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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 431 p4p, 895 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 57 p4p, 122 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk misses with a looping right.
Martinyuk cracks Philips with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Martinyuk throws a lazy right hand but Philips sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martinyuk scores with a shot to the body.
Philips slips a straight right by Martinyuk.
Left hook, right uppercut from Martinyuk.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martinyuk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Philips misses with a wild combination.
Martinyuk looks to land a right hand but Philips moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinyuk lands a right hook to the body.
Philips walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martinyuk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Philips scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinyuk throws a hook to the side of Philips's head but Philips sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martinyuk throws a hook but Philips avoids it easily.
Philips throws a lazy head kick
and Martinyuk counters with a straight right hand.
Philips moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Philips has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Philips missing with knees to the body.
Martinyuk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Philips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Martinyuk blocks an elbow strike.
Philips lands with a left to the head.
Philips lands a damaging elbow.
Martinyuk manages to break the clinch.
Philips staying out of range there.
Philips quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Martinyuk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Philips counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Philips misses with a body shot.
Philips looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinyuk stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Martinyuk throws an off balance right hand
and Philips counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk scores with a jab to the jaw.
Philips throws a head kick but Martinyuk moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Martinyuk misses
and Philips counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Philips.
Martinyuk misses with a body punch.
Philips tries to stall but Martinyuk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Martinyuk, as that shot connected.
A big left from Martinyuk misses.
Martinyuk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leonid Martinyuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Philips.
Philips throws a low kick but it's checked well by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Philips had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Philips staying out of range there.
Philips throwing a counter right hand but Martinyuk manages to avoid it.
Philips ducks under a wild hook from Martinyuk.
A slapping leg kick lands for Philips.
Philips moves away from the strike by Martinyuk.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Martinyuk misses.
Philips closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martinyuk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Martinyuk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Philips misses with a low kick.
A big right from Martinyuk misses.
Philips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martinyuk throws an overhand right that lands on Philips's shoulder, as Philips tries to avoid the shot.
Martinyuk throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Philips looks to land a combination but Martinyuk avoids it well.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
Philips misses with a wild body shot.
Philips bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Martinyuk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Philips throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinyuk manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
Philips tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Martinyuk manages to circle out of the way.
Martinyuk throws an overhand right that lands on Philips's shoulder, as Philips tries to avoid the shot.
Martinyuk scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Philips misses with a body shot
and Martinyuk counters with a stiff right hand.
Philips fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Philips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Philips.
Martinyuk walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Martinyuk throws a right and a left that Philips avoids nicely.
Martinyuk lets loose with a powerful body kick. Philips will feel that in the morning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonid Martinyuk dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Martinyuk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Philips counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinyuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Martinyuk throws an overhand right that lands on Philips's shoulder, as Philips tries to avoid the shot.
Martinyuk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Philips counters with a good low kick that Martinyuk was not able to check.
Philips looks for the body kick but Martinyuk saw that one coming.
Martinyuk avoids the head kick by Philips.
A bone on bone clash there as Martinyuk blocks the leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Philips.
Philips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Philips thows a leg kick but Martinyuk checks it
and Martinyuk counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinyuk lands a head shot.
Philips attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Martinyuk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Philips takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martinyuk ducks under a wild hook from Philips.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinyuk swats away the attempt to clinch by Philips.
Philips clinches with his opponent.
Martinyuk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinyuk loads up on a big right hand but Philips slips the punch.
Martinyuk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Philips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martinyuk jabs Philips to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Philips.
Martinyuk avoids the head kick by Philips.
Martinyuk dips to his left and cracks Philips with an uppercut!
Martinyuk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Philips.
Martinyuk throws a jab when Philips was well out of range.
Philips was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinyuk is just out of range.
Philips slips under a jab from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk cracks Philips with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Martinyuk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philips.
Philips's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martinyuk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Philips scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinyuk throws a looping overhand right but Philips ducks down to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Martinyuk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martinyuk.
Martinyuk misses with a body kick.
Martinyuk scores with a jab to the body.
Philips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Philips was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Philips lands with a nice combination. Martinyuk backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Leonid Martinyuk has been cut.
Philips takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to clinch but Martinyuk is having none of it.
Martinyuk misses with an uppercut. Philips saw that one coming.
Philips pushes Martinyuk away with a front kick.
Philips slips a jab from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk throws a hook but Philips avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinyuk misses the target.
Philips is looking to wear down Martinyuk with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Martinyuk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Philips was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Martinyuk scores with a kick to the midsection.
Philips with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Martinyuk to score with a decent uppercut.
Martinyuk lands a really nice looking cross but Philips seems unphased.
Martinyuk misses the jab.
Philips will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Martinyuk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Philips throws a leg kick which misses Martinyuk's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinyuk tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Philips looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Martinyuk lands a jab to the nose.
Martinyuk with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Philips to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips throws a leg kick but Martinyuk sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Martinyuk misses the jab.
Philips throws a leg kick
and Martinyuk counters with a stiff right hand.
Philips takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Martinyuk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martinyuk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Martinyuk scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Philips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Philips looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonid Martinyuk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Leonid Martinyuk's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Martinyuk misses with a kick to the body.
Philips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Philips connects with a solid leg kick.
Martinyuk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Philips at a distance.
Leonid Martinyuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martinyuk looks to throw the jab but Philips is out of range.
Philips lands a right hook to the body.
Philips looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Martinyuk lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinyuk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good standup being displayed there by Martinyuk as he connects with a hook.
Philips moves away from the strike by Martinyuk.
Philips thows a leg kick but Martinyuk checks it
enabling Martinyuk to counter with a crisp jab.
Philips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips misses with a hook to the body
and Philips takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinyuk looks to score with a jab to the body but Philips is just out of range.
Philips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martinyuk lands a head shot.
Martinyuk scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Martinyuk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Philips needs to keep his hands up - Martinyuk had a free shot at his head there.
Philips throws a leg kick
and Martinyuk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martinyuk lands with a nice body punch.
Philips moves in looking to clinch but Martinyuk pushes him off.
A nice side step and Martinyuk releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Philips doesn't manage to clinch there - Martinyuk circles away.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martinyuk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martinyuk throws a series of punches but Philips avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips misses with a hook
and Martinyuk counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinyuk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Philips.
Philips throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martinyuk throws a lazy right hand but Philips sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martinyuk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinyuk misses the target.
Philips tries to counter by clinching up but Martinyuk breaks away and moves out of range.
A low kick from Philips misses
letting Martinyuk counter with a right hand.
Martinyuk lands with a nice body kick.
Philips pivots, looking for a leg kick but Martinyuk is out of range and Philips settles back down.
Philips takes a swing at Martinyuk's ribcage but misses.
Philips lands a glancing blow to the side of Martinyuk's head.
Martinyuk misses with an uppercut
and Philips counters with a nice body shot.
A jab from Martinyuk misses.
Philips misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martinyuk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martinyuk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martinyuk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Philips.
Martinyuk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Philips throws a leg kick but Martinyuk checks it.
Martinyuk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martinyuk with a nice cross.
Philips looks to clinch
and Martinyuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Philips throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Martinyuk.
Good leg kick by Philips.
Martinyuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martinyuk checks a low kick from Philips.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martinyuk digs a good hook to Philips's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martinyuk throws out the jab.
Philips is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Martinyuk.
Philips slips under a jab.
Philips looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Philips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinyuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Philips moves away.
Martinyuk avoids the head kick by Philips.
Philips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinyuk.
A jab lands there for Martinyuk.
Radio Philips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinyuk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philips manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonid Martinyuk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Martinyuk winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonid Martinyuk!
Leonid Martinyuk thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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