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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Gluhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Konstantin Gluhov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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243 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodrigo Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konstantin Gluhov!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gluhov misses with a low kick.
Velasquez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodrigo Velasquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gluhov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gluhov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Velasquez misses.
Velasquez misses with an uppercut. Gluhov saw that one coming.
Gluhov moves in looking to clinch but Velasquez pushes him off.
Velasquez could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gluhov tries to clinch but Velasquez moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Velasquez.
Gluhov tries to close the distance and clinch but Velasquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Velasquez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Velasquez cracks Gluhov with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Velasquez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Velasquez misses with a two punch combination.
Velasquez misses with a double jab.
Velasquez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gluhov moves forwards but Velasquez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Velasquez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gluhov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Velasquez.
Velasquez throws a series of punches but Gluhov moves out of range.
Gluhov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Velasquez circles away.
Velasquez lands a glancing blow to the side of Gluhov's head.
Velasquez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gluhov tries to clinch up but Velasquez circles away and keeps his distance.
Velasquez tries to bum rush Gluhov with a series of wild strikes but Gluhov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Velasquez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gluhov circles away quickly and effectively.
Velasquez with a nice cross.
Gluhov ducks under a wild hook from Velasquez.
Velasquez misses with a hook.
Velasquez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Velasquez is breathing heavily.
Gluhov slips a jab and a cross from Velasquez.
Gluhov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Velasquez.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gluhov leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gluhov continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Gluhov lands an elbow just above Velasquez 's eye.
Gluhov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Velasquez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gluhov lands an elbow that stopped Velasquez in his tracks for a moment.
Gluhov is working for takedown but Velasquez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gluhov as Velasquez tries to tie him up.
Velasquez can't break the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Gluhov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gluhov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gluhov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gluhov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gluhov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Velasquez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Velasquez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gluhov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gluhov lands a knee to the head.
Gluhov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Velasquez tries to break free but Gluhov pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Velasquez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Velasquez can't break the clinch.
Gluhov is stalling here.
Gluhov looking for a takedown.
Rodrigo Velasquez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Konstantin Gluhov.
Velasquez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Velasquez.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gluhov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Velasquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Velasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Velasquez is trying to break free.
Gluhov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gluhov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Velasquez blocks it with crossed arms.
Velasquez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Velasquez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gluhov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Velasquez's efforts to push away.
Velasquez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gluhov stalling in the clinch.
Velasquez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Velasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Velasquez working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Velasquez swings wildly with an uppercut but Gluhov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Velasquez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gluhov working Velasquez over with knees to the body.
Velasquez working hard to break the clinch.
Gluhov prevents Velasquez from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Velasquez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gluhov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Velasquez tries to break free but Gluhov pushes him back against the cage.
Gluhov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Velasquez is keeping busy.
Gluhov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velasquez's defenses.
It looks like Rodrigo Velasquez has been cut.
Velasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Velasquez throws a head punch that misses.
Velasquez gets underhooks to prevent Gluhov's takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gluhov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Gluhov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Velasquez misses with some punches.
Gluhov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gluhov lands an elbow just above Velasquez 's eye.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gluhov taking a breather.
Velasquez trying to stall but Gluhov improves his position.
Velasquez seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Gluhov is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gluhov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Velasquez lands a nice shot to the body.
Velasquez avoiding damage as Gluhov throws knees to the body.
Velasquez tries to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gluhov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Velasquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Velasquez.
Velasquez throws a punch but it's blocked by Gluhov.
Velasquez tries to circle away but Gluhov has him pinned against the cage.
Gluhov working Velasquez over with knees to the body.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch but Gluhov keeps him there for the moment.
Velasquez lands with a left to the head.
Velasquez wants to break free but Gluhov has control.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Velasquez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gluhov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gluhov lands a knee to the head.
Gluhov prevents Velasquez from breaking the clinch.
Velasquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Gluhov won't allow it.
Gluhov lands a knee to the body.
Velasquez is looking to break free of the clinch but Gluhov has double underhooks.
Velasquez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gluhov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Velasquez.
Gluhov looking to slow down the pace here.
Gluhov has Velasquez pressed against the cage, preventing Velasquez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gluhov keeps control of Velasquez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Velasquez can't break the clinch.
