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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Summer Wheatly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfgang Lilja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lilja has chosen Mozart - Kyrie as his entrance music. Wolfgang Lilja is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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173 cm
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209 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Summer Wheatly! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wolfgang Lilja! The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lilja is looking to clinch but Wheatly is avoiding it.
Wheatly has managed to clinch.
Lilja misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wheatly.
Lilja with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lilja with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Wheatly pushes off an throws an elbow but Lilja leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Lilja tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wheatly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Wheatly managing to block the knees to the body from Lilja.
Wheatly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Lilja tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lilja is trying to maintain a safe position but Wheatly gets an underhook and turns Lilja into the cage. Lilja misses with a knee strike.
Lilja putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wheatly in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wheatly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lilja's brow. Wheatly gets control of Lilja's arms and successfully pulls guard. Wheatly will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Wheatly managing to control the position. Wheatly will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Wheatly wants to sweep but no luck. Lilja trying to control the position from guard on top but Wheatly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lilja is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Wheatly lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lilja! Wheatly lands a heavy elbow. Lilja tries to lock up and control but Wheatly gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Wheatly thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wheatly breaks from Lilja's wrist control and lands an elbow. Lilja tries to hold on but Wheatly pushes him away. Wheatly landing punches. Lilja tries to hold on but Wheatly pushes him away. Wheatly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lilja's face.
Lilja is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Wheatly is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lilja can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. This has been an exciting period of action! Lilja is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lilja wants to control but Wheatly is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Wheatly looking to ground and pound but Lilja is blocking nicely. Lilja takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Wheatly looking to finish Lilja with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lilja!
Lilja is rocked! Wheatly lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Lilja! Wheatly sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Lilja and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Summer Wheatly! Summer Wheatly retains his light heavyweight title!
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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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