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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andriy Voronin (ranked 2640 p4p, 1348 weight class) and Crown Halo (ranked 340 p4p, 176 weight class). Crown Halo struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andriy Voronin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crown Halo!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Halo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Voronin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Voronin - that will leave a mark!
Halo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Voronin.
Voronin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Voronin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Halo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Voronin misses with a straight right.
Halo unleashes a big counter combination but Voronin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Voronin misses with a head kick.
Halo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Voronin throws a head kick that misses.
Voronin throws a jab but it's blocked by Halo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronin misses with a double jab
and Halo counters with a right hand to the body.
Halo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Voronin.
Halo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Halo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Halo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Voronin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Halo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A swing and a miss from Voronin.
Halo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Voronin.
Halo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Halo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Halo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Voronin.
Voronin scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Halo takes a step back to recover.
Andriy Voronin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voronin has Halo up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Voronin.
Halo connects with a knee to the head.
Voronin has a couple of punches blocked by Halo.
Voronin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voronin misses with a punch on the inside.
Halo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Voronin struggles to land a body shot inside as Halo controls his hands.
Halo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Voronin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo landing knees to the head.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by Halo.
Halo blocking some punches.
Halo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voronin lands a left hand.
Voronin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voronin misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Halo.
A short body shot lands from Voronin as the two fighters clinch.
Halo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Voronin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Halo lands a hook that snaps the head of Voronin backwards.
Halo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right handed body shot lands from Voronin.
Voronin lands a body punch.
Voronin misses with a body punch.
Halo lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halo trying to land knees to the body.
Voronin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Halo tries a body shot but Voronin blocks it.
Voronin lands a nice uppercut.
Halo tries to stall but Voronin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Halo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Voronins head.
Voronin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Voronin.
Halo blocking some punches.
Voronin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halo's elbow.
Voronin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Voronin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Voronin lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Voronin.
Halo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voronin throws a punch but it's blocked by Halo.
Halo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Voronin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Halo can turn it around.
Halo presses Voronin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andriy Voronin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Voronin throws a head kick but Halo moves out of range.
Voronin connects with a crisp jab.
Halo checks the leg kick nicely there.
A head kick misses from Voronin.
Voronin lands with a nice body punch.
Voronin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Voronin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Halo tries to counter with a clinch but Voronin shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halo moves out of range as Voronin throws a body kick.
Voronin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Halo misses.
Voronin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Voronin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Voronin looks to land a right hand but Halo moved out of range.
Halo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Voronin throws a sloppy head kick and Halo moves out of range easily.
Halo throws a counter combo.
Voronin motions for Halo to come forward. Voronin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Halo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voronin.
Voronin swinging wildly here.
Halo wants to counter the offense by Voronin and move into the clinch position.
Halo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voronin.
Halo tries to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd cheers as Voronin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Halo doesn't seem phased though.
Voronin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick lands from Voronin.
Voronin throws a lazy uppercut
and Halo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Voronin throws a head kick that Halo semi-blocks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good leg kick by Voronin.
A jab from Voronin finds it's way through Halo's defenses.
Voronin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Voronin lands a big head kick that sends Halo to the canvas! Voronin follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andriy Voronin!
Andriy Voronin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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RATING
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