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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giovanni Muratore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Kirkland comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Vadim - The Terrorist. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
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168 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vladimir Van Kirkland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Giovanni Muratore!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Kirkland takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Van Kirkland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Muratore 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Muratore stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Kirkland scores with a jab.
A slow jab from Van Kirkland misses its intended target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Muratore slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Van Kirkland.
Muratore throws a big counter head kick but Van Kirkland avoids it with no problem.
Van Kirkland is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muratore.
Van Kirkland's corner calls for a 1-2. Van Kirkland obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Van Kirkland misses its intended target.
Van Kirkland throws a lazy right hand but Muratore sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Van Kirkland misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Kirkland.
An inside leg kick from Muratore misses.
A punch combination from Van Kirkland misses.
Muratore defending well as Van Kirkland loads up on a big left hand.
Van Kirkland lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Kirkland misses with the combination.
Muratore lands a head kick!
It looks like Vladimir Van Kirkland has been cut.
Muratore moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Kirkland seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Van Kirkland connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Muratore ducks under a wild hook from Van Kirkland.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland misses with a straight right.
Muratore ducks under a wild hook from Van Kirkland.
It seemed like Muratore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Kirkland throws the left hand but Muratore avoids the punch easily.
Muratore walks into a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Kirkland lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Muratore misses with a hook.
Vladimir Van Kirkland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Kirkland misses with a hook
and Muratore counters with a straight right hand.
Muratore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muratore moves forwards but Van Kirkland connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Muratore is rocked!
Van Kirkland closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Muratore out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vladimir Van Kirkland!
During a confident post fight interview, Vladimir Van Kirkland thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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