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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Umar Hagmedov (ranked 4524 p4p, 2049 weight class) and Avi Blum (ranked 455 p4p, 0 weight class). Umar Hagmedov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Avi Blum's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Umar Hagmedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Avi Blum!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blum rushes Hagmedov and presses him up against the cage.
Hagmedov is trying to break free.
Blum lands an uppercut.
Blum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blum lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hagmedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Hagmedov misses with a punch on the inside.
Blum lands with a right to the head.
Hagmedov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blum lands an elbow just above Hagmedov 's eye.
It looks like Umar Hagmedov has been cut.
Blum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hagmedovs head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blum lands an elbow inside that Hagmedov shrugs off.
Blum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hagmedov backwards.
Blum lands an elbow inside.
Still in the clinch, Blum scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blum lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hagmedov backwards.
Hagmedov looking for a takedown.
Blum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hagmedov wants a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blum lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hagmedov.
Blum lands an elbow just above Hagmedov 's eye.
Blum lands a nice uppercut.
Blum lands with a right to the head.
Hagmedov has hold of one of Blum's legs. Blum is fighting the takedown attempt but Hagmedov gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Blum is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hagmedov is controlling him.
Hagmedov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Blum is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hagmedov is controlling him.
Hagmedov cracks Blum with a solid left hand.
Hagmedov won't allow Blum to get back to his feet.
Blum is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hagmedov cracks Blum with a solid left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blum manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Avi Blum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hagmedov swats away the attempt to clinch by Blum.
An attempted straight right counter from Hagmedov misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blum tries to close the distance and clinch but Hagmedov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hagmedov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blum gets a clinch.
Blum lands a hook that snaps the head of Hagmedov backwards.
Blum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hagmedov's defenses.
Blum lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hagmedov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Blum gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Umar Hagmedov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice elbow from Blum.
Blum lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Blum.
Blum lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blum is working Hagmedov over against the cage.
Hagmedov has had enough of the clinch but Blum keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Blum.
Blum lands with a short shot to the head.
Blum lands a damaging elbow.
Blum lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hagmedov's defenses.
Umar Hagmedov's cut is getting worse.
Blum lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hagmedov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Blum is pressed up against the cage. Hagmedov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blum down to the mat. Blum avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Blum has Hagmedov up against the cage in a clinch.
Blum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Blum.
Blum is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short uppercut from Blum.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blum.
Blum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hagmedov's defenses.
A shot in the inside from Blum.
Blum lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Blum.
A right handed body shot lands from Blum.
Blum lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blum stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blum pushes Hagmedov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hagmedov is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Blum.
Blum lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hagmedov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Blum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Blum.
Blum lands an elbow just above Hagmedov 's eye.
Blum lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hagmedov backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blum.
Hagmedov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Blum avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hagmedov takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hand to the body from Blum.
Blum lands an elbow just above Hagmedov 's eye.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Avi Blum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Umar Hagmedov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Blum closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Blum lands a nice elbow.
Blum scores with a shoulder strike.
Blum lands an elbow inside.
Blum gets through Hagmedov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blum scores with a shot to the side of Hagmedov's head.
Blum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hagmedov's defenses.
A hook to the body from Blum.
Blum lands a right hand.
Blum gets through Hagmedov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hagmedov is rocked!
Blum creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hagmedov's defenses.
Oh Hagmedov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Umar Hagmedov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hagmedov takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blum lands a hook that snaps the head of Hagmedov backwards.
Blum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blum lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hagmedov takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blum.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Blum on the inside.
Blum pushes Hagmedov against the cage. Blum is working some dirty boxing. Blum pushes off with a quick right hook! Hagmedov goes down! Hagmedov tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Blum moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Avi Blum!
Avi Blum thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Umar Hagmedov was interviewed post fight and said 'I will be back sorry to my friend and family for not being able to get a W'.
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