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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AC Slater (ranked 1041 p4p, 161 weight class) and Levan Revazshvili (ranked 837 p4p, 125 weight class). Slater's entrance music is Stop What Ya Doin. A fine choice. Revazshvili is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Georgia National Anthem. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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212 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, AC Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Levan Revazshvili!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revazshvili misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slater.
Slater takes a jab right on the kisser.
Revazshvili throws a lazy uppercut
and Slater makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Slater slips a jab from Revazshvili.
Revazshvili misses with a few strikes there.
Revazshvili defending well as Slater loads up on a big left hand.
Revazshvili staying out of range there.
Slater lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Slater misses with a body shot.
Revazshvili throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Revazshvili avoids the body shot from Slater.
Levan Revazshvili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slater takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Revazshvili takes one to the side of the head.
Revazshvili misses with a shot to the body
and Slater connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Revazshvili keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Revazshvili. Slater does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slater swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Revazshvili.
Revazshvili tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Slater, as that shot connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Revazshvili. Slater does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slater connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good shot there by Slater.
Revazshvili throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Slater stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Revazshvili moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Slater looks to score with a jab to the body but Revazshvili is just out of range.
Slater drops Revazshvili with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Revazshvili looks back up at him and smiles so Slater waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Revazshvili misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Slater feinted with a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater looks to land a right hand but Revazshvili moved out of range.
Revazshvili scores with a decent looking hook.
Revazshvili swings away with a body shot that misses
and Slater counters with a stiff right hand.
Slater throws a right and a left that both miss.
Revazshvili shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Slater getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Revazshvili looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Slater is fending him off so far but Revazshvili persists. Nope, Slater circles away and we're back to standing.
Slater is looking to counter punch.
AC Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Levan Revazshvili.
Revazshvili throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slater throws a big counter combination but Revazshvili scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Slater connects with a nice looking jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Slater misses the target.
Revazshvili looks to land a right hand but Slater moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili throws a shot from downtown. Slater moves away and avoids it.
Slater moves forwards but Revazshvili connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Slater throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Revazshvili counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Slater has his feet on Revazshvili's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Slater misses with a wild combination.
Revazshvili blocks a jab.
Slater moves out of range of the strikes.
Revazshvili uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Slater.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Revazshvili throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Revazshvili misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Revazshvili dives in and grabs Slater's left leg, looking for a takedown. Slater pushes down on Revazshvili's head and hops out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slater thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slater needs to keep his hands up - Revazshvili had a free shot at his head there.
Revazshvili throws a jab but it's blocked by Slater.
It looked like Slater wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice straight punches there by Slater. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Slater.
Slater misses with a straight right.
Slater misses the body punch
and Revazshvili counters with a nice uppercut.
Revazshvili misses with a double jab.
Revazshvili has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Slater finds it's way round the side to connect with Revazshvili's head.
Slater stuffs the takedown attempt from Revazshvili. Revazshvili gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Revazshvili moves away from the strike by Slater.
Danga de danga de dang - Revazshvili scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
AC Slater dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Revazshvili has his takedown stuffed
and Slater counters with a crisp one two that drops Revazshvili! Slater thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Revazshvili to his feet! Revazshvili is in big trouble!
Slater gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
AC Slater is winning the standup battle so far.
Revazshvili fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slater looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Revazshvili misses with a hook.
Slater takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Revazshvili dips to his left and cracks Slater with an uppercut!
Revazshvili swings for the body but Slater moves out of range.
Revazshvili stuns Slater with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slater listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Revazshvili is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Slater.
Revazshvili falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Slater to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revazshvili connects with the punch.
Revazshvili dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Slater uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Revazshvili.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Revazshvili.
Slater swings widly with a right hand
and Revazshvili counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Slater!
Slater throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slater takes one to the side of the head.
Slater just misses with a punch to the body.
Revazshvili looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Slater!
Slater defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili wants to lay and pray for a moment but Slater keeps working.
Slater dodges the ground and pound from Revazshvili.
Slater is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Fight Factory, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The ground and pound from Revazshvili seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Revazshvili in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slater sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Slater is trying to stand back up but Revazshvili is controlling him
Revazshvili throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Slater to regain full guard.
Revazshvili makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili trying to control but Slater is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Revazshvili loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Revazshvili trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slater is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Slater avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Revazshvili throws an elbow that misses. Slater uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Revazshvili's guard. Nice move by Slater!
Revazshvili looking for a sweep. Not yet Revazshvili, not yet.
Slater lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Slater stopping the sweep attempt from Revazshvili.
Slater trying to control but Revazshvili is working from the bottom.
Revazshvili looking for subs off his back but Slater has passed one foot through into half guard.
Slater lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Slater throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Levan Revazshvili showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Slater takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Slater throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Revazshvili fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slater looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Slater as he connects with a hook.
Slater takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Revazshvili misses with a takedown attempt
and Slater counters with a nice uppercut.
Revazshvili throws a sloppy body shot
letting Slater counter with a right hand.
Revazshvili misses the jab.
Slater swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Revazshvili looks to throw the jab but Slater is out of range.
Revazshvili throws a jab when Slater was well out of range.
Revazshvili lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Revazshvili swings widly with a right hand
and Slater connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater takes a swing at Revazshvili's ribcage but misses.
Revazshvili is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Slater misses with a looping left.
Slater ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Revazshvili moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Slater 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jab from Slater.
Revazshvili takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Revazshvili is rocked!
Revazshvili throws a hook to the side of Slater's head but Slater sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Slater was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Revazshvili.
Revazshvili moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Revazshvili cracks Slater with a good jab.
Revazshvili throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An attempted straight right counter from Slater misses the target.
Revazshvili misses with an uppercut.
Revazshvili tries to score a power double leg takedown but Slater sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Revazshvili somewhat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Revazshvili throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slater tries to bum rush Revazshvili with a series of wild strikes but Revazshvili uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Slater misses with an uppercut.
Revazshvili scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Slater doesn't seem bothered though.
Revazshvili takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Revazshvili lands with a nice body punch.
Slater scores with a jab to the body.
Revazshvili takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Slater scores with a jab. Revazshvili acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jab by Slater.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili misses with a hook.
Slater misses with an uppercut.
Revazshvili misses with a straight right.
Slater defending well as Revazshvili loads up on a big left hand.
Slater tries to counter with a takedown but Revazshvili is quick to defend against it.
Revazshvili scores with the left hand. Slater knows he should have avoided that one.
Slater jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Slater takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Revazshvili stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Slater throws a body shot but no joy.
Revazshvili fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Good shot there by Revazshvili.
Slater takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Revazshvili fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slater manages to avoid it.
Slater looks to throw the jab but Revazshvili is out of range.
Slater looks to land a left hand but Revazshvili moved out of range nicely.
Slater throws a shot from downtown. Revazshvili moves away and avoids it.
And Revazshvili tries to counter it with a takedown but Slater pushes his down on his head and steps out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Revazshvili throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Revazshvili gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Revazshvili throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Slater to counter with a crisp jab.
Slater lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Revazshvili at a distance.
Slater cracks Revazshvili with a good jab.
Revazshvili cracks Slater with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Slater looks to score with a jab to the body but Revazshvili is just out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Levan Revazshvili.
I think Revazshvili 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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