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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Minato Tokugawa (ranked 429 p4p, 321 weight class) and Pavel Kostov (ranked 57 p4p, 42 weight class). Kostov has chosen Гио Пика - Буйно Голова as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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17 - 5 - 1 |
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22 - 14 - 4 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Minato Tokugawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Kostov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokugawa misses with a lunging right hand
and Kostov counters with a low kick, right behind Tokugawa 's knee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tokugawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kostov is looking to slow Tokugawa down with leg kicks.
Tokugawa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kostov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Kostov misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kostov moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kostov.
Tokugawa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kostov tries to work over Tokugawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kostov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A body shot lands from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa gets through Kostov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokugawa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tokugawa is leaning against Kostov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kostov misses with a punch to the body.
Tokugawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kostov misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Tokugawa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kostov lands a body punch.
Kostov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tokugawa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tokugawa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kostov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tokugawa's elbow.
Tokugawa tries a body shot but Kostov blocks it.
A short right from Tokugawa on the inside.
Tokugawa tries to throw a body punch but Kostov avoids it by throwing Tokugawa back against the cage.
Kostov scores with a shot to the side of Tokugawa's head.
Tokugawa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tokugawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kostov backwards.
Tokugawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Kostov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Kostov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kostov prevents a body shot from Tokugawa.
Nice body punch from Tokugawa - that landed with a thud.
Kostov looks winded!
Tokugawa prevents a body shot from Kostov.
Kostov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kostov lands a right hand.
Tokugawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kostov's elbow.
Tokugawa misses with the head strike.
Tokugawa lands an uppercut.
Kostov can't find room to land a body shot as Tokugawa controls the action.
Kostov can't find room to land a body shot as Tokugawa controls the action.
Tokugawa takes a shot to the head.
Tokugawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kostov is working Tokugawa over against the cage.
Kostov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tokugawa's elbow.
Kostov lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tokugawa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kostov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tokugawa's elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Tokugawa.
Tokugawa lands a shoulder strike.
Kostov blocks an uppercut.
Kostov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tokugawa controls his hands.
Kostov digs a right hand into Tokugawa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tokugawa's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostov tries a body shot but Tokugawa blocks it.
Tokugawa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kostov tries to work over Tokugawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tokugawa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tokugawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tokugawa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tokugawa throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Tokugawa - that landed with a thud.
Kostov can't find room to land a body shot as Tokugawa controls the action.
Tokugawa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Tokugawa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tokugawa misses with the head strike.
Kostov misses with a punch on the inside.
Tokugawa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Tokugawa on the inside.
Tokugawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Kostov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kostov blocks an uppercut.
Tokugawa misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tokugawa working aggressively here.
Kostov misses with the head strike.
Kostov scores with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokugawa blocking some punches.
Tokugawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Tokugawa.
Tokugawa lands with a short shot to the head.
Tokugawa lands a body shot.
Kostov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tokugawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Kostov.
Kostov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tokugawa misses with a body punch.
Kostov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tokugawa throws a head punch that misses.
Tokugawa misses with a punch to the body.
Tokugawa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kostov lands with a right to the head.
Kostov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tokugawa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kostov lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokugawa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kostov blocking some punches.
Tokugawa lands a shoulder strike.
Kostov misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Minato Tokugawa dominated that round.
That's time! Tokugawa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tokugawa connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Kostov out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Minato Tokugawa!
A very excited looking Minato Tokugawa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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