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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Blazkov (ranked 903 p4p, 107 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 578 p4p, 76 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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268 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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232 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ulysses Blazkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blazkov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blazkov throws a leg kick that is checked
and Martinyuk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blazkov throws a shot from downtown. Martinyuk moves away and avoids it.
Blazkov lands with a right hand.
Blazkov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice cross by Blazkov.
Blazkov is looking to land body kicks.
Blazkov scores with a jab to the head.
Blazkov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinyuk throws a hook but Blazkov avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blazkov. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinyuk looks to throw the jab but Blazkov is out of range.
Martinyuk checks a leg kick nicely.
Martinyuk let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinyuk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinyuk throws out a counter right but Blazkov avoids it with no problem.
Blazkov misses with a looping right.
Ulysses Blazkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinyuk throws out a loose jab but Blazkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blazkov cracks Martinyuk with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blazkov throws the kick towards the body but Martinyuk avoids it.
Martinyuk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martinyuk shapes to counter with a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Martinyuk blocks the leg kick.
It seemed like Martinyuk was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Martinyuk throws a sloppy head kick
letting Blazkov counter with a right hand.
Blazkov throws a wild body kick that Martinyuk sees coming a mile off.
Despite the aggression on Martinyuk's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Blazkov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martinyuk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blazkov cracks the inside of Martinyuk's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slow jab from Blazkov misses its intended target.
Martinyuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blazkov.
Blazkov lands with a nice body punch.
Blazkov lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Blazkov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Blazkov cracks Martinyuk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Blazkov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Martinyuk takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Blazkov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Martinyuk back to the cage. Blazkov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Blazkov connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk throws a jab when Blazkov was well out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Blazkov. Martinyuk shrugs it off though.
Martinyuk tests Blazkov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Ulysses Blazkov has been cut.
Blazkov delivers a nice body kick.
Blazkov pushes Martinyuk away with a front kick.
Martinyuk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blazkov staying out of range there.
Blazkov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blazkov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinyuk. That did some damage!
Blazkov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Blazkov connects with a body shot that sends Martinyuk's belly button to the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blazkov pushes Martinyuk away with a front kick.
Blazkov is looking to score with low kicks.
Blazkov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blazkov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Martinyuk works Blazkov's body with a nice hook.
Martinyuk misses with a straight right.
Martinyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinyuk misses with a looping right.
Martinyuk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blazkov scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulysses Blazkov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ulysses Blazkov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Some bone on bone action there as Martinyuk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Martinyuk throws out a counter right but Blazkov avoids it with no problem.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Blazkov, as that shot connected.
Ulysses Blazkov is winning the standup battle so far.
Blazkov misses with a right hand
and Martinyuk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martinyuk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Martinyuk throws a good cross that connects.
Blazkov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blazkov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Martinyuk counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Blazkov badly! Martinyuk follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Blazkov out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Martinyuk finished him against the cage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Leonid Martinyuk!
A very excited looking Leonid Martinyuk made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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