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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Martynov (ranked 1778 p4p, 1177 weight class) and Norman Pearson (ranked 236 p4p, 159 weight class). Norman Pearson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Martynov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Norman Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martynov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pearson throws out a counter right but Martynov avoids it with no problem.
Pearson takes one to the chin there.
A swing and a miss from Martynov.
Martynov throws a shot to the body.
Pearson staying out of range there.
Martynov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pearson moves away from the strike by Martynov.
Pearson tries to bum rush Martynov with a series of wild strikes but Martynov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Martynov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martynov rushes Pearson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martynov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Martynov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Martynov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pearson misses with the head strike.
Pearson throws a head punch that misses.
Martynov can't find room to land a body shot as Pearson controls the action.
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!
Pearson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson breaks from the clinch.
Martynov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pearson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A punch lands to the side of Pearson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Donk. Martynov catches Pearson right on the button with a cross.
Pearson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Martynov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pearson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Martynov with a nice cross.
Pearson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Martynov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pearson manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Pearson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martynov moves in looking to clinch but Pearson pushes him off.
Pearson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Martynov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Martynov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pearson misses with a body shot.
Pearson swats away the attempt to clinch by Martynov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martynov misses with a hook. Pearson ducked under it nicely.
Nice jab there from Martynov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Martynov finds it's way round the side to connect with Pearson's head.
Pearson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martynov clinches.
Martynov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pearson is looking to break free of the clinch but Martynov has double underhooks.
Pearson managing to block the knees to the body from Martynov.
Martynov blocks an elbow strike from Pearson.
A bit of stalling here from Pearson.
Martynov tries a body shot but Pearson blocks it.
Martynov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pearson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pearson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martynov misses with a right hand
and Pearson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Mikhail Martynov has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Martynov does no damage.
Martynov misses the jab.
Pearson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pearson blocks a jab.
Martynov throws out a powerful jab.
Martynov thuds a left hand into Pearson's body.
Martynov misses with a lunging right hand
letting Pearson counter with a right hand.
Martynov misses with a wild body shot.
Martynov with a hook.
Martynov connects with a body shot that sends Pearson's belly button to the back.
Martynov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pearson counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Pearson.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pearson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Pearson misses.
Martynov looks to throw the jab but Pearson is out of range.
Pearson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Martynov moves in looking to clinch but Pearson pushes him off.
Pearson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martynov throws a right and a left that Pearson avoids nicely.
Pearson sizes up Martynov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Martynov misses with a hook.
Martynov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Martynov throws a jab when Pearson was well out of range.
Pearson throws a jab when Martynov was well out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Martynov. That snapped Pearson's head back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Martynov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mikhail Martynov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Martynov throws a hook to the side of Pearson's head but Pearson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martynov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pearson moves out of range of the strikes.
Martynov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Martynov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pearson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pearson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martynov closes the distance and pushes Pearson back into the cage.
Pearson is trying to maintain a safe position but Martynov gets an underhook and turns Pearson into the cage.
Martynov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martynov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martynov has Pearson pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martynov trying to stall but Pearson improves his position.
Pearson breaks from the clinch.
Martynov closes the distance and pushes Pearson back into the cage.
Pearson manages to break the clinch.
Pearson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martynov checks the leg kick.
Pearson keeps the fight on the outside.
Pearson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Martynov takes the fight into the clinch.
Pearson tries to stall but Martynov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martynov tries to throw a body punch but Pearson avoids it by throwing Martynov back against the cage.
Pearson taking a breather.
Pearson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pearson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pearson is trying to maintain a safe position but Martynov gets an underhook and turns Pearson into the cage.
Martynov lands with a short shot to the head.
Pearson manages to break the clinch.
Pearson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martynov moves away.
Pearson staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martynov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pearson moves away.
Martynov misses with a double jab.
Martynov swings widly with a right hand
and Pearson counters with a straight right hand.
Martynov misses with an uppercut
and Pearson counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Norman Pearson!
A relieved looking Norman Pearson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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RATING
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