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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ross Kemp (ranked 256 p4p, 369 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 38 p4p, 49 weight class). Kemp comes to the cage accompanied by Ross Kemp is gonna bust you up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 cm 28 279 19 - 10 - 0 |
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200 cm 28 235 17 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler 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 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Kemp! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Martinyuk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kemp throws the left hand but Martinyuk avoids the punch easily. Kemp scores with a decent looking hook. Martinyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kemp throws a series of punches but Martinyuk avoids them all with ease. Kemp misses with a lunging right hand
and Martinyuk counters with a lovely straight right hand! Kemp looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Kemp throws a right hand that misses
and Martinyuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Martinyuk scores with a jab to the head.
Martinyuk takes one to the side of the head.
Martinyuk's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinyuk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. This has been an exciting period of action! Martinyuk throws a lazy uppercut
and Kemp counters with a nice body kick. Kemp wants to land a leg kick but Martinyuk is out of range. Martinyuk throws out a counter right but Kemp avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kemp walks into a jab. Kemp has managed to clinch.
Martinyuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Kemp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Martinyuk lands on the inside with an uppercut. Martinyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kemp is looking to score with low kicks. Kemp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinyuk. Kemp misses the body punch and Martinyuk counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. A looping hook to the body misses from Kemp. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet. Martinyuk staying out of range there. Martinyuk doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Martinyuk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Martinyuk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kemp throws a body shot but no joy. Martinyuk swings for the body but Kemp moves out of range.
Martinyuk checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kemp lands an overhand right.
It looks like Leonid Martinyuk has been cut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Kemp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martinyuk swats him away and circles back towards the center. As Kemp backs off Martinyuk throws a huge counter combo but Kemp manages to avoid it all. The crowd cheers as Martinyuk lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kemp doesn't seem phased though. Martinyuk misses with a hook. Kemp lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Kemp tries to clinch but fails miserably and Martinyuk counters with a series of strikes. Kemp will be more careful next time no doubt. Kemp lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Martinyuk lands a nice hook to Kemp's body. Kemp takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Kemp misses with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Kemp. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kemp.
Martinyuk is rocked! Martinyuk gets tackled into the cage by Kemp. Kemp maintains the clinch. Martinyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kemp scores with a body shot.
Kemp cracks Martinyuk on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Martinyuk falls backwards against the cage. Kemp follows up with more strikes that drop Martinyuk to his knees. Kemp keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Martinyuk! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ross Kemp! Ross Kemp decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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