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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Novikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi has chosen Joker's Wild as his entrance music. Andrey Novikov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dominick Rivaldi's chin.
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183 cm
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163 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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178 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Novikov! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dominick Rivaldi! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rivaldi clinches up with Novikov and pushes him back against the cage. Rivaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Novikov backwards. Rivaldi lands a left hand.
Novikov fails to pull guard.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Novikov. Novikov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rivaldi scores with a shoulder strike. Rivaldi drops Novikov onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Novikov is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Novikov is rocked!
It looks like Andrey Novikov has been cut. A short left from Rivaldi. Oh Novikov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Rivaldi works on Novikov's body with a couple of short punches. Novikov jumps guard but Rivaldi stands there with Novikov around his waist. Novikov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rivaldi lands a shoulder strike. Rivaldi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Novikov or not. Novikov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi lands a body punch in the clinch. Rivaldi scores with a shoulder strike. Rivaldi scores with a nice hook to the head. Rivaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Rivaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Novikov backwards. Novikov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrey Novikov. That's going to take a lot out of him. Rivaldi lands a shot to the body. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Rivaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch. Novikov is breathing heavily. Rivaldi loads up on a right hand - it lands flush and knocks Novikov senseless! What a punch!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dominick Rivaldi! Dominick Rivaldi is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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