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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cody Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Berezin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cody Duncan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cody Duncan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boris Berezin!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berezin throws a head kick that half lands.
Duncan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duncan scores with a jab to the body.
Duncan throws a chopping leg kick but Berezin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Duncan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sloppy strikes from Duncan. Those never looked like landing.
Berezin throws a right hand that Duncan ducks under and follows up with a left that Duncan also avoids with ease.
Nice cross by Berezin.
Duncan throws a series of punches but Berezin moves out of range.
Duncan throws a combination. Berezin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
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!
Duncan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Berezin.
Duncan swinging wildly here.
Berezin lands with an uppercut that bounces Duncan off the cage and back into range.
Berezin looks to land a combination. Duncan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Berezin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Berezin misses with a right hand
and Duncan counters with a one-two to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Duncan. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berezin misses with a double jab
and Duncan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Berezin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Duncan counters with a stiff right hand.
Berezin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Duncan counters with a right hand to the body.
Duncan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Berezin.
Berezin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boris Berezin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berezin tries to bum rush Duncan with a series of wild strikes but Duncan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duncan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Berezin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duncan staying out of range there.
Berezin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Berezin looks gassed!
Berezin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Duncan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Berezin circles away quickly and effectively.
Berezin misses with the combination.
Berezin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Berezin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duncan throws a series of punches but Berezin avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berezin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duncan counters with a two punch combo.
Duncan throws a chopping leg kick but Berezin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Berezin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Berezin slips a jab and a cross from Duncan.
Duncan lands a glancing blow to the side of Berezin's head.
Berezin with a nice cross.
Duncan lands a really nice looking cross but Berezin seems unphased.
Berezin looks to land a right hand but Duncan moved out of range.
Berezin looks to land a combination. Duncan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duncan.
Berezin is rocked!
Duncan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Berezin is still on wobbly legs! Can Duncan finish him?
Nice body punch from Duncan.
Berezin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Berezin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berezin throws a body punch but Duncan moves out of range.
Berezin seems to have recovered his senses.
Duncan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Berezin circles away quickly and effectively.
Duncan lands a slapping body shot.
Crunch! Berezin slams his shin into Duncan's torso.
Berezin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Berezin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That kick from Duncan tenderised Berezin's leg. Berezin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duncan misses with a few strikes there.
Berezin throws a right and a left that Duncan avoids nicely.
Berezin throws a right and a left that Duncan avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Duncan scores with a four punch combination!
Duncan scores with a sloppy right hand. Berezin should have avoided that one.
Berezin misses with an uppercut.
Duncan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Berezin doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duncan lands with a shot to the body.
Berezin swings widly with a right hand
and Duncan counters with a left and a right that stings Berezin.
A big left from Berezin misses.
Duncan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berezin manages to avoid it.
Duncan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duncan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Berezin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duncan.
Duncan is working the combinations to good effect here.
Duncan digs a good body shot into Berezin's ribs.
Duncan throws a right and a left that Berezin avoids nicely.
Berezin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Berezin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Berezin lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duncan dodges the punch combination from Berezin.
Duncan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Duncan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Berezin slips a jab and a cross from Duncan.
Duncan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Berezin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Berezin misses.
Berezin throws a right and a left that Duncan avoids nicely.
Berezin misses with a body kick.
Duncan misses with a body kick.
Berezin misses with an uppercut
and Duncan counters with a two punch combo.
A punch combination from Duncan misses.
Duncan scores with a body shot.
A left lands for Berezin.
Berezin misses with a double jab
and Duncan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Duncan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berezin moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duncan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berezin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Berezin scores with a four punch combination!
Berezin is breathing heavily.
A big left from Berezin misses.
Berezin cracks a nice hook into Duncan's ribs.
Duncan jabs Berezin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by Duncan there.
Berezin lands a head kick!
Duncan is looking to wear down Berezin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Some wild striking there from Duncan.
Berezin lands a high kick!
Berezin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Berezin misses with a hook. Duncan ducked under it nicely.
Duncan cracks Berezin with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duncan misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Duncan.
Duncan misses with a series of wild punches.
Duncan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Duncan walks into a stiff left hand from Berezin.
Duncan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berezin moves away.
Berezin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Duncan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Berezin.
Berezin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berezin.
Duncan blocks a jab.
Berezin misses with a lunging right hand
and Duncan counters with a stiff right hand.
Berezin scores with the left hand. Duncan knows he should have avoided that one.
Duncan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Berezin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Berezin does no damage.
Berezin throws a series of punches but Duncan moves out of range.
Berezin drops his hands momentarily and Duncan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cody Duncan is winning the standup battle so far.
Duncan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Berezin scores with a hook to the body. Duncan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Berezin with a nice cross.
Berezin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duncan.
Berezin throws a right hand that Duncan ducks under and follows up with a left that Duncan also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Berezin - that will leave a mark!
Duncan clobbers Berezin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Berezin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Duncan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Berezin doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Berezin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Berezin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Berezin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Duncan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Berezin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duncan throws a head kick but Berezin moves out of range.
Berezin looks to throw the jab but Duncan is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berezin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duncan tries to bum rush Berezin with a series of wild strikes but Berezin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duncan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cody Duncan will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Duncan cracks Berezin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Duncan fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Berezin does no damage.
Berezin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duncan moves out of range as Berezin strikes.
Berezin throws an off balance right hand
and Duncan counters with a stiff right hand.
Duncan checks a low kick from Berezin.
Berezin lands with a nice combination. Duncan backs away looking to recover.
Duncan lands a glancing blow to the side of Berezin's head.
Berezin misses with a combination
and Duncan counters with a left to the body.
Duncan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Berezin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Berezin slips a jab and a cross from Duncan.
Berezin misses with a right hand
and Duncan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Duncan does no damage.
Berezin connects with the punch.
A head kick misses from Berezin.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duncan.
Berezin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berezin throws a shot from downtown. Duncan moves away and avoids it.
Duncan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Berezin counters with a two punch combo.
A punch lands to the side of Duncan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Duncan with a nice cross.
Duncan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duncan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Duncan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan lands a glancing blow to the side of Berezin's head.
Duncan swings widly with a right hand
and Berezin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duncan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Berezin throws a shot from downtown. Duncan moves away and avoids it.
Berezin looks to land a combination but Duncan avoids it well.
Berezin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duncan counters with a three punch combo that has Berezin backing up. Berezin nods at Duncan to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berezin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Berezin misses with a wild combination.
Duncan feints a jab promting Berezin to slip. Duncan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Berezin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Duncan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Berezin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Duncan.
Duncan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berezin moves away.
Berezin looks to land a right hand but Duncan moved out of range.
Berezin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duncan.
Berezin misses with a left hand
and Duncan counters with a two punch combo.
Berezin works over Duncan's head and body with a nice combination.
Berezin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Berezin misses with a looping left.
Berezin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duncan.
A combination from Berezin does no damage.
Berezin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duncan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duncan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berezin misses with a double jab.
Duncan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Berezin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berezin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Duncan scores with a shot to the body.
Duncan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Berezin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duncan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Berezin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Duncan is out of range and Berezin settles back down.
Duncan throws a series of strikes that have Berezin backpedaling.
Berezin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duncan circles away quickly and effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duncan lands a jab-cross combination.
Duncan moves forwards but Berezin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boris Berezin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Berezin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cody Duncan.
Well Duncan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cody Duncan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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