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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taylor Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Konstantin Khavin!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khavin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khavin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khavin moves out of range of the leg kick from Davis.
No joy there for Khavin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good leg kick by Davis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Davis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khavin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Davis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khavin momentarily.
Taylor Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khavin moves out of range as Davis throws a body kick.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Khavin.
Khavin scores with a kick to the body.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khavin was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Khavin tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khavin connects with a high kick.
Davis misses with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khavin. That's going to slow Davis down.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Khavin moved out of range nicely.
Khavin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Khavin!
Davis throws a body kick that misses
and Khavin counters with a straight right hand.
Davis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khavin blocks a leg kick.
Khavin throws a head kick that half lands.
Khavin takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Khavin misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
Khavin lands with a shot to the body.
A big left from Davis misses.
Davis avoids the head kick by Khavin.
A leg kick checked by Khavin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Davis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khavin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khavin can pounce on him.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khavin moves away.
Davis throws a leg kick but Khavin moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khavin rushes Davis and presses him up against the cage.
Khavin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Davis's elbow.
Khavin lands a knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Davis has had enough of the clinch but Khavin keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Khavin.
Khavin working aggressively here.
Davis tries to stall but Khavin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
Davis has Khavin pressed against the cage.
Khavin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Davis gets through Khavin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis managing to block the knees to the body from Khavin.
Khavin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Davis is keeping busy.
Khavin scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin lands a nice knee to the body.
Khavin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Khavin lands a body shot.
Davis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khavin moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Khavin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Khavin with a hook.
Davis misses with a hook. Khavin ducked under it nicely.
Khavin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khavin.
Davis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khavin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Davis in his tracks.
Khavin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Khavin saw that one coming.
Khavin throws a front kick that sends Davis stumbling back into the cage.
Khavin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Davis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khavin. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khavin checks a low kick from Davis.
Davis misses with an attempted mid kick.
Davis lunges at Khavin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khavin's hand.
Khavin tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Davis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Davis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khavin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Davis throws a leg kick but Khavin moved away.
Davis scores with a hook to the body. Khavin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konstantin Khavin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Davis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Khavin lands a lovely overhand right.
Khavin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Davis throws a series of punches but Khavin avoids them all with ease.
A low kick from Davis is predictable there
and Khavin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
An inside leg kick from Davis misses.
Davis is looking to chop away at Khavin's legs.
Khavin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis connects with an inside leg kick.
Khavin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khavin connects with a body shot that sends Davis's belly button to the back.
Khavin moves out of range of the strikes.
Khavin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Davis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with a kick to the body.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis misses with a body kick.
Khavin tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Khavin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khavin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khavin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Davis - the referee stops the clock and Khavin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Davis. Khavin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Khavin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Davis takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khavin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Davis misses.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Davis throws a leg kick but Khavin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Davis just misses with a punch to the body.
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Davis throws a lazy uppercut
and Khavin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick from Khavin.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davis throws a lazy body kick
and Khavin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Khavin misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Khavin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khavin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Davis.
Davis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khavin manages to avoid it.
Davis misses with a left hand
and Khavin counters with a big head kick but Davis shrugs it off.
Konstantin Khavin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khavin gets a clinch.
Khavin cracks Davis with a nice body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davis as Khavin tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khavin's elbow.
Khavin lands with a left to the head.
Davis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis tries to work over Khavin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Davis trying to control the position but instead, Khavin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Davis into the cage.
Khavin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Davis looking to slow down the pace here.
Khavin taking a breather.
Khavin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khavin looking to slow down the pace here.
Khavin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khavin's elbow.
Khavin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davis's efforts to push away.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis is looking to control Khavin's arms but Khavin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Davis has his back to the cage.
Khavin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davis gets through Khavin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khavin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khavin landing knees to the head.
A hook to the body from Khavin.
Davis is trying to push Khavin away but Khavin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khavin controlling the action here for a moment.
Davis takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konstantin Khavin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Davis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davis misses with a straight left.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Khavin down.
Davis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Davis.
Khavin misses with a straight left.
A shot to the liver by Davis. Beautiful body shot.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Khavin.
Khavin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Davis can pounce on him.
A low kick from Davis is predictable there
enabling Khavin to counter with a crisp jab.
Khavin's corner calls for a 1-2. Khavin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Davis looks to land a body kick but Khavin moved away.
Davis throws a push kick but Khavin slaps the foot to one side.
Khavin tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis motions for Khavin to come forward. Davis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khavin moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khavin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Davis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davis thows a leg kick but Khavin checks it
and Khavin counters with a nice body shot.
Khavin tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khavin. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khavin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Davis swinging wildly here.
Davis throws a push kick but Khavin slaps the foot to one side.
Khavin clobbers Davis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Khavin is just out of range.
Davis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Davis looks for the body kick but Khavin saw that one coming.
Khavin tries to clinch there but Davis circles away.
Crunch! Khavin slams his shin into Davis's torso.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook to the body
and Khavin counters with a leg kick.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Khavin should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davis throws a poor cross that misses
and Khavin counters with a stiff right hand.
Davis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Davis takes a swing at Khavin's ribcage but misses.
Khavin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khavin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Khavin wants to clinch.
Khavin throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
Davis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khavin.
Khavin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Davis will feel that in the morning.
Khavin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davis, pushing him back against the cage.
Taylor Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin tries to stall but Davis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khavin obliges.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khavin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khavin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khavin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khavin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Davis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khavin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Davis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Khavin feints and then cracks Davis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Davis down.
Khavin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Davis misses with a kick to the body
enabling Khavin to counter with a crisp jab.
Davis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khavin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Davis throws the kick towards the body but Khavin avoids it.
Davis throws a low kick but Khavin moves out of range easily.
Khavin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davis.
Konstantin Khavin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Davis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Khavin - the referee stops the clock and Davis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Khavin. Davis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Davis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Davis lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khavin will feel that in the morning.
Davis is looking to land body kicks.
Davis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Konstantin Khavin has been cut.
Khavin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Davis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Davis.
Davis takes one to the side of the head.
A low kick from Davis misses
and Khavin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khavin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khavin blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis misses with a shot to the body
and Khavin counters with a stiff right hand.
Khavin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Davis.
Khavin catches Davis with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Khavin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Konstantin Khavin.
Well Khavin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konstantin Khavin!
Konstantin Khavin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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