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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nazar Yurchon (ranked 3426 p4p, 1992 weight class) and Robin Robben (ranked 336 p4p, 204 weight class). Yurchon kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Smokin' [Nas]. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nazar Yurchon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robin Robben!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robben throws a jab but it's blocked by Yurchon.
Yurchon throws a hook to the side of Robben's head but Robben sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Robben lands a jab to the nose.
Yurchon sizes up Robben with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Robben gets a clinch.
A short right from Robben on the inside.
Yurchon breaks the clinch.
Yurchon lands a jab to Robben's midsection.
Robben looks to score with a jab to the body but Yurchon is just out of range.
Robben fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robben tries to clinch but Yurchon moves out of range.
Yurchon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Robben.
Robben drives through and clinches with Yurchon against the cage.
Robben lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yurchon backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Yurchon.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yurchon.
Robben looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yurchon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robben's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Robben misses with some punches.
Yurchon has a couple of punches blocked by Robben.
A nice right hand lands inside from Robben.
Robben throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yurchons head.
Yurchon swings wildly with an uppercut but Robben uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robben fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robben lands a right hand.
Robben lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Robben misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yurchon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Robben throws a head punch that misses.
Robben blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yurchon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yurchon takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Yurchon.
Yurchon misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yurchon fails to land.
Yurchon misses with the head strike.
Yurchon scores with a shoulder strike.
Robben scores with a shot to the side of Yurchon's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robben misses with some punches.
Robben blocking some punches.
Yurchon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robben darts in and clinches Yurchon up against the cage.
Robben working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Robben blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robben tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yurchon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yurchon has a couple of punches blocked by Robben.
Robben lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Robben works on Yurchon's body with a couple of short punches.
Robben blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yurchon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Robben forces Yurchon back against the cage and clinches.
Yurchon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Robben backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robben.
Yurchon struggles to land a body shot inside as Robben controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robben.
Yurchon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yurchon blocking some punches.
Robben lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Robben misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Robben.
Yurchon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yurchon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robben.
A jab from Robben misses.
Robben takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yurchon misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robben bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Robben rushes Yurchon and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Robben blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yurchon breaks from the clinch.
Yurchon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Robben instigates a clinch.
Robben scores with a nice hook to the head.
Robben lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Robben.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robben.
Yurchon misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yurchon.
Yurchon throws a punch but it's blocked by Robben.
Robben lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Robben throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from Robben.
Yurchon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robben's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Robben creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Yurchon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robben darts in and clinches Yurchon up against the cage.
A short left from Yurchon.
A head punch on the inside from Robben fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yurchon struggles to land a body shot inside as Robben controls his hands.
Robben tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yurchon has a couple of punches blocked by Robben.
Yurchon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Robben backwards.
Robben blocks an uppercut.
Robben pushes Yurchon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robben throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Yurchon gets through Robben's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yurchon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robben has him pressed against the cage.
Robben lands with a light punch inside.
Robben lands with a right to the head.
Yurchon is breathing heavily.
Yurchon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robben gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yurchon wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yurchon misses with some punches.
Robben lands a body shot.
Robben presses Yurchon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robben pushes Yurchon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Yurchon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Robben lands with a short shot to the head.
Yurchon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robben lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Robben dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Robben rushes Yurchon and presses him up against the cage.
Robben lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Robben misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Robben.
Robben has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yurchon.
Yurchon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yurchon breaks from the clinch.
Nazar Yurchon is winning the standup battle so far.
Yurchon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Robben scores with a jab to the body.
Robben sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Yurchon's defenses. It connects perfectly with Yurchon's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Robin Robben!
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hype
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