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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladamir Fedetenko (ranked 125 p4p, 836 weight class) and Artemis Rhodes (ranked 8 p4p, 54 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 super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vladamir Fedetenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Artemis Rhodes!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedetenko tries to move into range but Rhodes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rhodes lands with a shot to the body.
Rhodes throws a hook to the side of Fedetenko's head but Fedetenko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rhodes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fedetenko.
Fedetenko staying out of range there.
Fedetenko throwing a counter right hand but Rhodes manages to avoid it.
Artemis Rhodes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fedetenko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rhodes scores with a hook to the body. Fedetenko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rhodes misses with a straight right.
Rhodes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rhodes misses with an uppercut. Fedetenko saw that one coming.
Rhodes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fedetenko avoids the body shot from Rhodes.
Rhodes misses with a right hand
and Fedetenko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fedetenko throws a jab but it's blocked by Rhodes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes throws a jab when Fedetenko was well out of range.
Fedetenko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fedetenko looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rhodes swings widly with a right hand
and Fedetenko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rhodes misses with a body shot.
Fedetenko uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rhodes has time to react.
Rhodes misses with a hook
and Fedetenko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Rhodes misses its intended target.
Fedetenko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fedetenko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rhodes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fedetenko is looking to counter the offense by Rhodes and move into the clinch.
Rhodes throws a lazy uppercut
and Fedetenko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Artemis Rhodes has been cut.
Fedetenko slips under a jab from Rhodes.
Fedetenko is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rhodes.
Fedetenko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Rhodes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rhodes throws a combination that misses
and Fedetenko counters with a straight right hand.
Rhodes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rhodes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fedetenko manages to avoid it.
Rhodes cracks Fedetenko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rhodes missing with a left hand there. Fedetenko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut lands for Rhodes. That snapped Fedetenko's head back.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Fedetenko seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rhodes swings widly with a right hand
and Fedetenko counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fedetenko.
Fedetenko misses with the head strike.
Fedetenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedetenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fedetenko lands with a left to the head.
Fedetenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rhodes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rhodes moves out of range of the strikes.
Rhodes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rhodes scores with a jab.
Rhodes throws out a loose jab but Fedetenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhodes loads up on a big right hand but Fedetenko slips the punch.
Rhodes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fedetenko slips under a jab.
Rhodes throws a shot from downtown. Fedetenko moves away and avoids it.
Fedetenko slips under a jab.
Rhodes takes a swing at Fedetenko's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes misses with a hook
and Fedetenko counters with a nice uppercut.
Rhodes throws a lazy uppercut
and Fedetenko counters with a nice right hand that sends Rhodes toppling to the canvas! Rhodes scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Fedetenko finish him?!
Rhodes is rocked!
Rhodes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fedetenko had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rhodes misses with a combination
and Fedetenko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rhodes looks winded!
Fedetenko fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Rhodes to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Rhodes looks to clinch but Fedetenko throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Rhodes taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Vladamir Fedetenko!
Our winner, Vladamir Fedetenko, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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