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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Davi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koch comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - A Warriors Call. Davi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Darude - Sandstorm kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Michael Koch could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thor Davi's chin.
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197 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
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190 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Koch!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thor Davi!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davi avoids the body shot from Koch.
Davi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koch misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Koch misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davi.
Davi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Koch throws out a powerful jab.
Koch lands with an overhand left.
Koch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davi.
Koch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Davi tests Koch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Davi defends it nicely.
Koch shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Koch showed some decent athleticism there.
Koch frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch raining down shots from the mount!
Koch thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Davi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Koch throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Davi wants to hold on but Koch pushes him away.
Koch unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch punching from mount but Davi doing a good job of avoiding damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch throws some wild stikes that Davi manages to avoid easily.
Koch thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Davi tries to reverse the position but Koch maintains control.
Koch has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Davi's face.
Koch throws some wild stikes that Davi manages to avoid easily.
Koch dominating with strikes here.
Koch postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Davi looks a forlorn figure.
Koch has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Koch trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch with a couple of short strikes.
Koch lands a big shot to the head and Davi winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Michael Koch!
Michael Koch retains his middleweight title!
Michael Koch seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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