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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arkady Rossovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rossovich comes into the arena with By Your Side blaring out of the sound system. Tom Tucker will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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137 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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157 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arkady Rossovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Rossovich scores with the left hand. Tucker knows he should have avoided that one.
Rossovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Rossovich avoids them all with ease.
Jab, jab by Tucker - just one landing.
Rossovich paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rossovich tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rossovich throws a sloppy head kick and Tucker moves out of range easily.
Rossovich pushes Tucker away with a front kick.
Tucker with a nice cross.
Tucker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rossovich on the side of the head.
Tucker lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rossovich misses with a looping left.
Rossovich cracks Tucker with an open hand slap.
Rossovich throws a lazy head kick
and Tucker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rossovich checks the leg kick.
Rossovich moves into the clinch.
Rossovich lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rossovich.
Tucker tries to circle away but Rossovich has him pinned against the cage.
Rossovich throws a head punch that misses.
Rossovich misses with the head strike.
Rossovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rossovich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tucker is trying to break free.
Tucker manages to break the clinch.
Rossovich misses with a wild combination.
Jab from Tucker.
Tucker 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.
Tucker throws a body punch but Rossovich moves out of range.
Rossovich feints a jab promting Tucker to slip. Rossovich then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tucker slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rossovich misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Rossovich's head coaches at All Around Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker misses with a leg kick.
Rossovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rossovich lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tucker will feel that in the morning.
Tucker throws a combination. Rossovich tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rossovich looks to land a combination but Tucker avoids it well.
Tucker scores with a shot to the body.
Rossovich throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tucker has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tucker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No joy there for Tucker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tucker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rossovich.
Rossovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Tucker circles away.
Rossovich misses with a few strikes there.
Tucker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rossovich has time to react.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossovich takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tucker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rossovich throws a sloppy head kick and Tucker moves out of range easily.
Rossovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rossovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tucker.
Rossovich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tucker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rossovich checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rossovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tucker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tucker tries to bum rush Rossovich with a series of wild strikes but Rossovich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rossovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tucker moves away.
Rossovich gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tucker counters with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tucker. Rossovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tucker misses with a wild combination.
Rossovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Tucker misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Rossovich blocks the low kick.
Rossovich checks a leg kick.
Rossovich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rossovich.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tucker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rossovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Rossovich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tucker has a couple of punches blocked by Rossovich.
Rossovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rossovich throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rossovich.
Tucker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rossovich works on Tucker's body with a couple of short punches.
Rossovich misses with some punches.
Rossovich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rossovich lands with a left to the head.
Rossovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arkady Rossovich will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rossovich throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rossovich thumps Tucker with a low kick.
Rossovich throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rossovich throws the kick towards the body but Tucker avoids it.
Tom Tucker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tucker scores with a jab. Rossovich acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tucker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rossovich counters with a low kick, right behind Tucker 's knee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rossovich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rossovich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rossovich moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tucker keeps the fight on the outside.
Tucker misses with a few strikes there.
Tucker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rossovich lands with a shot to the body.
Arkady Rossovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tucker misses with a few strikes there.
Rossovich lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tucker at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tucker.
Rossovich goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rossovich closes the distance and clinches.
Rossovich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Rossovich.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tucker.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rossovich here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tucker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rossovich instigates a clinch.
Tucker managing to block the knees to the body from Rossovich.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tucker.
A right hook to the body lands for Rossovich.
Rossovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rossovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rossovich landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rossovich's elbow.
Rossovich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tucker's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossovich misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Rossovich.
Rossovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rossovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tucker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rossovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rossovich lands a damaging elbow.
Tucker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rossovich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Rossovich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tucker wants a takedown.
Rossovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rossovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Rossovich.
Tucker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tucker gets through Rossovich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rossovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Rossovich lands a nice uppercut.
Tucker is rocked!
Tucker takes a shot to the head.
Tucker is still on wobbly legs! Can Rossovich finish him?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rossovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rossovich lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Tucker to his knees! Rossovich keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arkady Rossovich!
A victorious Arkady Rossovich 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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