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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cyril Cizek (ranked 2988 p4p, 3077 weight class) and Alkiviadis Samaras (ranked 242 p4p, 249 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cyril Cizek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alkiviadis Samaras!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cizek changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Samaras tries to score with a low kick but Cizek moves his leg out of the way.
Samaras takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cizek looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cizek connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Cizek misses.
Cyril Cizek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cizek's jab looks to have found its range, popping Samaras under the eye.
Samaras lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cizek's sensitive parts.
Samaras clinches with his opponent.
Cizek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cizek has had enough of the clinch but Samaras keeps him there for the moment.
Cizek working hard to break the clinch.
Cizek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cizek throws a hook but Samaras avoids it easily.
Cizek throws a big shot that misses.
Cizek misses with an uppercut.
Samaras waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cizek.
Cizek looks to score with a jab to the body but Samaras is just out of range.
Cizek misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samaras checks a low kick from Cizek.
Cizek connects with a jab.
Cizek misses with a straight right.
Cizek backing away here, and Samaras unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cizek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Samaras moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cizek throws a hook but Samaras avoids it easily.
Samaras wants to clinch up but Cizek keeps it at a distance.
Samaras comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cizek lands a lovely overhand right.
Good shot there by Samaras.
A jab from Samaras misses.
Cizek throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Samaras connects with an inside leg kick.
Samaras stalks Cizek and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cizek's face. Cizek staggers backwards, shaken.
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!
Cizek swings widly with a right hand
and Samaras counters with a body kick that stops Cizek in his tracks momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samaras lands with a hook. Cizek tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Samaras is looking to clinch.
Samaras defending well as Cizek loads up on a big left hand.
Samaras keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cizek.
Cizek looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cizek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Samaras sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Samaras lands an overhand right.
Samaras will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Samaras fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cizek is out of range.
Cizek turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cizek takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Samaras defending well as Cizek loads up on a big left hand.
Samaras swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cizek throws a low kick but it's checked well by Samaras.
Cizek misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samaras bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cizek's head backwards.
A cross from Samaras lands.
Samaras looks to throw the jab but Cizek is out of range.
Samaras throws a leg kick but Cizek checks it.
Samaras throws a leg kick but Cizek checks it.
Samaras has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
The fighters circling - Cizek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Samaras feints a counter leg kick.
Samaras cracks Cizek with an open hand slap.
Samaras throws a body kick that misses.
Samaras is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cizek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Samaras ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Samaras tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cizek swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cizek. That's going to slow Samaras down.
Cizek digs a good hook to Samaras's body.
Samaras blocks a leg kick.
A head kick by Cizek misses
enabling Samaras to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Samaras walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cizek checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cizek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cizek misses the shot to the body.
Samaras misses with a body shot
and Cizek counters with a head kick. That will keep Samaras thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Samaras slips under a jab from Cizek.
A head kick misses from Samaras.
Cizek cracks a nice hook into Samaras's ribs.
Cizek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Samaras.
Cizek misses with a shot to the body
and Samaras counters with a series of strikes. Cizek will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cizek lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cizek takes a swing at Samaras's ribcage but misses.
Samaras steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Samaras looks to land a right hand but Cizek moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cizek swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Samaras counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Samaras has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Samaras there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alkiviadis Samaras dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cizek misses with a low kick.
Cizek misses with the body kick
and Samaras counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cizek's knee momentarily.
Samaras lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Samaras takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Samaras pushes Cizek away with a front kick.
Cizek throws a sloppy body shot
and Samaras counters with an outside leg kick.
Samaras has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cizek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cizek. Samaras shrugs it off though.
Cizek takes one on the button.
Cizek throws the left hand but Samaras avoids the punch easily.
Cizek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Samaras.
Samaras wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cizek throws a hook to the side of Samaras's head but Samaras sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Samaras uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cizek.
A countering left hand to the body from Samaras misses.
Cizek rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cizek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cizek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Samaras sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Samaras is looking to slow Cizek down with leg kicks.
Cizek is looking to chop away at Samaras's legs.
Samaras tries a quick counter leg kick but Cizek is wise to it.
Cizek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Samaras circles away quickly and effectively.
Cizek connects with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Samaras.
Cizek keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cizek. Samaras does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cizek misses with an uppercut.
Samaras takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Samaras misses with a jab to the body
and Cizek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cizek moves out of range of the body kick.
