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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Disco Sandcastle (ranked 3459 p4p, 2609 weight class) and Iov Kuzmin (ranked 517 p4p, 420 weight class). Kuzmin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: La Caution - Thé à la Menthe. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Disco Sandcastle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iov Kuzmin!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandcastle lands a head shot.
Kuzmin shoots in and gets a takedown into Sandcastle's guard.
Kuzmin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kuzmin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kuzmin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kuzmin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kuzmin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kuzmin postures up in Sandcastle's guard and throws a big left but Sandcastle blocks it.
Kuzmin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kuzmin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kuzmin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kuzmin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kuzmin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sandcastle's head.
Kuzmin lands a couple of digs.
Kuzmin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kuzmin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sandcastle wants to stand and escape but Kuzmin is having none of it.
Kuzmin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sandcastle has momentary wrist control but Kuzmin slips an elbow through the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmin lands a couple of digs.
Kuzmin landing with the ground and pound.
Kuzmin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kuzmin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sandcastle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kuzmin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kuzmin working some strikes from top position.
Kuzmin landing some decent shots from guard.
Sandcastle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kuzmin.
Kuzmin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kuzmin throws an elbow that misses. Sandcastle uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kuzmin's guard. Nice move by Sandcastle!
Kuzmin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kuzmin is adopting a defensive guard.
Sandcastle trying to control but Kuzmin is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sandcastle's guard.
Kuzmin landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuzmin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kuzmin landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuzmin cracks Sandcastle with a solid left hand.
Kuzmin landing some decent shots from guard.
Kuzmin scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandcastle has momentary wrist control but Kuzmin slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuzmin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kuzmin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kuzmin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sandcastle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kuzmin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sandcastle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kuzmin on the ground.
Kuzmin throwing strikes from guard but Sandcastle blocks nicely.
Kuzmin is looking to work some ground and pound but Sandcastle has wrist control.
Kuzmin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kuzmin cracks Sandcastle with a solid left hand.
Kuzmin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kuzmin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sandcastle's head.
Kuzmin stands up over Sandcastle, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kuzmin works over Sandcastle with some ground and pound from guard.
Sandcastle has momentary wrist control but Kuzmin slips an elbow through the middle.
Sandcastle is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmin cracks Sandcastle with a solid left hand.
Oh Sandcastle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuzmin gets to his feet and stands over Sandcastle, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Sandcastle felt that one! Kuzmin unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Sandcastle from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iov Kuzmin!
Iov Kuzmin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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