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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Weed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Igor Kozlov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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180 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
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182 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Weed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Kozlov!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kozlov connects with a high kick.
Weed tries to clinch up.
Weed ducks under a wild hook from Kozlov.
Weed takes one to the side of the head.
Kozlov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kozlov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Weed shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kozlov as he jumps to the side.
Kozlov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kozlov rushes Weed and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kozlov lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kozlov tries to land knees in the clinch but Weed avoids the damage to the body.
Kozlov scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jonathan Weed has been cut.
Weed has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Kozlov regains guard immediately.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kozlov trying to keep a closed guard but Weed is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weed lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kozlov wants to sweep here but Weed controlling him for the moment.
Weed postures up.
Weed trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kozlov's guard.
Weed preventing the sweep.
Kozlov keeping full guard, as Weed tries to pass.
Kozlov looking for a sweep. Not yet Kozlov, not yet.
Kozlov doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kozlov is trying to control the position but Weed postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weed throwing strikes but missing.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A punch lands to the side of Weed 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Weed rushes Kozlov and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Kozlov missing with knees to the body.
Kozlov lands a right hand.
Kozlov tries to land a knee to the head but Weed blocks with his arms.
Kozlov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weed.
Weed blocks an uppercut.
Weed wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kozlov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Weed blocks it with crossed arms.
Kozlov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Weed in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kozlov looking to throw knees to the head but Weed is blocking nicely.
Kozlov struggles to land a body shot inside as Weed controls his hands.
Kozlov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kozlov misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov trying to land knees to the body.
Weed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kozlov dips to his left and cracks Weed with an uppercut!
Weed moves in looking to clinch but Kozlov pushes him off.
Kozlov missing with a left hand there. Weed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kozlov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Weed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Weed shoots in but Kozlov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kozlov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kozlov stuffs the takedown attempt from Weed. Weed gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Weed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Weed.
Kozlov instigates a clinch.
Kozlov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kozlov misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed is working for takedown but Kozlov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kozlov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Weed blocks it with crossed arms.
Kozlov misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Kozlov.
A right hand to the body from Kozlov.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kozlov as Weed tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Weed.
Kozlov tries to land a knee to the head but Weed blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weed tries to pull guard but Kozlov holds him up against the ropes and eventually Weed drops back down to his feet.
Kozlov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kozlov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kozlov lands a body shot.
Kozlov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kozlov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Weed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kozlov fails to land.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Weed tries to pull guard but Kozlov holds him up against the ropes and eventually Weed drops back down to his feet.
Kozlov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kozlov tries a knee to the head but Weed blocks it.
Kozlov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kozlov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Weed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Weed slips a jab from Kozlov.
Weed moves away from the strike by Kozlov.
Weed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kozlov just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kozlov. Weed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kozlov misses with an uppercut.
Kozlov is looking to land body kicks.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Weed walks into a stiff left hand from Kozlov.
Weed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kozlov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Weed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kozlov.
Kozlov throws the left hand but Weed avoids the punch easily.
Kozlov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kozlov wants to clinch up but Weed keeps it at a distance.
Kozlov swats away the attempt to clinch by Weed.
Weed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kozlov missing with a left hand there. Weed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kozlov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kozlov showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weed looking for submissions off his back.
Weed is looking to improve his position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Weed with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kozlov throwing shots but Weed is blocking nicely.
Kozlov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Weed wants to control but Kozlov is keeping busy.
Kozlov misses with a head shot. Weed uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kozlov looking to pass the guard.
Kozlov works over Weed with some ground and pound from guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov stopping the sweep attempt from Weed.
Kozlov trying to control but Weed is working from the bottom.
Weed doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kozlov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Weed is keeping the position for now.
Kozlov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kozlov landing with the ground and pound.
Weed bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kozlov's guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov wants to control the position but Weed says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Kozlov wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kozlov moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kozlov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kozlov is trying to keep Weed in close.
Weed preventing the sweep.
Weed wants to control from the top but Kozlov keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kozlov wants to sweep here but Weed controlling him for the moment.
Weed is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Kozlov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Weed's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Weed fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Igor Kozlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Weed checks a low kick from Kozlov.
Kozlov scores with the left hand. Weed knows he should have avoided that one.
Kozlov digs a good hook to Weed's body.
Danga de danga de dang - Kozlov scores with a four punch combination!
Weed connects with a high kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Kozlov enables Weed to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kozlov manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kozlov lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Weed!
Kozlov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kozlov working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kozlov lands a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov looking to land elbow strikes but Weed uses the position to regain half guard.
Weed moves into full guard.
Kozlov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Igor Kozlov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Weed bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kozlov's guard.
Weed tries to free his leg and advance position but Kozlov is retaining full guard.
Kozlov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kozlov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kozlov has a closed guard, preventing Weed from standing up.
Kozlov keeping moving, preventing Weed from controlling successfully.
Kozlov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov wants to improve his position but instead Weed has moved into half guard.
Kozlov wants to control but Weed is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kozlov has hold of Weed's hands but Weed slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kozlov tries to roll over but Weed keeps him under control.
Weed passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kozlov!
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!
Kozlov is trying desperately to improve position.
Weed with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weed landing strikes from the mount.
Kozlov slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Kozlov tries to get to full guard but Weed has control of the leg.
Weed is trying to control. Kozlov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kozlov trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kozlov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kozlov is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weed throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kozlov tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Weed has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Kozlov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Weed looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kozlov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kozlov is squirming around, avoiding Weed's attempts to control the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kozlov is trying to escape the mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Weed tries to control but Kozlov wriggling away.
Kozlov tries to hold on but Weed pushes him away.
Kozlov is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Weed looking to control but Kozlov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kozlov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kozlov wants to control but Weed is having none of it.
Weed working the ground and pound effectively.
Kozlov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Weed stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov lands the left hand.
Kozlov throws a shot from downtown. Weed moves away and avoids it.
Kozlov misses the body punch
and Weed counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Weed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kozlov.
Kozlov scores with a punch to the head.
Kozlov throws a big shot that misses.
Kozlov throws a lazy right hand but Weed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Weed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Weed shoots for a double leg takedown but Kozlov sprawls well. He's pushed Weed's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Weed shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kozlov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Weed scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kozlov tries to bench press Weed off him but Weed keeps the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov looks to move to half guard but instead Weed has passed into mount! Damn!
Weed is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Kozlov is surviving well by controlling Weed's body position as best he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weed sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Kozlov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kozlov is looking to improve his position but Weed isn't that keen on the idea.
Kozlov wants to control but Weed is having none of it.
Weed with good strikes from the mount here!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Weed putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Weed working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Weed lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kozlov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Weed scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kozlov?
Kozlov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kozlov wants to control but Weed is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Weed lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Weed showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Igor Kozlov!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Igor Kozlov!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Igor Kozlov!
Igor Kozlov wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Igor Kozlov 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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pop
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RATING
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