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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Cold (ranked 1271 p4p, 1630 weight class) and Vladimir Punchsky (ranked 170 p4p, 214 weight class). Vladimir Punchsky will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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183 cm 29 199 16 - 12 - 1 |
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195 cm 32 187 19 - 13 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class boxer 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 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Steven Cold! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vladimir Punchsky! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cold throws out a loose jab but Punchsky uses good head movement to avoid it. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cold. Punchsky throws a series of punches but Cold avoids them all with ease. Cold clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Punchsky fails to land. Nice body punch from Cold - that landed with a thud.
I was talking to Cold's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Punchsky is looking to break free of the clinch but Cold has double underhooks. Punchsky can't find room to land a body shot as Cold controls the action.
Cold has Punchsky pressed against the cage, preventing Punchsky from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Cold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cold tries a body shot but Punchsky blocks it.
Punchsky breaks from the clinch.
Cold throws a leg kick which misses Punchsky's front leg but catches the back leg as Punchsky tries to avoid it. Steven Cold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Cold throws a lazy right hand but Punchsky sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Cold throws a poor cross that misses
and Punchsky counters with a series of strikes. Cold will be more careful next time no doubt. Cold clinches up with Punchsky and pushes him back against the cage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Punchsky. Cold throws a punch but it's blocked by Punchsky. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Punchsky lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cold throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Punchsky prevents a body shot from Cold. A right hand to the body from Cold.
Cold misses with a body punch.
Punchsky wants to break free but Cold has control.
Cold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Punchskys head. Cold lands a body shot. Punchsky has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cold seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Punchsky can turn it around. Punchsky looks winded! With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cold creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Cold softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Cold working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Punchsky throws a punch but it's blocked by Cold. A short body shot lands from Cold as the two fighters clinch.
Cold lands with a light punch inside. Cold working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Cold lands with a short head shot on the inside. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A short right hand to the side of the head by Cold. Cold lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cold lands with a short head shot on the inside. Cold lands a nice uppercut.
Punchsky is rocked! Cold works on Punchsky's body with a couple of short punches. Punchsky is still on wobbly legs! Can Cold finish him? Cold lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Punchsky to his knees! Cold keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Cold! A very excited looking Steven Cold rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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