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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Laat Dovah-Kinn (ranked 1476 p4p, 166 weight class) and Mikhail Bakunin (ranked 1385 p4p, 153 weight class). Dovah-Kinn's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Disturbed - Immortalized. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Laat Dovah-Kinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikhail Bakunin!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakunin throws a hook but Dovah-Kinn blocks it.
Dovah-Kinn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dovah-Kinn with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn thuds his right hand into Bakunin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dovah-Kinn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bakunin.
Bakunin throws a head kick that misses.
Dovah-Kinn shoots in but Bakunin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dovah-Kinn throws a big shot that misses.
Dovah-Kinn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bakunin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dovah-Kinn lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bakunin takes a step back to recover.
Dovah-Kinn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bakunin just misses with a punch to the body.
Bakunin looks to land a left hand but Dovah-Kinn moved out of range nicely.
Dovah-Kinn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bakunin circles away quickly and effectively.
Dovah-Kinn misses the jab.
Dovah-Kinn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dovah-Kinn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bakunin throws an overhand right that lands on Dovah-Kinn's shoulder, as Dovah-Kinn tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Dovah-Kinn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Bakunin does it's job there.
Bakunin blocks a jab.
Bakunin throws a body punch but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Dovah-Kinn takes one to the side of the head.
Bakunin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dovah-Kinn can pounce on him.
Bakunin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dovah-Kinn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bakunin cracks Dovah-Kinn with a good jab.
A swing and a miss from Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin ducks right into an uppercut from Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin lands a jab to the head.
Mikhail Bakunin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bakunin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dovah-Kinn swings for the body but Bakunin moves out of range.
Bakunin throws a counter combo.
Bakunin throws a body punch but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Dovah-Kinn connects with an inside leg kick.
Bakunin thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Dovah-Kinn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bakunin looks to throw the jab but Dovah-Kinn is out of range.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a hook to the body. Bakunin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mikhail Bakunin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bakunin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dovah-Kinn. That one must have hurt.
A punch lands to the side of Dovah-Kinn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dovah-Kinn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn moves into the clinch.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dovah-Kinn swings wildly with an uppercut but Bakunin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bakunin's elbow.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dovah-Kinn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bakunin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bakunin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a left to the head.
Bakunin misses with the head strike.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bakunin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dovah-Kinn or not.
Bakunin misses with a punch to the body.
Bakunin has a couple of punches blocked by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn misses with the head strike.
Bakunin tries to work over Dovah-Kinn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dovah-Kinn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bakunin backwards.
Bakunin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bakunin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A cross from Bakunin lands.
Dovah-Kinn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bakunin.
Bakunin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bakunin missing with a left hand there. Dovah-Kinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dovah-Kinn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a jab.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dovah-Kinn tests Bakunin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bakunin misses with a wild body shot.
Dovah-Kinn takes one to the side of the head.
Bakunin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dovah-Kinn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dovah-Kinn throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Dovah-Kinn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dovah-Kinn lands the left hand.
Dovah-Kinn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bakunin circles away quickly and effectively.
Bakunin slips a jab from Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dovah-Kinn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bakunin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Dovah-Kinn tenderised Bakunin's leg. Bakunin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dovah-Kinn connects with the punch.
Dovah-Kinn tests Bakunin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bakunin throws a hook to the side of Dovah-Kinn's head but Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a jab.
Dovah-Kinn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bakunin throws a looping overhand right but Dovah-Kinn ducks down to avoid it.
Good exchange - Bakunin coming out on top.
The fighters circling - Bakunin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dovah-Kinn moves away.
Bakunin with a nice cross.
Dovah-Kinn cracks Bakunin with an open hand slap.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bakunin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dovah-Kinn. Dovah-Kinn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook to the side of Bakunin's head but Bakunin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Bakunin.
Bakunin misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Laat Dovah-Kinn will probably get the nod.
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.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn attempts a counter takedown but Bakunin avoids it well and moves away.
Bakunin throws a shot from downtown. Dovah-Kinn moves away and avoids it.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick but Bakunin checks it.
Bakunin throws a lazy right hand but Dovah-Kinn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bakunin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dovah-Kinn moves away from the strike by Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bakunin throws out the jab.
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Bakunin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bakunin misses with a straight right.
Bakunin moves out of range of the body kick from Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bakunin in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Dovah-Kinn lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
Dovah-Kinn lands a head shot.
A combination from Dovah-Kinn does no damage.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook but Bakunin avoids it easily.
Dovah-Kinn misses the shot to the body.
Bakunin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dovah-Kinn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bakunin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin takes a swing at Dovah-Kinn's ribcage but misses.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Bakunin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bakunin throws the left hand but Dovah-Kinn avoids the punch easily.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dovah-Kinn walks into a stiff left hand from Bakunin.
Bakunin misses with a looping left.
Dovah-Kinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bakunin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bakunin throws the left hand but Dovah-Kinn avoids the punch easily.
Dovah-Kinn tries to land a front kick but Bakunin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bakunin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a straight right.
Bakunin takes a swing at Dovah-Kinn's ribcage but misses.
Bakunin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Dovah-Kinn looks to land a right hand but Bakunin moved out of range.
Bakunin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dovah-Kinn on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bakunin misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mikhail Bakunin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Bakunin misses its intended target.
