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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nikolai Magomedov (ranked 21619 p4p, 1042 weight class) and Hog Molly (ranked 191 p4p, 79 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikolai Magomedov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Hog Molly!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molly has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Magomedov finds it's way round the side to connect with Molly's head.
Molly wants to clinch but Magomedov slips to the side
and Magomedov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Magomedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magomedov scores with a sloppy right hand. Molly should have avoided that one.
Magomedov tries to clinch
and Molly counters with a stiff right hand.
Molly swats away the attempt to clinch by Magomedov.
Magomedov punishes Molly's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Molly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Magomedov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Magomedov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Molly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Magomedov's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Magomedov on the inside.
Molly throws a punch but it's blocked by Magomedov.
Molly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Magomedov or not.
Magomedov is breathing heavily.
Molly misses with some punches.
Magomedov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Molly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Molly tries to throw a body punch but Magomedov avoids it by throwing Molly back against the cage.
Molly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Molly has a couple of punches blocked by Magomedov.
Molly struggles to land a body shot inside as Magomedov controls his hands.
Molly tries to work over Magomedov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Molly blocks a body shot from Magomedov.
Magomedov tries to work over Molly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Molly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Molly tries a body shot but Magomedov blocks it.
Magomedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magomedov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Molly misses with a body punch.
Molly blocks a body shot from Magomedov.
Molly misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Molly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Magomedov or not.
Molly misses with some punches.
Magomedov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Magomedov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Magomedov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Magomedov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov tries a body shot but Molly blocks it.
Molly struggles to land a body shot inside as Magomedov controls his hands.
Magomedov stalling in the clinch.
Molly misses with a punch to the body.
Magomedov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Magomedov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Molly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Molly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Molly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Molly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Molly has a couple of punches blocked by Magomedov.
Magomedov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nikolai Magomedov will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Magomedov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Magomedov just misses with a punch to the body.
Molly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Magomedov.
It seemed like Molly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Magomedov looks to clinch
letting Molly counter with a right hand.
Magomedov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Hog Molly has been cut.
Molly connects with a body shot.
Magomedov connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov ducks under a wild hook from Molly.
Magomedov cracks Molly with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the cage! Can Molly get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Molly looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Magomedov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Molly can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magomedov stuns Molly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov connects with a quick right hand that sends Molly tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the cage, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nikolai Magomedov!
Nikolai Magomedov retains his super heavyweight title!
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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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