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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Temirbek Yuldashev (ranked 1084 p4p, 1964 weight class) and Ethan Mayer (ranked 146 p4p, 271 weight class). Yuldashev comes to the cage accompanied by Лезгинка - Мой нанак. Temirbek Yuldashev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Temirbek Yuldashev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Mayer!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuldashev scores with a hook.
Mayer has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A low kick from Mayer misses
and Yuldashev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Ethan Mayer has been cut.
Yuldashev lands with a shot to the body.
Yuldashev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mayer.
Mayer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yuldashev.
Mayer misses with a lunging right hand
and Yuldashev counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mayer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yuldashev seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mayer misses with a lunging right hand
and Yuldashev counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Yuldashev misses.
Yuldashev misses with a body shot.
Yuldashev connects with a single shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yuldashev lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mayer is rocked!
Yuldashev just misses with a punch to the body.
Yuldashev with a hook.
Mayer is still on wobbly legs! Can Yuldashev finish him?
Mayer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mayer seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuldashev missing with a left hand there. Mayer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yuldashev cracks Mayer with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Yuldashev has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Mayer to stand back up!
Yuldashev scores with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Mayer.
Yuldashev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mayer throws out the jab.
Yuldashev misses with a body shot.
Mayer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mayer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Yuldashev misses.
Yuldashev lands a nice shot that snaps Mayer's head back.
A big left from Yuldashev misses.
Mayer with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Yuldashev.
Mayer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Mayer.
Yuldashev misses with a wild body shot.
Yuldashev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Yuldashev looks to land a right hand but Mayer moved out of range.
Mayer appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mayer walks into a left hand.
Yuldashev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mayer manages to avoid it.
Mayer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yuldashev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mayer.
Mayer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yuldashev.
Mayer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yuldashev ducks under a wild hook from Mayer.
Mayer lands a big uppercut and Yuldashev crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Yuldashev looks OK. Mayer waves Yuldashev back to his feet!
Yuldashev stuns Mayer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuldashev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yuldashev bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mayer's head backwards.
Yuldashev instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mayer.
Yuldashev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yuldashev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Yuldashev.
Yuldashev lands with a right to the head.
Mayer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mayer misses with a punch on the inside.
Mayer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yuldashev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yuldashev connects with a body shot that sends Mayer's belly button to the back.
Yuldashev swings for the body but Mayer moves out of range.
Yuldashev is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mayer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mayer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuldashev misses with a wild body shot.
Mayer looks to land a left hand but Yuldashev moved out of range nicely.
Yuldashev tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mayer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mayer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That has opened up Ethan Mayer's cut even more.
Yuldashev misses with a hook.
Yuldashev gets a clinch.
Mayer throws a punch but it's blocked by Yuldashev.
Yuldashev is working Mayer over against the cage.
Mayer blocking some punches.
Yuldashev lands a hook that snaps the head of Mayer backwards.
Mayer blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yuldashev can't find room to land a body shot as Mayer controls the action.
Mayer scores with a shot to the side of Yuldashev's head.
Yuldashev misses with a punch on the inside.
Mayer misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Temirbek Yuldashev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ethan Mayer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mayer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yuldashev manages to avoid it.
Mayer avoids the body shot from Yuldashev.
Mayer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Yuldashev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yuldashev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mayer has time to react.
Yuldashev moves away from the strike by Mayer.
Yuldashev was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yuldashev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mayer can do to turn this around?
Yuldashev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mayer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yuldashev was well out of range. Poor timing from Mayer.
Mayer lands with an uppercut that bounces Yuldashev off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yuldashev misses with a straight left.
Mayer moves out of range as Yuldashev strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mayer! But no joy.
Yuldashev throws a body punch but Mayer moves out of range.
Mayer lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Yuldashev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mayer lands a nice hook to Yuldashev's body. Yuldashev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Yuldashev there.
Yuldashev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mayer counters with a left to the body.
Temirbek Yuldashev is winning the standup battle so far.
Mayer throws a head kick but Yuldashev moves out of range.
Yuldashev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yuldashev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mayer ducks under a wild hook from Yuldashev.
Nice body punch from Yuldashev.
Mayer blocks a jab.
Mayer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mayer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yuldashev tries to clinch up but Mayer circles away and keeps his distance.
It seemed like Mayer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Temirbek Yuldashev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yuldashev just misses with a punch to the body.
Yuldashev tries to clinch but Mayer is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayer looks to score with a jab to the body but Yuldashev is just out of range.
Yuldashev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mayer misses with a hook
and Yuldashev counters with a nice uppercut.
Yuldashev walks into a jab.
Yuldashev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Mayer misses.
Yuldashev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yuldashev lands a lovely overhand right.
Yuldashev ducks right into an uppercut from Mayer.
Yuldashev lands with an overhand left.
Yuldashev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mayer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mayer cracks Yuldashev with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Yuldashev tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Mayer pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Yuldashev is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ethan Mayer!
Ethan Mayer is the new light heavyweight champion!
Ethan Mayer bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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