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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michal Materla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Zhukov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhukov has chosen Feuer Frei as his entrance music. Michal Materla has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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206 lbs
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187 cm
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205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michal Materla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Zhukov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Materla misses with an uppercut
and Zhukov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zhukov looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Zhukov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Materla.
Materla throws an overhand right that lands on Zhukov's shoulder, as Zhukov tries to avoid the shot.
Materla misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zhukov.
Zhukov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zhukov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Materla.
Zhukov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Materla.
Ivan Zhukov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhukov misses with the combination.
Zhukov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Materla shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Zhukov as he jumps to the side.
Zhukov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Materla counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Materla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Materla jabs Zhukov right on the nose. Zhukov blinks but takes it well.
Materla connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Materla dodges the punch combination from Zhukov.
Materla jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Materla looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhukov is just out of range.
Materla lands a lovely overhand right.
Materla tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhukov was well out of range. Poor timing from Materla.
A cross from Materla lands.
Materla throws a jab when Zhukov was well out of range.
Zhukov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Materla cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Materla fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zhukov on the side of the head.
Materla throws out a loose jab but Zhukov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Materla fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zhukov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Materla throws a body punch but Zhukov moves out of range.
Materla throws a big shot that misses.
Materla throws a lazy right hand but Zhukov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Materla looks to land a right hand but Zhukov moved out of range.
Zhukov throws the left hand but Materla avoids the punch easily.
Materla misses with an uppercut
and Zhukov counters with a one-two to the body.
Zhukov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Materla.
Zhukov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Materla counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Materla dives in and grabs Zhukov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Zhukov pushes down on Materla's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Materla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Materla tests Zhukov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Materla thows a left - swing and a miss!
Materla shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Materla was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Materla in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Materla has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Materla lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zhukov hang on?
Materla looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Materla with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Materla takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Materla wants to control the pace but Zhukov is squirming around nicely.
Materla cracks Zhukov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Materla cracks Zhukov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zhukov is rocked!
Zhukov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zhukov is still in real trouble! Can Materla finish him?
Materla lands a big elbow - Zhukov is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Zhukov is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Michal Materla!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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