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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonidas Grakkos (ranked 3449 p4p, 448 weight class) and Eugeniy Petrov (ranked 2309 p4p, 321 weight class). Eugeniy Petrov has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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214 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonidas Grakkos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eugeniy Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grakkos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Petrov misses with a takedown
and Grakkos counters with a nice body shot.
Petrov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grakkos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petrov circles away quickly and effectively.
Grakkos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Petrov counters with a stiff right hand.
Petrov's coach down at King Of Pain was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Petrov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Grakkos moves out of range of the strikes.
Grakkos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Petrov misses.
Grakkos appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Grakkos slips under a jab from Petrov.
A little feinted left hand from Grakkos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Petrov misses with a looping right.
Petrov misses with a hook
and Grakkos counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grakkos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Grakkos slaps away a takedown attempt from Petrov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Petrov swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Grakkos counter with a right hand.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Grakkos is out of range.
Grakkos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Grakkos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Grakkos to the mat! Grakkos manages to get full guard.
Petrov wants to control from the top but Grakkos keeps moving.
Grakkos is looking to stand up but Petrov isn't so interested in that idea.
Petrov has gone for a leg lock! Grakkos slips out almost immediately though and dives into Petrov's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grakkos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Petrov has his feet on Grakkos's thighs here. He's pushed Grakkos off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Grakkos screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eugeniy Petrov!
Eugeniy Petrov got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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