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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Novel Corona (ranked 3467 p4p, 2957 weight class) and Evgeniy Sailor (ranked 419 p4p, 371 weight class). Evgeniy Sailor struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.4lbs 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. Evgeniy Sailor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Novel Corona's chin.
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180 cm 19 207 3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm 24 219 4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Prefers standup |
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BJJ White Belt Decent boxing Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Novel Corona! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Evgeniy Sailor! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A right-left combo lands from Corona. No joy there for Corona, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sailor now looks to counter with a shot at the body. No joy there for Sailor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sailor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Sailor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Corona counters with a lovely shot to the body. Corona scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Corona swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Corona looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Sailor takes a body punch but keeps moving. This has been an exciting period of action! Sailor throws a shot to the body.
Sailor scores with a punch to the head. Corona throws a series of punches but Sailor avoids them all with ease. Sailor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sailor's jab looks to have found its range, popping Corona under the eye.
 That's one minute gone in the round. A big left from Corona misses. Corona lands a nice hook to Sailor's body. Sailor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Corona misses with a two punch combination.
Corona scores with a hook to the body. Sailor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Sailor looks winded! Sailor walks into a straight right hand from Corona. Corona changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Sailor throws a wild hook but Corona just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Sailor gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Corona raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Novel Corona! Novel Corona spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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pop
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