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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Balkan (ranked 986 p4p, 811 weight class) and Ivan Samsonov (ranked 132 p4p, 110 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksander Balkan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Samsonov!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samsonov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Samsonov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Samsonov slips under a jab from Balkan.
Samsonov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've been told by Balkan's head coaches at The Rubber Guard Emporium that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Aleksander Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samsonov stalks Balkan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Balkan's face. Balkan staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Aleksander Balkan has been cut.
Samsonov throws a right hand that misses
letting Balkan counter with a right hand.
Balkan wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Samsonov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan looks to land a left hand but Samsonov moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the body from Samsonov misses
and Balkan counters with a stiff right hand.
Balkan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Balkan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Balkan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An attempted straight right counter from Balkan misses the target.
Samsonov throws out a loose jab but Balkan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Samsonov throws a hook but Balkan avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Samsonov misses
and Balkan counters with a stiff right hand.
Balkan looks to throw the jab but Samsonov is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Samsonov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Samsonov throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Balkan to counter with a crisp jab.
Samsonov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Balkan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balkan throws a punch but it's blocked by Samsonov.
Samsonov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Balkan's elbow.
Samsonov is trying to break the clinch but Balkan has him pressed against the cage.
Samsonov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Samsonov throws a jab when Balkan was well out of range.
As Samsonov backs away, Balkan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Samsonov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Balkan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Samsonov throws a looping overhand right but Balkan ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Balkan.
Balkan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Samsonov throws an off balance right hand
and Balkan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Samsonov slips a straight right by Balkan.
It seemed like Samsonov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Samsonov misses with a lunging right hand
and Balkan counters with a crisp right hand that drops Samsonov! Balkan lets Samsonov back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Samsonov is rocked!
Balkan has Samsonov up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Balkan.
Samsonov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Samsonov tries to work over Balkan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Balkan on the inside.
Samsonov blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Samsonov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Samsonov tries to work over Balkan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samsonov tries to work over Balkan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samsonov prevents a body shot from Balkan.
Balkan can't find room to land a body shot as Samsonov controls the action.
A short uppercut from Balkan.
Balkan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Samsonov's efforts to push away.
Samsonov is trying to force a seperation but Balkan has the dominant position.
Balkan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samsonov working hard to break the clinch.
Balkan can't find room to land a body shot as Samsonov controls the action.
Samsonov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Samsonov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Balkan's elbow.
Samsonov tries to work over Balkan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samsonov has a couple of punches blocked by Balkan.
Balkan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Samsonov tries to throw a body punch but Balkan avoids it by throwing Samsonov back against the cage.
Balkan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Balkan lands with a left to the head.
Balkan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksander Balkan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksander Balkan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Balkan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Samsonov counters with a straight right hand.
Samsonov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Balkan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Samsonov's head backwards.
Samsonov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Balkan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Samsonov just manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balkan throws an off balance right hand
and Samsonov counters with a straight right hand.
Balkan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Samsonov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Samsonov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Balkan counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samsonov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Balkan counters with a nice right hand that sends Samsonov toppling to the canvas! Samsonov scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Balkan finish him?!
Samsonov is still on wobbly legs! Can Balkan finish him?
Samsonov throws a big shot that misses.
Samsonov seems to have recovered his senses.
Samsonov drops Balkan with a straight right hand, right on the button! Samsonov follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Samsonov!
In his post fight interview, Ivan Samsonov gave a big smile as he said 'Дай мне титульный снимок'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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