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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mr Bean (ranked 4372 p4p, 2927 weight class) and Hakim Zerhouni (ranked 218 p4p, 163 weight class). Zerhouni comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Salah Edin - Tfoe ft. Sefyu kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hakim Zerhouni!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zerhouni looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bean swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bean lands a nice hook to Zerhouni's body. Zerhouni takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bean lunges at Zerhouni with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zerhouni's hand.
Zerhouni shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bean but Bean pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zerhouni will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mr Bean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hakim Zerhouni.
Bean misses with a wild body shot.
Bean misses with a straight right.
Zerhouni lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zerhouni shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bean as he jumps to the side.
Zerhouni misses with a head kick.
Bean was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bean displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zerhouni.
An attempted straight right counter from Bean misses the target.
Zerhouni with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bean to score with a decent uppercut.
Zerhouni shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zerhouni gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bean counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zerhouni gets tackled into the cage by Bean. Bean maintains the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bean.
Bean scores with a shot to the side of Zerhouni's head.
Zerhouni tries a knee to the head but Bean blocks it.
Bean scores with a shot to the side of Zerhouni's head.
Zerhouni is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zerhouni is trying to stall.
Zerhouni is still on wobbly legs! Can Bean finish him?
Bean lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bean.
Bean lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zerhouni pressing his opponent against the cage.
Zerhouni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bean.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zerhouni - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zerhouni has Bean pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bean manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Zerhouni is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bean pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands a body punch.
Zerhouni seems to have recovered his senses.
Zerhouni looks winded!
Bean gets underhooks to prevent Zerhouni's takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Bean.
Bean softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bean lands with a right to the head.
Bean avoiding damage as Zerhouni throws knees to the body.
Bean with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zerhouni looking to throw knees to the head but Bean is blocking nicely.
Zerhouni throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zerhouni tries to land a knee to the head but Bean blocks with his arms.
Zerhouni being controlled against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bean.
Bean lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Bean's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bean lands with a right to the head.
Bean is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zerhouni is defending well for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zerhouni avoids a wild elbow strike from Bean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Bean.
Bean pushes off an throws an elbow but Zerhouni leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zerhouni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bean avoids it.
Bean lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zerhouni misses with a knee strike.
Zerhouni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bean avoids it.
Bean lands a body punch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bean takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zerhouni jumps guard but Bean stands there with Zerhouni around his waist. Zerhouni gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Zerhouni tries a knee to the head but Bean blocks it.
Zerhouni trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bean.
Bean makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zerhouni trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Bean.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Bean dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bean scores with a body shot.
Bean clinches with his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bean.
Bean dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Zerhouni tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short right from Bean.
Bean blocks the elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Bean.
Bean displaying some good clinch control by pressing Zerhouni up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A left hand lands to the body for Bean.
Bean lands a body shot.
Zerhouni throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bean blocks it with crossed arms.
Bean blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bean creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Bean.
Zerhouni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bean avoids it.
Zerhouni tries to land knees in the clinch but Bean avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bean.
Bean prevents Zerhouni from breaking the clinch.
Bean prevents a takedown attempt there.
Zerhouni is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bean.
Bean lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bean tries to throw a body punch but Zerhouni avoids it by throwing Bean back against the cage.
Bean dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bean lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zerhouni's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zerhouni tries to pull guard but Bean won't allow it.
Mr Bean has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hakim Zerhouni.
Bean is pressed up against the cage. Zerhouni has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bean down to the mat. Bean avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands with a right hand.
Bean punishes Zerhouni's body with a nice straight punch.
Bean is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zerhouni can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zerhouni with a poor takedown
and Bean counters with a left to the body.
Mr Bean is winning the standup battle so far.
Bean connects with a crisp jab.
Bean connects with a looping right hand.
Zerhouni takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
BOOM! Bean lands a beautiful left hook that drops Zerhouni. Zerhouni tries to recover but Bean is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Zerhouni lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mr Bean!
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hype
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