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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zane Yardow (ranked 1448 p4p, 965 weight class) and Zap Pushkin (ranked 182 p4p, 130 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Zane Yardow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zap Pushkin!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Yardow. Beautiful body shot.
Pushkin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pushkin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yardow is looking to counter punch.
Pushkin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yardow has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pushkin slips under a jab from Yardow.
Pushkin misses with a leg kick
and Yardow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big left from Yardow misses.
Pushkin rushes Yardow and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yardow swings wildly with an uppercut but Pushkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yardow breaks from the clinch.
Yardow misses the shot to the body.
Pushkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yardow looks to score with a jab to the body but Pushkin is just out of range.
Pushkin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pushkin ducks under a wild hook from Yardow.
Pushkin throws a right hand that misses
and Yardow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Yardow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pushkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Yardow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pushkin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pushkin wants to clinch
and Yardow counters with a nice uppercut.
Pushkin rushes Yardow and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin has a couple of punches blocked by Yardow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yardow.
Pushkin throws a head punch that misses.
Pushkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yardow lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Pushkin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Yardow.
Yardow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yardow throws a lazy uppercut
and Pushkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yardow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pushkin is looking to clinch.
Pushkin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A low kick lands for Pushkin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yardow throws a jab but it's blocked by Pushkin.
Pushkin moves out of range as Yardow strikes.
Yardow lands a nice hook to Pushkin's body. Pushkin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yardow throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pushkin on the side of the head.
Pushkin misses with a left hand
and Yardow counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yardow cracks Pushkin with a good jab.
Pushkin defending well as Yardow loads up on a big left hand.
Yardow throws an off balance right hand
and Pushkin counters with an inside leg kick.
Pushkin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pushkin rushes Yardow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yardow blocking some punches.
Yardow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pushkin backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pushkin takes a shot to the head.
Pushkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yardow throws a punch but it's blocked by Pushkin.
Yardow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pushkin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pushkin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Yardow tries to move into range but Pushkin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Zane Yardow has been cut.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yardow staying out of range there.
Yardow looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pushkin scores with a kick to the body.
Pushkin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pushkin defending well as Yardow loads up on a big left hand.
Pushkin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pushkin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pushkin rushes Yardow and presses him up against the cage.
Pushkin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yardow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pushkin is leaning against Yardow and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yardow scores with a shoulder strike.
Yardow has a couple of punches blocked by Pushkin.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yardow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pushkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pushkin lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yardow swings wildly with an uppercut but Pushkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yardow scores with a shot to the side of Pushkin's head.
Pushkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yardow's elbow.
Pushkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pushkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yardow blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Pushkin.
Yardow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pushkin misses with some punches.
Pushkin has a couple of punches blocked by Yardow.
Yardow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yardow has a couple of punches blocked by Pushkin.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pushkin.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yardow swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pushkin counters with a good, hard body kick but Yardow shrugs it off.
Pushkin throws a right hand that Yardow ducks under and follows up with a left that Yardow also avoids with ease.
Yardow seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Pushkin tries to clinch there but Yardow circles away.
It looked like Yardow was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Pushkin staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Pushkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pushkin looks to throw a body kick
and Yardow counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yardow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pushkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yardow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yardow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pushkin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yardow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yardow misses with a left hand
and Pushkin counters with a thumping low kick.
Pushkin misses with the body kick
and Yardow counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Pushkin misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Yardow misses its target.
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!
Yardow misses with a body shot.
Pushkin thinks about the counter body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yardow, as that shot connected.
Pushkin tries to clinch up
and Yardow counters with a straight right hand.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pushkin.
Yardow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pushkin ducks under a wild hook from Yardow.
Pushkin clinches up against the cage.
Yardow misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pushkin.
Yardow misses with some punches.
Pushkin manages to break the clinch.
Yardow misses with a straight left.
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 Zane Yardow will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zane Yardow's cut.
That's time! Yardow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pushkin moves into the clinch.
Pushkin misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yardow.
Zap Pushkin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yardow has Pushkin pressed against the cage, preventing Pushkin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yardow lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yardow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pushkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yardows head.
Pushkin lands a nice uppercut.
Yardow blocking some punches.
Pushkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yardow 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.
Pushkin tries a body shot but Yardow blocks it.
Yardow misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pushkin working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yardow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yardow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yardow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yardow fails to land.
