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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Martynov (ranked 665 p4p, 216 weight class) and Arthur Morgan (ranked 87 p4p, 31 weight class). Morgan has chosen Battle Cry as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm 29 195 20 - 10 - 1 |
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186 cm 28 195 11 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sergei Martynov! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Morgan! The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Martynov rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage. Morgan lands with a short head shot on the inside. Morgan tries to work over Martynov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. A shot in the inside from Morgan. Martynov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Morgan struggles to land a body shot inside as Martynov controls his hands.
Martynov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martynov pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Martynov misses with a hook from the clinch. Martynov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Martynov lands with a short head shot on the inside. Morgan lands a nice shot to the body. Morgan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Martynov throws a big shot that misses. Morgan ducks right into an uppercut from Martynov. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Morgan scores with a punch to the head. Martynov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan throws a body punch but Martynov moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Martynov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Morgan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Martynov misses with a head kick.
Martynov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martynov manages to avoid it. A jab from Morgan misses. Martynov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Martynov swinging wildly here.
Good standup being displayed there by Martynov as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Arthur Morgan has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Morgan misses with the body kick and Martynov counters with a crisp one two that drops Morgan! Martynov thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Morgan to his feet! Morgan is in big trouble!
Morgan is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Martynov throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan moves out of range easily. Martynov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. A big left from Martynov misses. Morgan misses the jab. Martynov rushes Morgan with punches - Morgan moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Morgan goes down! Martynov follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergei Martynov! Sergei Martynov retains his middleweight title! Sergei Martynov bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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