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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vyacheslav Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miko Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia has chosen Hells Bells as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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300 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
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267 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vyacheslav Romanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miko Maia!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Maia.
It looks like Miko Maia has been cut.
Romanov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maia scores with a hook to the body. Romanov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maia misses the shot to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Romanov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Romanov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Romanov scores with a spinning back kick!
Maia gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia trying to control from half guard but Romanov is working away.
Romanov is trying is best to control the position here.
Romanov trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov has his hands clasped together around Maia's back. He's all about the action.
Maia wants to pass to mount but Romanov is defending the position.
Romanov is staying active underneath Maia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Maia thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Romanov has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Romanov tries to roll over but Maia keeps him under control.
Maia is trying to work for a kimura but Romanov is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Maia has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Maia trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Romanov manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Maia with the ground and pound but Romanov uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maia wants to control from the top but Romanov keeps moving.
Maia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov has Maia pulled in close to control his posture.
Maia wants to control from the top but Romanov keeps moving.
Maia is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Maia closes the distance and clinches.
Maia lands a nice shot to the body.
Romanov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romanov checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romanov.
It appears Romanov was looking to counter with a kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romanov. Maia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maia's jab looks to have found its range, popping Romanov under the eye.
A chopping leg kick lands by Maia.
Romanov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Romanov lands a big head kick that sends Maia tumbling to the mat! Romanov takes a step backwards and waves Maia back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanov throws a jab when Maia was well out of range.
Maia flicks out a counter leg kick but Romanov steps away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Romanov.
Romanov lands a lovely overhand right.
A big left from Maia misses.
Vyacheslav Romanov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romanov throws a jab but it's blocked by Maia.
Maia shoots in and drives through. Romanov sprawls well.
Romanov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vyacheslav Romanov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miko Maia's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maia looking to score a takedown here. Romanov is defending well but Maia drives through and ends up in Romanov's guard.
Maia works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Maia is trying to control. Romanov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Maia is pressing down on Romanov's thigh, looking to free his foot. Romanov is holding on for now.
Romanov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov is looking to control Maia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Romanov avoid being mounted?
Maia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maia is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia trying to control the position from guard on top but Romanov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romanov has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Maia is looking to pass into half guard but Romanov pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Romanov is in guard.
Romanov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Maia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Maia can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Romanov controls the pace.
Maia looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Romanov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Romanov's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Romanov trying to control but Maia is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Romanov staying out of range there.
Maia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Maia.
Romanov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Romanov works Maia's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia misses the shot to the body.
Maia shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Maia showed some decent athleticism there.
Romanov manages to get to full guard.
Romanov wants to sweep here but Maia controlling him for the moment.
Romanov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Maia's guard.
Romanov stopping the sweep attempt from Maia.
Romanov tries to free his leg and advance position but Maia is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Romanov puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Romanov trying to control the pace.
Romanov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Romanov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Maia trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maia tries to roll over but Romanov keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Miko Maia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Miko Maia's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Romanov throws the kick towards the body but Maia avoids it.
Maia throws a head kick that half lands.
Romanov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maia.
Maia lands a jab to Romanov's midsection.
Romanov fails to land with a series of punches.
Maia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romanov moves away.
Romanov lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Miko Maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maia looks for a takedown but Romanov sprawls well.
Maia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov tries to bum rush Maia with a series of wild strikes but Maia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maia is looking to slow Romanov down with leg kicks.
Romanov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Romanov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maia - the referee stops the clock and Romanov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maia. Romanov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia lands a lovely overhand right.
Maia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maia misses with a hook. Romanov ducked under it nicely.
Romanov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maia with a lazy takedown attempt
and Romanov counters with a left to the body.
Maia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Romanov with a nice cross.
Romanov blocks a leg kick.
Romanov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Maia.
Vyacheslav Romanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Miko Maia.
Maia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Romanov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maia throws out a leg kick but Romanov moves out of range and Maia only half commits.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vyacheslav Romanov is winning the standup battle so far.
Romanov looks to score with a jab to the body but Maia is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Romanov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Romanov digs a good hook to Maia's body.
Romanov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanov misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice sprawl there from Romanov as Maia shoots in.
Romanov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Maia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Romanov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Romanov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Romanov.
Romanov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Maia throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Romanov scores with a jab to the body.
Romanov feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Maia collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vyacheslav Romanov!
Vyacheslav Romanov thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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