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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between PaCo Da MaN (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Rykov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da MaN kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tenacious D - Beelzeboss. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Alexey Rykov enters the cage!
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201 cm
24
269 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
26
272 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, PaCo Da MaN! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Rykov! The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Da MaN throws a head kick that Rykov semi-blocks.
It looks like Alexey Rykov has been cut. Rykov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rykov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Da MaN at a distance.
Da MaN uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rykov.
Da MaN defending well as Rykov loads up on a big left hand. Da MaN closes the distance and clinches. A nice right hand lands inside from Da MaN. Da MaN lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. A head punch blocked on the inside by Rykov. Rykov takes a shot to the head. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Rykov is trying to break free. Da MaN misses with a hook to the ribs.
Da MaN avoiding damage.
A right hand to the body from Da MaN.
A right handed body shot lands from Da MaN.
A body shot lands from Da MaN.
Rykov looks gassed! Da MaN keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rykov's efforts to push away. A right handed body shot lands from Da MaN.
A nice right hand lands inside from Da MaN. A right hand to the body from Da MaN.
Da MaN using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da MaN pushes Rykov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Nice body punch from Da MaN. A short right from Da MaN on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. A right hand to the body from Da MaN.
Da MaN pushes Rykov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Da MaN works on Rykov's body with a couple of short punches. Da MaN digs a right hand into Rykov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rykov's gas tank. Da MaN lands a nice shot to the body. Knees in the clinch landing for Da MaN.
Da MaN works on Rykov's body with a couple of short punches. A head punch on the inside from Da MaN fails to land. Rykov prevents a body shot from Da MaN. Da MaN is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Da MaN lands an elbow just above Rykov 's eye. Da MaN stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Nice elbow from Da MaN. Da MaN presses Rykov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Da MaN digs a right hand into Rykov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rykov's gas tank. Rykov avoiding damage as Da MaN throws knees to the body.
Da MaN lands a body punch. A nice right hand lands inside from Da MaN. Rykov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Da MaN gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Da MaN unloads a knee to the mid-section. A right handed body shot lands from Da MaN.
Da MaN lands a shoulder strike. Da MaN lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Da MaN lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rykov. Da MaN lands with a short shot to the head. Nice body punch from Da MaN - that landed with a thud.
Da MaN lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rykov. Rykov blocking some punches.
Da MaN goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da MaN misses with a body punch.
Da MaN digs a right hand into Rykov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rykov's gas tank. Da MaN trying to land knees to the body.
Rykov takes a shot to the head. Da MaN doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da MaN softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Da MaN lands a body shot. Da MaN lands a nice elbow. Rykov takes a shot to the head. Da MaN lands an uppercut. Da MaN works on Rykov's body with a couple of short punches. Da MaN lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rykov. Da MaN lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rykov backwards. A short right from Da MaN. Da MaN lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rykov backwards. Da MaN comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Rykov tries to circle away but Da MaN has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Da MaN lands on the inside with an uppercut. Da MaN working some nice short punches in the clinch. Rykov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Da MaN using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da MaN comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Good body shot from Da MaN.
Da MaN using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rykov wants to break free but Da MaN has control.
Da MaN lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rykov backwards. Da MaN lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Da MaN misses with a body punch.
Da MaN lands a nice elbow. Da MaN lands a damaging elbow. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Da MaN creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Da MaN misses with a punch to the body.
Da MaN throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Da MaN lands a nice shot to the body. A right hook to the body lands for Da MaN.
Da MaN scores with a shoulder strike. Rykov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. A head punch blocked on the inside by Rykov. Da MaN landing knees to the body.
Rykov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Da MaN taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rykov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Rykov tries to break free but Da MaN pushes him back against the cage. Da MaN lands a left hand.
Rykov is trying to break free. Da MaN lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rykov or not. A short body shot lands from Da MaN as the two fighters clinch.
Rykov takes a shot to the head. Da MaN misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Da MaN lands a nice uppercut. Da MaN gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Da MaN lands a hook to the side of the head. Da MaN misses with a hook from the clinch. Da MaN scores with a shoulder strike. Rykov lands with a left to the head. Rykov is trying to break the clinch but Da MaN is controlling him. Da MaN working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Da MaN misses with a punch to the body.
Rykov is trying to break free. Da MaN swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rykov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Da MaN working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Da MaN misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
PaCo Da MaN dominated that round. The cut man is working on Alexey Rykov's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Da MaN lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Rykov lands a slapping body shot.
Rykov misses the jab. Rykov misses with a wild body shot. No joy there for Rykov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rykov swings for the body but Da MaN moves out of range.
Rykov takes a swing at Da MaN's ribcage but misses. A slapping leg kick lands for Da MaN.
