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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moji Joaninho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alek Mikhailov (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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187 cm
20
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 1 |
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190 cm
23
189 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moji Joaninho! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alek Mikhailov! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mikhailov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joaninho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Mikhailov stuffs the takedown attempt from Joaninho. Joaninho gets slowly back to his feet. Joaninho lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Alek Mikhailov has been cut. Joaninho doesn't manage to clinch there - Mikhailov circles away.
Joaninho on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Joaninho blocks the body kick.
Mikhailov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mikhailov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mikhailov avoids a kick to the body.
Mikhailov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joaninho swats him away and circles back towards the center. Joaninho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mikhailov. Joaninho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Joaninho misses with a two punch combination.
Mikhailov throws out a powerful jab. Joaninho throws a right and a left that Mikhailov avoids nicely. Mikhailov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Joaninho tries to avoid it but Mikhailov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Joaninho to the ground. Joaninho escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Mikhailov gets caught flat footed, as Joaninho shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Joaninho decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mikhailov, up you get!
That's one minute gone in the round. A jab from Mikhailov misses. Donk. Mikhailov catches Joaninho right on the button with a cross. Mikhailov takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mikhailov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joaninho swats him away and circles back towards the center. Mikhailov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Joaninho as he jumps to the side. Mikhailov looks gassed! Mikhailov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Joaninho. Joaninho has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mikhailov is trying to break free. Mikhailov is trying to break the clinch but Joaninho has him pressed against the ropes. Joaninho has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mikhailov uses from the top position. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. Joaninho has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Joaninho is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mikhailov is controlling him. Joaninho managing to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Joaninho has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Mikhailov off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. Mikhailov throws a right and a left that both miss. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Mikhailov throws the left hand but Joaninho avoids the punch easily. Mikhailov moves into the clinch. A knee to the head by Joaninho.
Joaninho pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Joaninho darts in and out, connecting with a jab. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moji Joaninho dominated that round. The cut man is working on Alek Mikhailov's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Joaninho scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Mikhailov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Joaninho counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mikhailov won't be happy with that. Joaninho decides to stand back up. Joaninho steps back and let's Mikhailov get back to his feet. Joaninho lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mikhailov is rocked! Alek Mikhailov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Joaninho connects with a nice cross there... Mikhailov is looking wobbly and Joaninho recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Mikhailov to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Joaninho jumps onto the ropes to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Moji Joaninho!
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energy
A | B |
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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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