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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sherif Fathy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drakaath Yelgersmold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yelgersmold has chosen Pursuit of vikings as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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270 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sherif Fathy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drakaath Yelgersmold!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fathy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yelgersmold misses with a hook. Fathy ducked under it nicely.
Yelgersmold takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yelgersmold takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fathy.
Yelgersmold looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yelgersmold steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fathy. That one must have hurt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fathy. Yelgersmold shrugs it off though.
Fathy misses with a looping right.
Fathy scores with a nice right hand.
Fathy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yelgersmold's sensitive parts.
Fathy thuds his right hand into Yelgersmold's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yelgersmold takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fathy clinches.
Fathy lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fathy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Drakaath Yelgersmold has been cut.
Fathy avoiding damage.
Fathy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yelgersmold's elbow.
Fathy with a knee to the head.
Fathy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fathy scores with a shoulder strike.
Fathy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fathy with a knee to the head.
Yelgersmold working aggressively here.
Fathy tries a knee to the head but Yelgersmold blocks it.
Fathy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Fathy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fathy connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fathy.
Fathy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fathy misses with a knee to the head.
Fathy lands a knee to the head.
Fathy with a knee to the head.
Fathy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fathy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yelgersmold's face.
A right hook to the body lands for Fathy.
Fathy slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fathy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fathy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fathy misses with a knee strike.
Fathy tries a knee to the head but Yelgersmold blocks it.
Fathy blocks a body shot from Yelgersmold.
Yelgersmold misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fathy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fathy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fathy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yelgersmold is defending well for now.
Fathy lands a nice knee to the body.
Yelgersmold blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fathy has Yelgersmold pressed against the cage.
Fathy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yelgersmold avoids it.
Fathy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yelgersmold's face.
Fathy crunches a lovely knee into Yelgersmold's ribcage.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fathy lands a knee to the body.
Fathy leaning against his opponent.
Fathy looking to throw knees to the head but Yelgersmold is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sherif Fathy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drakaath Yelgersmold's cut.
That's time! Fathy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A good leg kick by Fathy.
Yelgersmold takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Fathy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fathy scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yelgersmold tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fathy cracks Yelgersmold with an open hand slap.
Fathy lands a leg kick that knocks Yelgersmold off balance momentarily.
Fathy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fathy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yelgersmold stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fathy.
Yelgersmold walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sherif Fathy is winning the standup battle so far.
Yelgersmold is breathing heavily.
Yelgersmold on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fathy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fathy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fathy connects with a solid leg kick.
Yelgersmold sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A solid body kick from Fathy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Fathy.
A good leg kick by Fathy.
Yelgersmold tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fathy lands with a straight right. Yelgersmold didn't see that one coming.
Sherif Fathy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fathy connects with a solid leg kick.
Fathy lands a big right hand that sends Yelgersmold crashing to the mat! Fathy stays standing though and waves Yelgersmold back to his feet!
Fathy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fathy lands a jab to the head.
Fathy connects with a solid leg kick.
Fathy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yelgersmold if he has to take too many more of those.
A good leg kick by Fathy.
Yelgersmold tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fathy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yelgersmold.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fathy.
Good leg kick by Fathy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yelgersmold tries to move into range but Fathy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fathy throws a leg kick which misses Yelgersmold's front leg but catches the back leg as Yelgersmold tries to avoid it.
Yelgersmold has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fathy.
Fathy moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fathy.
Sherif Fathy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fathy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yelgersmold's face.
Fathy slows down the pace here.
Fathy lands with a left to the head.
The referee calls for Fathy to work.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fathy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fathy misses with a body punch.
Fathy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yelgersmold backwards.
Fathy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fathy scores with a shot to the side of Yelgersmold's head.
Fathy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fathy effectively controlling the action here.
Fathy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fathy stalls.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fathy lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sherif Fathy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Drakaath Yelgersmold's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A good leg kick by Fathy.
Fathy lands a big right hand that sends Yelgersmold crashing to the mat! Fathy stays standing though and waves Yelgersmold back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fathy is looking to slow Yelgersmold down with leg kicks.
Yelgersmold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
BOOM! Fathy lands a beautiful left hook that drops Yelgersmold. Yelgersmold tries to recover but Fathy is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Yelgersmold lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sherif Fathy!
A victorious Sherif Fathy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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