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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emil Zetterberg (ranked 1095 p4p, 2002 weight class) and Dragomir Ditchev (ranked 127 p4p, 213 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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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emil Zetterberg!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dragomir Ditchev!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ditchev blocks the body kick.
Zetterberg works the jab nicely.
It looks like Dragomir Ditchev has been cut.
Zetterberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zetterberg blocks an uppercut.
Zetterberg stalling.
Ditchev tries to work over Zetterberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ditchev avoiding damage as Zetterberg throws knees to the body.
Ditchev tries to work over Zetterberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zetterberg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ditchev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ditchev tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zetterberg avoids it.
Ditchev trying to land knees to the body.
Zetterberg lands an uppercut.
Zetterberg lands with a left to the head.
Ditchev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zetterberg lands a shot to the body.
Ditchev looks winded!
Ditchev throws a head punch that misses.
Zetterberg blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ditchev being controlled against the cage.
Ditchev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Zetterberg's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zetterberg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ditchev throws a head punch that misses.
Ditchev misses with some punches.
Zetterberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zetterberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zetterberg lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zetterberg dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ditchev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zetterberg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ditchev backwards.
A shot in the inside from Zetterberg.
Ditchev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ditchev struggles to land a body shot inside as Zetterberg controls his hands.
Zetterberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ditchev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ditchev looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zetterberg slows down the pace here.
Zetterberg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zetterberg gets through Ditchev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zetterberg is stalling here.
Ditchev working aggressively here.
Ditchev misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zetterberg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ditchev swings wildly with an uppercut but Zetterberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ditchev throws a head punch that misses.
Ditchev misses with the head strike.
Ditchev misses with a punch to the body.
Ditchev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zetterberg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ditchev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zetterberg scores with a shoulder strike.
Ditchev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ditchev takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zetterberg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Zetterberg.
Zetterberg avoiding damage.
Ditchev tries to throw a body punch but Zetterberg avoids it by throwing Ditchev back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zetterberg cracks Ditchev with a nice body shot.
Zetterberg pushes Ditchev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ditchev is rocked!
Nice body punch from Zetterberg - that landed with a thud.
Ditchev is still on wobbly legs! Can Zetterberg finish him?
Zetterberg lands a big right hand that drops Ditchev! The killer instinct kicks in and Zetterberg finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Zetterberg!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emil Zetterberg!
Emil Zetterberg retains his heavyweight title!
Emil Zetterberg thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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