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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Artemiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Artemiev could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alejandro Gonzales's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Artemiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alejandro Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Gonzales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Artemiev is looking to counter the offense by Gonzales and move into the clinch.
Gonzales lands the left hand.
Artemiev throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzales moves out of range easily.
Artemiev wants to clinch.
It seemed like Gonzales was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Artemiev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzales.
Gonzales throws a jab when Artemiev was well out of range.
Gonzales takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Alejandro Gonzales has been cut.
Gonzales looks to throw the jab but Artemiev is out of range.
Artemiev wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Artemiev on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gonzales stuffs the takedown attempt from Artemiev. Artemiev gets slowly back to his feet.
Artemiev tries to clinch up but Gonzales circles away and keeps his distance.
Artemiev wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Artemiev misses with an uppercut. Gonzales saw that one coming.
Gonzales stuffs the takedown.
Artemiev scores with a decent looking hook.
Horrible takedown attempt by Artemiev or perhaps it was just good defense by Gonzales, which made it look bad.
Gonzales doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gonzales looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Artemiev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzales scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gonzales tries to bum rush Artemiev with a series of wild strikes but Artemiev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick misses from Artemiev.
Gonzales throws a jab but it's blocked by Artemiev.
Nice straight punches there by Gonzales. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gonzales.
Gonzales connects with a looping right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales throws a right and a left that both miss.
Artemiev seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Artemiev avoids the body shot from Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a few strikes there.
Artemiev slips a jab from Gonzales.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzales throws out a loose jab but Artemiev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzales misses with an uppercut. Artemiev saw that one coming.
Artemiev fails with the takedown.
Artemiev defending well as Gonzales loads up on a big left hand.
Artemiev is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a straight left.
Gonzales lands with a good body shot.
Gonzales throws a shot to the body.
Artemiev throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzales moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gonzales! But no joy.
Artemiev is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artemiev slips a jab from Gonzales.
Gonzales throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Artemiev tries to clinch up but Gonzales circles away and keeps his distance.
Gonzales throws the left hand but Artemiev avoids the punch easily.
Gonzales scores with the left hand. Artemiev knows he should have avoided that one.
Gonzales takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gonzales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Artemiev manages to avoid it.
Artemiev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gonzales scores with a shoulder strike.
Gonzales throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Artemievs head.
Gonzales lands an uppercut.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
Gonzales scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gonzales.
Gonzales content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gonzales.
Artemiev misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzales.
Still in the clinch, Gonzales scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gonzales lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gonzales is pushing Artemiev up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A left hand lands to the body for Gonzales.
Gonzales content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Artemiev takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Gonzales.
Artemiev letting Gonzales take a breather here.
Artemiev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gonzales.
Gonzales lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Gonzales dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alejandro Gonzales's cut.
That's time! Artemiev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Artemiev slips under a jab from Gonzales.
It looked like Artemiev was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gonzales.
Gonzales looks to score with a jab to the body but Artemiev is just out of range.
Artemiev throws a right and a left that Gonzales avoids nicely.
Gonzales doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gonzales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Artemiev manages to avoid it.
Gonzales misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Gonzales misses.
Gonzales scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Artemiev throws a right hand that Gonzales ducks under and follows up with a left that Gonzales also avoids with ease.
Gonzales misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Artemiev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Artemiev is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gonzales.
Artemiev darts in looking for a takedown but Gonzales gets double underhooks and turns Artemiev into the cage.
Artemiev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sloppy strikes from Artemiev. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales throws a body punch but Artemiev moves out of range.
Gonzales looks to land a combination but Artemiev avoids it well.
Artemiev tries to clinch up
and Gonzales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzales lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A jab from Gonzales does it's job there.
Gonzales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Artemiev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonzales pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Artemiev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gonzales lands a slapping body shot.
Artemiev avoids the body shot from Gonzales.
Artemiev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonzales manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzales throws a jab but it's blocked by Artemiev.
Gonzales misses with a body shot.
Artemiev really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gonzales misses with a straight left.
Artemiev is looking for a counter combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzales takes one to the side of the head.
Artemiev throws a nice looking combination but Gonzales bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gonzales throws a body shot but no joy.
Artemiev misses with an uppercut. Gonzales saw that one coming.
Gonzales lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gonzales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gonzales misses with a body shot.
Gonzales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzales swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artemiev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzales.
Artemiev defending well as Gonzales loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzales pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Artemiev does no damage.
Gonzales swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gonzales looks to land a right hand but Artemiev moved out of range.
A combination from Artemiev does no damage.
Artemiev fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzales with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alejandro Gonzales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Artemiev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gonzales cracks Artemiev with an open hand slap.
Artemiev scores with a leg kick.
Gonzales throws a right and a left that Artemiev avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Artemiev fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gonzales misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Gonzales.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzales scores with a body shot.
Gonzales lands a jab to the head.
Gonzales throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Artemiev walks into a left hand.
Alejandro Gonzales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gonzales throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gonzales misses the jab.
Artemiev seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gonzales looks to throw the jab but Artemiev is out of range.
Artemiev moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Gonzales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alejandro Gonzales's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gonzales throws a jab but it's blocked by Artemiev.
Gonzales scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Artemiev fails in his attempt to clinch.
Artemiev is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Gonzales was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gonzales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Artemiev manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Gonzales.
Artemiev defending well as Gonzales loads up on a big left hand.
Artemiev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonzales avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Artemiev misses the shot to the body.
Gonzales connects with a right hand. Artemiev shakes it off.
Artemiev moves away from the strike by Gonzales.
Artemiev has a takedown stuffed.
Alexander Artemiev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales throws a big shot that misses.
Gonzales fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Artemiev on the side of the head.
Gonzales throws a body punch but Artemiev moves out of range.
A slow jab from Gonzales misses its intended target.
Gonzales throws an overhand right that lands on Artemiev's shoulder, as Artemiev tries to avoid the shot.
Artemiev moves out of range as Gonzales strikes.
Artemiev is looking for a counter combo.
Artemiev tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gonzales defends well and Artemiev ends up having to push Gonzales into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Artemiev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gonzales.
Gonzales throws a hook to the side of Artemiev's head but Artemiev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Artemiev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gonzales misses with a two punch combination.
Artemiev attempts a counter takedown but Gonzales avoids it well and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artemiev wants to clinch up but Gonzales keeps it at a distance.
Gonzales throws a series of punches but Artemiev moves out of range.
Gonzales works Artemiev's body with a nice hook.
Artemiev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gonzales with a jab.
Artemiev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzales is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Artemiev with a body shot.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Artemiev. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Artemiev shoots in but Gonzales avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Artemiev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzales looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gonzales misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Gonzales.
Artemiev is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gonzales.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales thuds a left hand into Artemiev's body.
Gonzales fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Artemiev wants to clinch
and Gonzales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzales. Artemiev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Artemiev is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gonzales.
Artemiev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzales swivels and escapes.
Artemiev walks into a straight right hand from Gonzales.
Artemiev takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonzales misses the target.
Artemiev looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzales connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Artemiev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gonzales.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gonzales darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzales scores with a nice strike.
Artemiev slips a jab from Gonzales.
Gonzales scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Alexander Artemiev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Artemiev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Artemiev misses with a double jab
and Gonzales counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Artemiev slips a jab and a cross from Gonzales.
Alexander Artemiev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gonzales looks to throw the jab but Artemiev is out of range.
It looked like Artemiev was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro Gonzales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gonzales has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alejandro Gonzales!
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energy
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