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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Fredriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredriksson's entrance music is Hot 'n cold. A fine choice. Filipovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Crepitating Bowel Erosion, Carcass kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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176 lbs
6 - 1 - 1 |
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180 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arnold Fredriksson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Filipovic!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipovic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fredriksson checks it well.
Fredriksson just misses with a punch to the body.
Filipovic scores with the left hand. Fredriksson knows he should have avoided that one.
Filipovic throws a series of strikes that have Fredriksson backpedaling.
Fredriksson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Filipovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filipovic keeping moving, preventing Fredriksson from controlling successfully.
Filipovic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fredriksson wants to control from the top but Filipovic keeps moving.
Fredriksson tries to free his leg and advance position but Filipovic is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredriksson trying to control but Filipovic is working from the bottom.
Fredriksson throwing strikes but missing.
Filipovic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Filipovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Filipovic is working for a kimura but Fredriksson is defending it quite comfortably.
Filipovic wants to control but Fredriksson is keeping him busy.
Filipovic prevents Fredriksson from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Filipovic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fredriksson is looking to improve his position.
Filipovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fredriksson defending well though.
Filipovic is thwarting Fredriksson's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Filipovic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A swing and a miss from Fredriksson.
Fredriksson moves out of range of the leg kick from Filipovic.
Fredriksson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice body punch from Fredriksson.
Filipovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A head kick misses from Filipovic.
Filipovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fredriksson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Filipovic walks away with a smile on his face. Fredriksson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Filipovic is looking to clinch.
Filipovic misses with an uppercut.
Filipovic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Filipovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kirill Filipovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Filipovic is looking to clinch.
Fredriksson slips under a jab.
Filipovic throws a wild body kick that Fredriksson sees coming a mile off.
Filipovic lands a lovely overhand right.
Filipovic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fredriksson on the side of the head.
Filipovic misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick from Filipovic lands but Fredriksson takes it in his stride.
Good shot there by Fredriksson.
Fredriksson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Filipovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fredriksson.
Fredriksson keeps the fight on the outside.
No luck for Fredriksson with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arnold Fredriksson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Filipovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Filipovic moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Filipovic.
Fredriksson is rocked!
Filipovic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Oh Fredriksson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fredriksson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Filipovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Filipovic throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Filipovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredriksson blocks the elbow strike.
Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Filipovic looks gassed!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Filipovic.
Filipovic working the clinch nicely. Fredriksson is working for position but Filipovic cracks him with a big knee to the head! Fredriksson crumples up against the cage and Filipovic lands two more shots before the ref can save Fredriksson! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Kirill Filipovic!
Kirill Filipovic is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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