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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Bakunin (ranked 2855 p4p, 401 weight class) and Romulus Fietsora (ranked 3215 p4p, 442 weight class). Mikhail Bakunin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Romulus Fietsora's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikhail Bakunin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Romulus Fietsora!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fietsora slips under a jab from Bakunin.
Bakunin throws a nice looking combination but Fietsora bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fietsora takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bakunin ducks under a wild hook from Fietsora.
Fietsora has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bakunin misses with a jab to the body
and Fietsora counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bakunin throws a series of punches but Fietsora avoids them all with ease.
Bakunin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fietsora counters with a nice leg kick.
Bakunin 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.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakunin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fietsora swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bakunin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bakunin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fietsora steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bakunin.
Bakunin throws a right hand that misses
and Fietsora connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Mikhail Bakunin has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fietsora pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fietsora gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fietsora connects with a leg kick. Bakunin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakunin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fietsora ducks under a wild hook from Bakunin.
Bakunin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bakunin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fietsora bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bakunin's head.
Fietsora attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bakunin looks to land a right hand but Fietsora moved out of range.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fietsora.
Bakunin throws a lazy right hand but Fietsora sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fietsora misses the jab.
Bakunin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fietsora looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bakunin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fietsora throws out a loose jab but Bakunin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Bakunin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fietsora closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bakunin throws a series of punches but Fietsora avoids them all with ease.
Fietsora fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bakunin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fietsora slips a straight right by Bakunin.
Bakunin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fietsora. That one must have hurt.
Fietsora moves out of range of the strikes.
Bakunin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fietsora at a distance.
Fietsora moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A slow jab from Bakunin misses its intended target.
Fietsora bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fietsora slips a jab from Bakunin.
Fietsora keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bakunin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Bakunin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jab by Bakunin.
Bakunin misses with a lunging right hand
and Fietsora counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fietsora.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin tries to break free but Fietsora pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fietsora.
Fietsora swings wildly with an uppercut but Bakunin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fietsora pushes Bakunin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bakunin is trying to break the clinch but Fietsora has him pressed against the cage.
Bakunin breaks from the clinch.
Bakunin swings widly with a right hand
and Fietsora counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fietsora.
Bakunin tries to break free but Fietsora pushes him back against the cage.
Fietsora keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bakunin's efforts to push away.
Bakunin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bakunin throws a hook to the side of Fietsora's head but Fietsora sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fietsora swings wildly with an uppercut but Bakunin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fietsora lands a left hand.
Fietsora blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora throws a punch but it's blocked by Bakunin.
Bakunin working aggressively here.
Fietsora lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bakunin blocking some punches.
Fietsora tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fietsora fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bakunin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fietsora swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bakunin blocks an uppercut.
Fietsora lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bakunin misses with a body punch.
Fietsora jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bakunin walks away with a smile on his face. Fietsora gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bakunin misses with a hook
and Fietsora counters with a nice leg kick.
Bakunin just misses with a punch to the body.
Bakunin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fietsora throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bakunin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Fietsora keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bakunin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romulus Fietsora dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikhail Bakunin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fietsora scores with a nice right hand.
Bakunin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big right from Bakunin misses.
Fietsora takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fietsora throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bakunin misses with a right hand
and Fietsora counters by moving into the clinch.
Bakunin misses with the head strike.
Fietsora lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bakunin or not.
Bakunin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fietsora has him pressed against the cage.
Bakunin manages to break the clinch.
Bakunin lands with a shot to the body.
Fietsora throws a lazy right hand but Bakunin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakunin misses with an uppercut
and Bakunin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Romulus Fietsora seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fietsora feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bakunins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fietsora stuns Bakunin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bakunin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fietsora looks for the body kick but Bakunin saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bakunin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fietsora keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fietsora throws a good cross that connects.
Fietsora missing with a left hand there. Bakunin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fietsora pushes Bakunin up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bakunin.
Bakunin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fietsora's elbow.
Bakunin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bakunin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fietsora throws a counter combo.
Bakunin misses with a body shot
and Fietsora counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bakunin is rocked!
A head kick misses from Fietsora.
Bakunin throws a big shot that misses.
Fietsora looks for the body kick but Bakunin saw that one coming.
Bakunin looks to throw the jab but Fietsora is out of range.
Fietsora fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bakunin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin moves forwards but Fietsora connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fietsora ducks under a wild hook from Bakunin.
Fietsora connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bakunin's hands.
Bakunin throws a right and a left that Fietsora avoids nicely.
Fietsora only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A jab from Bakunin does it's job there.
Bakunin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fietsora misses with a left hand
and Fietsora takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mikhail Bakunin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fietsora darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bakunin swings for the body but Fietsora moves out of range.
Fietsora swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bakunin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fietsora counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Bakunin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fietsora walks into a left hand.
Fietsora lands with a cross.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Bakunin misses with an uppercut.
Fietsora wants to counter the offense by Bakunin and move into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bakunin seems to have got his legs back now.
Fietsora tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bakunin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bakunin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fietsora jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bakunin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fietsora lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fietsora slips a straight right by Bakunin.
Fietsora looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bakunin ducks under a wild hook from Fietsora.
Fietsora jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice body kick from Fietsora.
Fietsora lands a big uppercut and Bakunin crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Bakunin looks OK. Fietsora waves Bakunin back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fietsora throws a leg kick that misses.
Fietsora staying out of range there.
Fietsora has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fietsora looks to land a right hand but Bakunin moved out of range.
Bakunin throws a right hand that misses
and Fietsora finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin throws an off balance right hand
letting Fietsora counter with a right hand.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Bakunin just misses with a punch to the body.
Fietsora misses with a body kick.
Fietsora thumps Bakunin with a low kick.
Fietsora is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fietsora uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bakunin.
Fietsora appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bakunin scores with a jab to the body.
Bakunin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fietsora misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bakunin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bakunin throws a nice looking combination but Fietsora bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fietsora throws a leg kick but Bakunin checks it.
Bakunin misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romulus Fietsora showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mikhail Bakunin's cut.
That's time! Bakunin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Fietsora avoids the body shot from Bakunin.
Fietsora tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bakunin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fietsora uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bakunin.
Bakunin thuds a left hand into Fietsora's body.
Bakunin avoids the body shot from Fietsora.
Bakunin looks to throw the jab but Fietsora is out of range.
Bakunin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fietsora counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fietsora lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bakunin avoids a kick to the body.
Fietsora looks to land a left hand but Bakunin moved out of range nicely.
Fietsora keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bakunin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakunin connects with a jab.
Fietsora lands a big head kick that sends Bakunin tumbling to the mat! Fietsora takes a step backwards and waves Bakunin back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fietsora feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Bakunin crashing to the mat! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Romulus Fietsora!
Our winner, Romulus Fietsora, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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