Velasquez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Velasquez managing to block the knees to the body from Gluhov.
Velasquez is trying to force a seperation but Gluhov has the dominant position.
Gluhov slowing the pace effectively.
Velasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Velasquez misses with the head strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short body shot lands from Velasquez as the two fighters clinch.
Velasquez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gluhov prevents Velasquez from breaking the clinch.
Velasquez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Velasquez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gluhov.
Gluhov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gluhov misses with a knee to the head.
Velasquez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gluhov backwards.
Velasquez wants to break free but Gluhov has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gluhov takes a shot to the head.
Gluhov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Velasquez's efforts to push away.
Velasquez tries to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling the position.
Gluhov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Velasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Velasquez can't break the clinch.
Gluhov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gluhov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velasquez's defenses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gluhov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch but Gluhov keeps him there for the moment.
Velasquez stalling against the cage.
Gluhov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Velasquez lands a shoulder strike.
Velasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gluhov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gluhov is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Velasquez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Velasquez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Velasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Velasquez is trying to break free.
Velasquez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gluhov scores with a knee to the head.
Velasquez tries to circle away but Gluhov has him pinned against the cage.
Gluhov trying to stall but Velasquez improves his position.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch but Gluhov keeps him there for the moment.
Velasquez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling him.
Gluhov lands a nice elbow.
Gluhov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Velasquez's efforts to push away.
Gluhov lands a good knee to the midsection. Velasquez won't want to take too many of those.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Velasquez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gluhov tries to land knees in the clinch but Velasquez avoids the damage to the body.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling him.
Velasquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Gluhov won't allow it.
Gluhov slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konstantin Gluhov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Velasquez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gluhov misses with a kick to the body.
Rodrigo Velasquez is winning the standup battle so far.
Velasquez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gluhov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Velasquez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Velasquez scores with a three punch combo!
Velasquez keeps the fight on the outside.
Velasquez clobbers Gluhov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gluhov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Velasquez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Velasquez looks to throw the jab but Gluhov is out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Velasquez scores with a four punch combination!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gluhov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gluhov avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gluhov pushes Velasquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Velasquez prevents a body shot from Gluhov.
Gluhov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Velasquez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gluhov gets a clinch.
Gluhov lands an elbow inside.
Gluhov has Velasquez pressed against the cage, preventing Velasquez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Velasquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Gluhov won't allow it.
Gluhov is pushing Velasquez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Velasquez takes an elbow to the temple.
Gluhov scores a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gluhov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gluhov obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez misses with the head strike.
Gluhov tries to stall but Velasquez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling him.
Gluhov tries to land knees in the clinch but Velasquez avoids the damage to the body.
Gluhov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Velasquez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Velasquez tries to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling the position.
Velasquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Velasquez is trying to break the clinch but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Velasquez fails to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gluhov. Velasquez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gluhov tries to move into range but Velasquez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gluhov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gluhov is looking to clinch.
Velasquez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gluhov closes the distance and pushes Velasquez back into the cage.
Gluhov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Velasquez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Velasquez.
Gluhov looking for a takedown.
Velasquez lands an uppercut.
A short right from Velasquez on the inside.
Velasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gluhov throws an elbow but misses.
Velasquez tries to break the clinch but Gluhov is controlling the position.
Velasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Velasquez being controlled against the cage.
Gluhov prevents Velasquez from breaking the clinch.
Gluhov is pushing Velasquez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gluhov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gluhov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Velasquez.
Velasquez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gluhov backwards.
Velasquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gluhov has him pressed against the cage.
Velasquez is trying to force a seperation but Gluhov has the dominant position.
Velasquez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gluhov missing with knees to the body.
Gluhov stalls.
Velasquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Velasquez fails to land.
Velasquez misses with a punch on the inside.
Velasquez wants to break free but Gluhov has control.
Gluhov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Velasquez is trying to force a seperation but Gluhov has the dominant position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Velasquez.
Gluhov tries to work over Velasquez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gluhov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Velasquez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Velasquez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Velasquez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gluhov's elbow.
Gluhov blocks an uppercut.
Gluhov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Velasquez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Velasquez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Velasquez!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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