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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Sands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasilliy Kazakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sands might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Irish Soldier Song ... Free & Green. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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146 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bobby Sands!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vasilliy Kazakov!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Kazakov with that takedown attempt.
Sands instigates a clinch.
Sands lands with a light punch inside.
Kazakov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sands fails to land.
Kazakov tries to pull guard but Sands forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sands misses with a punch on the inside.
Sands lands a shoulder strike.
Sands swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sands softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sands lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sands.
Kazakov is trying to pull guard but Sands turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bobby Sands has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vasilliy Kazakov.
A short right from Sands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kazakov.
I was talking to Sands's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sands lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kazakov backwards.
Sands goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sands goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sands's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sands.
A short uppercut from Sands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kazakov.
Kazakov is trying to pull guard but Sands turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sands swings wildly with an uppercut but Kazakov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sands can't find room to land a body shot as Kazakov controls the action.
Kazakov has had enough of the clinch but Sands keeps him there for the moment.
Kazakov jumps guard but Sands turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sands throws a head punch that misses.
Kazakov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sands throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazakov.
Kazakov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sands fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sands misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Sands scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kazakov blocks an uppercut.
Kazakov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sands misses with a punch on the inside.
Kazakov blocks an uppercut.
Kazakov is struggling to control the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch on the inside from Sands fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sands misses with a body punch.
Sands misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sands gets through Kazakov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sands swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kazakov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kazakov misses with a hook. Sands ducked under it nicely.
Sands went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sands leaves Kazakov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kazakov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sands moves into the clinch.
Sands misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kazakov manages to break the clinch.
Kazakov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sands.
Sands tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kazakov thuds a left hand into Sands's body.
Sands gets a clinch.
Kazakov jumps into guard, dragging Sands to the mat.
Kazakov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazakov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kazakov is working an open guard so Sands takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sands dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sands tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kazakov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kazakov darts in looking for a takedown but Sands gets double underhooks and turns Kazakov into the cage.
Sands moves into range and clinches up with Kazakov.
Sands doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sands.
A head punch on the inside from Sands fails to land.
Sands misses with some punches.
Kazakov blocking some punches.
Sands tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sands throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazakov.
Sands tries to work over Kazakov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kazakov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Sands dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sands staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kazakov. Sands does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kazakov changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sands looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sands is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kazakov can do to turn this around?
Kazakov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sands regains half guard.
Kazakov is keen to just control but Sands is a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sands wants to get back to his feet.
Kazakov is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Kazakov is working for a guillotine from mount but Sands frees his head quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sands wants to get back to his feet.
Kazakov is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Sands is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vasilliy Kazakov!
Vasilliy Kazakov is the new featherweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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