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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Batraz Farniev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Madhaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Madhaki's choice of entrance music: Fela Kuti - Let's Start . Josh Madhaki will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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223 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Batraz Farniev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Madhaki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farniev walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Farniev scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Madhaki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Madhaki won't allow Farniev to pass to mount.
Farniev is working hard here to advance position.
Farniev throwing shots but Madhaki is blocking nicely.
Well, if Farniev is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Farniev misses with a head shot. Madhaki uses the momentum to regain guard.
Farniev has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farniev engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farniev throws a big right hand that misses.
Farniev stands and throws Madhaki's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Madhaki dodges the ground and pound from Farniev.
Farniev moves into full mount!
Madhaki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madhaki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Farniev.
Farniev throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Farniev looking to ground and pound but Madhaki is blocking nicely.
Farniev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Madhaki hang on?
Farniev throwing strikes here but Madhaki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Farniev landing strikes, looking to finish!
Farniev lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farniev is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Madhaki can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Farniev throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farniev lands a big shot to the head and Madhaki winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Batraz Farniev!
During a confident post fight interview, Batraz Farniev thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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