petrosyan avoids the damage to the body.
Bateman trying to control the position but instead, Petrosyan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bateman into the cage.
Bateman scores with a shot to the side of Petrosyan's head.
Bateman is trying to maintain a safe position but Petrosyan gets an underhook and turns Bateman into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
Bateman gets tackled into the cage by Petrosyan. Petrosyan maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petrosyan misses with a knee to the head.
Bateman looking to stall.
Petrosyan missing with knees to the body.
Bateman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrosyan.
Bateman managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan working Bateman over with knees to the body.
Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Bateman is pushing Petrosyan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bateman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Petrosyan is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petrosyan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bateman.
Bateman is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kappi Bateman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bateman gets tackled into the cage by Petrosyan. Petrosyan maintains the clinch.
Bateman managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bateman.
Bateman is looking to control Petrosyan's arms but Petrosyan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bateman has his back to the cage.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Bateman's ribcage.
Petrosyan missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Bateman - that landed with a thud.
Bateman is struggling to control the position.
Bateman avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bateman.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bateman.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Come on Bateman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bateman is looking to control Petrosyan's arms but Petrosyan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bateman has his back to the cage.
Bateman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bateman trying to land knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bateman holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bateman taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
Bateman scores with a sloppy right hand. Petrosyan should have avoided that one.
Bateman connects with a solid leg kick.
Bateman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Giorgio Petrosyan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bateman misses with a double jab.
Petrosyan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bateman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Petrosyan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bateman blocks it with crossed arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Bateman.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrosyan as Bateman tries to tie him up.
Petrosyan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bateman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Petrosyan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bateman blocks it with crossed arms.
Bateman leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
Petrosyan scores with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bateman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Petrosyan moves into the clinch successfully.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bateman.
Petrosyan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bateman trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but Bateman blocks it.
Bateman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Petrosyan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bateman blocks it with crossed arms.
Bateman tries to stall but Petrosyan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bateman has Petrosyan pressed against the cage.
Bateman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Petrosyan or not.
Bateman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Petrosyan up against the cage.
Petrosyan avoiding damage as Bateman throws knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries a knee to the head but Bateman blocks it.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bateman.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bateman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Bateman's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kappi Bateman.
Petrosyan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Bateman won't want to take too many of those.
Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bateman stalling in the clinch.
Bateman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bateman trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petrosyan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bateman is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kappi Bateman.
I think Bateman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kappi Bateman!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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