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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Braulio (ranked 4180 p4p, 4164 weight class) and Denzel Dimitri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Braulio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denzel Dimitri!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dimitri fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Braulio 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dimitri misses with a body shot.
Braulio misses with a hook. Dimitri ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Dimitri misses.
Braulio throwing a counter right hand but Dimitri manages to avoid it.
Braulio throws a looping overhand right but Dimitri ducks down to avoid it.
Dimitri lands a head shot.
Dimitri throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimitri connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dimitri fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Denzel Dimitri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dimitri misses with a shot to the body
and Braulio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dimitri throws a hook but Braulio avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braulio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Dimitri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dimitri bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Braulio's head backwards.
Braulio is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Braulio lands a head shot.
It looks like Denzel Dimitri has been cut.
Dimitri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Braulio was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dimitri.
Dimitri lunges at Braulio with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Braulio's hand.
Braulio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dimitri might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Braulio moves away from the strike by Dimitri.
It looked like Braulio wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dimitri throws a body punch but Braulio moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Braulio on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Braulio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dimitri throws an off balance right hand
and Braulio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Dimitri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Braulio wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dimitri misses with a left hand
and Braulio counters with a left to the body.
Dimitri lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dimitri lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dimitri looks to score with a jab to the body but Braulio is just out of range.
Braulio is looking to counter punch.
Dimitri lands a nice shot to the body.
Dimitri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Braulio misses its target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri moves out of range as Braulio strikes.
Braulio on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Braulio blocks a jab.
Dimitri throws a body punch but Braulio moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Dimitri.
Braulio throwing a counter right hand but Dimitri manages to avoid it.
Dimitri connects with a nice looking jab.
Braulio swings for the body but Dimitri moves out of range.
Dimitri scores with a crisp jab that stopped Braulio in his tracks.
Dimitri rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Braulio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braulio moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Braulio misses the target.
Dimitri takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dimitri slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dimitri lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimitri connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dimitri is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Braulio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Braulio misses with a jab to the body
and Dimitri counters with a straight right hand.
Dimitri connects with a right hand. Braulio shakes it off.
Dimitri throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Braulio counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the liver by Dimitri. Beautiful body shot.
Dimitri throws the left hand but Braulio avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denzel Dimitri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Denzel Dimitri's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dimitri lands a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Dimitri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Braulio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dimitri lands a right hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Braulio 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dimitri misses with a hook. Braulio ducked under it nicely.
Braulio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dimitri getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Braulio 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Braulio looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice shot by Dimitri.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Braulio might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braulio takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A left lands for Dimitri.
Dimitri slips under a jab.
Braulio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Braulio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dimitri.
Dimitri scores with a crisp jab that stopped Braulio in his tracks.
A shot to the liver by Dimitri. Beautiful body shot.
Braulio misses with a right hand
and Dimitri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Dimitri.
Dimitri scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Dimitri finds it's way through Braulio's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dimitri moves out of range of the strikes.
Dimitri lands a glancing blow to the side of Braulio's head.
Dimitri misses with a straight left.
A swing and a miss from Braulio.
Dimitri scores with a sloppy right hand. Braulio should have avoided that one.
Dimitri swings for the body but Braulio moves out of range.
A cross from Dimitri lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimitri works the jab nicely.
Dimitri stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dimitri scores with a shot to the body.
Dimitri blocks a jab.
Braulio avoids the body shot from Dimitri.
Braulio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Braulio misses with a looping left.
Dimitri moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Braulio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimitri.
Braulio lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri lands with a nice body punch.
Denzel Dimitri seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Dimitri misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Braulio misses the target.
Dimitri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braulio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Braulio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dimitri throws a body punch but Braulio moves out of range.
Braulio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dimitri misses with a left hand
enabling Braulio to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braulio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dimitri moves away.
Braulio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Dimitri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Braulio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denzel Dimitri showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Denzel Dimitri's cut.
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!
Dimitri misses with a lunging right hand
and Braulio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dimitri just misses with a punch to the body.
Braulio throws an off balance right hand
and Dimitri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut there from Dimitri.
Dimitri misses with a hook
and Braulio counters with a right hand to the body.
Braulio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dimitri looks to land a left hand but Braulio moved out of range nicely.
Braulio is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braulio slips a straight right by Dimitri.
A shot to the body from Dimitri misses
and Braulio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dimitri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braulio manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Dimitri misses the target.
A little feinted left hand from Braulio on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab lands there for Dimitri.
Dimitri misses with an uppercut. Braulio saw that one coming.
Braulio takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dimitri scores with a hook.
Dimitri throws a hook to the side of Braulio's head but Braulio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dimitri jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Braulio is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dimitri throws a body punch but Braulio moves out of range.
Braulio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dimitri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braulio scores with a punch to the head.
Braulio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dimitri lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dimitri scores with a jab. Braulio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Braulio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab by Braulio.
Dimitri jabs Braulio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dimitri has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice uppercut there from Dimitri.
Braulio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Braulio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitri misses with a hook
and Braulio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dimitri lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dimitri throws an overhand right that lands on Braulio's shoulder, as Braulio tries to avoid the shot.
Dimitri connects with a good right hand that stumbles Braulio. Braulio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dimitri misses with a hook. Braulio ducked under it nicely.
Dimitri scores with a hook to the body. Braulio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Braulio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dimitri connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dimitri bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braulio throws a poor cross that misses
and Dimitri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dimitri lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braulio listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dimitri throws a lazy uppercut
and Braulio counters with a nice uppercut.
That has opened up Denzel Dimitri's cut even more.
Dimitri throws a poor cross that misses
and Braulio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dimitri thinking.
A jab from Dimitri misses.
Dimitri misses with a shot to the body
and Braulio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Braulio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dimitri.
Nick Braulio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dimitri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Braulio has time to react.
And that's the end of the fight!
Denzel Dimitri comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dimitri has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denzel Dimitri!
A less than humble Denzel Dimitri misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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hype
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