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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergeiy Lazendaevich (ranked 4430 p4p, 5093 weight class) and Wild Turkey (ranked 261 p4p, 278 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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165 cm 18 136 0 - 0 - 0 |
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174 cm 18 147 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Counter fighter Very confident |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergeiy Lazendaevich! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wild Turkey! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A big right from Turkey misses. Turkey slips under a jab. Turkey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turkey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Lazendaevich getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Turkey throws a big shot that misses. Lazendaevich feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Turkeys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Lazendaevich lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lazendaevich works Turkey's body with a nice hook. Turkey looks to land a left hand but Lazendaevich moved out of range nicely. Lazendaevich lands a slapping body shot.
Turkey takes a swing at Lazendaevich's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Turkey misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lazendaevich counters with a left and a right that stings Turkey. Turkey throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Turkey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lazendaevich. Turkey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lazendaevich avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Turkey looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. A swing and a miss from Lazendaevich. Turkey swings widly with a right hand
and Lazendaevich counters with a left to the body. Turkey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Turkey misses with a looping right. Turkey misses with a right hand letting Lazendaevich counter with a right hand. Turkey throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Lazendaevich to counter with a crisp jab. Lazendaevich misses with a wild body shot. Turkey throws out a counter right but Lazendaevich avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turkey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Turkey misses. Turkey misses with a shot to the body and Lazendaevich counters with a left to the body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lazendaevich throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turkey on the side of the head. Lazendaevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turkey moves away. Lazendaevich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Turkey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Turkey jabbing away but nothing is landing. Turkey takes one to the side of the head.
Lazendaevich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Turkey thows a left - swing and a miss! Turkey takes a swing at Lazendaevich's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lazendaevich avoids the body shot from Turkey.
Turkey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lazendaevich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lazendaevich lands a head shot. Turkey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Turkey misses with a body shot.
Turkey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lazendaevich works the jab nicely. Lazendaevich scores with a hook. Nice defenses there by Lazendaevich. Lazendaevich misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lazendaevich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turkey. Lazendaevich is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Good shot there by Lazendaevich. Nice defenses there by Lazendaevich. Lazendaevich staying out of range there. It looked like Lazendaevich was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turkey. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lazendaevich changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Lazendaevich throws a predictable looking body shot
and Turkey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Turkey misses the shot to the body. Turkey swings for the body but Lazendaevich moves out of range.
Lazendaevich is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Turkey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lazendaevich throws out the jab. Turkey throws a body punch but Lazendaevich moves out of range. Turkey takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Wild Turkey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lazendaevich defending well as Turkey loads up on a big left hand. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sergeiy Lazendaevich dominated that round. That's time! Lazendaevich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Turkey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lazendaevich. Turkey throws a jab but it's blocked by Lazendaevich. Lazendaevich paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Turkey gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turkey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkey lands a head shot. Lazendaevich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turkey. Lazendaevich throws a big counter combination but Turkey scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Lazendaevich throws a shot from downtown. Turkey moves away and avoids it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Turkey throws an off balance right hand
and Turkey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Turkey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lazendaevich moves away. A jab from Lazendaevich misses. Turkey looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Lazendaevich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turkey.
That's one minute gone in the round. Turkey throws a hook but Lazendaevich blocks it. Lazendaevich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turkey. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turkey! But no joy. Lazendaevich looks to score with a jab to the body but Turkey is just out of range. Lazendaevich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Lazendaevich moves out of range as Turkey strikes. Lazendaevich is looking to counter punch. Lazendaevich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turkey paws at him with a jab and circles away. Lazendaevich throws a nice looking combination but Turkey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turkey! But no joy. Turkey swings widly with a right hand
enabling Lazendaevich to counter with a crisp jab. Lazendaevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turkey moves away. Lazendaevich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turkey can do to turn this around? Lazendaevich moves out of range of the strikes. Turkey just misses with a punch to the body.
Lazendaevich appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turkey swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lazendaevich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Lazendaevich misses with a straight left. A swing and a miss from Turkey. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Turkey might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lazendaevich has got the better of the exchanges. Turkey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lazendaevich avoids the body shot from Turkey.
