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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Branislav Cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Boyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cena might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to michael gray-the weekend. Ivan Boyko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Branislav Cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ivan Boyko!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cena doesn't manage to clinch there - Boyko circles away.
Cena clinches.
Cena pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cena rushes Boyko and presses him up against the cage.
Cena pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boyko moves in looking to clinch but Cena pushes him off.
Boyko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Branislav Cena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boyko moves into the clinch successfully.
Cena tries to stall but Boyko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cena gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Boyko regains guard.
Cena tries to stand but Boyko is controlling from the bottom.
Cena pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Boyko is keeping the position for now.
Boyko is pulling down on Cena's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena trying to control but Boyko is working from the bottom.
Boyko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cena being controlled here momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Branislav Cena wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Cena gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cena controls Boyko momentarily but Boyko frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyko throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cena is trying to control the position but Boyko postures up.
Cena might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Boyko trying to control the position from guard on top but Cena is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cena is trying to keep Boyko in close.
Cena knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Boyko on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Branislav Cena.
Nice sprawl there from Cena as Boyko shoots in.
Boyko throws a right and a left that Cena avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyko shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cena defends it nicely.
Branislav Cena has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Boyko.
Cena closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Boyko did well to prevent Cena getting side control.
Boyko is trying to control but can't.
Cena is breathing heavily.
Cena is trying to control the action in half guard but Boyko is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cena is just content to waste time from the top position. Boyko takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Cena is fighting to break Boyko's control of his arms but Boyko is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cena wants to control from the top but Boyko keeps moving.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Branislav Cena has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Boyko drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Boyko trying to control but Cena is working from the bottom.
Boyko drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Boyko jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Boyko chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Branislav Cena will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Boyko blocks a head kick by Cena.
Boyko shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cena's guard.
Boyko is pushing down on Cena's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cena is fighting to maintain full guard but Boyko has managed to sneak the leg through.
Boyko works his way into full mount!
Boyko tries to control but Cena wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Boyko.
Boyko lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Boyko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Boyko content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that Boyko has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Boyko swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ivan Boyko!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
45% |
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