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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Atlas Raita (ranked 23992 p4p, 23866 weight class) and Nanisokyvi Batirovenkekikala (ranked 527 p4p, 575 weight class). Atlas Raita had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Atlas Raita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nanisokyvi Batirovenkekikala!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Eliza Hachem and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raita swinging wildly here.
Raita displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Raita lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Raita tests Batirovenkekikala's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Batirovenkekikala keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raita uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raita.
Batirovenkekikala blocks a jab.
Batirovenkekikala on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raita. Raita obviously looking to wear him down.
Batirovenkekikala scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Raita lands with an uppercut that bounces Batirovenkekikala off the cage and back into range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raita misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raita buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Raita bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Batirovenkekikala's head.
Raita takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Raita looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Batirovenkekikala is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Raita will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Raita throws a jab but it's blocked by Batirovenkekikala.
Raita throws a front kick aimed at Batirovenkekikala's knee but Batirovenkekikala avoids it well.
Raita walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Batirovenkekikala checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Raita.
Raita finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Raita fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Batirovenkekikala on the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Raita.
Nice defenses there by Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala lands a jab to the nose.
Batirovenkekikala throws a jab when Raita was well out of range.
It looked like Raita wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Raita loads up on a big right hand but Batirovenkekikala slips the punch.
Raita tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Batirovenkekikala paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raita avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Batirovenkekikala scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Batirovenkekikala throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raita misses with a straight left.
Raita missing with a left hand there. Batirovenkekikala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Raita forces Batirovenkekikala back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raita creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raita misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a hook to the ribs.
Batirovenkekikala prevents a body shot from Raita.
Batirovenkekikala lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batirovenkekikala throws a punch but it's blocked by Raita.
Raita lands a body punch in the clinch.
Raita swings wildly with an uppercut but Batirovenkekikala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batirovenkekikala prevents a body shot from Raita.
A short right from Raita.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raita.
Raita tries to throw a body punch but Batirovenkekikala avoids it by throwing Raita back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Raita - that landed with a thud.
Batirovenkekikala gets through Raita's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Batirovenkekikala lands a left hand that snaps the head of Raita backwards.
Raita tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Batirovenkekikala softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Raita works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Raita swings wildly with an uppercut but Batirovenkekikala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batirovenkekikala lands with a right to the head.
Raita misses with a body punch.
Batirovenkekikala lands a left hand that snaps the head of Raita backwards.
Batirovenkekikala has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Raita seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Batirovenkekikala can turn it around.
Batirovenkekikala softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Raita blocks a body shot from Batirovenkekikala.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raita lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raita.
Batirovenkekikala's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Raita pushes Batirovenkekikala back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raita escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Raita lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Batirovenkekikala swings for the body but Raita moves out of range.
Raita takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Raita staying out of range there.
Raita slips under a jab from Batirovenkekikala.
A big right from Batirovenkekikala misses.
Raita lands with a good body shot.
Raita thumps Batirovenkekikala with a low kick.
Batirovenkekikala slips under a jab.
Raita shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Batirovenkekikala avoids the body shot from Raita.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raita.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Raita.
Batirovenkekikala wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batirovenkekikala throws a hook but Raita blocks it.
Raita was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Raita looks to land a left hand but Batirovenkekikala moved out of range nicely.
Batirovenkekikala throws out a counter right but Raita avoids it with no problem.
Raita keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Batirovenkekikala.
Raita lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Batirovenkekikala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raita.
Raita finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Raita lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Batirovenkekikala has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Batirovenkekikala and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Batirovenkekikala thows a left - swing and a miss!
Batirovenkekikala sizes up Raita with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Raita ducks under a wild hook from Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Batirovenkekikala.
Raita just misses with a punch to the body.
Raita throws a low kick but Batirovenkekikala avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raita fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Batirovenkekikala on the side of the head.
Batirovenkekikala throws the left hand but Raita avoids the punch easily.
Raita fails with a takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Atlas Raita dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Batirovenkekikala has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raita.
Raita gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Batirovenkekikala prevents Raita from breaking the clinch.
Raita's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Batirovenkekikala punishes Raita's body with a nice straight punch.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a looping left.
Batirovenkekikala gets tackled into the cage by Raita. Raita maintains the clinch.
Raita takes a shot to the head.
Raita misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raita tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Batirovenkekikala tries to work over Raita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batirovenkekikala tries a body shot but Raita blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raita misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Batirovenkekikala blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Raita as the two fighters clinch.
Raita blocks an uppercut.
Raita lands a shot to the body.
Raita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raita's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raita throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Batirovenkekikala on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Raita throws a hook but Batirovenkekikala avoids it easily.
Batirovenkekikala lands with a nice body punch.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a hook
and Raita connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Raita throws a leg kick but Batirovenkekikala sees it coming and moves out of range.
Batirovenkekikala jabs Raita right on the nose. Raita blinks but takes it well.
Atlas Raita is winning the standup battle so far.
Raita is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Raita looks to land a right hand but Batirovenkekikala moved out of range.
Batirovenkekikala lands a nice shot that snaps Raita's head back.
Raita throws out a leg kick but Batirovenkekikala moves out of range and Raita only half commits.
Raita is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Batirovenkekikala.
Raita ducks under a wild hook from Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Raita.
Raita thows a left - swing and a miss!