Turkey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Lazendaevich misses with a straight left. Lazendaevich lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lazendaevich lands with an overhand left. Lazendaevich takes a swing at Turkey's ribcage but misses. Turkey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Lazendaevich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Lazendaevich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turkey.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Turkey misses the shot to the body. Turkey misses with an uppercut. Lazendaevich throws the left hand but Turkey avoids the punch easily. Turkey misses with a wild body shot. Lazendaevich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turkey moves away. Turkey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkey is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lazendaevich with a body shot. Turkey lands a head shot. Turkey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Lazendaevich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Turkey looks to land a left hand but Lazendaevich moved out of range nicely. We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Turkey 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. Lazendaevich uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Turkey misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Lazendaevich misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lazendaevich smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. A big left from Lazendaevich misses. A punch lands to the side of Turkey 's head but he takes it in his stride. Turkey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lazendaevich moves away. Turkey lands a right hook to the body.
Lazendaevich throws an overhand right that lands on Turkey's shoulder, as Turkey tries to avoid the shot. This has been an exciting period of action! Turkey avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Lazendaevich throws a lazy uppercut
and Turkey counters with a nice body shot. Lazendaevich ducks under a wild hook from Turkey. Turkey has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Turkey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lazendaevich sees it coming and avoids it easily. Lazendaevich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Lazendaevich defending well as Turkey loads up on a big left hand. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sergeiy Lazendaevich dominated that second round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round! Turkey avoids the body shot from Lazendaevich.
Nice shot lands for Lazendaevich. Sergeiy Lazendaevich is winning the standup battle so far. Lazendaevich throws a right hand that Turkey ducks under and follows up with a left that Turkey also avoids with ease. Lazendaevich ducks under a wild hook from Turkey. Lazendaevich scores with a jab. Turkey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lazendaevich. Turkey throws a body shot but no joy. A little feinted left hand from Lazendaevich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Turkey takes a body punch but keeps moving. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Turkey misses with a hook. Lazendaevich ducked under it nicely. Lazendaevich tries to bum rush Turkey with a series of wild strikes but Turkey uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Turkey misses with a body shot
letting Lazendaevich counter with a right hand. Lazendaevich throws a jab when Turkey was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Turkey takes a swing at Lazendaevich's ribcage but misses. Turkey takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Turkey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Lazendaevich misses its target. Turkey takes one to the side of the head.
Turkey throws a looping overhand right but Lazendaevich ducks down to avoid it. Lazendaevich throws a body shot but no joy. Lazendaevich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turkey.
Lazendaevich throws a jab when Turkey was well out of range. Lazendaevich misses the shot to the body. Lazendaevich lands with a hook. Turkey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Lazendaevich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lazendaevich with a jab. Turkey missing with a left hand there. Lazendaevich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Turkey throws out a loose jab but Lazendaevich uses good head movement to avoid it. Lazendaevich scores with a hook to the body. Turkey takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Turkey lunges at Lazendaevich with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lazendaevich's hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A big left from Turkey misses. Lazendaevich is looking to counter punch. Turkey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lazendaevich misses with a wild body shot. Turkey throws out a counter right but Lazendaevich avoids it with no problem. Turkey takes one on the button. Lazendaevich misses with a wild body shot. Turkey takes a swing at Lazendaevich's ribcage but misses. A quick step to the side and Lazendaevich tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lazendaevich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turkey. Lazendaevich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turkey just misses with a punch to the body.
Lazendaevich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Turkey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lazendaevich.
Sergeiy Lazendaevich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Turkey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lazendaevich manages to avoid it. Lazendaevich is looking to counter punch. Lazendaevich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turkey. Turkey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lazendaevich was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkey. Lazendaevich lands with a straight right. Turkey didn't see that one coming. Nice defenses there by Turkey. Lazendaevich getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Turkey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Turkey misses the jab. A quick step to the side and Lazendaevich tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. Lazendaevich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Turkey takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Lazendaevich takes a swing at Turkey's ribcage but misses. Turkey looks like he wants to counter punch here. Lazendaevich scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Turkey throws an off balance right hand
enabling Lazendaevich to counter with a crisp jab. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Lazendaevich throws a body shot but no joy. Turkey is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lazendaevich with a body shot. Lazendaevich slips a straight right by Turkey. Turkey throws a body shot but no joy. A little feinted left hand from Lazendaevich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Wild Turkey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Turkey throws a lazy uppercut
and Lazendaevich counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight! Sergeiy Lazendaevich showed his dominance in that final round. Well Lazendaevich has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27 Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27 Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergeiy Lazendaevich!
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energy
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RATING
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