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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Tassen (ranked 2526 p4p, 2359 weight class) and Andrey Karaev (ranked 274 p4p, 257 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lee Tassen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andrey Karaev!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karaev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Karaev on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tassen misses with a right hand
and Karaev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Karaev misses.
Karaev loads up on a big right hand but Tassen slips the punch.
Tassen cracks Karaev with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tassen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Karaev under the eye.
Tassen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karaev manages to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Karaev's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tassen misses with a hook.
Karaev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Karaev finds it's way through Tassen's defenses.
It looks like Lee Tassen has been cut.
Tassen thuds a left hand into Karaev's body.
Tassen thuds his right hand into Karaev's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karaev cracks a nice hook into Tassen's ribs.
Tassen tries to bum rush Karaev with a series of wild strikes but Karaev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karaev! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tassen slips under a jab from Karaev.
Nice defenses there by Karaev.
Karaev gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tassen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karaev throws a hook to the side of Tassen's head but Tassen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tassen scores with a jab. Karaev acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tassen misses with a few strikes there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karaev! But no joy.
Karaev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tassen.
As Karaev tries to get set, Tassen tries to push him back and clinch up but Karaev manages to avoid the attempt.
Karaev takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Karaev looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tassen walks into a straight right hand from Karaev.
Tassen jabs at Karaev's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tassen swings for the body but Karaev moves out of range.
Karaev appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Karaev avoids the body shot from Tassen.
Tassen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tassen staying out of range there.
Karaev ducks right into an uppercut from Tassen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tassen misses the shot to the body.
Karaev slips under a jab from Tassen.
Karaev now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Karaev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tassen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tassen ducks under a wild hook from Karaev.
Some wild striking there from Tassen.
Karaev looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karaev slips under a jab.
Karaev might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karaev looks to throw the jab but Tassen is out of range.
It looked like Tassen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tassen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karaev.
Karaev lands a nice shot that snaps Tassen's head back.
A jab from Tassen finds it's way through Karaev's defenses.
Karaev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tassen.
Karaev misses with a lunging right hand
and Tassen counters with a nice uppercut.
Karaev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tassen.
Tassen lands a head shot.
Tassen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A shot to the liver by Tassen. Beautiful body shot.
Tassen looks to throw the jab but Karaev is out of range.
Tassen scores with a jab to the head.
Karaev scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tassen scores with a three punch combo!
Tassen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters circling - Tassen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karaev! But no joy.
Karaev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tassen connects with a single shot there.
Karaev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tassen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karaev throws a hook but Tassen avoids it easily.
Tassen looks to score with a jab to the body but Karaev is just out of range.
Tassen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tassen misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Tassen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Tassen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tassen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tassen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karaev can do to turn this around?
Karaev avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Tassen as he connects with a hook.
Tassen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Karaev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tassen scrambles back to his feet.
Tassen misses with a straight right.
Tassen tries to bum rush Karaev with a series of wild strikes but Karaev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tassen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lee Tassen's cut is getting worse.
Karaev takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Karaev listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Karaev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karaev throws a right hand that Tassen ducks under and follows up with a left that Tassen also avoids with ease.
Tassen scores with a nice right hand.
Karaev loads up on a big right hand but Tassen slips the punch.
A combination from Tassen does no damage.
Tassen misses with a straight left.
Lee Tassen is winning the standup battle so far.
Tassen throws a looping overhand right but Karaev ducks down to avoid it.
Karaev misses with a double jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Tassen misses its target.
Tassen throws a jab when Karaev was well out of range.
A slow jab from Karaev misses its intended target.
Karaev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tassen manages to avoid it.
Karaev throws a jab when Tassen was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Tassen misses.
Karaev takes one on the button.
Tassen walks into a jab.
Tassen misses with a combination
enabling Karaev to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tassen throws out a powerful jab.
Tassen misses with a right hand
and Karaev makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tassen throws a lazy right hand but Karaev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tassen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karaev.
Karaev appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A jab from Tassen misses.
Tassen lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tassen scores with a nice head shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Tassen. That snapped Karaev's head back.
Tassen walks into a straight right hand from Karaev.
Lee Tassen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tassen scores with a body shot.
Tassen scores with a punch to the head.
Tassen jabs at Karaev's body.
Jab from Tassen.
Nice defenses there by Karaev.
Karaev now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tassen throws a hook but Karaev avoids it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Karaev might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tassen has got the better of the exchanges.
Tassen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Andrey Karaev has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Karaev. Tassen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tassen.
Tassen seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Karaev misses with a wild body shot.
Karaev lands a right hook to the body.
Tassen misses with a body shot.
Lee Tassen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tassen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tassen misses with a body shot.
Tassen throws a lazy uppercut
letting Karaev counter with a right hand.
Tassen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karaev manages to avoid it.
Tassen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tassen throws the left hand but Karaev avoids the punch easily.
Tassen throws a lazy uppercut
and Karaev counters with a crisp one two that drops Tassen! Karaev thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tassen to his feet! Tassen is in big trouble!
Tassen is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Lee Tassen will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Tassen drops his hands momentarily. Karaev doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Tassen staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Tassen doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andrey Karaev!
In his post fight interview, Andrey Karaev started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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