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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vic Fontaine (ranked 3860 p4p, 25398 weight class) and Artur Potapenko (ranked 467 p4p, 614 weight class). Vic Fontaine has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vic Fontaine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Artur Potapenko!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fontaine with the inside leg kick.
Potapenko lands a body shot.
Potapenko throws an off balance right hand
and Fontaine counters by clinching up.
Fontaine prevents a body shot from Potapenko.
Fontaine lands a knee to the body.
Fontaine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potapenko.
Fontaine with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Artur Potapenko has been cut.
Potapenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Potapenko.
Potapenko slows down the pace here.
Potapenko trying to control the position but instead, Fontaine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potapenko into the cage.
Fontaine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fontaine misses with a knee to the head.
Potapenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potapenko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fontaine tries a knee to the head but Potapenko blocks it.
Potapenko working aggressively here.
Potapenko has a couple of punches blocked by Fontaine.
A knee to the head by Fontaine.
Potapenko avoiding damage as Fontaine throws knees to the body.
Fontaine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potapenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Fontaine misses with a knee strike.
Potapenko wants to stall.
Potapenko can't find room to land a body shot as Fontaine controls the action.
Potapenko working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Potapenko on the inside.
Fontaine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potapenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fontaine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fontaine blocks an uppercut.
Potapenko is looking to control Fontaine's arms but Fontaine gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potapenko has his back to the cage.
Fontaine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potapenko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Potapenko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Potapenko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fontaine is keeping busy.
Fontaine lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fontaine.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the head but Potapenko blocks with his arms.
Potapenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Fontaine definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Potapenko has a couple of punches blocked by Fontaine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine trying to land knees to the body.
Potapenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fontaine scores a nice knee to the body.
Fontaine missing with knees to the body.
Potapenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fontaine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potapenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Potapenko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fontaine's elbow.
Fontaine blocks a body shot from Potapenko.
Fontaine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Potapenko is trying to maintain a safe position but Fontaine gets an underhook and turns Potapenko into the cage.
Fontaine looking to throw knees to the head but Potapenko is blocking nicely.
Fontaine lands a good knee to the midsection. Potapenko won't want to take too many of those.
We've been informed that Potapenko has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Fontaine being controlled against the cage.
Fontaine throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Potapenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fontaine connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potapenko's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potapenko trying to control the position but instead, Fontaine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potapenko into the cage.
Potapenko lands a right hand.
Fontaine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fontaine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fontaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potapenko avoids it.
Fontaine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potapenko.
Fontaine lands a knee to the head.
Potapenko avoiding damage as Fontaine throws knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vic Fontaine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Artur Potapenko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Potapenko throws a combination that misses
and Fontaine moves into the clinch.
Potapenko wants to break free but Fontaine has control.
Fontaine working Potapenko over with knees to the body.
Potapenko managing to block the knees to the body from Fontaine.
Fontaine lands a good knee to the midsection. Potapenko won't want to take too many of those.
Fontaine lands a knee to the body.
Fontaine lands a good knee to the midsection. Potapenko won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potapenko.
Fontaine lands a knee to the head.
Fontaine jerks Potapenko's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Potapenko drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Fontaine goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Fontaine because Potapenko was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Vic Fontaine!
Vic Fontaine decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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