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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magne Midgard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Midgard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Crazy Train kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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213 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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186 cm
33
217 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frankie Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Magne Midgard!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Midgard cracks the inside of Boy's front leg.
Boy looks to land a combination. Midgard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Boy throws a series of punches but Midgard avoids them all with ease.
Boy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boy throws a sloppy head kick
and Boy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Midgard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Midgard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Midgard pushes off an throws an elbow but Boy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but Boy blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Midgard throws an elbow but misses.
Midgard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms.
Midgard tries a knee to the head but Boy blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Midgard misses with a knee strike.
Midgard landing knees to the head.
Boy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Midgard backwards.
Boy is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boy avoids it.
Midgard taking a breather.
Midgard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Midgard.
Midgard takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Midgard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boy misses with the head strike.
Nice elbow from Midgard.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Midgard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boy's brow.
Boy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Midgard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Midgard.
Midgard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boy takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Midgard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Midgard as Boy tries to tie him up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Midgard crunches a lovely knee into Boy's ribcage.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Midgard misses with an elbow over the top.
Boy is stalling here.
Midgard blocks an uppercut.
Boy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Midgard effectively controlling the action here.
Midgard looking to throw knees to the head but Boy is blocking nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Boy.
Boy pushes Midgard back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Midgard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Boy takes an elbow to the temple.
Midgard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Boy's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Midgard obliges.
Boy is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midgard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Midgard scores a nice knee to the body.
Boy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Boy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but Boy blocks with his arms.
Midgard tries to land knees in the clinch but Boy avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boy.
Midgard missing with knees to the body.
Midgard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Midgard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boy's face.
Midgard tries to land knees in the clinch but Boy avoids the damage to the body.
Boy throws a head punch that misses.
Midgard is trying to maintain a safe position but Boy gets an underhook and turns Midgard into the ropes.
Boy has Midgard pushed against the ropes.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Midgard tries to land knees in the clinch but Boy avoids the damage to the body.
Midgard misses with a knee strike.
Boy throws a punch but it's blocked by Midgard.
Midgard being controlled against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Midgard.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but Boy blocks with his arms.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but Boy blocks with his arms.
Midgard throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boy misses with the head strike.
Boy managing to block the knees to the body from Midgard.
Boy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Midgard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Boy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Magne Midgard has been cut.
Boy takes an elbow to the temple.
Midgard is looking to control Boy's arms but Boy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Midgard has his back to the ropes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magne Midgard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Magne Midgard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Boy lands a head shot.
Boy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boy throws a series of punches but Midgard avoids them all with ease.
Midgard tries a head kick but it misses.
Midgard is looking to clinch but Boy is avoiding it.
Boy misses with a head kick.
Midgard throws a sloppy head kick and Boy moves out of range easily.
Midgard blocks a head kick by Boy.
Boy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Midgard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Frankie Boy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Midgard rushes Boy and presses him up against the ropes.
Midgard tries a knee to the head but Boy blocks it.
Boy is pushing Midgard up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Midgard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Boy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Midgard throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Midgard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Midgard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Midgard is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Midgard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Midgard lands an elbow inside.
Midgard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Midgard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Midgard obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Midgard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Boy's face.
Midgard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Midgard landing knees to the body.
Boy 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.
Midgard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Boy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Midgard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Midgard scores a nice knee to the body.
Midgard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Midgard misses with a knee to the head.
Boy looking to stall.
Boy stalling against the ropes.
Midgard looking to throw knees to the head but Boy is blocking nicely.
Boy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boy swings wildly with an uppercut but Midgard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Midgard pushes off an throws an elbow but Boy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Midgard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boy.
Nice elbow from Midgard.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midgard throws an elbow but it misses.
Midgard has Boy pressed against the ropes.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Boy avoids it.
Boy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Boy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Boy throws a punch but it's blocked by Midgard.
Boy has Midgard pushed against the ropes.
Boy takes an elbow to the temple.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The referee calls for Boy to work.
Boy takes an elbow to the temple.
Boy blocks the elbow strike.
Midgard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boy.
A knee to the head by Midgard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy dodges an elbow strike from Midgard.
Midgard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Midgard misses with a knee strike.
Midgard looking to throw knees to the head but Boy is blocking nicely.
Midgard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms.
Midgard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms.
Boy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Midgard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Midgard up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boy seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Midgard trying to land knees to the body.
Midgard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Midgard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magne Midgard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Magne Midgard's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Boy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boy closes the distance and pushes Midgard back into the ropes.
Midgard drops Boy with a big knee straight up the middle! Boy is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Boy is rocked!
It looks like Frankie Boy has been cut.
Midgard clinches up against the ropes.
Oh Boy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Midgard has Boy pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Boy is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Midgard - that's hurt Boy badly! Oh, another knee lands and Boy is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Boy doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Magne Midgard!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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