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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vasily Grossman (ranked 3459 p4p, 6991 weight class) and Helmuth Ham (ranked 369 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasily Grossman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vasily Grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Helmuth Ham!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grossman.
A telegraphed right hand from Ham misses the target.
Grossman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ham under the eye.
Grossman jabs at Ham's body.
Grossman misses with a looping right.
Ham throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grossman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grossman moves out of range of the strikes.
Grossman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ham scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grossman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grossman. Ham does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ham throws a body punch but Grossman moves out of range.
Ham throws an off balance right hand
and Grossman counters with a straight right hand.
Ham misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ham misses the jab.
Ham swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grossman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman lands a hook that snaps the head of Ham backwards.
I was talking to Grossman's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Grossman misses with some punches.
Ham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ham working aggressively here.
Ham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grossman is keeping busy.
Grossman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ham fails to land.
Grossman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ham trying to stall but Grossman improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Grossman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ham is rocked!
Grossman lands with a right to the head.
Ham is still on wobbly legs! Can Grossman finish him?
Grossman misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Grossman.
Grossman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ham wants to stall.
Ham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grossman lands a shot to the body.
Ham seems to have recovered his senses.
A right handed body shot lands from Grossman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grossman misses with a punch on the inside.
Grossman lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Grossman.
Grossman lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Grossman.
Grossman lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ham to his knees! Grossman keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vasily Grossman!
After the fight, Vasily Grossman was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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