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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Fitzpatrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aharon Sarkisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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165 lbs
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163 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Fitzpatrick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aharon Sarkisyan!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook to the body
and Sarkisyan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fitzpatrick's knee momentarily.
Fitzpatrick misses with a straight right.
Fitzpatrick tries to clinch up.
Sarkisyan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fitzpatrick with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Fitzpatrick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sarkisyan throws a jab but it's blocked by Fitzpatrick.
Sarkisyan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick throws out a powerful jab.
Sarkisyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fitzpatrick moves away.
Fitzpatrick misses with a wild body shot.
Sarkisyan with a jab.
Sarkisyan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fitzpatrick.
Sarkisyan connects with the punch.
Fitzpatrick cracks Sarkisyan with an open hand slap.
Sarkisyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sarkisyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sarkisyan tries to keep at a distance but Fitzpatrick has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sarkisyan throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sarkisyan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sarkisyan lands a left and a right that send Fitzpatrick crashing to the mat, dazed. Sarkisyan thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Fitzpatrick is rocked!
It looks like Francis Fitzpatrick has been cut.
Fitzpatrick has closed the distance and engaged Sarkisyan in a clinch.
Fitzpatrick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sarkisyan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fitzpatrick backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fitzpatrick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fitzpatrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sarkisyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sarkisyan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fitzpatrick throws a punch but it's blocked by Sarkisyan.
I was talking to Fitzpatrick's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sarkisyan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sarkisyan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fitzpatrick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sarkisyan's brow.
Fitzpatrick blocks an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fitzpatrick.
Sarkisyan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzpatrick's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sarkisyan blocks an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fitzpatrick struggles to land a body shot inside as Sarkisyan controls his hands.
Sarkisyan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fitzpatrick moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fitzpatrick swings widly with a right hand
and Fitzpatrick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fitzpatrick rushes Sarkisyan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sarkisyan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sarkisyan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sarkisyan lands a shot to the body.
Fitzpatrick can't find room to land a body shot as Sarkisyan controls the action.
Fitzpatrick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sarkisyan prevents Fitzpatrick from breaking the clinch.
Sarkisyan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fitzpatrick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick throws an off balance right hand
letting Sarkisyan counter with a right hand.
Sarkisyan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fitzpatrick swings widly with a right hand
and Sarkisyan counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Fitzpatrick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sarkisyan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fitzpatrick misses with a hook to the body
and Sarkisyan counters with a big right hand! Oh Fitzpatrick is in trouble here! Sarkisyan follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aharon Sarkisyan! Aharon Sarkisyan retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Aharon Sarkisyan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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