Yardow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pushkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Yardow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pushkin can't find room to land a body shot as Yardow controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Pushkin fails to land.
Yardow keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pushkin's efforts to push away.
Pushkin scores with a hook to the body.
Pushkin misses with a punch to the body.
Yardow blocking some punches.
Yardow lands with a left to the head.
Pushkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pushkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yardow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pushkin.
A little feinted left hand from Yardow on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yardow takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pushkin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yardow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A big right from Pushkin misses.
Yardow with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pushkin to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pushkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pushkin slips a jab and a cross from Yardow.
Pushkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yardow.
Yardow waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pushkin.
Pushkin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pushkin throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin throws a head kick that misses.
Yardow throws out a loose jab but Pushkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pushkin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yardow on the side of the head.
Yardow looks to throw the jab but Pushkin is out of range.
Yardow misses with a two punch combination.
Yardow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pushkin.
Pushkin tries to clinch up
and Pushkin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pushkin tries to clinch
and Yardow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot by Yardow.
Yardow tests Pushkin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pushkin cracks Yardow with a good jab.
Yardow is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pushkin misses with a left hand
and Yardow counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yardow misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pushkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yardow was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pushkin closes the distance and clinches.
Pushkin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yardow swings wildly with an uppercut but Pushkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pushkin lands with a light punch inside.
Pushkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yardow backwards.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin breaks the clinch.
Yardow tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yardow scores with a hook to the body. Pushkin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yardow throws a jab but it's blocked by Pushkin.
Pushkin throws a head kick that misses
letting Yardow counter with a right hand.
Pushkin digs a good hook to Yardow's body.
Yardow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pushkin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pushkin is looking to clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin staying out of range there.
Yardow moves out of range of the strikes.
Yardow misses with a two punch combination.
Yardow takes a swing at Pushkin's ribcage but misses.
Pushkin follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Yardow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pushkin circles away quickly and effectively.
Pushkin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pushkin closes the distance and clinches.
Pushkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yardow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pushkin lands a nice uppercut.
Pushkin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pushkin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yardow backwards.
Pushkin manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yardow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pushkin under the eye.
Pushkin throws the left hand but Yardow avoids the punch easily.
Zane Yardow is winning the standup battle so far.
Pushkin misses with a kick to the body
and Yardow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pushkin misses with an uppercut
enabling Yardow to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Pushkin misses.
Yardow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pushkin.
Yardow swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin throws a solid leg kick but Yardow takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pushkin.
Pushkin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yardow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pushkin throws a lazy uppercut
and Yardow counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pushkin tries a head kick but it misses.
Yardow was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pushkin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yardow misses with a combination
and Pushkin counters with a head kick. That will keep Yardow thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Zap Pushkin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Zane Yardow's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Pushkin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pushkin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yardow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pushkin misses with a straight left.
Yardow misses with a hook.
Pushkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Pushkin misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yardow misses with a hook
and Pushkin counters with a nice uppercut.
Yardow lands with a right hand.
Pushkin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yardow throws an off balance right hand
and Pushkin counters with a crisp one two that drops Yardow! Pushkin thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Yardow to his feet! Yardow is in big trouble!
Yardow is rocked!
Pushkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oh Yardow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pushkin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yardow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pushkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yardow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pushkin can pounce on him.
Yardow seems to have got his legs back now.
Pushkin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yardow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yardow blocks a head kick by Pushkin.
Yardow swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pushkin scores with the left hand. Yardow knows he should have avoided that one.
Pushkin is looking to slow Yardow down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Pushkin misses the target.
A little feinted left hand from Yardow on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yardow darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Yardow lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yardow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab lands there for Yardow.
Yardow misses with a lunging right hand
and Pushkin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pushkin misses with a body kick.
A jab lands there for Yardow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pushkin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pushkin tries to clinch but Yardow moves away
and Yardow counters with a stiff right hand.
Pushkin is rocked!
Yardow is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pushkin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yardow lands with an overhand left.
Pushkin is still on wobbly legs! Can Yardow finish him?
Pushkin slips a jab from Yardow.
Pushkin staying out of range there.
Yardow lands with a nice body punch.
Yardow drops Pushkin with a huge uppercut! Pushkin drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Yardow is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zane Yardow!
Zane Yardow decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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