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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocket Bob Frankels (ranked 210 p4p, 33 weight class) and Dmitri Zaitsev (ranked 530 p4p, 76 weight class). Frankels comes to the cage accompanied by Dawn....Summer Solstice... . 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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275 lbs
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278 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocket Bob Frankels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dmitri Zaitsev!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frankels lands a nice looking body shot.
Frankels just misses with a punch to the body.
Frankels uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zaitsev.
Frankels throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Zaitsev.
Frankels is looking to clinch.
Zaitsev throws the kick towards the body but Frankels avoids it.
Frankels throwing a counter right hand but Zaitsev manages to avoid it.
Zaitsev throws a leg kick which misses Frankels's front leg but catches the back leg as Frankels tries to avoid it.
Zaitsev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Frankels counters with a leg kick.
Zaitsev misses with a body punch
and Frankels counters with a nice leg kick.
Frankels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zaitsev throws an overhand right that lands on Frankels's shoulder, as Frankels tries to avoid the shot.
Frankels pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zaitsev is out of range and Frankels settles back down.
Zaitsev tests Frankels's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Rocket Bob Frankels has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frankels lands with a straight right. Zaitsev didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaitsev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Frankels.
Dmitri Zaitsev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frankels fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Zaitsev checks it well.
Zaitsev scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Zaitsev misses.
Zaitsev checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Zaitsev throws out a loose jab but Frankels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaitsev misses with a lunging right hand
and Frankels counters with a nice uppercut.
Frankels moves out of range as Zaitsev strikes.
Frankels looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zaitsev is looking for the big counter here.
Frankels feints and then cracks Zaitsev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zaitsev down.
Zaitsev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Frankels fires out a quick counter leg kick but Zaitsev just manages to avoid it.
Zaitsev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaitsev swings widly with a right hand
and Frankels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zaitsev checks the leg kick.
Despite the aggression on Zaitsev's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Frankels throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Frankels throws a hook to the side of Zaitsev's head but Zaitsev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zaitsev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Frankels takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Zaitsev swings widly with a right hand
and Frankels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zaitsev swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Frankels counters with a solid body kick.
Zaitsev tries a head kick but it misses.
Zaitsev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Frankels steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zaitsev.
Good leg kick by Frankels there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Frankels scores with a body shot.
Zaitsev looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankels lands with an overhand left.
Zaitsev misses with a hook
and Frankels counters with an outside leg kick.
Frankels looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice body kick there by Frankels.
Zaitsev 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.
Frankels scores with a spinning back kick!
Zaitsev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Frankels lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rocket Bob Frankels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab by Frankels.
Frankels cracks Zaitsev with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Zaitsev tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Frankels pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Zaitsev is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocket Bob Frankels!
Rocket Bob Frankels was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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pop
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