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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between WooWoo Indian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enes Zukanovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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145 lbs
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173 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, WooWoo Indian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Enes Zukanovski!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zukanovski gets a clinch.
Indian working hard to break the clinch.
Indian working hard to break the clinch.
Indian looking to throw knees to the head but Zukanovski is blocking nicely.
Indian blocks an elbow strike.
Zukanovski leaning his opponent against the cage.
Indian misses with a knee to the head.
Zukanovski is working Indian over against the cage.
Indian scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Indian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zukanovski decides to pull guard.
Zukanovski 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.
Zukanovski throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Indian won't allow Zukanovski to sweep him here.
Indian will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Indian trying to control but Zukanovski is working from the bottom.
Zukanovski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zukanovski manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Indian avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zukanovski.
Indian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zukanovski on the ground.
Zukanovski tries to control but Indian wriggling away.
Zukanovski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zukanovski lands a big shot there that rocks Indian but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Zukanovski lands a big elbow.
Indian is trying desperately to improve position.
Indian tries to hold on but Zukanovski postures up.
The referee warns Indian that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Indian tries to lock up and control but Zukanovski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zukanovski throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Indian is desperately trying to improve his position but Zukanovski has a good base and remains in mount.
Zukanovski throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Indian is in a horrible position here. Zukanovski smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zukanovski working the ground and pound effectively.
Indian really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Indian is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Zukanovski unloads with some shots from mount but Indian bucks and avoids them well.
Zukanovski cracks Indian with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zukanovski wants to control the pace but Indian is squirming around nicely.
Indian tries to buck Zukanovski off but he can't manage it.
Indian tries to hold on but Zukanovski pushes him away.
Indian takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zukanovski looking to finish Indian with some ground and pound. This is bad for Indian!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Indian tries to lock up and control but Zukanovski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zukanovski working the ground and pound effectively.
Zukanovski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Zukanovski prevents Indian from getting the reversal.
Zukanovski cracks Indian with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zukanovski tries to control but Indian wriggling away.
Zukanovski controlling the position easily from mount.
Indian is looking to improve his position but Zukanovski isn't that keen on the idea.
Indian is in a horrible position here. Zukanovski smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Zukanovski punishing his opponent with strikes.
Indian really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Zukanovski landing strikes from the mount.
Zukanovski avoids the attempt from Indian to control.
Zukanovski is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Indian can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Indian wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zukanovski scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Indian?
A nice elbow there by Zukanovski.
Zukanovski has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Indian's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enes Zukanovski dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Indian misses with a body kick.
Indian pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zukanovski closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Zukanovski creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Indian sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Indian manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Zukanovski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Indian defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Indian is looking to escape.
Zukanovski decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Indian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zukanovski. Zukanovski obviously looking to wear him down.
WooWoo Indian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zukanovski instigates a clinch.
Indian missing with knees to the body.
Indian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zukanovski blocks it with crossed arms.
Zukanovski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Indians head.
Zukanovski wants the takedown. Indian is fighting it off but Zukanovski persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Indian's guard against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zukanovski gets to his feet - Indian follows without any prompting.
Indian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zukanovski wants to clinch.
Zukanovski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Indian lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zukanovski clinches up against the cage.
Zukanovski breaks from the clinch.
Zukanovski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Indian takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zukanovski clinches.
Indian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Indian looking to throw knees to the head but Zukanovski is blocking nicely.
Indian is trying to break the clinch but Zukanovski has him pressed against the cage.
Indian wants to stall.
Indian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zukanovski gets control of Indian's arms and successfully pulls guard. Zukanovski will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Zukanovski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Indian's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zukanovski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zukanovski prevents Indian from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zukanovski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Indian is trying to control the position but Zukanovski postures up.
Zukanovski trying to control but Indian is working from the bottom.
Zukanovski gets to his feet - Indian follows without any prompting.
Indian throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Indian throws a leg kick but Zukanovski checks it.
Indian gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Indian keeping moving, preventing Zukanovski from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zukanovski accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Indian is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zukanovski stands up from Indian's guard - Zukanovski perhaps looking for a knockout.
Zukanovski scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Zukanovski is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Indian is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Enes Zukanovski!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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