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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Yarborough (ranked 633 p4p, 718 weight class) and Kirov Sturmovik (ranked 94 p4p, 106 weight class). Yarborough's entrance music is Derezzed. A fine choice. James Yarborough has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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17 - 7 - 0 |
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15 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Yarborough!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirov Sturmovik!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturmovik knocks Yarborough to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Yarborough is rocked!
It looks like James Yarborough has been cut.
Sturmovik misses with the ground and pound.
Oh Yarborough is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yarborough has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sturmovik in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sloppy strikes there by Sturmovik.
Yarborough seems to have got his legs back now.
Yarborough regains half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yarborough keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Yarborough on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sturmovik scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sturmovik thows a huge punch but Yarborough dodges it nicely.
Sturmovik sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yarborough defending well though.
Sturmovik throwing shots but Yarborough is blocking nicely.
Sturmovik missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sturmovik looks to land a strike but Yarborough avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sturmovik in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sturmovik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sturmovik throws a strike but Yarborough rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sturmovik is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Yarborough presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarborough digs a right hand into Sturmovik's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sturmovik's gas tank.
Sturmovik misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sturmovik.
James Yarborough's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Yarborough misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sturmovik connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yarborough's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturmovik.
Sturmovik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yarborough blocks it with crossed arms.
A hook to the body from Yarborough.
Yarborough goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yarborough softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yarborough digs a right hand underneath Sturmovik's ribcage. Sturmovik let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sturmovik throws a head punch that misses.
Sturmovik's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sturmovik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sturmovik with a knee to the head.
Yarborough blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Yarborough.
Sturmovik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sturmovik throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sturmovik.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yarborough lands with a right to the head.
Sturmovik with a knee to the head.
Sturmovik misses with the head strike.
Yarborough misses with some punches.
Yarborough lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sturmovik backwards.
Sturmovik swings wildly with an uppercut but Yarborough uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yarborough lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sturmovik throws a head punch that misses.
Sturmovik tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sturmovik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sturmovik lands a body punch.
Sturmovik lands a knee to the head.
Sturmovik working aggressively here.
Yarborough misses with the head strike.
Yarborough scores with a shoulder strike.
Yarborough lands with a right to the head.
Sturmovik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yarborough backwards.
Jeez, James Yarborough's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Yarborough blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sturmovik throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturmovik misses with the head strike.
Sturmovik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sturmovik tries to land knees in the clinch but Yarborough avoids the damage to the body.
Yarborough doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yarborough misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sturmovik fails to land.
Sturmovik scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Yarborough.
Yarborough blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sturmovik tries to land a knee to the head but Yarborough blocks with his arms.
A short right from Yarborough.
Yarborough lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yarborough scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yarborough working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yarborough lands an uppercut.
Sturmovik blocks a body shot from Yarborough.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sturmovik.
Sturmovik misses with some punches.
Sturmovik misses with the head strike.
Yarborough working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Yarborough.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yarborough tries to throw a body punch but Sturmovik avoids it by throwing Yarborough back against the cage.
Sturmovik looking to throw knees to the head but Yarborough is blocking nicely.
Sturmovik can't find room to land a body shot as Yarborough controls the action.
Yarborough lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sturmovik backwards.
Yarborough lands a hook that snaps the head of Sturmovik backwards.
Sturmovik scores with a shot to the side of Yarborough's head.
Yarborough scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sturmovik is rocked!
Yarborough lands with a short shot to the head.
Sturmovik is still on wobbly legs! Can Yarborough finish him?
Yarborough creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sturmovik's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sturmovik drops to his knees and Yarborough pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Yarborough!
Our winner, James Yarborough, 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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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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