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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Katasonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slaughter comes to the cage accompanied by The Crown - World Below. Katasonov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by In Extremo - Wind. Christian Slaughter could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pavel Katasonov's chin.
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166 lbs
23 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Slaughter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pavel Katasonov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slaughter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Katasonov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Katasonov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slaughter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Katasonov's sensitive parts.
Slaughter thuds a left hand into Katasonov's body.
Slaughter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Slaughter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Slaughter ducks under a wild hook from Katasonov.
Slaughter scores with a jab. Katasonov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Pavel Katasonov has been cut.
Slaughter connects with a leg kick. Katasonov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slaughter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Katasonov.
Katasonov misses with a low kick.
Katasonov shoots in for a takedown but Slaughter shows good takedown defense.
Katasonov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slaughter manages to avoid it.
Katasonov misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katasonov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Katasonov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Slaughter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Katasonov looks gassed!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Katasonov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Slaughter passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slaughter content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katasonov gets back to full guard.
Slaughter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slaughter slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Slaughter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Katasonov's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katasonov pushes Slaughter off looking to stand but Slaughter dives back in and keeps control.
Slaughter trying to control the pace.
Slaughter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Katasonov defending well though.
Katasonov is defending against the submission attempts here by Slaughter.
Slaughter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter is looking to take a break and control but Katasonov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Katasonov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Slaughter scores with a couple of nice shots.
Katasonov is looking for a sweep. Slaughter is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katasonov gets full guard.
Slaughter is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Katasonov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Slaughter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Slaughter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pavel Katasonov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Katasonov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Katasonov misses with a wild body shot.
Katasonov throws the left hand but Slaughter avoids the punch easily.
Slaughter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab by Slaughter.
Katasonov is rocked!
Katasonov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Slaughter lands a nice shot to the body.
Katasonov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Katasonov is still on wobbly legs! Can Slaughter finish him?
Slaughter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Katasonov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Katasonov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Slaughter checks it well.
Katasonov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Katasonov seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katasonov looks to throw the jab but Slaughter is out of range.
Slaughter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Katasonov. That did some damage!
Slaughter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Katasonov.
Christian Slaughter is winning the standup battle so far.
Slaughter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Slaughter misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Katasonov.
Katasonov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Slaughter to score with a decent uppercut.
Slaughter throws an off balance right hand
and Katasonov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Christian Slaughter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slaughter connects with a right hand. Katasonov shakes it off.
Slaughter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slaughter misses with a hook. Katasonov ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katasonov throws a big shot that misses.
Slaughter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slaughter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katasonov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Katasonov is breathing heavily.
Slaughter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Katasonov.
Slaughter throws a leg kick
enabling Katasonov to counter with a crisp jab.
Slaughter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Slaughter scores with a leg kick.
Slaughter loads up on a big right hand but Katasonov slips the punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Slaughter.
Slaughter lands the left hand.
That has opened up Pavel Katasonov's cut even more.
Slaughter thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katasonov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Slaughter.
Katasonov ducks right into an uppercut from Slaughter.
Slaughter lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Katasonov falls backwards - clearly groggy! Slaughter dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Slaughter!
Christian Slaughter retains his lightweight title!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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