Rykov thows a body shot but no joy. Da MaN connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Da MaN misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alexey Rykov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Da MaN plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Rykov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Da MaN is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Da MaN darts in and clinches Rykov up against the cage. Da MaN lands with a left to the head. Da MaN tries to work over Rykov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Rykov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Da MaN lands a good knee to the midsection. Rykov won't want to take too many of those. Da MaN tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rykov's elbow. PaCo Da MaN has scored more points in the clinch so far. Da MaN misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rykov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Rykov misses with a wild body shot. Rykov throws out a loose jab but Da MaN uses good head movement to avoid it. Da MaN throws a quick inside leg kick. Da MaN misses with a jab, cross combination.
Da MaN throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Da MaN delivers a nice body kick. Rykov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Rykov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Da MaN throws a sloppy head kick and Rykov moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rykov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Da MaN. Da MaN thumps Rykov with a low kick. Rykov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick lands from Da MaN. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Rykov avoids the head kick by Da MaN.
Da MaN moves in looking to clinch but Rykov pushes him off. Da MaN buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rykov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Da MaN. Rykov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Rykov misses with a few strikes there.
Da MaN changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Da MaN scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rykov in his tracks. Da MaN digs a good body shot into Rykov's ribs. Da MaN throws a right hand that Rykov ducks under and follows up with a left that Rykov also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rykov throws the left hand but Da MaN avoids the punch easily. Da MaN digs a good hook to Rykov's body.
Da MaN lands with an overhand left. Rykov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Da MaN rather than just go for the knockout. A chopping leg kick lands by Da MaN. Da MaN lands a jab to the nose. A good leg kick by Da MaN. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Da MaN, right into the meat.
Da MaN misses with a wild combination.
Da MaN uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rykov. Da MaN jabs at Rykov's body. Da MaN thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rykov if he has to take too many more of those.
Da MaN throws a series of punches but Rykov avoids them all with ease. Rykov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Da MaN doesn't manage to clinch there - Rykov circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Rykov there. Rykov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Rykov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Da MaN looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Da MaN lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rykov on the wrong end of a nice jab. A jab from Da MaN finds it's way through Rykov's defenses. Da MaN misses with a wild combination.
Rykov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Da MaN. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Rykov thows a body shot but no joy. Da MaN misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
PaCo Da MaN dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Alexey Rykov's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rykov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da MaN sees it coming and avoids it easily. Da MaN throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Rykov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Da MaN drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Rykov lands with a right hand. Da MaN takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Da MaN ducks right into an uppercut from Rykov. PaCo Da MaN is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. A big right from Rykov misses. Da MaN avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da MaN thumps Rykov with a low kick. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Da MaN misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rykov misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. Da MaN throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rykov throws a looping overhand right but Da MaN ducks down to avoid it. Da MaN misses with a body shot.
Rykov ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Da MaN misses with a leg kick. Da MaN throws a wild body kick that Rykov sees coming a mile off. Da MaN throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Da MaN tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rykov paws at him with a jab and circles away. Rykov misses the jab. Rykov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like PaCo Da MaN has been cut. Da MaN connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rykov's hands. Da MaN is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rykov. Rykov throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rykov misses with a hook. Da MaN ducked under it nicely. Good leg kick by Da MaN there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Da MaN walks into a stiff left hand from Rykov. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A big right from Rykov misses. Rykov jabbing away but nothing is landing. Rykov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. PaCo Da MaN is winning the standup battle so far. Rykov lands with a right hand. Da MaN keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rykov. Da MaN throws a sloppy head kick and Rykov moves out of range easily. Rykov throws a good cross that connects.
Rykov throws a combination that misses and Da MaN counters with a series of strikes. Rykov will be more careful next time no doubt. Rykov throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Rykov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rykov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da MaN manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rykov lands with a shot to the body. Rykov throws a body punch but Da MaN moves out of range. Rykov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Da MaN misses with a jab, cross combination.
Da MaN throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. A slow jab from Rykov misses its intended target. A slow jab from Rykov misses its intended target. A combination from Rykov does no damage. Da MaN swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rykov throws out a loose jab but Da MaN uses good head movement to avoid it. Da MaN fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rykov checks it well. Rykov misses with a body punch
and Da MaN counters with a stiff right hand. A slow jab from Rykov misses its intended target. Da MaN takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Rykov lands a jab to Da MaN's midsection. Rykov throws a shot to the body.
Rykov scores with the left hand. Da MaN knows he should have avoided that one. A swing and a miss from Rykov. Rykov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Da MaN has time to react. Nice straight punches there by Rykov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rykov. Alexey Rykov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Rykov avoids the body shot from Da MaN.
Rykov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Da MaN. Da MaN swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rykov counters with a stiff right hand. Rykov pushing out the jab but it's not landing. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Rykov misses with a looping right. Da MaN is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rykov can do to turn this around? Da MaN chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rykov misses with a series of wild punches.
And that's the end of the fight! Alexey Rykov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Da MaN has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:26 Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:27 Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... PaCo Da MaN!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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