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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thunder Horse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vyacheslav Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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335 lbs
10 - 0 - 0 |
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300 lbs
30 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thunder Horse!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vyacheslav Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Thunder Horse has been cut.
Horse goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Vyacheslav Romanov has been cut.
Romanov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A solid body kick from Horse.
Romanov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Horse forces Romanov back against the cage and clinches.
Horse trying to land knees to the body.
Horse looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Horse wants a takedown.
Horse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Romanov.
Romanov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Horse lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Romanov.
Horse connects with a knee to the head.
Horse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Horse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romanov avoids it.
Romanov tries a body shot but Horse blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horse has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Romanov uses from the top position.
Horse has Romanov pulled in close to control his posture.
Horse's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Romanov postures up.
Horse looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Romanov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Horse can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Romanov controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horse looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Romanov trying to control the position from guard on top but Horse is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Romanov is stalling in the full guard.
Let's hope that Romanov has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Horse keeping moving, preventing Romanov from controlling successfully.
Romanov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov ducks under a wild hook from Horse.
Romanov lands a high kick!
Horse throws a head kick that misses.
Romanov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Romanov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Horse connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Romanov scrambles back to his feet.
Horse looks to throw the jab but Romanov is out of range.
Romanov cracks the inside of Horse's front leg.
Romanov slips a straight right by Horse.
Romanov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Horse throws out the jab.
Horse throws out a powerful jab.
Romanov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Horse misses with a straight right.
Romanov dips to his left and cracks Horse with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Horse misses.
Horse misses with a straight left.
Horse throws a jab when Romanov was well out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Horse misses with an uppercut. Romanov saw that one coming.
Horse throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid body kick from Horse.
Romanov ducks under a wild hook from Horse.
Horse checks a leg kick nicely.
Romanov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Romanov moves out of range of the strikes.
Horse fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romanov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A low kick from Romanov misses
and Horse counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thunder Horse dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Horse throws a right hand that misses
and Romanov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Horse's knee momentarily.
Thunder Horse is winning the standup battle so far.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Horse crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Romanov - the referee stops the clock and Horse gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Romanov. Horse manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Romanov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Horse's sensitive parts.
Romanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romanov takes one to the side of the head.
Romanov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Romanov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Romanov is looking to score with low kicks.
Romanov is looking to slow Horse down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov throws a head kick that misses.
Romanov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Horse.
Romanov misses with a body shot.
Horse throws a lazy right hand but Romanov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horse throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Romanov scores with a jab. Horse acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Horse misses with an uppercut. Romanov saw that one coming.
Romanov throws a fast counter high kick but Horse manages to duck under it in time.
Horse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Romanov can do to turn this around?
Horse keeps the fight on the outside.
Horse tries to counter by clinching up but Romanov breaks away and moves out of range.
Horse is looking to chop away at Romanov's legs.
Horse with a hook.
Romanov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romanov connects with a right hand. Horse shakes it off.
Romanov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid body kick from Romanov.
Romanov connects with a leg kick. Horse looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Romanov ducks under a wild hook from Horse.
Romanov steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Horse throws a hook but Romanov avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov throws a sloppy head kick and Horse moves out of range easily.
Horse closes the distance looking to clinch
and Romanov counters with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romanov connects with a solid leg kick.
Romanov thuds a left hand into Horse's body.
Romanov throws out a powerful jab.
Thunder Horse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romanov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romanov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Horse crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Romanov - the referee stops the clock and Horse gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Romanov. Horse manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Romanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Horse takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Horse looks to throw the jab but Romanov is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov connects with a solid leg kick.
Horse throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Romanov.
Romanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Horse circles away.
Horse takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Romanov rushes Horse and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Horse's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Horse with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romanov tries a knee to the head but Horse blocks it.
Horse is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Horse lands a knee to the body.
Romanov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horse.
Horse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Horse using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Horse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Horse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Horse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horse with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Horse tries a knee to the head but Romanov blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romanov stalling the fight.
Horse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Romanov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice left hand lands by Horse.
Our sources have told us that Horse has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Horse tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Romanov can't find room to land a body shot as Horse controls the action.
Horse misses with a knee strike.
Romanov trying to land knees to the body.
Romanov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Horse seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Romanov can turn it around.
Romanov prevents the takedown attempt.
Romanov tries to work over Horse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Horse misses with the head strike.
Romanov scores with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Horse.
Romanov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vyacheslav Romanov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romanov.
Horse throws a jab but it's blocked by Romanov.
Horse throws a wild body kick that Romanov sees coming a mile off.
Horse tries to land a front kick but Romanov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Romanov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Horse. That did some damage!
Horse takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Horse throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romanov counters with a nice body shot.
Horse misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from Horse.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov connects with a solid leg kick.
Horse misses with a left hand
and Romanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov is looking to slow Horse down with leg kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Romanov cracks Horse with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Horse looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Romanov finish him?
Horse gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Romanov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Horse's knee momentarily.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Romanov! Horse is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vyacheslav Romanov!
Vyacheslav Romanov is the new super heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Vyacheslav Romanov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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