No luck for Dovah-Kinn with that takedown attempt.
Bakunin slips under a jab from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn drops his hands momentarily and Bakunin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bakunin lands a nice looking body shot.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dovah-Kinn drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bakunin sprawls and moves away.
Bakunin throws a hook but Dovah-Kinn avoids it easily.
Dovah-Kinn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dovah-Kinn throwing a counter right hand but Bakunin manages to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bakunin.
A slow jab from Bakunin misses its intended target.
Bakunin misses with a body shot.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a hook. Bakunin ducked under it nicely.
Dovah-Kinn throws a leg kick which misses Bakunin's front leg but catches the back leg as Bakunin tries to avoid it.
Bakunin throws out a loose jab but Dovah-Kinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bakunin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bakunin to score with a decent uppercut.
Bakunin lands an overhand right.
Bakunin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dovah-Kinn manages to avoid it.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn misses the jab.
Bakunin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheers as Bakunin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dovah-Kinn doesn't seem phased though.
Bakunin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Dovah-Kinn.
A jab from Bakunin does it's job there.
Dovah-Kinn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dovah-Kinn looks to land a left hand but Bakunin moved out of range nicely.
Bakunin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bakunin swings for the body but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Dovah-Kinn changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bakunin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dovah-Kinn throws a solid leg kick but Bakunin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dovah-Kinn on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dovah-Kinn lands a jab.
Dovah-Kinn cracks Bakunin with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dovah-Kinn's head.
Bakunin misses with a straight left.
Dovah-Kinn throwing a counter right hand but Bakunin manages to avoid it.
Bakunin blocks a head kick by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn looks for the body kick but Bakunin saw that one coming.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a punch to the head.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakunin scores with a jab to the body.
Dovah-Kinn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bakunin misses with a hook. Dovah-Kinn ducked under it nicely.
Dovah-Kinn wants to clinch
and Bakunin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dovah-Kinn thinking.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dovah-Kinn. Bakunin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bakunin misses with a double jab.
Bakunin scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dovah-Kinn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bakunin lands a nice shot to the body.
Bakunin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dovah-Kinn was well out of range. Poor timing from Bakunin.
Bakunin just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Bakunin 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! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bakunin blocks a head kick by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook but Bakunin blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bakunin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dovah-Kinn looking to pass the guard.
Bakunin manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Bakunin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bakunin lands with a cross.
Dovah-Kinn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bakunin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dovah-Kinn slips under a jab.
Dovah-Kinn pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bakunin is out of range and Dovah-Kinn settles back down.
Bakunin works Dovah-Kinn's body with a nice hook.
Dovah-Kinn slips under a jab from Bakunin.
Dovah-Kinn looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dovah-Kinn staying out of range there.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bakunin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bakunin's corner calls for a 1-2. Bakunin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dovah-Kinn misses with an uppercut. Bakunin saw that one coming.
Bakunin misses with a straight right.
Bakunin missing with a left hand there. Dovah-Kinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bakunin misses with a straight right.
A jab from Bakunin misses.
Dovah-Kinn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bakunin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin misses with a wild body shot.
Dovah-Kinn tries to counter with a takedown but Bakunin is quick to defend against it.
Bakunin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bakunin moves forwards but Dovah-Kinn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a hook. Bakunin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bakunin throws a lazy right hand but Dovah-Kinn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bakunin drops his hands momentarily and Dovah-Kinn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
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!
Bakunin takes a swing at Dovah-Kinn's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dovah-Kinn moves away.
Dovah-Kinn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bakunin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bakunin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dovah-Kinn avoids the body shot from Bakunin.
Bakunin throws a body punch but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Bakunin throws a looping overhand right but Dovah-Kinn ducks down to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Bakunin misses its intended target.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice cross by Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin throws a hook but Dovah-Kinn avoids it easily.
Bakunin misses the shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bakunin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dovah-Kinn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bakunin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn wants to clinch up but Bakunin keeps it at a distance.
Bakunin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dovah-Kinn moves away.
Bakunin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dovah-Kinn moves out of range as Bakunin strikes.
Dovah-Kinn cracks Bakunin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bakunin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn looks to land a left hand but Bakunin moved out of range nicely.
Bakunin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bakunin throws a lazy right hand but Dovah-Kinn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bakunin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dovah-Kinn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dovah-Kinn looks to land a combination. Bakunin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A big right from Bakunin misses.
Dovah-Kinn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a straight left.
Dovah-Kinn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a low kick as Bakunin jumps back.
Bakunin lands a slapping body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bakunin misses with a body shot.
Bakunin throws a good cross that connects.
Dovah-Kinn throws a nice outside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a low kick as Bakunin jumps back.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook but Bakunin blocks it.
Dovah-Kinn 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.
Bakunin swats away the attempt to clinch by Dovah-Kinn.
Bakunin looks to land a left hand but Dovah-Kinn moved out of range nicely.
Bakunin moves out of range as Dovah-Kinn strikes.
Bakunin throws out a counter right but Dovah-Kinn avoids it with no problem.
Bakunin throws a body shot but no joy.
Dovah-Kinn connects with an inside leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bakunin lands a nice looking body shot.
Bakunin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dovah-Kinn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bakunin.
Bakunin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Bakunin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bakunin 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Bakunin!
Mikhail Bakunin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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