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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amzi Azzan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Og Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Og Kush has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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217 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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215 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Amzi Azzan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Og Kush!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azzan shoots for a takedown but Kush saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kush pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Azzan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Azzan throws a nice looking combination but Kush bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Horrible takedown by Azzan or perhaps it was just good defense by Kush which made him look bad.
Kush staying out of range there.
Kush lunges at Azzan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Azzan's hand.
Kush moves out of range as Azzan throws a body kick.
Kush slips a jab and a cross from Azzan.
Azzan moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Azzan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kush blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Azzan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kush tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Azzan's elbow.
Kush doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush lands a body shot in the clinch.
Azzan tries for a takedown but Kush manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Amzi Azzan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Azzan fails to land.
Kush lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kush.
Azzan struggles to land a body shot inside as Kush controls his hands.
Kush swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kush displaying some good clinch control by pressing Azzan up against the cage.
Azzan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Azzan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kush catches Azzan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A swing and a miss from Azzan.
Og Kush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azzan shoots for a double leg takedown but Kush sprawls well. He's pushed Azzan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kush gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Kush on the inside.
Azzan blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kush tries a body shot but Azzan blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Azzan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Azzan tries for a takedown but Kush sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kush thuds a left hand into Azzan's body.
Kush with a hook.
Kush uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azzan.
Kush circles away from the clinch attempt.
Azzan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Azzan misses with the combination.
Azzan throws a sloppy head kick and Kush moves out of range easily.
Azzan is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azzan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Azzan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kush circles away quickly and effectively.
Kush has taken the fight to the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kush misses with the head strike.
Kush misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kush is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Azzan misses with the head strike.
Azzan tries to break free but Kush pushes him back against the cage.
Azzan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Azzan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azzan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azzan is looking to clinch.
Og Kush is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Azzan misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kush clinches.
Azzan can't break the clinch.
Kush lands a right hand that snaps the head of Azzan backwards.
It looks like Amzi Azzan has been cut.
Kush lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kush scores with a nice hook to the head.
Azzan being controlled against the cage.
Azzan lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kush lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Azzan backwards.
Azzan is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kush creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Azzan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kush throws a big uppercut that drops Azzan! More strikes from Kush and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Azzan lies dazed against the cage as Kush celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Og Kush!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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