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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jens Rizer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Popov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rizer comes to the cage accompanied by 20-2-Life - Servin a Deuce . Popov has chosen Only the Young as his entrance music. Alexander Popov will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jens Rizer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Popov!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizer tries to land a leg kick but Popov saw it coming and moves away.
Popov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Popov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Popov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rizer.
Popov ducks under a wild hook from Rizer.
Popov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Popov blocks a leg kick.
Alexander Popov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Popov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Popov scores with a one two! Rizer had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Popov throws a jab when Rizer was well out of range.
Popov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rizer throws a leg kick but Popov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rizer walks into a stiff left hand from Popov.
Popov lands a jab to the nose.
Rizer tried to score with a low kick but Popov checks it.
Rizer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Popov.
Rizer slips a jab and a cross from Popov.
Rizer tried to score with a low kick but Popov checks it.
Popov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rizer backs up against the cage.
Rizer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheers as Popov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rizer doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizer slips under a jab from Popov.
Popov checks a low kick from Rizer.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizer.
A punch combination from Popov misses.
A jab lands there for Popov.
Rizer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Popov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Popov lands with a nice body punch.
Popov scores with a nice right hand.
Alexander Popov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Popov throws a shot to the body.
Popov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Popov checks a leg kick.
Popov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice defenses there by Rizer.
Rizer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rizer tried to score with a low kick but Popov checks it.
Popov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Popov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Popov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rizer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Popov is able to avoid easily.
Rizer gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popov is trying to break the clinch but Rizer has him pressed against the cage.
Popov tries to break free but Rizer pushes him back against the cage.
Popov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Popov wants to break free but Rizer has control.
Popov wants to break free but Rizer has control.
Popov tries to circle away but Rizer has him pinned against the cage.
Popov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Popov can't break the clinch.
Rizer lands a body shot.
Popov is trying to break the clinch but Rizer is controlling him.
A short left from Rizer.
Popov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Popov tries to break free but Rizer pushes him back against the cage.
Popov working hard to break the clinch.
Popov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Popov throws a right and a left that Rizer avoids nicely.
Popov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rizer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rizer tries to work over Popov's front leg with a kick but Popov checks it.
Popov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rizer.
Popov blocks a low kick nicely.
Rizer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Popov is able to avoid easily.
Popov throws a hook to the side of Rizer's head but Rizer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Popov.
Popov with a hook.
Popov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Popov tries to bum rush Rizer with a series of wild strikes but Rizer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Popov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rizer misses with a low kick.
Popov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A bone on bone clash there as Popov blocks the leg kick.
Popov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rizer moves away.
Popov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Popov swings for the body but Rizer moves out of range.
Popov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Popov swats away the attempt to clinch by Rizer.
Popov looks to score with a jab to the body but Rizer is just out of range.
Popov lands with a cross.
Rizer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rizer tries to score with a low kick but Popov moves his leg out of the way.
Popov just misses with a punch to the body.
Popov throws an overhand right that lands on Rizer's shoulder, as Rizer tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rizer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Popov as he avoids it easily.
Rizer throws a low kick, looking for Popov's leg but Popov calmly moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Popov, as that shot connected.
Popov throws a hook but Rizer avoids it easily.
Popov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rizer manages to avoid it.
Popov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rizer misses with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Popov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Popov lunges at Rizer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rizer's hand.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizer.
Rizer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rizer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Popov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Popov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rizer throws a front kick aimed at Popov's knee but Popov avoids it well.
Popov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Popov cracks a nice hook into Rizer's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Popov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rizer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Popov throws out the jab.
Popov scores with a jab.
Jab, jab by Popov - just one landing.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizer.
Popov looks to throw the jab but Rizer is out of range.
Popov throws the left hand but Rizer avoids the punch easily.
Rizer has managed to clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Popov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Popov working hard to break the clinch.
Popov is looking to break free of the clinch but Rizer has double underhooks.
Popov is trying to force a seperation but Rizer has the dominant position.
Rizer tries to work over Popov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Rizer.
Rizer digs a right hand underneath Popov's ribcage. Popov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Popov is trying to force a seperation but Rizer has the dominant position.
Rizer struggles to land a body shot inside as Popov controls his hands.
Popov is looking to break free of the clinch but Rizer has double underhooks.
Rizer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Popov backwards.
Popov tries to break the clinch but Rizer is controlling the position.
Popov has had enough of the clinch but Rizer keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Rizer.
Rizer lands with a right to the head.
Popov tries to break the clinch but Rizer is controlling the position.
Popov is trying to break the clinch but Rizer has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rizer - that landed with a thud.
Popov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rizer has him pressed against the cage.
Popov breaks the clinch.
Rizer avoids the body shot from Popov.
Popov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Popov lands a jab.
Popov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Popov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rizer on the side of the head.
Popov lands with a nice body punch.
Rizer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Popov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Popov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Popov lands with a nice combination. Rizer backs away looking to recover.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rizer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Popov working hard to break the clinch.
