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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Spence (ranked 729 p4p, 680 weight class) and Mikhail Popkov (ranked 112 p4p, 108 weight class). Spence comes to the cage accompanied by Were Coming. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Spence !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikhail Popkov!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spence looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Popkov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Spence counters with a nice body kick.
Popkov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Spence slips under a jab.
Spence avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice defenses there by Popkov.
Popkov misses with a right hand
and Spence counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Popkov thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Popkov slips under a jab from Spence .
Popkov misses with a few strikes there.
Popkov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Popkov misses with a straight right.
It appears Spence was looking to counter with a kick there.
Spence ducks under a wild hook from Popkov.
Spence rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Popkov to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheers as Popkov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spence doesn't seem phased though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spence .
It looks like Mikhail Popkov has been cut.
Spence scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spence throws a lazy right hand but Popkov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Popkov scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popkov tries to score with a low kick but Spence moves his leg out of the way.
A cross from Spence lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spence misses with a left hand
and Spence takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spence throws a lazy head kick
and Popkov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Popkov throws a jab when Spence was well out of range.
Spence tries to land a front kick but Popkov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Spence definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Popkov misses the jab.
A big left from Popkov misses.
Spence digs a good hook to Popkov's body.
Popkov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Popkov misses with a right hand
and Spence makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence connects with a looping right hand.
Spence misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Popkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Spence counters with a nice uppercut.
Popkov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spence gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Popkov.
Popkov looks to land a right hand but Spence moved out of range.
Popkov throws out a loose jab but Spence uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spence misses with a body shot.
Spence lands a big head kick that sends Popkov tumbling to the mat! Spence takes a step backwards and waves Popkov back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Popkov is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Popkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Spence counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Popkov badly! Spence follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Popkov out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Spence finished him against the cage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alan Spence !
Our winner, Alan Spence , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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