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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnatus Carnophage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyov Kirijenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ragnatus Carnophage has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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189 cm
25
214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
21
220 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ragnatus Carnophage! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyov Kirijenko! The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kirijenko gets a double leg takedown into Carnophage's guard. The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up. Kirijenko scoring with some ground and pound. Kirijenko advances to half guard. Kirijenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Carnophage is looking to improve his position.
Carnophage on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Kirijenko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carnophage defending well though. Carnophage keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Kirijenko lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Kirijenko looks to score some points with some ground and pound. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Carnophage trying to control but Kirijenko postures up.
Carnophage is staying active underneath Kirijenko, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Carnophage keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kirijenko moves into full mount! Carnophage won't be happy about that! Carnophage is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kirijenko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Carnophage is trying desperately to improve position. Carnophage is bucking up trying to escape but Kirijenko cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Carnophage on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Carnophage tries to get out of the position. Kirijenko dominating with strikes here. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Kirijenko can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Carnophage is looking to escape. Kirijenko controlling the position easily from mount. Kirijenko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kirijenko is landing with some decent strikes but Carnophage is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Kirijenko controlling from the full mount. Carnophage wants to control but Kirijenko is having none of it. Kirijenko prevents Carnophage from getting the reversal. Kirijenko lands a nice shot to the head. Kirijenko breaks from Carnophage's wrist control and lands an elbow. Kirijenko postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Carnophage looks a forlorn figure.
Kirijenko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Carnophage is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Carnophage tries to lock up and control but Kirijenko gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Oh Carnophage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Kirijenko postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Carnophage bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Kirijenko and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyov Kirijenko! Lyov Kirijenko decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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