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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nasko Stefanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peterson comes to the cage accompanied by Fivefold - Not The Only One. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nasko Stefanov!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peterson rushes Stefanov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stefanov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stefanov throws a head punch that misses.
Peterson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Peterson has a couple of punches blocked by Stefanov.
Peterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Peterson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Peterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stefanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stefanov has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Peterson uses from the top position.
Peterson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Peterson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stefanov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Peterson thinking.
Stefanov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Peterson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stefanov, pushing him back against the cage.
Peterson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stefanov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peterson tries a body shot but Stefanov blocks it.
Stefanov jumps into guard, dragging Peterson to the mat.
Peterson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Stefanov, up you get!
Peterson tries to close the distance and clinch but Stefanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stefanov appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Peterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stefanov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefanov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Thomas Peterson has been cut.
Peterson closes the distance but Stefanov moves to the side
and Stefanov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stefanov lands a left and a right that send Peterson crashing to the mat, dazed. Stefanov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson avoids the body shot from Stefanov.
Peterson has Stefanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Peterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stefanov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peterson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stefanov controlling the action here for a moment.
Peterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peterson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stefanov blocking some punches.
Peterson misses with some punches.
Peterson swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peterson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stefanov blocking some punches.
Peterson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stefanov.
Stefanov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stefanov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stefanov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peterson backwards.
Peterson blocking some punches.
Peterson tries to throw a body punch but Stefanov avoids it by throwing Peterson back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Peterson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Peterson misses with a punch to the body.
Peterson pushes Stefanov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stefanov ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Stefanov no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stefanov is working an open guard so Peterson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Peterson has Stefanov up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peterson.
Stefanov lands an uppercut.
Stefanov looking for a takedown.
Peterson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefanov blocking some punches.
Peterson lands a hook that snaps the head of Stefanov backwards.
Peterson misses with a punch to the body.
Peterson has a couple of punches blocked by Stefanov.
Peterson struggles to land a body shot inside as Stefanov controls his hands.
Peterson lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Peterson fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Stefanov.
Stefanov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Peterson smiles and moves away.
Peterson walks into a jab.
Peterson throws a lazy right hand but Stefanov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stefanov throws out a counter right but Peterson avoids it with no problem.
Stefanov misses with a body shot.
Peterson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Stefanov.
Peterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stefanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peterson lands with a cross.
Peterson closes the distance but Stefanov moves to the side
enabling Stefanov to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peterson rushes Stefanov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stefanov can't find room to land a body shot as Peterson controls the action.
Peterson lands a left hand.
Stefanov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stefanov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peterson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Thomas Peterson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nasko Stefanov.
Peterson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stefanov tries to work over Peterson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stefanov lands a left hand.
Stefanov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Petersons head.
Stefanov has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Peterson after a bit of a struggle.
A nice left hand lands by Peterson.
Peterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peterson tries to work over Stefanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stefanov is working for takedown but Peterson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stefanov fails to pull guard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peterson.
Stefanov misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Thomas Peterson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thomas Peterson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stefanov keeps the fight on the outside.
Stefanov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Peterson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stefanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Peterson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stefanov.
Peterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stefanov feints a counter leg kick.
Peterson darts in and clinches Stefanov up against the cage.
Thomas Peterson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short body shot lands from Stefanov as the two fighters clinch.
Stefanov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stefanov throws a punch but it's blocked by Peterson.
Peterson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Peterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stefanov backwards.
Peterson lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stefanov.
Peterson throws a punch but it's blocked by Stefanov.
Peterson lands a nice uppercut.
Stefanov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peterson backing away here, and Stefanov unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Peterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson scores with a nice head shot.
Peterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stefanov lands a head kick. Peterson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Peterson closes the distance but Stefanov moves to the side
letting Stefanov counter with a right hand.
Peterson moves in looking to clinch but Stefanov pushes him off.
Peterson connects with a right hand. Stefanov shakes it off.
Peterson is looking to clinch.
Stefanov keeps the fight on the outside.
It seemed like Stefanov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Stefanov. That's going to slow Peterson down.
Peterson throws a jab when Stefanov was well out of range.
Stefanov throws a solid leg kick but Peterson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Stefanov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stefanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Peterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stefanov only half commits to the counter leg kick.
No joy there for Stefanov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peterson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stefanov moves out of range as Peterson strikes.
Stefanov unleashes a big counter combination but Peterson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Peterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stefanov.
Nasko Stefanov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stefanov slips a jab from Peterson.
Peterson is looking to clinch.
Stefanov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Peterson tries to clinch up but Stefanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Stefanov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Peterson tries to clinch but Stefanov is having none of it.
Peterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stefanov manages to avoid it.
Stefanov throws a leg kick which misses Peterson's front leg but catches the back leg as Peterson tries to avoid it.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stefanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson cracks Stefanov with a good jab.
Peterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Peterson wants to clinch
and Stefanov counters with a nice uppercut.
Peterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peterson tries to clinch up.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Stefanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Peterson throws an off balance right hand
and Stefanov counters with a nice uppercut.
Peterson tries to clinch there but Stefanov circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stefanov.
Peterson's corner calls for a 1-2. Peterson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Peterson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stefanov misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stefanov counters with a nice body shot.
Peterson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stefanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stefanov ducks under a wild hook from Peterson.
Stefanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Peterson moves away.
Peterson tries to clinch up.
Stefanov keeps the fight on the outside.
Stefanov tries to keep at a distance but Peterson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Peterson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stefanov's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Peterson fails to land.
A body shot lands from Peterson.
A head punch on the inside from Stefanov fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nasko Stefanov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thomas Peterson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Peterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peterson looks to clinch
and Stefanov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Peterson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thomas Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peterson misses with a hook. Stefanov ducked under it nicely.
Peterson looks to clinch
enabling Stefanov to counter with a crisp jab.
Stefanov works Peterson's body with a nice hook.
Stefanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stefanov avoids the body shot from Peterson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Peterson checks a leg kick.
Peterson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Peterson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stefanov has time to react.
Peterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peterson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stefanov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stefanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Peterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stefanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Peterson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stefanov counters with a good low kick that Peterson was not able to check.
Peterson is looking to clinch but Stefanov is avoiding it.
Stefanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stefanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Peterson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peterson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Peterson darts in trying to clinch
and Stefanov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stefanov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stefanov moves out of range as Peterson strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stefanov! But no joy.
A jab from Stefanov does it's job there.
Peterson moves in looking to clinch but Stefanov pushes him off.
A countering left hand to the body from Stefanov misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crack! A monster head kick from Stefanov and Peterson falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Stefanov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nasko Stefanov!
Nasko Stefanov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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