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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between alex fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Beckring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beckring has chosen Where Is My Mind as his entrance music. Jim Beckring has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 cm
20
255 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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181 cm
23
224 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, alex fili! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jim Beckring! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Beckring moves out of range of the strikes. Beckring steps to the side to avoid the strikes from fili. Nice sprawl there from Beckring as fili shoots in. Beckring slips a jab from fili. alex fili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Beckring gets a clinch. fili struggles to land a body shot inside as Beckring controls his hands.
Beckring wants a takedown.
fili misses with some punches.
Beckring stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
fili blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
fili is pressed up against the cage. Beckring has hold of a leg and is looking to drag fili down to the mat. fili avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. fili throws a hook but Beckring blocks it. Beckring keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from fili. Beckring walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. fili checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. fili throws a looping overhand right but Beckring ducks down to avoid it. Beckring closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Beckring slows the pace down in half guard. Beckring working fili over with strikes. Beckring thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed fili's head. fili looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. fili punching from the bottom.
Beckring prevents fili from improving his position. Beckring seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Beckring takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Beckring prevents fili from standing back up.
Beckring frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. fili working to try and regain half guard.
Beckring in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Beckring has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of fili's face.
fili knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Beckring on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Beckring tries to control but fili wriggling away. Beckring cracks fili with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
fili looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back! Beckring patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here? Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Beckring is cranking fili's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for fili! He's tightened the choke and fili is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jim Beckring! Jim Beckring is the new heavyweight champion!
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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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