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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Putin comes to the cage accompanied by IAMX - Happiness. McGregor has chosen The Foggy Dew / El Chapo as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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175 lbs
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168 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conor McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGregor lands an overhand right.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Putin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Putin tries to clinch up
letting McGregor counter with a right hand.
Putin closes the distance and pushes McGregor back into the cage.
McGregor wants to break free but Putin has control.
McGregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGregor blocks the elbow strike.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but McGregor avoids the damage to the body.
Putin lands an elbow inside.
Putin misses with an elbow over the top.
Putin letting McGregor take a breather here.
Putin scores with a knee to the head.
Putin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McGregor's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McGregor is trying to break free.
McGregor blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McGregor tries for a takedown but Putin manages to get underhooks.
We've been informed that McGregor has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Putin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Putin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Putin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Putin looking to throw knees to the head but McGregor is blocking nicely.
Putin tries to land knees in the clinch but McGregor avoids the damage to the body.
Putin lands a knee to the body.
Putin missing with knees to the body.
McGregor effectively controlling the action here.
Putin lands a knee to the head.
McGregor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Putin has him pressed against the cage.
McGregor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McGregor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Putin doesn't manage to clinch there - McGregor circles away.
Vlad Putin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Putin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGregor throws out the jab.
Putin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor blocks a head kick by Putin.
McGregor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putin tries to clinch there but McGregor circles away.
Putin fails in his attempt to clinch.
McGregor has a takedown stuffed.
Putin closes the distance looking to clinch
and McGregor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Putin gets a clinch.
McGregor has a couple of punches blocked by Putin.
McGregor avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Putin lands a knee to the body.
McGregor is trying to force a seperation but Putin has the dominant position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Putin lands a good knee to the midsection. McGregor won't want to take too many of those.
Putin lands an elbow just above McGregor 's eye.
A knee to the head by Putin.
Putin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGregor.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
Putin misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Putin.
Putin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McGregor's defenses.
McGregor trying to control the position but instead, Putin has worked for underhooks and has pushed McGregor into the cage.
Putin prevents a body shot from McGregor.
McGregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Putin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Putin working McGregor over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGregor lands a left hand.
Putin landing knees to the body.
Putin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Putin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Putin misses with a knee to the head.
McGregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Putin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McGregor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Putin moves away from the strike by McGregor.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGregor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGregor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McGregor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McGregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
McGregor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Putin.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch but McGregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Putin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGregor throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Putin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McGregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
Putin fails in his attempt to clinch.
McGregor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Putin blocks a jab.
McGregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Putin.
Putin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The fight stays on the outside here - Putin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McGregor! But no joy.
Putin is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McGregor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Conor McGregor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McGregor shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Putin is trying to defend but McGregor finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin kicks off McGregor and gets to his feet.
McGregor might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Putin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGregor throws out a counter right but Putin avoids it with no problem.
Putin darts in trying to clinch
and McGregor counters with a crisp one two that drops Putin! McGregor thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Putin to his feet! Putin is in big trouble!
Putin is rocked!
McGregor drops Putin with a huge uppercut! Putin drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. McGregor is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conor McGregor!
In his post fight interview, Conor McGregor gave a big smile as he said 'Surprise surprise motherf**kers, the king is back!'.
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hype
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