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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Zhdanov (ranked 601 p4p, 895 weight class) and Patrick Kearney (ranked 35 p4p, 108 weight class). Zhdanov comes to the cage accompanied by Малиновая Лада (Raspberry Lada) by Gayazov$ Brother$. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Roman Zhdanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Patrick Kearney!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kearney jabs at Zhdanov's body.
Zhdanov misses with an uppercut
and Kearney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kearney throws a body shot but no joy.
Kearney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zhdanov is breathing heavily.
Zhdanov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zhdanov swings widly with a right hand
and Kearney counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Roman Zhdanov has been cut.
Kearney lands a big right hand that sends Zhdanov crashing to the mat! Kearney stays standing though and waves Zhdanov back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kearney lands a body shot.
Kearney has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kearney has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kearney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kearney takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zhdanov.
Kearney lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kearney lands a body shot.
Kearney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kearney lands a left hand.
Kearney swings wildly with an uppercut but Zhdanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zhdanov looking to throw knees to the head but Kearney is blocking nicely.
Kearney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zhdanov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zhdanov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kearney.
Kearney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kearney misses with a punch to the body.
Zhdanov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kearney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kearney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Kearney fails to land.
Kearney scores with a shot to the side of Zhdanov's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kearney lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kearney.
Kearney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kearney managing to block the knees to the body from Zhdanov.
Zhdanov blocks an uppercut.
Kearney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kearney tries to work over Zhdanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kearney lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zhdanov lands a shot to the body.
Zhdanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zhdanov digs a right hand underneath Kearney's ribcage. Kearney let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Zhdanov on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Kearney scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kearney blocks an elbow strike.
Kearney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zhdanov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zhdanov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kearney dodges an elbow strike from Zhdanov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kearney lands a body shot.
Kearney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zhdanov.
Zhdanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Kearney avoids the damage to the body.
Kearney has a couple of punches blocked by Zhdanov.
Zhdanov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zhdanov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kearney throws a head punch that misses.
Kearney swings wildly with an uppercut but Zhdanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zhdanov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kearney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kearney tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhdanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Kearney.
Kearney moves out of range as Zhdanov strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kearney throws a big shot that misses.
Kearney misses with a series of wild punches.
Kearney looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Zhdanov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zhdanov throws a lazy right hand but Kearney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Kearney dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Zhdanov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Zhdanov moves into range and clinches up with Kearney.
Kearney swings wildly with an uppercut but Zhdanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patrick Kearney seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kearney misses with a punch to the body.
Zhdanov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zhdanov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kearney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zhdanov's elbow.
Kearney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zhdanov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kearney lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Zhdanov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhdanov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Zhdanov.
Zhdanov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kearney is breathing heavily.
Kearney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kearney is trying to break the clinch but Zhdanov has him pressed against the cage.
Kearney takes a shot to the head.
Zhdanov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Zhdanov.
Kearney blocks an uppercut.
Kearney misses with a punch on the inside.
Zhdanov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zhdanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kearney blocks an elbow strike from Zhdanov.
Kearney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zhdanov stalling in the clinch.
Kearney avoids the elbow strike from Zhdanov, against the cage.
Roman Zhdanov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kearney manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Zhdanov finds it's way through Kearney's defenses.
Kearney closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhdanov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zhdanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Kearney avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zhdanov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kearney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kearney misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zhdanov counters with a nice right hand that sends Kearney toppling to the canvas! Kearney scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zhdanov finish him?!
Kearney is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhdanov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kearney, pushing him back against the cage.
Kearney is still on wobbly legs! Can Zhdanov finish him?
Zhdanov working Kearney over with knees to the body.
Zhdanov lands an uppercut.
Zhdanov lands a big right hand that drops Kearney! The killer instinct kicks in and Zhdanov finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Zhdanov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roman Zhdanov!
Our winner, Roman Zhdanov, 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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hype
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