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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tawinda Okalou (ranked 25901 p4p, 3341 weight class) and Ivanov Vasilyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivanov Vasilyev is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident |
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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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tawinda Okalou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivanov Vasilyev!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasilyev moves out of range of the strikes.
Okalou feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vasilyevs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Okalou throws a looping overhand right but Vasilyev ducks down to avoid it.
A cross from Okalou lands.
Vasilyev moves away from the strike by Okalou.
Okalou looks to throw the jab but Vasilyev is out of range.
Okalou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vasilyev.
Okalou thuds his right hand into Vasilyev's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vasilyev slips under a jab.
A jab lands there for Okalou.
Okalou lands the left hand.
Vasilyev decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasilyev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vasilyev is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vasilyev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vasilyev not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vasilyev landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vasilyev lands a nice short elbow.
Vasilyev looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasilyev working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Vasilyev is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vasilyev winds up and cracks Okalou with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vasilyev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Okalou is breathing heavily.
Vasilyev not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vasilyev lands strikes from half guard.
Vasilyev lands strikes from half guard.
Vasilyev landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vasilyev landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vasilyev throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vasilyev thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Okalou's head.
Vasilyev throwing shots but Okalou is blocking nicely.
Vasilyev scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasilyev passes the guard and advances to mount!
Vasilyev with good strikes from the mount here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasilyev lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Vasilyev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vasilyev dominating with strikes here.
Vasilyev landing strikes, looking to finish!
Okalou is rocked!
Vasilyev dominating with strikes here.
Oh Okalou is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vasilyev lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vasilyev drops a big elbow. That's hurt Okalou! More shots from Vasilyev and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivanov Vasilyev!
A very excited looking Ivanov Vasilyev made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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