Cizek swings widly with a right hand
and Samaras counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alkiviadis Samaras seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Samaras connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Samaras blocks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Cizek. Those never looked like landing.
Samaras swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cizek counters with a straight right hand.
Samaras checks a low kick from Cizek.
Cizek ducks right into an uppercut from Samaras.
Samaras instigates a clinch.
Cizek working hard to break the clinch.
Cizek manages to break the clinch.
Cizek throws the left hand but Samaras avoids the punch easily.
Cizek lands a front kick.
Samaras dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cizek. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samaras keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cizek just misses with a punch to the body.
Cizek checks a low kick from Samaras.
Samaras tries to work over Cizek's front leg with a kick but Cizek checks it.
Samaras swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cizek throws a lazy uppercut
and Samaras counters with a left to the body.
Cizek has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cizek checks a low kick from Samaras.
Cizek is looking to counter punch.
Samaras uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cizek has time to react.
Samaras loads up on a big right hand but Cizek slips the punch.
Samaras is looking to score with low kicks.
Samaras moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cizek.
Samaras misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cizek breaks the clinch.
Cizek ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cizek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Samaras manages to avoid it.
Samaras tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice leg kick from Cizek, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cizek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Samaras counters with a body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cizek throws a poor cross that misses
and Samaras counters with a nice uppercut.
Cizek swings for the body but Samaras moves out of range.
Samaras looks to throw the jab but Cizek is out of range.
Cizek misses with the combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Samaras.
Samaras on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cizek. Cizek obviously looking to wear him down.
A leg kick checked by Cizek.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alkiviadis Samaras showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Cizek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cizek is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cizek.
Some bone on bone action there as Samaras checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cizek throws a right and a left that Samaras avoids nicely.
Cizek checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Samaras uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cizek.
Samaras misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Samaras tries to work over Cizek's front leg with a kick but Cizek checks it.
Cizek appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Samaras throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick by Cizek misses
and Samaras counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samaras slips under a jab from Cizek.
Samaras takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Samaras slips under a jab from Cizek.
Samaras slips under a jab.
Cizek looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Samaras is predictable there
and Cizek counters with a nice kick to the body.
A jab from Cizek misses.
A slow jab from Cizek misses its intended target.
Cizek misses with an uppercut
and Samaras counters with a straight right hand.
Cizek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Samaras sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cizek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cizek throws a big shot that misses.
Samaras feints a counter leg kick.
Samaras scores with a nice head shot.
Cizek is rocked!
Samaras misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oh Cizek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Samaras staying out of range there.
Cizek seems to have got his legs back now.
That kick from Samaras tenderised Cizek's leg. Cizek is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cizek throws a sloppy head kick and Samaras moves out of range easily.
Cizek will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Samaras looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samaras just misses with a punch to the body.
Cizek slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Samaras ducks under a wild hook from Cizek.
Samaras throws a leg kick but Cizek sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cizek takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cizek throws a lazy uppercut
and Samaras counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Samaras slips under a jab from Cizek.
Samaras appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cizek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Samaras manages to avoid it.
Cizek tests Samaras's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Samaras throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cizek appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Samaras fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cizek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Samaras checks a low kick from Cizek.
Samaras let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cizek on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cizek swings widly with a right hand
and Samaras counters with a nice uppercut.
Cizek throws a predictable looking body shot
and Samaras counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Samaras fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cizek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cizek swings widly with a right hand
and Samaras counters with a thumping low kick.
Cizek tries to bum rush Samaras with a series of wild strikes but Samaras uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Samaras ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Samaras with a nice calf kick.
Cizek throws a head kick but Samaras moves out of range.
Samaras throws an overhand right that lands on Cizek's shoulder, as Cizek tries to avoid the shot.
Cizek takes a kick to the side of the head.
Samaras misses with a leg kick.
Cizek throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Samaras swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Samaras misses.
Samaras cracks a nice hook into Cizek's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Samaras blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Cizek misses its intended target.
Samaras uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jab from Samaras.
Samaras misses with a wild body shot.
Cizek sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Samaras throws a nice inside leg kick.
Samaras drops Cizek with a big left hand and mounts him. Cizek is in big trouble!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Samaras controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alkiviadis Samaras comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Samaras has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alkiviadis Samaras!
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