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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valtir Griggoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Karamazov (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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177 cm
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203 lbs
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189 cm
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Valtir Griggoff! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Karamazov! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Griggoff fails in his attempt to clinch. Karamazov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Griggoff tries to avoid it but Karamazov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Griggoff to the ground. Griggoff escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Karamazov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Griggoff tries to clinch up. Griggoff throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Karamazov fails with a takedown attempt. Griggoff moves in looking to clinch but Karamazov pushes him off. A head kick misses from Griggoff. Griggoff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karamazov. Valtir Griggoff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Karamazov. Griggoff misses with a few strikes there.
Griggoff stuffs the takedown. Karamazov avoids the body shot from Griggoff.
That's one minute gone in the round. Karamazov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Valtir Griggoff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Griggoff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Karamazov throws a series of punches but Griggoff avoids them all with ease. Griggoff stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Griggoff wants it to stay on the feet. A left and a right from Karamazov both land. Nice combination. Griggoff misses with a two punch combination.
Griggoff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karamazov paws at him with a jab and circles away. Karamazov slips a jab and a cross from Griggoff.
Karamazov dives in and grabs Griggoff's left leg, looking for a takedown. Griggoff pushes down on Karamazov's head and hops out. Griggoff stuffs the takedown. Griggoff throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karamazov counters with a three punch combo that has Griggoff backing up. Griggoff nods at Karamazov to acknowledge the strikes. Karamazov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Griggoff sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Karamazov tries a head kick but it misses.
Griggoff moves in looking to clinch but Karamazov pushes him off. Griggoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Karamazov circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Griggoff has taken the fight to the clinch.
Griggoff breaks the clinch.
Griggoff throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karamazov counters with a nice uppercut. Griggoff misses with the combination.
Karamazov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Griggoff. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Griggoff throws a body kick, spinning off balance and Karamazov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Karamazov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Griggoff's waist but Griggoff gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Karamazov off to one side. Griggoff throws a series of punches but Karamazov moves out of range. Griggoff tries to clinch so Karamazov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Karamazov won't allow Griggoff to get back to his feet. Griggoff is breathing heavily. Karamazov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Karamazov wants to control from the top but Griggoff keeps moving. Karamazov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Karamazov chips away with some ground and pound. Griggoff uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Griggoff misses with a double jab
and Karamazov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Griggoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Karamazov circles away.
Griggoff thows a left - swing and a miss! Griggoff gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Karamazov to score an easy takedown into full guard. Griggoff might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Karamazov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Griggoff wants to stand and escape but Karamazov is having none of it. Karamazov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Karamazov thows a big elbow that misses. Karamazov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Karamazov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Griggoff wants to stand up but Karamazov is controlling him. Karamazov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Karamazov scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Karamazov postures up and lands a big shot to Griggoff's brow. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Karamazov dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Griggoff stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Griggoff wants it to stay on the feet. Griggoff has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Griggoff throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Valtir Griggoff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Griggoff closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Griggoff misses with a hook to the body
and Karamazov counters with a left right combination that sends Griggoff crashing to the mat - Karamazov wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Griggoff out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Karamazov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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