Batirovenkekikala defending well as Raita loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Batirovenkekikala was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Raita cracks Batirovenkekikala with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Batirovenkekikala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Raita misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Batirovenkekikala throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good exchange - Batirovenkekikala coming out on top.
Raita avoids the body shot from Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Raita wants to slow Batirovenkekikala down by chopping away at his legs.
Raita thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raita throws a hook to the side of Batirovenkekikala's head but Batirovenkekikala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raita looks to land a left hand but Batirovenkekikala moved out of range nicely.
Raita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Batirovenkekikala manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Batirovenkekikala. Raita does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raita connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Batirovenkekikala swings widly with a right hand
and Raita counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Batirovenkekikala lands a nice looking body shot.
Raita connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Raita. Batirovenkekikala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raita connects with a solid leg kick.
Raita fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Batirovenkekikala has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raita shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batirovenkekikala tries to clinch but Raita moves out of range.
Raita gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Batirovenkekikala fails to land.
Raita working hard to break the clinch.
Raita blocks a body shot from Batirovenkekikala.
Raita's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Batirovenkekikala misses with an uppercut. Raita saw that one coming.
Raita moves out of range as Batirovenkekikala strikes.
Raita throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Raita keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala lands a nice shot to the body.
Raita slips a jab from Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Raita.
Raita throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Raita looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Batirovenkekikala throws a looping overhand right but Raita ducks down to avoid it.
Raita tries to clinch there but Batirovenkekikala circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raita misses with an uppercut. Batirovenkekikala saw that one coming.
Raita shoots for a double leg takedown but Batirovenkekikala sprawls well. He's pushed Raita's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Raita clinches with his opponent.
Raita lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raita tries to throw a body punch but Batirovenkekikala avoids it by throwing Raita back against the cage.
Batirovenkekikala working aggressively here.
Raita goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Batirovenkekikala slows down the pace here.
Batirovenkekikala tries to work over Raita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Batirovenkekikala's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Raita makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Raita lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Raita.
Batirovenkekikala lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raita backwards.
Raita tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raita lands with a short shot to the head.
Raita gets through Batirovenkekikala's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Batirovenkekikala.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Atlas Raita dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Raita takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Batirovenkekikala loads up on a big right hand but Raita slips the punch.
Batirovenkekikala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raita uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a looping right.
Batirovenkekikala throws a jab but it's blocked by Raita.
Batirovenkekikala throws a hook to the side of Raita's head but Raita sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raita doesn't manage to clinch there - Batirovenkekikala circles away.
Raita will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Raita moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Batirovenkekikala.
Raita blocks a body shot from Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala tries to work over Raita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raita misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Raita.
Raita misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Raita.
Atlas Raita has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Raita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Batirovenkekikala fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batirovenkekikala swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Batirovenkekikala prevents a body shot from Raita.
Batirovenkekikala misses with some punches.
Batirovenkekikala stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Batirovenkekikala tries to work over Raita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raita blocks an uppercut.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a punch on the inside.
Raita's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Batirovenkekikala takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Raita bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raita seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a right hand
and Raita connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batirovenkekikala staying out of range there.
Raita misses with a hook.
Batirovenkekikala avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a straight left.
Batirovenkekikala keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raita.
Batirovenkekikala cracks Raita with an open hand slap.
Batirovenkekikala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nanisokyvi Batirovenkekikala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raita connects with a looping right hand.
A big right from Raita misses.
Raita throws a hook but Batirovenkekikala blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Raita.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raita moves out of range of the strikes.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a looping left.
Batirovenkekikala defending well as Raita loads up on a big left hand.
Raita connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Batirovenkekikala momentarily.
Batirovenkekikala closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Batirovenkekikala looks to throw the jab but Raita is out of range.
Batirovenkekikala lands a right hook to the body.
Raita moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Raita wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Raita throws a leg kick
letting Batirovenkekikala counter with a right hand.
Raita staying out of range there.
Batirovenkekikala throws a looping overhand right but Raita ducks down to avoid it.
Raita tries to counter by clinching up but Batirovenkekikala breaks away and moves out of range.
Raita throws a hook but Batirovenkekikala blocks it.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raita.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a body shot.
Raita jabs at Batirovenkekikala's body.
Raita avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raita lands a glancing blow to the side of Batirovenkekikala's head.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a looping left.
It looked like Raita wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fighters circling - Raita throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Raita with a hook.
A big left from Batirovenkekikala misses.
Batirovenkekikala misses with a straight right.
Raita fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Raita defending well as Batirovenkekikala loads up on a big left hand.
Raita slips a straight right by Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Batirovenkekikala falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raita makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Donk. Raita catches Batirovenkekikala right on the button with a cross.
Raita darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raita lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raita scores with a shot to the body.
Batirovenkekikala has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Raita tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Batirovenkekikala manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Batirovenkekikala keeps the fight on the outside.
Batirovenkekikala bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raita throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Batirovenkekikala looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Batirovenkekikala's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Raita connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Batirovenkekikala scrambles back to his feet.
Batirovenkekikala with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Batirovenkekikala staying out of range there.
Raita displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Batirovenkekikala throws out the jab.
Batirovenkekikala swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Raita clinches up against the cage.
Raita misses with the head strike.
Batirovenkekikala's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Raita throws a punch but it's blocked by Batirovenkekikala.
Batirovenkekikala throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Raita lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Batirovenkekikala working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Atlas Raita.
Well Raita 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Atlas Raita!
During a confident post fight interview, Atlas Raita thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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