The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A lazy left from Zemlya finds it's target. Nigma could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Zemlya cracks Nigma with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Zemlya dodges the punch combination from Nigma.
Zemlya scores with a nice head shot. Zemlya dips to his left and cracks Nigma with an uppercut! Zemlya lands with a straight right. Nigma didn't see that one coming. Zemlya paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Zemlya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nigma throws out the jab. Zemlya lands with a straight right. Nigma didn't see that one coming. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A lazy left from Zemlya finds it's target. Nigma is rocked! Zemlya lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Nigma falls backwards - clearly groggy! Zemlya dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malaya Zemlya! Malaya Zemlya tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
