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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martti Nakutin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sacha Petrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrovich has chosen Shunsei as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
20 - 6 - 0 |
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186 cm
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203 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Martti Nakutin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sacha Petrovich!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakutin wants to land a leg kick but Petrovich is out of range.
Petrovich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Petrovich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nakutin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nakutin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from Nakutin. Those never looked like landing.
Nakutin avoids a kick to the body.
Petrovich attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sacha Petrovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrovich will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nakutin misses with a double jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nakutin checks a leg kick.
Nakutin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nakutin moves out of range of the body kick from Petrovich.
Petrovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Nakutin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petrovich tries to work over Nakutin's front leg with a kick but Nakutin checks it.
Nakutin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrovich can pounce on him.
Petrovich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petrovich thumps Nakutin with a low kick.
Petrovich fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Petrovich delivers a nice body kick.
Petrovich throws a head kick that misses.
Petrovich wants to slow Nakutin down by chopping away at his legs.
Petrovich clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakutin avoiding damage as Petrovich throws knees to the body.
Petrovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nakutin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nakutin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petrovich's elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nakutin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Petrovich blocks a head kick by Nakutin.
Petrovich thumps Nakutin with a low kick.
Petrovich throws a leg kick which misses Nakutin's front leg but catches the back leg as Nakutin tries to avoid it.
Nakutin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Nakutin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Petrovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nakutin.
A low kick from Petrovich is predictable there
and Nakutin counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Nakutin.
Petrovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petrovich throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nakutin.
A leg kick checked by Nakutin.
No joy there for Nakutin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nakutin throws a lazy uppercut
and Petrovich counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Petrovich stuns Nakutin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Petrovich chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nakutin misses with a series of wild punches.
Nakutin lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Nakutin blocks the leg kick.
Petrovich lands a front kick.
Petrovich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petrovich is looking to chop away at Nakutin's legs.
Nakutin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Petrovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakutin.
Sloppy strikes from Nakutin. Those never looked like landing.
Petrovich dodges the punch combination from Nakutin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrovich pushes Nakutin up against the cage in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petrovich controlling the action here for a moment.
Nakutin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Petrovich is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sacha Petrovich dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Petrovich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nakutin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Petrovich lands a lovely overhand right.
Petrovich rushes Nakutin and presses him up against the cage.
Petrovich looking to slow down the pace here.
Nakutin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petrovich has a couple of punches blocked by Nakutin.
Nakutin blocks a body shot from Petrovich.
Nakutin looking to stall.
Nakutin lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nakutin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Petrovich controlling the action here for a moment.
Nakutin wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovich misses with a knee strike.
Petrovich avoiding damage.
A short body shot lands from Nakutin as the two fighters clinch.
Petrovich controlling the action here for a moment.
Petrovich landing knees to the body.
Petrovich just leaning against Nakutin, taking a breather.
A short right from Nakutin on the inside.
Petrovich is looking to control Nakutin's arms but Nakutin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Petrovich has his back to the cage.
Petrovich seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sacha Petrovich.
Petrovich misses with a low kick as Nakutin jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich misses with a low kick.
Petrovich with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donk. Nakutin catches Petrovich right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrovich throws a head kick that misses
and Nakutin counters with a straight right hand.
Petrovich takes the fight into the clinch.
Nakutin taking a breather.
Petrovich lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sacha Petrovich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Petrovich slows down the pace here.
Petrovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakutin avoids it.
Nakutin looking to throw knees to the head but Petrovich is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakutin.
Petrovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakutin avoids the damage to the body.
Nakutin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nakutin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nakutin.
Nakutin lands an elbow just above Petrovich 's eye.
It looks like Sacha Petrovich has been cut.
Petrovich missing with knees to the body.
Nakutin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Petrovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakutin avoids it.
Nakutin is pushing Petrovich up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Petrovich tries a knee to the head but Nakutin blocks it.
Nakutin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petrovich avoids it.
Petrovich stalling in the clinch but Nakutin improves position.
Nakutin looking to slow down the pace here.
Petrovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakutin is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich lands with a left to the head.
Petrovich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrovich avoids a wild elbow strike from Nakutin.
Nakutin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Petrovich.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakutin is trying to break the clinch but Petrovich is controlling him.
Nakutin working Petrovich over with knees to the body.
Petrovich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakutin pushes Petrovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nakutin trying to land knees to the body.
Petrovich is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nakutin is keeping busy.
Petrovich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakutin avoids it.
Nakutin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sacha Petrovich will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sacha Petrovich's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Petrovich plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Petrovich lands a high kick!
Martti Nakutin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petrovich throws a leg kick
and Nakutin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Petrovich scores with a head kick.
Nakutin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Petrovich.
Petrovich throws a leg kick
and Nakutin counters with a head kick that drops Petrovich to the mat! Petrovich scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Petrovich is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrovich looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Petrovich is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakutin finish him?
Petrovich throws a lazy body kick
and Nakutin counters with a big right hand! Oh Petrovich is in trouble here! Nakutin follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martti Nakutin!
Martti Nakutin 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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