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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nagatsuki Hideki (ranked 1641 p4p, 1810 weight class) and Azad Bekzod (ranked 210 p4p, 232 weight class). Bekzod is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Weird" Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise. The key to victory for Nagatsuki Hideki has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nagatsuki Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Azad Bekzod!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bekzod throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hideki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bekzod is looking to clinch but Hideki is avoiding it.
Bekzod lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hideki moves out of range of the strikes.
Hideki swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bekzod swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bekzod looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bekzod fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hideki, pushing him back against the cage.
Hideki breaks the clinch.
Bekzod tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hideki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hideki ducks under a wild hook from Bekzod.
Hideki swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bekzod has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bekzod lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hideki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bekzod works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bekzod tries to work over Hideki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hideki struggles to land a body shot inside as Bekzod controls his hands.
Bekzod misses with a body punch.
Hideki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bekzod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bekzod swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bekzod blocks the elbow strike.
Bekzod swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bekzod blocking some punches.
Bekzod has Hideki pressed against the cage, preventing Hideki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hideki definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hideki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hideki has a couple of punches blocked by Bekzod.
Hideki lands an elbow inside that Bekzod shrugs off.
Bekzod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bekzod working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bekzod blocking some punches.
Hideki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hideki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bekzod blocks an elbow strike.
Hideki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bekzod tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hideki working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bekzod lands a left hand.
Hideki lands an elbow that stopped Bekzod in his tracks for a moment.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bekzod tries to throw a body punch but Hideki avoids it by throwing Bekzod back against the cage.
Bekzod blocking some punches.
Bekzod misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bekzod.
Bekzod can't find room to land a body shot as Hideki controls the action.
Hideki misses with a punch to the body.
Bekzod keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hideki's efforts to push away.
Bekzod scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bekzod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bekzod lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hideki or not.
Hideki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Bekzod.
Bekzod makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hideki misses with the head strike.
Bekzod lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Bekzod.
Hideki is breathing heavily.
Bekzod lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hideki or not.
Bekzod scores with a shoulder strike.
Bekzod digs a right hand underneath Hideki's ribcage. Hideki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bekzod doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Bekzod.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bekzod scores with a shot to the side of Hideki's head.
Bekzod misses with a body punch.
Bekzod lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bekzod tries to throw a body punch but Hideki avoids it by throwing Bekzod back against the cage.
Hideki tries a body shot but Bekzod blocks it.
Hideki blocks a body shot from Bekzod.
Hideki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hideki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bekzod lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bekzod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Bekzod.
Bekzod lands a shot to the body.
Bekzod throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hidekis head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bekzod.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bekzod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Bekzod as the two fighters clinch.
Bekzod makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Bekzod.
Bekzod lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bekzod misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Bekzod.
Bekzod scores with a hook to the body.
Bekzod struggles to land a body shot inside as Hideki controls his hands.
Bekzod lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Bekzod.
Bekzod misses with a body punch.
Bekzod lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bekzod lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bekzod cracks Hideki with a nice body shot.
Bekzod lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Bekzod.
Hideki takes a shot to the head.
Hideki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bekzod throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hidekis head.
Bekzod is leaning against Hideki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bekzod softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hideki blocks a body shot from Bekzod.
Bekzod tries a body shot but Hideki blocks it.
Bekzod works on Hideki's body with a couple of short punches.
Bekzod works on Hideki's body with a couple of short punches.
Bekzod works on Hideki's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Azad Bekzod dominated that round.
That's time! Hideki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bekzod just misses with a punch to the body.
Bekzod scores with a punch to the head.
Bekzod misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Hideki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Bekzod throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hideki swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bekzod forces Hideki back against the cage and clinches.
Bekzod pushes Hideki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki takes a shot to the head.
Hideki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bekzod lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hideki lands an elbow inside.
Bekzod is leaning against Hideki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bekzod swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bekzod blocks a body shot from Hideki.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bekzod lands an uppercut.
Bekzod lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bekzod lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bekzod scores with a shoulder strike.
Bekzod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hideki's elbow.
Bekzod lands a shot to the body.
Hideki throws an elbow that misses.
Bekzod digs a right hand into Hideki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hideki's gas tank.
Bekzod misses with a punch to the body.
Bekzod has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice left hand lands by Bekzod.
Bekzod lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bekzod lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bekzod blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bekzod makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bekzod scores with a hook to the body.
Bekzod lands a hook that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Hideki is rocked!
Bekzod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Bekzod.
Oh Hideki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bekzod lands with a right to the head.
Bekzod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bekzod lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bekzod scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bekzod misses with a punch to the body.
Bekzod cracks Hideki with a nice body shot.
Bekzod lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bekzod digs a right hand into Hideki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hideki's gas tank.
Bekzod throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A shot in the inside from Bekzod.
Bekzod misses with a punch to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bekzod in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bekzod makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bekzod working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bekzod lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Hideki to his knees! Bekzod keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Azad Bekzod!
A relieved looking Azad Bekzod thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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