Rizer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rizer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rizer pushes Popov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Popov is trying to force a seperation but Rizer has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizer keeps control of Popov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Popov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rizer tries to move into range but Popov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Popov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Popov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rizer's head.
Rizer throws a leg kick but Popov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Popov punishes Rizer's body with a nice straight punch.
Popov misses with a straight right.
Rizer swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Popov checks a leg kick nicely.
Popov looks to land a left hand but Rizer moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Rizer.
Popov digs a good hook to Rizer's body.
Popov misses with a body shot.
Rizer throws a leg kick but Popov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rizer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rizer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Popov lunges at Rizer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rizer's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popov lands a body shot.
Rizer takes one on the button.
Popov scores with a jab.
Popov scores with a sloppy right hand. Rizer should have avoided that one.
Popov works Rizer's body with a nice hook.
Rizer tries to work over Popov's front leg with a kick but Popov checks it.
Popov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Popov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rizer's head.
Rizer staying out of range there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Popov checks a leg kick.
Rizer slips a straight right by Popov.
Popov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rizer moves away.
An inside leg kick from Rizer misses.
Rizer staying out of range there.
Popov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rizer wants to land a leg kick but Popov is out of range.
Popov throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Popov throws an overhand right that lands on Rizer's shoulder, as Rizer tries to avoid the shot.
Rizer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Popov lands a jab to Rizer's midsection.
Rizer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Popov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rizer.
Rizer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jens Rizer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rizer slips a jab from Popov.
Alexander Popov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A lazy left from Popov finds it's target.
Popov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Popov with a hook.
Rizer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Popov lands with a shot to the body.
Rizer avoids the body shot from Popov.
Rizer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Popov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Popov lands with a nice combination. Rizer backs away looking to recover.
Popov lands a nice hook to Rizer's body. Rizer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Popov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Popov scores with a jab.
Popov throws a shot from downtown. Rizer moves away and avoids it.
Popov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Popov lands with a shot to the body.
Rizer slips a jab from Popov.
Rizer wants to clinch up but Popov keeps it at a distance.
Popov lands a nice shot to the body.
Popov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A clash of legs there as Popov blocks the low kick.
Jab by Popov.
Popov 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.
Popov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Popov checks a leg kick.
Popov digs a good hook to Rizer's body.
Popov takes a swing at Rizer's ribcage but misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Popov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Popov lands with an uppercut that bounces Rizer off the cage and back into rage.
Rizer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rizer there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popov swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rizer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rizer slips a jab from Popov.
Popov jabs at Rizer's body.
Popov dips to his left and cracks Rizer with an uppercut!
Rizer takes one to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Popov. Rizer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Popov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rizer doesn't seem bothered though.
Popov takes a swing at Rizer's ribcage but misses.
Rizer takes a swing at Popov's ribcage but misses.
Popov with a nice cross.
Popov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rizer can pounce on him.
Popov connects with a jab.
Popov scores with a hook to the body. Rizer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rizer throws and low kick but Popov moves out of range easily.
Popov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rizer misses with a leg kick.
Rizer swings for the body but Popov moves out of range.
Popov throws a jab but it's blocked by Rizer.
Jens Rizer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rizer's head.
Rizer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Popov throws a hook but Rizer blocks it.
Popov checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Popov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Popov.
A jab lands there for Popov.
Popov looks to score with a jab to the body but Rizer is just out of range.
Popov lands with a good body shot.
Rizer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Popov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rizer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Popov checks it well.
Popov digs a good hook to Rizer's body.
Popov lands with a cross.
Popov looks to score with a jab to the body but Rizer is just out of range.
Rizer drops his hands momentarily and Popov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Popov scores with a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Popov misses.
Popov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rizer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rizer doesn't manage to clinch there - Popov circles away.
Rizer throws a leg kick but Popov moved away.
Popov dips to his left and cracks Rizer with an uppercut!
Popov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rizer.
Popov takes a swing at Rizer's ribcage but misses.
Popov scores with a nice head shot.
Popov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rizer.
Popov lands with a hook. Rizer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rizer throws and low kick but Popov moves out of range easily.
Popov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizer.
Rizer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Popov's calf.
Popov scores with a hook to the body. Rizer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rizer is looking to chop away at Popov's legs.
Popov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rizer circles away quickly and effectively.
Popov misses with the combination.
Popov checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popov throws a body kick that misses.
Popov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A swing and a miss from Popov.
Popov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Popov missing with a left hand there. Rizer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Popov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rizer in his tracks.
Popov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Popov scores with a three punch combo!
Rizer misses with a low kick.
Rizer slips a straight right by Popov.
Popov lands a right hook to the body.
Rizer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A lazy left from Popov finds it's target.
Rizer tries to clinch up.
Rizer throws a leg kick but Popov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Popov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rizer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Popov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Popov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Popov!
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