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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tzwrtzos Peidis (ranked 2241 p4p, 224 weight class) and Helios Georgiadis (ranked 4374 p4p, 398 weight class). Peidis comes to the cage accompanied by ΑΥΤΟ ΤΟ ΤΡΑΓΟΥ&. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tzwrtzos Peidis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Helios Georgiadis!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peidis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Georgiadis.
Georgiadis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Peidis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good work by Georgiadis as he checks the leg kick.
Georgiadis jabs at Peidis's body.
Georgiadis digs a good hook to Peidis's body.
Peidis gets tackled into the cage by Georgiadis. Georgiadis maintains the clinch.
Georgiadis lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Georgiadis.
Georgiadis tries to land knees in the clinch but Peidis avoids the damage to the body.
Peidis wants to get back to striking at distance but Georgiadis won't allow it.
Georgiadis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peidis blocks an elbow strike from Georgiadis.
Peidis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Georgiadis working Peidis over with knees to the body.
Georgiadis lands a left hand.
Peidis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peidis throws an elbow but misses.
Georgiadis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Georgiadis throws a head punch that misses.
Peidis misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Georgiadis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Peidis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Peidis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Georgiadis blocks a body shot from Peidis.
Georgiadis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Georgiadis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Peidis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peidis lands a right hand.
A short right from Georgiadis on the inside.
Georgiadis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Georgiadis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Georgiadis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Peidis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Georgiadis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Georgiadis missing with knees to the body.
Georgiadis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but Peidis blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Georgiadis scores a nice knee to the body.
Peidis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Peidis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peidis lands a shot to the body.
Knees to the body from Georgiadis.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but Peidis blocks with his arms.
Peidis takes a shot to the head.
Georgiadis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Peidis.
Georgiadis with a knee to the head.
It looks like Tzwrtzos Peidis has been cut.
Georgiadis looking to throw knees to the head but Peidis is blocking nicely.
Georgiadis tries a knee to the head but Peidis blocks it.
Peidis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peidis misses with the head strike.
Georgiadis misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Peidis.
Peidis throws a head punch that misses.
Georgiadis looking to throw knees to the head but Peidis is blocking nicely.
Peidis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peidis managing to block the knees to the body from Georgiadis.
Georgiadis tries a knee to the head but Peidis blocks it.
Georgiadis trying to land knees to the body.
Georgiadis with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Georgiadis.
Peidis lands an uppercut.
Georgiadis lands a knee to the body.
Georgiadis misses with a knee strike.
Peidis scores with a hook to the body.
Peidis is trying to push Georgiadis away but Georgiadis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Georgiadis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Peidis has had enough of the clinch but Georgiadis keeps him there for the moment.
Peidis misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peidis tries to circle away but Georgiadis has him pinned against the cage.
Georgiadis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peidis.
Peidis trying to control the position but instead, Georgiadis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Peidis into the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Georgiadis obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Georgiadis.
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!
Peidis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Georgiadis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but Peidis blocks with his arms.
Peidis throws a head punch that misses.
Georgiadis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Georgiadis keeps control of Peidis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Georgiadis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Georgiadis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peidis working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Peidis fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helios Georgiadis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tzwrtzos Peidis's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Georgiadis wants to clinch but Peidis slips to the side
enabling Peidis to counter with a crisp jab.
Georgiadis rushes Peidis and presses him up against the cage.
Georgiadis landing knees to the body.
Georgiadis lands a knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Georgiadis.
Peidis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peidis misses with a punch to the body.
Peidis has a couple of punches blocked by Georgiadis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peidis.
Peidis can't break the clinch.
Peidis breaks the clinch.
Georgiadis connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Georgiadis misses.
Helios Georgiadis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Georgiadis wants to clinch but Peidis slips to the side
and Peidis counters with a right hand to the body.
Georgiadis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peidis.
Georgiadis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A telegraphed right hand from Peidis misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peidis cracks a nice hook into Georgiadis's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Georgiadis moves in looking to clinch but Peidis pushes him off.
Georgiadis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Peidis.
Peidis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Georgiadis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Peidis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Georgiadis is looking to clinch but Peidis is avoiding it.
Georgiadis wants to clinch.
Georgiadis closes the distance and clinches.
Georgiadis lands a good knee to the midsection. Peidis won't want to take too many of those.
Georgiadis pushes Peidis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Georgiadis looking to throw knees to the head but Peidis is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peidis misses with the head strike.
Peidis pushes Georgiadis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peidis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Georgiadis lands an elbow inside that Peidis shrugs off.
