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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ritchie Souza (ranked 2089 p4p, 225 weight class) and Igor Vovchanchyn (ranked 1997 p4p, 215 weight class). Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Luxurious. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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155 lbs
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172 cm
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153 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ritchie Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Vovchanchyn!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Vovchanchyn back to the cage. Souza follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Souza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vovchanchyn scores with a hook.
Souza scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Vovchanchyn lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Souza misses with a wild combination.
Vovchanchyn doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Souza swings for the body but Vovchanchyn moves out of range.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Igor Vovchanchyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vovchanchyn thuds a left hand into Souza's body.
Souza throws a series of punches but Vovchanchyn moves out of range.
Vovchanchyn ducks under a wild hook from Souza.
Vovchanchyn lands with a nice body punch.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from Vovchanchyn.
Souza dodges the punch combination from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vovchanchyn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vovchanchyn works Souza's body with a nice hook.
Souza throws a combination that misses
and Vovchanchyn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vovchanchyn lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Vovchanchyn connects with the punch.
Vovchanchyn lands with a nice body punch.
Vovchanchyn connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Souza's hands.
Souza throws a series of punches but Vovchanchyn avoids them all with ease.
Vovchanchyn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Souza.
Vovchanchyn lunges at Souza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Souza's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vovchanchyn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vovchanchyn throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza is looking for a counter combo.
Souza drives through with a takedown into Vovchanchyn's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Vovchanchyn pushes Souza off and gets back to his feet.
Vovchanchyn jabs Souza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza misses with a few strikes there.
Vovchanchyn scores with a jab to the body.
Vovchanchyn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vovchanchyn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vovchanchyn cracks a nice hook into Souza's ribs.
Souza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vovchanchyn can pounce on him.
Vovchanchyn cracks Souza with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vovchanchyn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vovchanchyn swinging wildly here.
A quick step to the side and Souza tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vovchanchyn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. Vovchanchyn moves away and avoids it.
A nice side step and Vovchanchyn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Vovchanchyn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A combination from Souza does no damage.
Vovchanchyn stuns Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vovchanchyn sizes up Souza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Souza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vovchanchyn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A shot to the liver by Vovchanchyn. Beautiful body shot.
Souza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vovchanchyn lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza throws a series of punches but Vovchanchyn moves out of range.
Vovchanchyn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vovchanchyn works Souza's body with a nice hook.
Vovchanchyn scores with a body shot.
Vovchanchyn lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vovchanchyn fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vovchanchyn throws a nice looking combination but Souza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vovchanchyn misses with a double jab.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Souza takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vovchanchyn scores with a hook to the body. Souza takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vovchanchyn lands a glancing blow to the side of Souza's head.
Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vovchanchyn 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vovchanchyn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vovchanchyn stuns Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Vovchanchyn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Souza's head.
Souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Vovchanchyn dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vovchanchyn staying out of range there.
Vovchanchyn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vovchanchyn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vovchanchyn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ritchie Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Vovchanchyn connects with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Souza. Those never looked like landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Vovchanchyn misses.
A jab from Vovchanchyn does it's job there.
Souza is rocked!
Vovchanchyn throws a right hand that Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Souza also avoids with ease.
Oh Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza throws a right hand that misses
and Vovchanchyn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vovchanchyn drops Souza with a big left hand! Souza is injured, injured bad! Vovchanchyn jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Igor Vovchanchyn!
During a confident post fight interview, Igor Vovchanchyn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Ritchie Souza spoke after the fight, saying 'That dude is on PED's he needs to be tested ASAP. Cheater...'.
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