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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Yvgeny Molotov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Halfdan Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Molotov kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Troika. Lodbrok is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Killing in the name of.... This should be fireworks!
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184 lbs
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201 lbs
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World class MT
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yvgeny Molotov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Halfdan Lodbrok!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Molotov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Molotov throws a shot to the body.
Lodbrok throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Molotov wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Halfdan Lodbrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lodbrok tests Molotov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lodbrok checks a low kick from Molotov.
Molotov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lodbrok.
It appears Molotov was looking to counter with a kick there.
Molotov drives through and clinches with Lodbrok against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Molotov.
I was talking to Molotov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Molotov blocks an uppercut.
Lodbrok blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lodbrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molotov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Molotov.
Molotov lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Molotov lands an elbow inside that Lodbrok shrugs off.
Molotov missing with knees to the body.
Molotov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Molotov misses with an elbow strike.
Molotov trying to land knees to the body.
Molotov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short right from Molotov on the inside.
Lodbrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molotov throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Molotov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Molotov tries a body shot but Lodbrok blocks it.
Lodbrok throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Molotov blocks it with crossed arms.
Molotov looking to throw knees to the head but Lodbrok is blocking nicely.
Molotov tries to work over Lodbrok's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lodbrok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Molotov backwards.
Lodbrok pushes Molotov back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Molotov lands with a right to the head.
Lodbrok throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lodbrok lands a knee to the body.
Lodbrok lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Molotov lands a damaging elbow.
Molotov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lodbrok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lodbrok blocks a body shot from Molotov.
Lodbrok lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Molotov fails to land.
Lodbrok blocking some punches.
Lodbrok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Molotov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lodbrok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lodbrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Molotov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molotov takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Yvgeny Molotov has been cut.
Molotov pushes Lodbrok back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lodbrok scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lodbrok swings wildly with an uppercut but Molotov uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lodbrok creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Molotov misses with an elbow strike.
Molotov misses with an elbow strike.
Lodbrok throws a head punch that misses.
Molotov missing with knees to the body.
Molotov tries a knee to the head but Lodbrok blocks it.
Molotov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lodbrok is defending well for now.
Lodbrok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Molotov backwards.
Lodbrok has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Molotov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lodbrok can turn it around.
Molotov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lodbrok has a couple of punches blocked by Molotov.
Molotov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lodbrok scores with a shot to the side of Molotov's head.
Lodbrok on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lodbrok creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Molotov crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5, yes, he's made it back to his feet. He seems OK so it looks like we're going to continue!
Molotov is rocked!
Molotov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Molotov clinches with his opponent.
Molotov misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molotov blocks an uppercut.
Lodbrok working aggressively here.
Lodbrok pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Molotov tries to land knees in the clinch but Lodbrok avoids the damage to the body.
Lodbrok avoids a wild elbow strike from Molotov.
Molotov blocks an uppercut.
Molotov tries a knee to the head but Lodbrok blocks it.
Molotov lands a hook that snaps the head of Lodbrok backwards.
Molotov misses with a punch to the body.
Lodbrok lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Molotov backwards.
Lodbrok misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Molotov.
Knees to the body from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok managing to block the knees to the body from Molotov.
Lodbrok throws a punch but it's blocked by Molotov.
Molotov lands a good knee to the midsection. Lodbrok won't want to take too many of those.
Lodbrok avoids the elbow strike from Molotov, against the ropes.
Lodbrok tries to land a knee to the head but Molotov blocks with his arms.
Lodbrok tries to land knees in the clinch but Molotov avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Lodbrok.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Molotov misses with a punch on the inside.
Lodbrok using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Molotov is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok lands a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Lodbrok scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lodbrok lands a knee to the body.
Lodbrok lands a nice uppercut.
Lodbrok lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Molotov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lodbrok lands a good knee to the midsection. Molotov won't want to take too many of those.
Molotov seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice left hand lands by Lodbrok.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok cracks Molotov with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Molotov goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Molotov wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Halfdan Lodbrok!
Halfdan Lodbrok is the new middleweight champion!
Halfdan Lodbrok was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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