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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 204 p4p, 1181 weight class) and Denis Denisov (ranked 11 p4p, 66 weight class). Farrokhzad comes to the cage accompanied by Iranian Baloch - This Is A Catch. Denis Denisov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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13 - 4 - 0 |
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8 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denis Denisov!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denisov.
Denisov clinches up with Farrokhzad and pushes him back against the cage.
Farrokhzad can't find room to land a body shot as Denisov controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Farrokhzad as Denisov tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad scores a nice knee to the body.
Denisov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Farrokhzad is working Denisov over against the cage.
Denisov looks winded!
Farrokhzad misses with some punches.
Denisov takes a shot to the head.
Farrokhzad scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farrokhzad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Farrokhzad works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Denis Denisov has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrokhzad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Farrokhzad lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad scores with a shoulder strike.
Denisov is rocked!
Farrokhzad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Denisov is still on wobbly legs! Can Farrokhzad finish him?
Farrokhzad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Denisov seems to have recovered his senses.
I was talking to Farrokhzad's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denisov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Farrokhzad lands a nice knee to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a shot to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a knee to the head.
Denisov takes a shot to the head.
Farrokhzad pushes Denisov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Farrokhzad as the two fighters clinch.
Farrokhzad lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrokhzad scores a nice knee to the body.
A short left from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Farrokhzad drops Denisov with a big knee straight up the middle! Denisov is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Farrokhzad darts in and clinches Denisov up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Farrokhzad gets through Denisov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Farrokhzad presses Denisov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Farrokhzad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Denisov backwards.
Farrokhzad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad pushes Denisov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Farrokhzad scores with a shoulder strike.
Farrokhzad lands a body punch.
Farrokhzad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Farrokhzad jerks Denisov's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Denisov drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Farrokhzad goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Farrokhzad because Denisov was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad retains his bantamweight title!
After winning the bout, Bardia Farrokhzad thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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