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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krisko Kurtev (ranked 1995 p4p, 1115 weight class) and Basko Godwin (ranked 250 p4p, 142 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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189 cm 41 193 36 - 42 - 2 |
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192 cm 39 206 20 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Very strong |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Heavy handed |
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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 36 - 42 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Krisko Kurtev! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Basko Godwin! The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kurtev swinging wildly here.
A countering left hand to the body from Godwin misses. We've been hearing reports that Kurtev has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight. Kurtev tries to clinch up but Godwin circles away and keeps his distance. Kurtev shoots in but no luck this time.
Kurtev pushes Godwin up against the cage in a clinch. A short right hand to the side of the head by Godwin. Godwin scores with a nice hook to the head. Kurtev prevents a body shot from Godwin. Godwin gets through Kurtev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Godwin is pressed up against the cage. Kurtev has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Godwin down to the mat. Godwin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Godwin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kurtev fails to land the takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krisko Kurtev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kurtev shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Godwin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Godwin throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Godwin looks to land a right hand but Kurtev moved out of range. Godwin scores with a shot to the body.
Godwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Kurtev tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Godwin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Kurtev moves forwards but Godwin connects with a nice, crisp jab. Kurtev on the wrong end of a nice jab. Kurtev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Godwin. Kurtev shoots for a takedown but Godwin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Kurtev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Godwin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kurtev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Godwin cracks Kurtev with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Godwin has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Kurtev to stand back up!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked2.gif) Kurtev is rocked! Godwin 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. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Are you kidding me?! Godwin ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Kurtev clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Basko Godwin! Basko Godwin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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