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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Beltran (ranked 2712 p4p, 149 weight class) and Matel Huchkov (ranked 1401 p4p, 84 weight class). Matel Huchkov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
34 - 22 - 1 |
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143 lbs
27 - 24 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Beltran!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matel Huchkov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beltran walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Beltran takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Huchkov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Beltran clinches up against the cage.
Huchkov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Huchkov wants to get back to striking at distance but Beltran won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Huchkov fails to land.
Beltran avoids a wild elbow strike from Huchkov.
Huchkov manages to break the clinch.
Huchkov cracks Beltran with a good jab.
Huchkov throws a looping overhand right but Beltran ducks down to avoid it.
Beltran misses with a head kick.
Huchkov misses with a low kick.
Beltran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Huchkov manages to avoid it.
Huchkov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huchkov lands a jab to the head.
Huchkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Huchkov cracks Beltran with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Huchkov lands a jab to Beltran's midsection.
Huchkov scores with a nice right hand.
No joy there for Beltran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Huchkov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jab from Huchkov.
Beltran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Huchkov enables Beltran to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Huchkov manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Huchkov seems keen to control Beltran's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beltran won't allow Huchkov to get back to his feet.
Beltran gets to his feet - Huchkov follows without any prompting.
Huchkov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Beltrans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Huchkov looks to land a left hand but Beltran moved out of range nicely.
Huchkov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Beltran under the eye.
The fighters circling - Huchkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Huchkov tries to get set, Beltran tries to push him back and clinch up but Huchkov manages to avoid the attempt.
Beltran shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Huchkov as he jumps to the side.
Beltran closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Huchkov quickly recovers to half guard.
Huchkov pushes Beltran off but Beltran dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov can't do much from the bottom here.
Beltran working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Huchkov gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Huchkov pushes Beltran off but Beltran dives into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Beltran off and has taken his back!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Beltran is keeping busy.
Huchkov throwing sloppy strikes.
Huchkov trying to control momentarily.
Beltran is taking damage to the body and head.
Huchkov throws a series of strikes and Beltran wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Huchkov content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Huchkov.
Huchkov throws some wild stikes that Beltran manages to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Huchkov controlling the pace for now.
Huchkov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Huchkov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Huchkov scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Beltran?
Huchkov avoids the attempt from Beltran to control.
Huchkov misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huchkov misses with a head shot.
Huchkov thowing shots but they're missing.
Poor strikes thrown by Huchkov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matel Huchkov dominated that round.
That's time! Beltran's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Beltran cracks Huchkov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beltran fails with a takedown attempt.
Beltran shoots in and drives through. Huchkov sprawls well.
Huchkov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Beltrans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Huchkov lands a leg kick that knocks Beltran off balance momentarily.
Huchkov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Beltran keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Huchkov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Huchkov works the jab nicely.
Matel Huchkov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Huchkov connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huchkov catches Beltran with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Beltran is rocked!
Huchkov misses the jab.
Oh Beltran is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice shot by Huchkov.
A swing and a miss from Huchkov.
Beltran seems to have got his legs back now.
Huchkov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Beltran fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Beltran. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huchkov scores with a head kick. Beltran tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Huchkov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Huchkov connects with a body shot that sends Beltran's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huchkov lands a nice shot to the body.
Huchkov punishes Beltran's body with a nice straight punch.
Huchkov scores with a nice strike.
A cross from Huchkov lands.
Matel Huchkov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huchkov scores with a jab to the head.
Beltran shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Huchkov sprawls well. Huchkov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Beltran gets slowly back to his feet.
Beltran throws a series of strikes that have Huchkov backpedaling.
It looks like Matel Huchkov has been cut.
Huchkov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beltran's sensitive parts.
A chopping leg kick lands by Huchkov.
Beltran takes one to the chin there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Huchkov.
Huchkov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Huchkov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Huchkov cracks a nice hook into Beltran's ribs.
Beltran missing with a left hand there. Huchkov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Huchkov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Huchkov lands a nice shot that snaps Beltran's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beltran clinches.
Huchkov is trying to force a seperation but Beltran has the dominant position.
Beltran has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Huchkov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Huchkov breaks the clinch.
Beltran closes this distance looking for a takedown but Huchkov circles away.
Huchkov lands a slapping body shot.
Huchkov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Huchkov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Huchkov throws a right hand that Beltran ducks under and follows up with a left that Beltran also avoids with ease.
Beltran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Huchkov.
Beltran changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Beltran shoots for a double leg takedown but Huchkov sprawls well. He's pushed Beltran's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Huchkov scores with a jab. Beltran acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Huchkov scores with a sloppy right hand. Beltran should have avoided that one.
Beltran closes this distance looking for a takedown but Huchkov circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Huchkov tries a head kick but it misses.
Beltran takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Huchkov tests Beltran's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Huchkov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Huchkov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beltran has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Huchkov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huchkov is looking to clinch.
Beltran is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Beltran shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Huchkov as he jumps to the side.
Huchkov throws out a counter right but Beltran avoids it with no problem.
Huchkov lands a lovely overhand right.
Beltran gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Huchkov.
Horrible takedown attempt by Beltran or perhaps it was just good defense by Huchkov, which made it look bad.
Huchkov 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.
Huchkov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beltran's calf.
Huchkov with a hook.
Beltran shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Huchkov throws out a counter right but Beltran avoids it with no problem.
Beltran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Huchkov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Huchkov cracks Beltran with a right hand to the side of the head.
Beltran changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Huchkov tries to avoid it but Beltran manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Huchkov to the ground. Huchkov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Huchkov instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huchkov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Huchkov lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beltran misses with a takedown attempt - Huchkov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Beltran takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beltran walks into a left hand.
Huchkov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Beltran walks into a straight right hand from Huchkov.
Beltran throws a head kick that misses.
Beltran shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
BOOM! Huchkov lands a beautiful left hook that drops Beltran. Beltran tries to recover but Huchkov is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Beltran lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matel Huchkov!
Matel Huchkov is the new bantamweight champion!
A relieved looking Matel Huchkov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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