Peidis blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Georgiadis trying to land knees to the body.
Peidis avoiding damage as Georgiadis throws knees to the body.
Georgiadis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Georgiadis misses with a knee strike.
Georgiadis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peidis blocks it with crossed arms.
Georgiadis trying to land knees to the body.
Georgiadis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peidis avoiding damage as Georgiadis throws knees to the body.
Georgiadis is breathing heavily.
Georgiadis lands a knee to the head.
Georgiadis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Georgiadis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Peidis swings wildly with an uppercut but Georgiadis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Georgiadis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peidis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Peidis tries a body shot but Georgiadis blocks it.
Peidis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Peidis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Georgiadis crunches a lovely knee into Peidis's ribcage.
Peidis has a couple of punches blocked by Georgiadis.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Georgiadis obliges.
Georgiadis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Georgiadis prevents Peidis from breaking the clinch.
Georgiadis trying to land knees to the body.
Peidis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peidis tries to work over Georgiadis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Georgiadis misses with a knee to the head.
Georgiadis tries a knee to the head but Peidis blocks it.
Georgiadis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peidis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Georgiadis lands a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Peidis.
Peidis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Peidis lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Georgiadis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peidis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peidis struggles to land a body shot inside as Georgiadis controls his hands.
Peidis is trying to break the clinch but Georgiadis is controlling him.
Peidis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Georgiadis pushes off an throws an elbow but Peidis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Peidis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peidis misses with the head strike.
Peidis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Helios Georgiadis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Peidis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A frustrated look appears on Peidis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Peidis misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Helios Georgiadis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tzwrtzos Peidis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Georgiadis checks a leg kick.
Peidis misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Peidis.
Georgiadis ducks under a wild hook from Peidis.
Georgiadis scores with a jab to the body.
Peidis jabs at Georgiadis's body.
Georgiadis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Peidis rather than just go for the knockout.
Peidis misses with a looping left.
Georgiadis misses with a hook.
Georgiadis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Peidis lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Georgiadis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Peidis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Georgiadis was well out of range. Poor timing from Peidis.
Tzwrtzos Peidis is winning the standup battle so far.
Georgiadis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Georgiadis backs away, Peidis returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Peidis keeps the fight on the outside.
Peidis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Georgiadis was well out of range. Poor timing from Peidis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peidis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Georgiadis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Georgiadis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Georgiadis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Peidis throws a body punch but Georgiadis moves out of range.
Georgiadis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peidis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Peidis misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Georgiadis.
Georgiadis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Georgiadis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Georgiadis rushes Peidis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Georgiadis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but Peidis blocks with his arms.
Peidis lands with a light punch inside.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but Peidis blocks with his arms.
Georgiadis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Peidis tries a body shot but Georgiadis blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Georgiadis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peidis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peidis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Georgiadis has him pressed against the cage.
Peidis lands a body shot.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Well,Peidis is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Peidis throws a head punch that misses.
Georgiadis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peidis.
Georgiadis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peidis avoids it.
Peidis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Peidis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peidis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Georgiadis's elbow.
Georgiadis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peidis is trying to break free.
Peidis pushes Georgiadis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peidis is trying to force a seperation but Georgiadis has the dominant position.
Peidis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Georgiadis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peidis blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Georgiadis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peidis blocks the elbow strike.
Peidis tries to work over Georgiadis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Georgiadis missing with knees to the body.
Georgiadis misses with a knee to the head.
Peidis wants to get back to striking at distance but Georgiadis won't allow it.
Georgiadis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peidis throws a head punch that misses.
Peidis lands a nice uppercut.
Peidis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Georgiadis throws out a loose jab but Peidis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peidis appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A jab from Peidis finds it's way through Georgiadis's defenses.
Peidis connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peidis. Georgiadis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Georgiadis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Georgiadis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Peidis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Peidis appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peidis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Georgiadis was well out of range. Poor timing from Peidis.
Peidis misses with a looping left.
Georgiadis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Peidis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Georgiadis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Georgiadis clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Georgiadis lands a nice knee to the body.
Peidis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Georgiadis scores a nice knee to the body.
Peidis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Georgiadis scores a nice knee to the body.
Georgiadis scores with a shoulder strike.
Peidis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Peidis is trying to push Georgiadis away but Georgiadis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Georgiadis.
Tzwrtzos Peidis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peidis scores with a shot to the side of Georgiadis's head.
Georgiadis lands a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tzwrtzos Peidis.
I think Georgiadis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight for Helios Georgiadis!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Helios Georgiadis!
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Helios Georgiadis!
Helios Georgiadis wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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