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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denzel Dimitri (ranked 3782 p4p, 5199 weight class) and Nick Braulio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Denzel Dimitri has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Denzel Dimitri seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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185 cm 25 210 3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm 25 210 1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Solid chin |
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denzel Dimitri! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Braulio! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight. Braulio misses with a looping left. Braulio looks to throw the jab but Dimitri is out of range. Braulio 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.
Dimitri rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Braulio to counter with a crisp jab. Braulio throws a hook but Dimitri blocks it. It looked like Dimitri wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dimitri swings widly with a right hand
and Braulio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Denzel Dimitri has been cut. Dimitri slips a straight right by Braulio.
That's one minute gone in the round. Braulio scores with a body shot.
Braulio slips a straight right by Dimitri. Braulio throws a body shot but no joy. Dimitri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Braulio throws out the jab. Dimitri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. An attempted straight right counter from Dimitri misses the target. Dimitri swings widly with a right hand
and Braulio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Braulio walks into a left hand. Braulio misses with a hook. Braulio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dimitri. Dimitri takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Braulio swings widly with a right hand
and Braulio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Braulio avoids the body shot from Dimitri.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Braulio misses the body punch and Dimitri counters with a straight right hand. Dimitri throws a lazy uppercut
and Braulio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Braulio misses with a shot to the body letting Dimitri counter with a right hand. Braulio throws a hook but Dimitri avoids it easily. Braulio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dimitri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Braulio looks to land a left hand but Dimitri moved out of range nicely. Dimitri swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Braulio pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Braulio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dimitri looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Nice cross by Braulio. Braulio misses with a hook
and Dimitri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Dimitri misses with a straight left. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Braulio dominated that round. The cut man is working on Denzel Dimitri's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Dimitri smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. Dimitri thows a left - swing and a miss! Braulio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Braulio has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Dimitri takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dimitri walks into a straight right hand from Braulio. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dimitri ducks under a wild hook from Braulio. Dimitri uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braulio.
That's one minute gone in the round. Braulio misses the jab. This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Dimitri might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far. Dimitri takes a swing at Braulio's ribcage but misses. Braulio throws a jab when Dimitri was well out of range. Dimitri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Braulio.
Dimitri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braulio.
Dimitri was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Braulio ducks under a wild hook from Dimitri.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Dimitri misses with an uppercut. Braulio saw that one coming. A slow jab from Dimitri misses its intended target. Braulio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Dimitri is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Braulio throws a jab but it's blocked by Dimitri. Dimitri is looking to counter punch. Braulio throws a body punch but Dimitri moves out of range. A little feinted left hand from Dimitri on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Dimitri throws an overhand right that lands on Braulio's shoulder, as Braulio tries to avoid the shot. Braulio now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Dimitri stuns Braulio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Braulio slips under a jab from Dimitri. Braulio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Braulio ducks under a wild hook from Dimitri. Braulio works Dimitri's body with a nice hook. Dimitri throws a hook but Braulio avoids it easily. Dimitri misses with a lunging right hand
and Braulio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Dimitri punishes Braulio's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheers as Dimitri lands an impressive looking overhand right. Braulio doesn't seem phased though. Braulio misses with a body shot
and Dimitri counters with a nice uppercut. A left lands for Dimitri. Dimitri misses with a body shot
letting Braulio counter with a right hand. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Braulio throws a right hand that misses
and Dimitri counters with a stiff right hand. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denzel Dimitri dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Denzel Dimitri's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round! Braulio takes one to the chin there. Braulio is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Nice defenses there by Braulio. Braulio moves away from the strike by Dimitri. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Braulio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Braulio slips a straight right by Dimitri.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dimitri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Braulio! But no joy. Braulio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Dimitri takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Dimitri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braulio sees it coming and avoids it easily. Braulio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dimitri counters with a straight right hand. Dimitri misses with a left hand and Braulio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dimitri throws a hook but Braulio avoids it easily. Braulio throws a hook to the side of Dimitri's head but Dimitri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Dimitri swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Braulio lands a nice looking body shot.
Dimitri throws a hook to the side of Braulio's head but Braulio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Braulio! But no joy. Braulio ducks under a wild hook from Dimitri. Dimitri blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dimitri swings widly with a right hand
and Dimitri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Dimitri uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Braulio looks to throw the jab but Dimitri is out of range. Dimitri misses with a hook. Braulio throws a looping overhand right but Dimitri ducks down to avoid it. It looked like Dimitri wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Braulio lands with a hook. Dimitri tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Braulio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dimitri is looking to counter punch. Braulio misses with a straight left. Dimitri throws the left hand but Braulio avoids the punch easily. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Braulio throws a poor cross that misses
and Dimitri counters with a right hand to the body. Dimitri throws a body punch but Braulio moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Nick Braulio. Well Braulio 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29 Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29 Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Nick Braulio! Nick Braulio was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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