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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulius Zurauskas (ranked 1464 p4p, 1949 weight class) and Luke Bowen (ranked 186 p4p, 231 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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6 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulius Zurauskas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Bowen !
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Zurauskas. Bowen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zurauskas throws a leg kick which misses Bowen 's front leg but catches the back leg as Bowen tries to avoid it.
Zurauskas has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Deathsquad in the buildup to the fight.
Bowen misses with an uppercut.
Zurauskas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zurauskas blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Zurauskas misses its intended target.
Bowen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bowen connects with the punch.
Zurauskas is looking to clinch but Bowen is avoiding it.
Zurauskas punishes Bowen 's body with a nice straight punch.
Zurauskas lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Luke Bowen has been cut.
Zurauskas checks a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Zurauskas misses its target.
Bowen throws a solid leg kick but Zurauskas takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bowen .
Zurauskas swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bowen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bowen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zurauskas on the side of the head.
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!
Zurauskas scores with a hook.
Zurauskas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowen misses with a body kick.
Bowen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zurauskas throws a body punch but Bowen moves out of range.
Bowen flicks out a counter leg kick but Zurauskas steps away.
Bowen throws a series of punches but Zurauskas moves out of range.
Zurauskas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Zurauskas motions for Bowen to come forward. Zurauskas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bowen throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Zurauskas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luke Bowen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowen tries to bum rush Zurauskas with a series of wild strikes but Zurauskas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zurauskas throws a quick counter kick to the body but Bowen avoids it.
Bowen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bowen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bowen misses with a wild body shot.
Zurauskas is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bowen works the jab nicely.
Bowen looks to score with a jab to the body but Zurauskas is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowen . Zurauskas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bowen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zurauskas counters with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Zurauskas.
Bowen looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowen throws a jab when Zurauskas was well out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bowen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zurauskas checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bowen throws a leg kick but Zurauskas checks it.
Luke Bowen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bowen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bowen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zurauskas digs a good body shot into Bowen 's ribs.
Zurauskas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bowen s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Zurauskas catches Bowen napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Bowen to the canvas!
Zurauskas advances position into side control!
Zurauskas has an Americana. Bowen didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Zurauskas is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Zurauskas hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Paulius Zurauskas!
Our winner, Paulius Zurauskas, 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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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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