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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktors Bricis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Payton Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bricis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rammstein - Ich Will. Viktors Bricis has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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208 lbs
22 - 12 - 0 |
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27
202 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Viktors Bricis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Payton Wright!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright is looking to slow Bricis down with leg kicks.
Bricis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wright.
Wright ducks under a wild hook from Bricis.
Wright tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bricis misses with a looping right.
Wright feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bricis's calf.
Bricis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wright. Wright obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Wright.
Wright throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wright slips a straight right by Bricis.
Wright pushes Bricis up against the cage in a clinch.
Bricis breaks the clinch.
Viktors Bricis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bricis.
Good shot there by Wright.
It looks like Viktors Bricis has been cut.
Bricis throws a low kick but Wright avoids it.
Wright fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wright checks a low kick from Bricis.
Bricis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wright moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wright bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bricis's head backwards.
Bricis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright cracks the inside of Bricis's front leg.
Bricis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bricis avoids a kick to the body.
Bricis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bricis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wright throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bricis blocks the body kick.
Bricis throws out a loose jab but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wright closes the distance and clinches.
Wright scores with a shot to the side of Bricis's head.
Wright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bricis's efforts to push away.
Bricis throws a punch but it's blocked by Wright.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wright tries to throw a body punch but Bricis avoids it by throwing Wright back against the cage.
Bricis prevents a body shot from Wright.
Bricis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wright digs a right hand underneath Bricis's ribcage. Bricis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bricis is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wright.
Bricis tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bricis moves out of range as Wright throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright rushes Bricis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bricis lands with a light punch inside.
Wright lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Wright.
Wright has hold of one of Bricis's legs. Bricis is fighting the takedown attempt but Wright gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Wright throwing strikes but missing.
Wright postures up and lands a big shot to Bricis's brow.
Wright trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wright stays in close to Bricis's body and controls the position.
Wright tries to free his leg and advance position but Bricis is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright trying to control but Bricis is working from the bottom.
Wright passes Bricis's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wright throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wright sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bricis defending well though.
Wright slows the pace down in half guard.
Wright throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wright thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bricis's head.
Bricis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wright working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bricis has one foot on Wright's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Wright connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright avoids the body shot from Bricis.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wright.
Wright lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wright scores with a kick to the body.
Bricis loads up on a big right hand but Wright slips the punch.
Wright feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Briciss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bricis is rocked!
Bricis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oh Bricis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wright thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bricis if he has to take too many more of those.
Bricis seems to have got his legs back now.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wright.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Payton Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viktors Bricis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bricis takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bricis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bricis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wright connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bricis scrambles back to his feet.
Wright lands with a nice body kick.
Wright circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Bricis drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Wright follows Bricis to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Payton Wright!
Payton Wright tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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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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