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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Paavo Potku (ranked 19970 p4p, 4612 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 776 p4p, 545 weight class). Nazaryan has chosen DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami as his entrance music. Paavo Potku has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 cm 31 182 5 - 5 - 0 |
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167 cm 43 166 39 - 30 - 1 |
World class boxer Very quick
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Excellent MT Determined
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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paavo Potku! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 39 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan! The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nazaryan throws a head kick that misses. Potku appears to be looking for a big counter. A punch combination from Nazaryan misses. Potku appears to be looking for a big counter. Nazaryan throws a hook but Potku avoids it easily. Sloppy strikes from Nazaryan. Those never looked like landing. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Nazaryan misses with a hook
and Potku counters with a two punch combo. A low kick lands for Nazaryan.
Potku clips Nazaryan with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Nazaryan a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Nazaryan is rocked! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nazaryan misses with a few strikes there.
Nazaryan is still on wobbly legs! Can Potku finish him? Sloppy strikes from Potku. Those never looked like landing. Nazaryan misses the jab. Nazaryan seems to have recovered his senses. Nazaryan dodges the punch combination from Potku.
Potku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nazaryan. Nazaryan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Nazaryan lands a jab to Potku's midsection. Potku misses with a series of wild punches.
Potku moves away from the strike by Nazaryan.
That's one minute gone in the round. Potku throws a series of punches but Nazaryan avoids them all with ease. Nazaryan lands a jab to the head.
Nazaryan scores with a nice body kick.
Potku fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nazaryan throws a big shot that misses. Nazaryan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Nazaryan misses with a low kick. Nazaryan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Potku.
Potku appears to be looking for a big counter. Nazaryan with a hook. Nazaryan lands with a shot to the body. Potku scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Potku on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Potku has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nazaryan. Potku throws a right and a left that both miss. Nazaryan fails to land with a series of punches.
Potku has been working on his boxing with his coaches at UnderGround Training Facility in the buildup to the fight. Nazaryan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Potku counters with a big 3 punch combo that drops Nazaryan on his ass! Nazaryan wobbles back to his feet half way through the count and though looking a bit dazed, the referee is going to allow the fight to continue! Potku misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. OH! Nazaryan has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Potku smells blood and charges in for the finish! Potku unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Nazaryan sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Paavo Potku! Paavo Potku thanked the fans post fight for their support. The defeated Vrej Nazaryan had this to say: 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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