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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vasily Khrapov Jr (ranked 1447 p4p, 4478 weight class) and Erasmo Bezerra (ranked 193 p4p, 447 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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20 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vasily Khrapov Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erasmo Bezerra!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bezerra lands a really nice looking cross but Khrapov Jr seems unphased.
Khrapov Jr has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Khrapov Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khrapov Jr has his takedown stuffed
and Bezerra counters with a straight right hand.
Bezerra is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Khrapov Jr.
Khrapov Jr swings for the body but Bezerra moves out of range.
Bezerra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khrapov Jr.
Bezerra scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khrapov Jr doesn't seem bothered though.
Khrapov Jr misses with a body punch
enabling Bezerra to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Vasily Khrapov Jr has been cut.
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!
Khrapov Jr closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bezerra quickly recovers to half guard.
Khrapov Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bezerra defending well though.
Bezerra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khrapov Jr.
Bezerra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Khrapov Jr thows a huge punch but Bezerra dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezerra is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bezerra avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Khrapov Jr.
Bezerra taking some punishment here, with Khrapov Jr in his half guard.
Khrapov Jr thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bezerra's head.
Khrapov Jr working over Bezerra with some ground and pound. Bezerra looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khrapov Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bezerra defending well though.
Khrapov Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Khrapov Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bezerra is looking for a sweep. Khrapov Jr is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Khrapov Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Khrapov Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bezerra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Khrapov Jr scores with a couple of nice shots.
Khrapov Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bezerra defending well though.
Khrapov Jr thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bezerra's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bezerra avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Khrapov Jr.
Bezerra avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Khrapov Jr.
Bezerra is positioning himself well to prevent Khrapov Jr advancing to mount.
Khrapov Jr winds up and cracks Bezerra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Khrapov Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bezerra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Khrapov Jr.
Bezerra wants to improve his position but Khrapov Jr is controlling well.
Khrapov Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Khrapov Jr throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Khrapov Jr is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bezerra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Khrapov Jr scores with a couple of nice shots.
Khrapov Jr thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bezerra's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bezerra defending well though.
Khrapov Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bezerra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Khrapov Jr scores with a couple of nice shots.
Khrapov Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Khrapov Jr throwing shots but Bezerra is blocking nicely.
Khrapov Jr throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bezerra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bezerra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Khrapov Jr thows a huge punch but Bezerra dodges it nicely.
Khrapov Jr thows a huge punch but Bezerra dodges it nicely.
Bezerra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Khrapov Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Khrapov Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bezerra defending well though.
Khrapov Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezerra moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Khrapov Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bezerra is pulling down on Khrapov Jr's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khrapov Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
Khrapov Jr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bezerra looking to control.
Khrapov Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Khrapov Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Khrapov Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vasily Khrapov Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vasily Khrapov Jr's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Khrapov Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bezerra stuffs the takedown attempt from Khrapov Jr. Khrapov Jr gets slowly back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Khrapov Jr.
Khrapov Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bezerra counters with a left to the body.
A slow jab from Bezerra misses its intended target.
Bezerra scores with a jab to the body.
Khrapov Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bezerra can do to turn this around?
Bezerra listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Khrapov Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bezerra throws a hook to the side of Khrapov Jr's head but Khrapov Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bezerra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khrapov Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vasily Khrapov Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khrapov Jr has Bezerra up against the cage in a clinch.
Bezerra drags the fight down to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khrapov Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Bezerra utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bezerra is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Khrapov Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Khrapov Jr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khrapov Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Khrapov Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Khrapov Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Khrapov Jr postures up in Bezerra's guard and throws a big left but Bezerra blocks it.
Khrapov Jr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bezerra has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
Khrapov Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Bezerra has wrist control.
Khrapov Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
Bezerra working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Khrapov Jr.
Khrapov Jr looking to pass the guard.
Vasily Khrapov Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Khrapov Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bezerra working a defensive guard here.
Khrapov Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Khrapov Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Khrapov Jr sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bezerra's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Khrapov Jr with the ground and pound but Bezerra uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Bezerra controls Khrapov Jr momentarily but Khrapov Jr frees himself.
Khrapov Jr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Khrapov Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Khrapov Jr pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bezerra is keeping the position for now.
Khrapov Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bezerra works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bezerra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Khrapov Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bezerra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr throws a strike but Bezerra rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Khrapov Jr looking to control.
Bezerra sitting in guard here, content to control.
Khrapov Jr is looking to sweep but instead, Bezerra has passed into half guard.
Bezerra slows the pace down in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Let's hope that Bezerra has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vasily Khrapov Jr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vasily Khrapov Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Bezerra connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bezerra just misses with a punch to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bezerra, as that shot connected.
Khrapov Jr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fighters circling - Bezerra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bezerra misses with a lunging right hand
and Khrapov Jr counters with a series of strikes. Bezerra will be more careful next time no doubt.
Khrapov Jr gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khrapov Jr working the ground and pound but Bezerra is defending the strikes.
Khrapov Jr throws an elbow but Bezerra slips to the side and avoids it well.
Khrapov Jr throwing strikes but Bezerra manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Bezerra is looking to take a break and control but Khrapov Jr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khrapov Jr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khrapov Jr sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bezerra is keen to just control but Khrapov Jr is a slippery customer.
Khrapov Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bezerra content to control rather than advance.
Khrapov Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
Khrapov Jr keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Bezerra prevents Khrapov Jr from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bezerra in particular looking to stall.
Khrapov Jr moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bezerra controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Khrapov Jr is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Erasmo Bezerra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khrapov Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bezerra with a jab.
Khrapov Jr gets the takedown into side control.
Bezerra struggling a bit here.
Khrapov Jr misses with the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khrapov Jr throwing strikes but Bezerra manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Erasmo Bezerra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bezerra tries for a kimura but Khrapov Jr is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vasily Khrapov Jr.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khrapov Jr, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vasily Khrapov Jr!
Vasily Khrapov Jr very nearly forgot to thank Tokzik Dope L.A. amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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RATING
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