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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alik Balvanik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilson Fisk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balvanik comes to the cage accompanied by the eye of tiger. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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225 lbs
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245 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alik Balvanik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wilson Fisk!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fisk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fisk misses the jab.
Fisk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Balvanik takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wilson Fisk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fisk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Balvanik moves out of range of the body kick from Fisk.
Balvanik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Balvanik shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Balvanik was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Balvanik looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Balvanik controlling from the full mount.
Balvanik is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Fisk is surviving well by controlling Balvanik's body position as best he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fisk keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fisk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Balvanik with a couple of short strikes.
Balvanik landing punches.
Balvanik looking to control and managing it successfully.
Balvanik 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.
Balvanik breaks from Fisk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Balvanik takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balvanik has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Balvanik lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balvanik lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Balvanik.
Balvanik dominating with strikes here.
Balvanik sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fisk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Balvanik is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Fisk gets caught flat footed, as Balvanik shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fisk looks gassed!
Fisk can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Balvanik controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balvanik is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balvanik scoring with some ground and pound.
Balvanik controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Balvanik thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fisk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Balvanik. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balvanik sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alik Balvanik dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fisk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fisk tries to score with a low kick but Balvanik moves his leg out of the way.
Balvanik throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fisk was covering up waiting for the punch and Balvanik finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Balvanik controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Balvanik throwing strikes from guard but Fisk blocks nicely.
Balvanik drops back looking for a leg! Fisk is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Fisk manages to kick Balvanik off! Balvanik jumps back into Fisk's guard.
Balvanik content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balvanik pushing down on Fisk's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Balvanik is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Balvanik controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balvanik breaks from Fisk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Balvanik looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Balvanik controlling from mount.
Fisk is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fisk is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balvanik controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balvanik landing punches.
Balvanik with a couple of short strikes.
Balvanik controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balvanik working the ground and pound effectively.
Balvanik controlling his opponent.
Balvanik raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Balvanik connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balvanik with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alik Balvanik dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Fisk misses with a kick to the body
so Balvanik counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Balvanik sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Alik Balvanik overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Balvanik passes Fisk's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Balvanik is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Fisk has managed to free his arm - good work.
Well, if Balvanik is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balvanik has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Balvanik landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fisk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Balvanik sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fisk wants to control but Balvanik is having none of it.
Balvanik controlling from the full mount.
Balvanik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fisk can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balvanik is landing with some decent strikes but Fisk is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Balvanik has isolated one of Fisk's arms. Fisk looking to fight him off but Balvanik twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alik Balvanik!
Alik Balvanik spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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