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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mitsu Misawa (ranked 2413 p4p, 2966 weight class) and Sergey Bakarow (ranked 339 p4p, 396 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitsu Misawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergey Bakarow!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misawa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bakarow closes the distance and pushes Misawa back into the cage.
Bakarow manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Misawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bakarow blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Bakarow 's eye.
Bakarow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Misawa scores with a hook to the body.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bakarow blocks the elbow strike.
Misawa lands with a right to the head.
Misawa lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Misawa tries to throw a body punch but Bakarow avoids it by throwing Misawa back against the cage.
Bakarow manages to break the clinch.
Misawa rushes Bakarow and presses him up against the cage.
Bakarow avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Bakarow's coach down at Elite Combat Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bakarow's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bakarow's defenses.
Bakarow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Misawa up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakarow is trying to force a seperation but Misawa has the dominant position.
Bakarow breaks from the clinch.
Mitsu Misawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Misawa tries to bum rush Bakarow with a series of wild strikes but Bakarow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bakarow replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Misawa blocks it well.
Misawa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bakarow manages to break the clinch.
Bakarow moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Misawa closes the distance and clinches.
Misawa lands a body punch.
Bakarow breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Misawa. Those never looked like landing.
Misawa misses with a low kick.
Bakarow misses with a low kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bakarow.
Bakarow shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Misawa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Misawa throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Misawa misses with a series of wild punches.
Bakarow swats away the attempt to clinch by Misawa.
A nice leg kick lands there from Misawa.
Misawa has Bakarow up against the cage in a clinch.
Bakarow blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa blocks the elbow strike.
Bakarow throws a knee to the head but misses.
Misawa blocks a body shot from Bakarow.
Bakarow misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misawa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bakarow or not.
I was talking to Misawa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Bakarow shrugs off.
Bakarow prevents a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa misses with a punch to the body.
Bakarow blocks the elbow strike.
Bakarow misses with an elbow strike.
Misawa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bakarow or not.
Misawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bakarow backwards.
Misawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bakarow's elbow.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Bakarow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Misawa scores with a hook to the body.
Bakarow tries to throw a body punch but Misawa avoids it by throwing Bakarow back against the cage.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Misawa.
Bakarow breaks the clinch.
Bakarow gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Misawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bakarow moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bakarow stalling in the clinch but Misawa improves position.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bakarow's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bakarow prevents a body shot from Misawa.
Bakarow is looking to control Misawa's arms but Misawa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bakarow has his back to the cage.
Bakarow wants to break free but Misawa has control.
Bakarow misses with a knee strike.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Misawa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Bakarow looking to stall.
Misawa misses with a body punch.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Misawa can't find room to land a body shot as Bakarow controls the action.
Misawa scores with a shoulder strike.
Bakarow wants to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Misawa.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mitsu Misawa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bakarow gets a clinch.
Bakarow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misawa darts in and clinches Bakarow up against the cage.
Misawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misawa.
Bakarow is looking to control Misawa's arms but Misawa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bakarow has his back to the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Misawa cracks Bakarow with a nice body shot.
Bakarow blocks a body shot from Misawa.
Misawa lands a damaging elbow.
Misawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bakarow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mitsu Misawa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bakarow breaks from the clinch.
Misawa closes the distance and pushes Bakarow back into the cage.
Misawa lands a body shot.
Misawa being controlled against the cage.
Bakarow avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bakarow avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Misawa lands a nice elbow.
Bakarow wants to get back to striking at distance but Misawa won't allow it.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Bakarow avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Misawa prevents a takedown attempt there.
Misawa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bakarow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misawa lands a left and a right that send Bakarow crashing to the mat, dazed. Misawa thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Bakarow is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bakarow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bakarow is still on wobbly legs! Can Misawa finish him?
Bakarow looks up at the clock. Bad move! Misawa lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bakarow. Misawa pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitsu Misawa!
A very excited looking Mitsu Misawa 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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