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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tucker Filkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsakig Movsesian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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275 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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275 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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Basic striking
Determined |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tucker Filkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tsakig Movsesian!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Movsesian lands with a kick to the temple. Filkins shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Tucker Filkins has been cut.
Movsesian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Filkins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Movsesian did well to prevent Filkins getting side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Movsesian is pressing down on Filkins's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Movsesian bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Filkins's guard.
Filkins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Movsesian trying to control but Filkins is working from the bottom.
Movsesian stopping the sweep attempt from Filkins.
Movsesian trying to control but Filkins is working from the bottom.
Filkins wants to sweep but no luck.
Movsesian forces his way into half guard.
Filkins is looking for a sweep. Movsesian is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Filkins is working hard here to advance position.
Movsesian is looking to take a break and control but Filkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Filkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Movsesian on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Movsesian looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Movsesian passes the guard and advances to mount!
Filkins on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Filkins tries to get out of the position.
Filkins is looking to get to half guard.
Movsesian has control of Filkins's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Filkins regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Filkins is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Movsesian takes Filkins's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Filkins is in trouble.
Movsesian looking to break Filkins's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Filkins remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Movsesian will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Filkins looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Filkins tries to escape the position.
Filkins defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Movsesian's arms.
Filkins is in bad spot here.
Filkins manages to reverse the position and now he's in Movsesian's guard. Nice work there by Filkins.
Filkins is in close to Movsesian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Movsesian wants to sweep but no luck.
Movsesian had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Filkins defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Movsesian has his foot on Filkins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Filkins works his way back into a safe position though.
Filkins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Movsesian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Filkins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Movsesian's head.
Filkins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Filkins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Movsesian should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Filkins cracks Movsesian with a solid left hand.
Filkins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Filkins lands a couple of digs.
Filkins with a nice head shot there.
Filkins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Movsesian takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Movsesian regains half guard.
Movsesian actively working from the bottom here.
Movsesian looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Filkins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filkins thows a huge punch but Movsesian dodges it nicely.
Filkins prevents Movsesian from improving his position.
Filkins working Movsesian over with strikes.
Filkins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Filkins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Filkins working Movsesian over with strikes.
Filkins lands strikes from half guard.
Filkins working Movsesian over with strikes.
Filkins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Filkins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Filkins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Filkins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Movsesian is pressing down on Filkins's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Movsesian working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Filkins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsakig Movsesian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tucker Filkins's cut.
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.
Movsesian tries to sprawl but Filkins drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Filkins working over Movsesian with some ground and pound. Movsesian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Filkins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Movsesian wants to control but Filkins is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Movsesian slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filkins is looking to work some ground and pound but Movsesian has wrist control.
Filkins scoring with some ground and pound.
Filkins is in close to Movsesian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Filkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Filkins stands up over Movsesian, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Movsesian has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Filkins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Movsesian is looking for a triangle but Filkins pushes his legs off easily.
Movsesian is breathing heavily.
Filkins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filkins is pushing down on Movsesian's leg trying to pass to half guard. Movsesian is fighting to maintain full guard but Filkins has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are battling for position here. Movsesian manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Movsesian is trying to control the position but Filkins postures up.
Filkins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Filkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Movsesian sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Filkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Filkins looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Filkins lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Movsesian blocking the ground and pound attempt from Filkins.
Filkins working the head and body with strikes.
Filkins lands strikes from half guard.
Filkins is thwarting Movsesian's attempts to control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filkins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Movsesian looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Filkins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Filkins lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Filkins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Movsesian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Filkins working Movsesian over with strikes.
Filkins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Filkins.
Tucker Filkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Movsesian is looking to improve his position.
Filkins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Movsesian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filkins slips a nice elbow through Movsesian's hands, connecting with Movsesian's forehead.
Filkins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Filkins slips a nice elbow through Movsesian's hands, connecting with Movsesian's forehead.
Movsesian manages to get to full guard.
Movsesian has momentary wrist control but Filkins slips an elbow through the middle.
Filkins postures up in Movsesian's guard and throws a big left but Movsesian blocks it.
Movsesian looking for a sweep. Not yet Movsesian, not yet.
Filkins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Filkins passes Movsesian's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Movsesian taking some punishment here, with Filkins in his half guard.
Filkins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Movsesian regains full guard. Nicely done.
Filkins stands up over Movsesian, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Filkins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Movsesian trying to keep a closed guard but Filkins is proving a slippery customer.
Filkins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Movsesian is keeping the position for now.
Movsesian wants to sweep here but Filkins controlling him for the moment.
Filkins is looking to work some ground and pound but Movsesian has wrist control.
Filkins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Filkins is working Movsesian over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Movsesian looking for a guillotine here but Filkins defends easily.
Filkins scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Filkins scoring with some ground and pound.
Filkins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Movsesian's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tucker Filkins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tucker Filkins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Filkins looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Movsesian!
Movsesian is trying desperately to improve position.
Filkins working Movsesian over with strikes here.
Filkins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Filkins cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Filkins is landing with some decent strikes but Movsesian is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Filkins raining down hammerfists from mount.
Filkins with a couple of short strikes.
Filkins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Filkins lands a big elbow.
Filkins working Movsesian over with strikes here.
Filkins landing strikes from the mount and Movsesian is in trouble!
Movsesian manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Movsesian is looking to control Filkins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Movsesian avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filkins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Movsesian defending well though.
Movsesian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Movsesian wants to control but Filkins is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Movsesian actively working from the bottom here.
Filkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Filkins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Movsesian won't allow Filkins to pass to mount.
Filkins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Movsesian has hold of Filkins's hands but Filkins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Filkins working over Movsesian with some ground and pound. Movsesian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Movsesian trying to control here.
Filkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Filkins lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filkins is nestled in close to Movsesian, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Filkins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Filkins working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Movsesian regains full guard. Nicely done.
Filkins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Movsesian is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Filkins rolls with it to try and escape but Movsesian cranks on the arm and Filkins is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tsakig Movsesian!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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